Mon 28 January 2022: The website of Russian state news agency TASS appears to have been hacked, the Reuters news agency reports, with its regular site replaced with an anti-war message and calls to stop President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. “We urge you to stop this madness, do not send your sons and husbands […]
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Mon 28 January 2022: Alphabet Inc’s Google confirmed on Sunday it has temporarily disabled for Ukraine some Google Maps tools which provide live information about traffic conditions and how busy different places are. The company said it had taken the action of globally disabling the Google Maps traffic layer and live information on how busy […]
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Mon 28 January 2022: Ukraine has raised more than $10 million through thousands of cryptocurrency donations since the beginning of the war with Russia, blockchain analytics firm Elliptic said Sunday. The Ukrainian government’s official Twitter account provided two crypto money accounts Thursday — one for solely receiving Bitcoin and the other for taking Ethereum and […]
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Mon 28 January 2022: The UK Defence Secretary said that Vladimir Putin’s order to activate Russia’s nuclear deterrent was an example of him “flexing his muscles” to divert attention away from the invasion of Ukraine. Speaking to Nick Ferrari at Breakfast, Ben Wallace told LBC: “No, we’re not going to have a nuclear war. “President […]
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Mon 28 January 2022: On Monday, the Russian rouble hit a new low against the dollar, as the West intensified its campaign to punish and isolate Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine. After Russian President Vladimir Putin put nuclear-armed forces on high alert on Sunday, the fourth day of the biggest assault on a European […]
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Mon 28 January 2022: The European Union decided on Sunday to provide the Ukrainian military with €500 million in weaponry and other supplies as it fights Russia’s invasion, describing the action as a “watershed moment” in the bloc’s history. The EU’s treaties forbid the group from using its regular budget to subsidize military or defense-related […]
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Sun 27 January 2022: Liz Truss has stated that she will support British citizens who choose to travel to Ukraine to assist in the battle against the Russian invasion. When asked if she would support anyone who wanted to volunteer to help the Ukrainians fighting for their freedom, Foreign Secretary said “absolutely” in an interview […]
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Sun 27 January 2022: Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his military command to put Russia’s deterrence forces – a reference to units which include nuclear arms – on high alert, citing aggressive statements by NATO leaders and economic sanctions against Moscow. “As you can see, not only do Western countries take unfriendly measures against […]
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Sun 27 January 2022: Turkey called Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a “war” on Sunday in a rhetorical shift that could pave the way for the NATO member nation to enact an international pact limiting Russian naval passage to the Black Sea. Under the 1936 Montreux Convention, Turkey has control over the Dardanelles and Bosphorus straits […]
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Sun 27 January 2022: Following an EU official’s announcement that most European countries will implement flight bans, Russian airlines face a near-total airspace blockade to the country’s west. A string of European countries including Germany and Finland have said they are preparing to close their airspace to Russian planes, mirroring measures already taken by other […]
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