Sun 13 March 2022: More than 750 people have been arrested in cities across Russia for protesting against Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, which is now in its third week. Independent monitoring group OVD-Info said police had arrested at least 756 people during demonstrations in 37 Russian cities – with about half of them in the Russian capital […]
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Sun 13 March 2022: Up to 30,000 men, women and children joined an anti-war demonstration in central Berlin on Sunday, with many waving Ukrainian flags or holding banners with slogans opposing the Russian invasion. Gathering near the Brandenburg Gate, symbol of a divided Germany during the Cold War, protesters – including people in wheelchairs and […]
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Sun 13 March 2022: The World Health Organization and two other United Nations agencies called on Sunday for an immediate stop to attacks on healthcare in Ukraine, saying these were killing and injuring patients and workers and depriving thousands of health care. In a joint statement, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and the executive directors […]
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Sun 13 March 2022: Pope Francis on Sunday called the Russian invasion of Ukraine an “unacceptable armed aggression” as he urged for a diplomatic end to the war and the establishment of humanitarian corridors. In his statements, Pope Francis expressed horror over “the barbarity of the killing of children” and unarmed civilians and urged for […]
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Sun 13 March 2022: An American journalist was killed and another journalist was wounded by Russian forces in the town of Irpin outside the capital of Kyiv on Sunday, Ukrainian police said. Brent Renaud, a 50-year-old filmmaker, was killed when Russian troops opened fire, according to Andriy Nebytov, the head of Kyiv’s regional police force. […]
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t.me/ukraina_novosti (Photo: themoscowtimes.com) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sun 13 March 2022: Russian forces have been accused of using illegal phosphorus weapons in an overnight attack in Ukraine. Ukraine’s human rights ombudswoman has accused Russia of using banned phosphorus munitions in an overnight attack on the town of Popasna in Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk region. The ombudswoman, Liudmila Denisova, shared […]
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Sun 13 March 2022: Former U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday that the situation in Ukraine will get worse, claiming Russian President Vladimir Putin would not stop his invasion. “This could lead to World War III,” Trump said during a rally in the state of South Carolina. “I see what’s happening. Because if you think […]
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Sun 13 March 2022: Nine people died and 57 were injured in Russian air strikes overnight on a Ukrainian military base close to the city of Lviv, the city’s mayor said Sunday. “Unfortunately we have 9 dead. 57 people were injured,” Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadoviy wrote on Telegram. Russian troops launched multiple air strikes on […]
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Sun 13 March 2022: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Sunday that Russia might use chemical weapons following its invasion of Ukraine and that such a move would be a war crime, according to an interview in German newspaper Welt am Sonntag. “In recent days, we have heard absurd claims about chemical and biological weapons […]
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Sun 13 March 2022: Analysts say Russia’s treatment of Crimean Tatars indicates likely tactics towards dissent in newly-seized Ukrainian territories. At 6am on Thursday, a group of seven Russian soldiers raided Leila Ibragimova’s home in Melitopol in southeastern Ukraine. Ibragimova, an ethnic Crimean Tatar, is a well-known figure in the city, which has fallen under the control […]
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