Category: News Desk

Thu 10 March 2022: Almost half of of some 2.3 million people who fled Russia’s attacks on Ukraine are children, UNICEF says, confirming at least 37 child fatalities in 15 days. Most of the children crossed into Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Moldova, and Romania with their families, according to the UN children’s agency. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian […]

Thu 10 March 2022: As Russia’s war in Ukraine intensifies, so has defiance back home where police arrest thousands of protesters. More than 5,000 people were arrested in Russia while taking part in demonstrations against Moscow’s war against Ukraine in 69 cities across the country on Sunday alone, according to the OVD-Info monitoring group. That compares with 1,900 protesters arrested on February […]

Thu 10 March 2022: Ukraine’s foreign minister said he discussed a 24-hour ceasefire with his Russian counterpart, but no progress was achieved, while Moscow’s official supported the invasion and stated everything was progressing according to plan. Russia’s and Ukraine’s foreign ministers met in Turkey on Thursday for face-to-face discussions, the first high-level interaction between the […]

Thu 10 March 2022: The United Kingdom’s government says it has imposed asset freezes on seven Russian businessmen, including Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich, after they were added to the country’s sanctions list. “There can be no safe havens for those who have supported [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s vicious assault on Ukraine,” British Prime […]

Thu 10 March 2022: Russia’s and Ukraine’s foreign ministers will meet in Turkey for the first time since Moscow invaded its former Soviet neighbor last month. Officials from Kyiv and Moscow have met on multiple occasions, but the meeting on Thursday in Antalya, Turkey, marks the first time Russia has dispatched a minister to resolve […]

Thu 10 March 2022: Soaring energy and food costs prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine might increase food security worries in the Middle East and Africa, as well as fuel social unrest, according to World Bank senior economist Carmen Reinhart. On Friday, Germany will hold a virtual meeting of agriculture ministers from the Group of […]

Thu 10 March 2022: European Union leaders will phase out buying Russian oil, gas and coal as Moscow’s war on Ukraine makes them realise they have to be less dependent on Russia, a draft declaration showed, but they are unlikely to offer Ukraine the fast EU membership it seeks. Leaders of the 27-nation EU are […]

Wed 09 March 2022: A maternity hospital in the southern port city of Mariupol was bombed by Russian forces on Wednesday, Ukrainian authorities claimed, marking a brutal new low in the two-week old invasion. The city council said the damage was “colossal”. Russian forces dropped “several bombs” and also hit a maternity ward, it said. […]

Wed 09 March 2022: According to a recent analysis, Europe is paying Putin $285 million (£217 million) in oil payments every day to fuel his war against Ukraine. According to a new study by the Transport & Environment think group, Russia received $104 billion from oil, gasoline, and diesel exports to Europe and the United […]