Category: News Desk

Russian airstrikes previously targeted a drama theatre sheltering hundreds of residents in Mariupol MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES VIA AP ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  Sun 20 March 2022: Disclaimer: A number of claims and counterclaims are being made on the Ukraine-Russia conflict on the ground and online. While Independent Press takes utmost care to accurately report this developing news story, we […]

Sun 20 March 2022: Russia said it had again fired its newest hypersonic missiles in Ukraine, destroying a fuel storage site in the country’s south. “Kinzhal aviation missile systems with hypersonic ballistic missiles destroyed a large storage site for fuels and lubricants of the Ukrainian armed forces near the settlement of Kostyantynivka in the Mykolaiv region,” […]

Sat 19 March 2022: Turkey is to trying find a peaceful end to the conflict in Ukraine, Ibrahim Kalin, the Turkish presidential spokesman, told Al Jazeera. “We are all trying to make it happen. Our president had two phone calls with President Zelenskyy and President Putin since the beginning of this war. We are all […]

Sat 19 March 2022: Cooperation between Russia and China will only become stronger in the current circumstances, the Interfax news agency has quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov as saying. “This cooperation will get stronger, because at a time when the West is blatantly undermining all the foundations on which the international system is based, […]

Sat 19 March 2022: More than 3.3 million refugees have now fled Ukraine since Russia’s attacks began, the United Nations said, while nearly 6.5 million are thought to be internally displaced within the country. UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, said on Saturday that 3,328,692 Ukrainians had left since the attacks began on February 24, with […]

Sat 19 March 2022: On Friday (March 18), the United States House of Representatives voted to prohibit discrimination based on hairstyles such as afros, braids, and dreadlocks that may be linked with a specific race or national origin. The bill is now on its way to the Senate. The bill is intended to assist and […]