NATO officials said the Russian offensive to seize Kyiv had largely come to a halt, and Ukraine said on Thursday it had launched a counter-offensive aimed at taking decisive control of the city’s outskirts. US and allied intelligence assessments vary widely regarding the number of Russian troops killed so far, sources familiar with the intelligence … Read more
It was the harshest condemnation of Putin’s actions from any US official since the war in Ukraine began three weeks ago. Previously, Biden stopped short of calling the atrocities documented on the ground in Ukraine “war crimes,” citing ongoing international and US investigations. But on Wednesday, while speaking to reporters at an unrelated event, Biden … Read more
The International Court of Justice on Wednesday instructed Russia to suspend its work Military operations in Ukraineissuing a preliminary but potentially unenforceable order in the Kyiv suit alleges that the Kremlin justify its invasion Under the false pretext of stopping an alleged genocide in the Russian-speaking Luhansk and Donetsk regions of Ukraine. The International Court … Read more
President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Monday as part of the government’s anti-sanctions measures that will allow Russian airlines to register aircraft chartered from foreign companies in Russia, where they will issue domestic certificates of airworthiness, according to a statement from the Kremlin. The bill would allow Russian airlines to keep their foreign charter … Read more
A senior adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the country’s government rejects the idea put forward by Russia that Ukraine should adopt a Swedish or Austrian model of neutrality. Ukraine is now at war with Russia, said Mikhailo Podolak, and that the security model “can only be Ukrainian” with “legally assured security guarantees. There … Read more
A Moscow district court said in a statement that Channel One editor Marina Ovsianikova was convicted of an “administrative offense” and fined 30,000 rubles ($280). Ovsyannikova was photographed in court earlier with one of her lawyers, Anton Gachinsky. Dmitry Zakvatov, a lawyer who previously represented Ovsyannikova, told CNN that the administrative charge was based solely … Read more
The country’s daily case rate – about 55,000 a day – is still less than a third of Omicron’s peak, but cases are rising as quickly as they were falling just two weeks ago, when the country removed epidemic-related restrictions. The situation in Europe is of interest to public health officials for two reasons: first, … Read more
What’s happening: The unusually sharp decline was driven by hopes that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates could boost oil supply, and that demand from China could fall due to new coronavirus restrictions in major cities. This would relieve pressure on the market. However, analysts warn that we are not out of the woods … Read more
A civil jet aircraft of Russian Airlines Aeroflot produced by Airbus at Moscow-Sheremetyevo International Airport. Leonid Verberg | Light Rocket | Getty Images Foreign aircraft lessors seeking to take back $10 billion worth of planes from Russia were dealt a fresh blow on Monday when President Vladimir Putin signed a law allowing the country’s airlines … Read more
Lviv, Ukraine (AFP) – Russian and Ukrainian negotiators held a new round of talks on Monday, even as Russia’s military continued its punitive campaign. To seize the Ukrainian capital with fighting and artillery fire on the outskirts of Kyiv. After an air raid on a military base near the Polish border brought the war dangerously … Read more
