Tag: Ukraine crisis
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Zelenskyy urges ‘maximum’ sanctions on Russia in Davos talk
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for “maximum” sanctions against Russia during a virtual speech yesterday to corporate executives, government officials and other elites on the first ... -
Mariupol fighters in Russian hands; both sides claim wins
Hundreds of Ukrainian fighters, including wounded men carried out on stretchers, left the vast steel plant in Mariupol where they mounted a dogged last stand and ... -
In Ukraine and internationally, scenario darkens for Russia
Europe pushed yesterday to sharpen and expand its response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with Sweden following Finland in seeking membership of NATO and European Union ... -
G7 warn of Ukraine grain crisis, ask China not to aid Russia
The Group of Seven leading economies warned Saturday that the war in Ukraine is stoking a global food and energy crisis which threatens poor countries, and ... -
Russians stymied in Ukraine; Finland favors joining NATO
Almost three months after Russia shocked the world by invading Ukraine, its military faced a bogged-down war, the prospect of a bigger NATO and a defending ... -
Finland moves toward joining NATO amid Russian threats
Finland’s leaders yesterday came out in favor of applying to join NATO, and Sweden could do the same within days, in a historic realignment on the ... -
No end in sight for Ukraine war as Russian leader hails Victory Day
Russian President Vladimir Putin used a major patriotic holiday yesterday to again justify his war in Ukraine but did not declare even a limited victory or ... -
Mariupol steel mill battle rages as Ukraine repels attacks
Heavy fighting raged yesterday at the besieged steel plant in Mariupol, as Russian forces attempted to finish off the city’s last-ditch defenders and complete the capture ... -
Aid workers prep stretchers, toys for Mariupol evacuees
Aid workers prepared hot food, wheelchairs and toys yesterday for civilians slowly making their way to relative safety from the pulverized remnants of a steel plant ... -
Russian offensive in east gathering momentum as Guterres surveys destruction
Russia’s offensive in eastern Ukraine gathered momentum yesterday as the United Nations’ chief surveyed the destruction in towns outside Kyiv that experienced some of the worst ... -
France’s victorious Macron boosts weapons, stakes in Ukraine
When Vladimir Putin congratulated Emmanuel Macron on his re-election as France’s president and wished him “success in your activities,” the Russian leader probably was being more ... -
Ukraine leader pushes for more arms; US officials to visit
Ukraine’s leader petitioned for more powerful Western weapons as he prepared to meet with top U.S. officials in the war-torn country’s capital yesterday and Russian forces ... -
Xi urges talks to settle disputes, opposes sanctions
Chinese leader Xi Jinping yesterday said his government supports talks to resolve international disputes and opposes “wanton use” of sanctions. Xi’s remarks confirm that China is ... -
Russian leader tries to claim Mariupol win but won’t storm holdout
Russian President Vladimir Putin tried to claim victory in the strategic port of Mariupol yesterday, even as he ordered his troops not to storm the last ... -
Putin’s War Ukraine refugees top five million as assault intensifies
After spending weeks with no electricity or water in the basement of her family’s home in Ukraine, Viktoriya Savyichkina made a daring escape from the besieged ... -
Russia ratchets up battle for control of eastern Ukraine
Russia ratcheted up its battle for control of Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland, intensifying assaults on cities and towns along a front hundreds of miles long in ... -
Russian strikes kill at least seven in Lviv, Moscow preps assault on the east
Russian missiles hit the western Ukrainian city of Lviv yesterday, killing at least seven people, Ukrainian officials said, as Moscow’s troops stepped up strikes on infrastructure ... -
For Jews fleeing Ukraine, Passover takes on new meaning
Good morning! Happy morning!” Rabbi Avraham Wolff exclaimed, with a big smile, as he walked into the Chabad synagogue in Odesa on a recent morning. Russian ... -
More flee as Ukraine warns of stepped-up Russian attacks
Civilian evacuations moved forward in patches of battle-scarred eastern Ukraine on Saturday, a day after a missile strike killed at least 52 people and wounded more ... -
Ukraine leader to UN Security Council: No more Russia veto
The war in Ukraine has put a spotlight on the U.N. Security Council’s failure to stop Russia’s aggression and carry out its mandate to ensure international ... -
Russia faces growing outrage amid new evidence of atrocities
Russia faced a fresh wave of condemnation yesterday after evidence emerged of what appeared to be deliberate killings of civilians in Ukraine. Some Western leaders called ... -
Ukraine sees openings as Russia fixed on besieged Mariupol
Residents of Ukraine’s besieged southeastern coast awaited possible evacuation yesterday as the country’s president said Russia’s obsession with capturing a key port city had left its ... -
Putin’s war ends era of globalization that kept inflation low
For decades, the free flow of trade across much of the world allowed the richest nations to enjoy easy access to low-priced goods and supplies. It ... -
Russia hits near Kyiv, other city despite vows to scale back
Russian forces pounded areas around Kyiv and another Ukrainian city overnight, local officials said yesterday, just hours after Moscow pledged to scale back military operations in ... -
After Russian forces pull back, a shattered town breathes
The bodies of two Russian soldiers lie abandoned in the woods. Ukrainian forces piled atop a tank flash victory signs. Dazed people line up amid charred ... -
Ukraine, Russia hold new talks aimed at ending the fighting
The first face-to-face talks in two weeks between Russia and Ukraine began yesterday in Turkey, raising flickering hopes there could be progress toward ending a war ... -
Guterres launches effort for Ukraine humanitarian cease-fire
The United Nations chief launched an initiative yesterday [Macau time] to immediately explore possible arrangements for “a humanitarian cease-fire in Ukraine” in order to allow the ... -
Ukraine leader says he seeks peace ‘without delay’ in talks
Ukraine could declare neutrality and offer security guarantees to Russia to secure peace “without delay,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said ahead of another planned round of talks ... -
Ukrainian welders turn donated vehicles into army transport
A strawberry-scented air freshener dangled from the Ukrainian military’s latest vehicle to head to war. In a welding shop in Ukraine’s western city of Lviv, workers were ... -
Biden lashes at Putin, calls for Western resolve for freedom
President Joe Biden delivered a forceful and highly personal condemnation of Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Saturday, summoning a call for liberal democracy and a durable resolve ... -
US to expand Russia sanctions, accept 100K Ukraine refugees
The United States will expand its sanctions on Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine, targeting members of the country’s parliament and the central bank’s ... -
NATO: 7,000 to 15,000 Russian troops dead in Ukraine
NATO is estimating that 7,000 15,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in a month of fighting in Ukraine. A senior NATO military official said last night ... -
Ukraine retakes key Kyiv suburb; battle for Mariupol rages
Ukraine said it retook a strategically important suburb of Kyiv yesterday, as Russian forces squeezed other areas near the capital and their attack on the embattled ... -
Ukraine calls on Chinese drone maker to stop use by Russia
Ukraine is appealing to a Chinese maker of civilian drones to block what the Ukrainian government says is their use by the Russian army to target ... -
Ukraine rejects Russian demand for surrender in Mariupol
Ukrainian officials defiantly rejected a Russian demand that their forces in Mariupol lay down arms and raise white flags yesterday in exchange for safe passage out ...
