Tag: Ukraine crisis
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Ukraine war is backdrop in US push for hypersonic weapons
Lagging behind Russia in developing hypersonic weapons, the U.S. Navy is rushing to field its first, with installation on a warship starting as soon as late ... -
21 killed in pre-dawn Russian attack on school
Twenty-one people have been killed by Russian artillery that destroyed a school and a community center in Merefa, near the northeast city of Kharkiv, officials said. ... -
Russia sees ‘business-like spirit’ in Ukraine talks
As Russia’s offensive pressed closer to Ukraine’s seat of government, missiles and artillery slammed into high-rise apartment towers in Kyiv yesterday, setting buildings ablaze and leaving ... -
Kyiv under fire; three EU nation leaders to visit
Russia’s relentless bombardment of Ukraine edged closer to central Kyiv yesterday, with a series of strikes hitting a residential neighborhood as the leaders of three European ... -
Putin’s war may lead to rethinking of US defense of Europe
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine and his push to upend the broader security order in Europe may lead to a historic shift in American ... -
Anti-war activist interrupts live Russian state TV news show
A live evening news program on Russia’s state television channel was interrupted yesterday [Macau time] by a person who walked into the studio holding a poster ... -
Long before shots were fired, a linguistic power struggle was playing out in Ukraine
What does the Russian invasion of Ukraine have to do with language? If you ask Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian governmental policies promoting the use of ... -
War censorship exposes Putin’s leaky internet controls
FLong before waging war on Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin was working to make Russia’s internet a powerful tool of surveillance and social control akin to China’s ... -
In Russian invasion of Ukraine, Cold War echoes reverberate
A rivalry with Russia. A proxy battleground. Nuclear brinksmanship. For many generations of Americans, it’s just like old times. The invasion of Ukraine has rapidly returned echoes ... -
Russian airstrike hits base in western Ukraine, kills 35Russian airstrike hits base in western Ukraine, kills 35
Waves of Russian missiles pounded a military training base close to Ukraine’s western border with NATO member Poland, killing 35 people. The strike followed Russian threats ... -
White House warns Russia may use chemical weapons in Ukraine
The Biden administration publicly warned yesterday [Macau time] that Russia might seek to use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine as the White House rejected Russian ... -
No breakthrough in Ukraine-Russia talks
Ukraine’s foreign minister says talks between the top diplomats of Moscow and Kyiv produced no breakthrough on ending the war in Ukraine following Russia’s invasion. Ukrainian ... -
Suffering goes on in encircled Mariupol as evacuation fails
Two million people — half of them children — have fled Ukraine in the less than two weeks since Russia invaded the country, officials said yesterday ... -
Civilians flee Ukrainian city as one safe corridor opens
Buses packed with people fleeing the Russian invasion in Ukraine began a procession along a snowy road out of one city yesterday, as a new effort ... -
Shell says it will stop buying Russian oil, natural gas
Energy giant Shell said yesterday that it will stop buying Russian oil and natural gas and shut down its service stations, aviation fuels and other operations ... -
EU pledges to fight Russia’s ‘information war’ in Europe
European Union officials yesterday defended the 27-nation bloc’s decision to ban Russian state-controlled media outlets from broadcasting in the region as decisive steps to check ... -
FREE Ukraine: World Bank approves major emergency support for country under siege
The World Bank says it has approved more than $700 in emergency support for Ukraine. Dubbed FREE Ukraine, it includes nearly $500 million in loans and ... -
Ukraine says Russia steps up shelling of residential areas
Russian forces intensified shelling of cities in Ukraine’s center, north and south, a Ukrainian official said, upending attempts to evacuate besieged civilians. With the Ukrainian leader ... -
Blinken assures nervous Baltics of NATO protection against Russia
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday assured Lithuania of NATO protection and American support as he began a lightning visit to the three Baltic states ... -
Russia snubs UN court hearings in case brought by Ukraine
Ukraine pleaded with the United Nations’ top court yesterday to order Russia to halt its devastating invasion, saying Moscow is already committing widespread war crimes and ... -
Limited Russian cease-fire revived in Ukraine; talks planned
Russian forces will observe a temporary cease-fire yesterday in two Ukrainian cities, an official in one of the country’s two pro-Russia separatist regions said after an ... -
At Ukraine’s largest art museum, a race to protect heritage
The director of Ukraine’s largest art museum walked its hallways, supervising as staff packed away its collections to protect their national heritage in case the Russian ... -
Russians besiege Ukrainian ports, war refugees top one million
Russian forces captured the strategic Ukrainian port of Kherson and besieged another yesterday in a bid to cut the country off from the sea, as the two sides ... -
Kyiv shrines, memorials with powerful symbolic value at risk
Kyiv, bracing for a potentially catastrophic Russian attack, is the spiritual heart of Ukraine. Among the sites at risk in the Ukrainian capital are the nation’s ... -
Russia, Ukraine ready for new talks on war
As Day 7 of the Russia-Ukraine conflict dawned, Russia continued its attacks on crowded Ukrainian cities and a lengthy convoy of Russian tanks and other vehicles ... -
Russia bombs Kharkiv as convoy nears Kyiv
Russian shelling pounded civilian targets in Ukraine’s second-largest city again yesterday and a 40-mile convoy of tanks and other vehicles threatened the capital — tactics Ukraine’s ... -
At rare UN session, Russia is pressed to stop war in Ukraine
Ambassadors from dozens of countries yesterday [Macau time] backed a proposal demanding that Russia halt its attack on Ukraine, as the U.N. General Assembly held a ... -
Ukraine slows Russian advance as talks are underway
Outgunned but determined Ukrainian troops slowed Russia’s advance and held onto the capital and other key cities — at least for now. In the face of ... -
Ukraine war forces United Arab Emirates to hedge
The United Arab Emirates campaigned hard for a seat on the U.N. Security Council in the country’s international push to highlight the 50-year anniversary of its ... -
Putin puts Russia’s nuclear forces on alert, cites sanctions
Vladimir Putin put his nuclear forces on increased alert yesterday in an unprecedented escalation of tension with the West since the collapse of the Soviet Union ... -
Russia-Ukraine conflict raises big risks for global economy
Just what a vulnerable world economy didn’t need — a conflict that accelerates inflation, rattles markets and portends trouble for everyone from European consumers to indebted ... -
What to know as Russia attacks Ukraine
Russian troops launched a broad assault on Ukraine from three sides yesterday, an attack that began with explosions before dawn in the capital Kyiv and other ... -
Ukraine attack leaves Baltics wondering: Are we next?
Viewed from Paris, London and Washington, the events unfolding in Ukraine may seem like a new Cold War taking shape in Europe. From the Baltic countries, ... -
Putin recognizes breakaway regions, Biden orders limited sanctions – Five essential reads
Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a provocative address that could be construed as a pretext to war, claimed on Feb. 21, 2022, that all of Ukraine ...
