Tue 08 March 2022: Protesters have erected an unofficial sign announcing “President Zelensky Way” on a street near the Russian Embassy. Of course, Ukraine’s president is Volodymyr Zelensky. For the past two weeks, the Russian Embassy on Wisconsin Avenue in Northwest D.C. has been a gathering place for individuals protesting Russia’s incursion. On Twitter, activist […]
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Tue 08 March 2022: President Joe Biden is set to sign an executive order this week that will outline the U.S. government’s strategy for cryptocurrencies, according to several people familiar with the administration’s plans. The order will direct federal agencies to examine potential regulatory changes, as well as the national security and economic impact of […]
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Sukhoi Su-30SM jet fighters of the Sokoly Rossii (Falcons of Russia) aerobatic team fly in formation during the International Army Games 2016, in Dubrovichi outside Ryazan, Russia, August 5, 2016.MAXIM SHEMETOV/REUTERS ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Tue 08 March 2022: As Ukraine urges no-fly zone, officials and experts warn of spiralling escalation if US gets directly involved in war. […]
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Russian Major General, Vitaly Gerasimov, was killed during the battle of Kharkiv. (Credits: Ukrainian defence website) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Tue 08 March 2022: Ukrainian defence reported that another Russian general, Vitaly Gerasimov, was killed during the battle of Kharkiv on Monday, March 7. “Another loss among the senior command staff of the occupying army,” said the Ukrainian […]
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Tue 08 March 2022: A senior Russian official has warned that a Western ban on Russian oil imports could cause oil prices to more than double, to around $300 per barrel, and force the shutdown of Russia’s main gas pipeline to Germany. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on state television on Monday that […]
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Mon 07 March 2022: More than 1.7 million people have so far fled the war in Ukraine, according to he United Nation’s refugee agency, as thousands more stream across the borders. A total of 1,735,068 civilians, mostly women and children, have crossed the border into Central Europe, the UNHCR said. Poland has received more than […]
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Mon 07 March 2022: French Defense Minister Florence Parly has warned that Russia’s war on Ukraine could spill over into Europe. “War is at Europe’s doorstep, let’s not let it in,” Parly said on Twitter on Sunday while visiting a military base in Romania’s Black Sea city of Constanta, where 500 French soldiers are deployed […]
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Mon 07 March 2022: Russia is recruiting Syrian fighters experienced in urban combat as it ramps up its assault on Ukraine, according to US officials quoted by the Wall Street Journal. Moscow, which launched an invasion into its Eastern European neighbour on February 24, has in recent days recruited fighters from Syria hoping they can […]
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Mon 07 March 2022: Russian forces have killed the mayor of Gostomel, a town near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv that is home to a strategic airport, city authorities said on Monday. “The head of Gostomel, Yuri Illich Prylypko, died while distributing bread to the hungry and medicine to the sick,” the city said on its […]
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Britain’s Secretary of State for the Home Department Priti Patel. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Mon 07 March 2022: According to The Sun tabloid on Monday, British interior minister Priti Patel intends to set up a new scheme to allow more migrants escaping Ukraine’s turmoil to enter the country. Ukrainians have flocked to Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and other countries […]
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