Category: News Desk

Russian Navy ship Capatob passes through the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey on May 16, 2020. ( Emrah Yorulmaz – AA) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Ukraine has asked Turkiye to close the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits to Russian ships, Ukraine’s ambassador to Ankara said today, after Russia launched air and ground assaults on its neighbour. Under the international Montreux […]

Thu 24 February 2022: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a “catastrophe” for Europe and has called for an urgent meeting of the United States-led NATO military alliance. “This is a catastrophe for our continent,” Johnson said on Twitter, adding he would make a national address on the developments later […]

  Russian military tanks in Donetsk. [Anadolu] _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Thu 24 February 2022: On Thursday (February 24), Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed that Russia was attacking the country’s “military infrastructure” and border guards. In a video message to the nation on Facebook, Zelensky urged citizens not to be frightened and promised triumph. Following Russian President Vladimir […]

Wed 23 February 2022: UN Secretary-General Antonio warned the General Assembly the world is “facing a moment of peril” He said it was time for “restraint, reason, and de-escalation,” in dealing with the Ukraine-Russia crisis. “If the conflict in Ukraine expands, the world could see a scale and severity of need unseen for many years,” he […]

Wed 23 February 2022: Turkiye’s president urged his Russian counterpart on Wednesday to visit his country “as soon as possible,” according to an official statement.  “President (Recep Tayyip) Erdogan noted that he would like to welcome Russian President (Vladimir) Putin in Turkiye for the High-Level Cooperation Council Meeting as soon as possible, as had been […]

Wed 23 February 2022: Trump has praised Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recognition of Ukraine’s rebel-held territory as independent as a “genius” move. In an appearance on The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show, the former US president gushed incoherently over Putin’s warlike demeanor. “I went in yesterday and there was a television screen, and I […]