POPE SLAMS WAR AS ‘SACRILEGE’, ‘REPUGNANT’

 Pope Francis visited Ukrainian children in the Vatican hospital 19 children who arrived from Ukraine after the start of the war were hospitalized there. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  Sun 20 March 2022: Pope Francis has denounced Russia’s “repugnant war” against Ukraine as a “cruel and sacrilegious inhumanity”. In some of his strongest words yet since Russia’s invasion on […]

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UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS SAY MARIUPOL ART SCHOOL USED AS SHELTER BOMBED BY RUSSIANS

Russian airstrikes previously targeted a drama theatre sheltering hundreds of residents in Mariupol MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES VIA AP ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  Sun 20 March 2022: Disclaimer: A number of claims and counterclaims are being made on the Ukraine-Russia conflict on the ground and online. While Independent Press takes utmost care to accurately report this developing news story, we […]

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CHINA STANDS ON ‘RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY’ ON UKRAINE WAR: WANG YI

Sun 20 March 2022: China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said Beijing stands on the right side of history over the crisis in Ukraine and its position is “in line with the wishes of most countries”.  “China will never accept any external coercion or pressure, and opposes any unfounded accusations and suspicious against China,” Wang […]

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RUSSIA SAYS HAS AGAIN FIRED HYPERSONIC MISSILES IN UKRAINE

Sun 20 March 2022: Russia said it had again fired its newest hypersonic missiles in Ukraine, destroying a fuel storage site in the country’s south. “Kinzhal aviation missile systems with hypersonic ballistic missiles destroyed a large storage site for fuels and lubricants of the Ukrainian armed forces near the settlement of Kostyantynivka in the Mykolaiv region,” […]

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LAVROV: RUSSIA-CHINA COOPERATION WILL ONLY GET STRONGER

Sat 19 March 2022: Cooperation between Russia and China will only become stronger in the current circumstances, the Interfax news agency has quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov as saying. “This cooperation will get stronger, because at a time when the West is blatantly undermining all the foundations on which the international system is based, […]

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