Thu 03 March 2022: Russia’s foreign minister has said Moscow’s attack on Ukraine is aimed, among other things, at ensuring that its neighbour does not join the United States-led NATO transatlantic military alliance. Lavrov told Russian state television that the country’s forces were attacking military targets but added that the term “collateral damage” has been […]
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Thu 03 March 2022: Turkiye has no plans to impose sanctions on Russia at this point as the country does not want its strong economic ties with Moscow to be damaged, Presidential Spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said Wednesday. Kalin participated in British journalist Becky Anderson’s program on CNN International and made assessments of the Russia-Ukraine war. […]
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Thu 03 March 2022: Since the full-scale war on Ukraine began a week ago, approximately 9,000 Russian soldiers have been killed, according to Ukraine’s president. “About 9,000 Russians were killed in a week. In the direction of Mykolaiv, they had to take 200, 300 (Russian soldiers) 19-20 years old with dozens of helicopters,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy […]
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Thu 03 March 2022: South Africa remains deeply concerned at the escalation of the conflict in the Ukraine, and the regional and international socio-economic implications, says the country’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), Ambassador Mathu Joyini. The Ambassador emphasised the country’s position in the wake of 141 UN members voting for the UN […]
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Thu 03 March 2022: On Wednesday, the United Nations agreed to begin negotiations on a world-first global treaty on plastic waste, hailed as a watershed moment for the globe. Nearly 200 countries agreed to form an international committee to discuss and finalize a legally binding plastics convention by 2024 at the UN Environment Assembly in […]
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Wed 02 March 2022: On Wednesday, the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly voted to reprimand Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, demanding that Moscow cease fighting and evacuate its military forces, a move aimed at diplomatically isolating Russia at the UN. The resolution, which received support from 141 of the assembly’s 193 members, came as […]
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Wed 02 March 2022: More than 874,000 people have fled Ukraine to neighboring countries since Russia launched a war on its neighbor last Thursday, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Wednesday. According to data on the UNHCR website, Poland has welcomed 453,982 people from Ukraine. Poland is followed by Hungary and Moldova which took […]
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Wed 02 March 2022: Over 2,000 Ukrainian civilians have been killed in seven days since Russia launched a war, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine said on Wednesday. “Russia destroyed transportation infrastructure, houses, hospitals and kindergartens,” the service said in a statement. “During this time, more than 2,000 Ukrainians died, excluding our defenders.” It added […]
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Wed 02 March 2022: Russia has cancelled a bid to send four of its warships through Turkish waters into the Black Sea at Turkey’s request, according to the Turkish government. A NATO member and neighbour of Ukraine and Russia in the Black Sea, Turkey has good ties with both and adopted a cautious rhetoric on […]
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Wed 02 March 2022: In his first State of the Union address, United States President Joe Biden announced closing US airspace to all Russian flights, saying that Moscow will be weaker by the end of its war against Ukraine. Addressing a joint session of Congress late on Tuesday, Biden said the US is imposing “powerful sanctions” on […]
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