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MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Spain will supply “offensive military hardware” to Ukraine following Russia’s invasion of its pro-Western neighbor, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told parliament on Wednesday. “I… want to announce to you that Spain will also deliver offensive military hardware to the Ukrainian resistance,” Sanchez said. Until now, Spain had said it would send military support only as part of a wider package unveiled by the European Union on Sunday, in which Brussels agreed […]
JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday made his first visit to Israel since taking office, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and international efforts to forge a new Iran nuclear deal. Scholz toured Jerusalem’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and laid a wreath. He was later due to meet Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and visit the Knesset, or parliament. The two heads of government — both relatively new to […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday accused Russia, which has launched an invasion of his country, of seeking to “erase” Ukrainians, their country and their history. In a video address, the Ukrainian leader said a missile strike on a target at the site of a Holocaust massacre shows that “for many people in Russia our Kyiv is completely foreign.” The attack on Tuesday night damaged Kyiv’s main television mast, which was […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) – The Russian army claimed on Wednesday it had taken control of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson as Moscow’s invasion of the pro-Western country entered its seventh day. “The Russian divisions of the armed forces have taken the regional centre of Kherson under full control,” defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in televised remarks. He claimed that public services and transport were operating as usual. “The city is not experiencing shortages […]
by Philippe RATER UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — After more than 100 countries spoke during two days of extraordinary debate, the UN General Assembly was poised to vote Wednesday on whether it will vigorously deplore Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and demand Moscow withdraw troops immediately. The vote on the draft resolution is being touted by diplomats as a bellwether of democracy in a world where autocracy is on the rise in countries from Myanmar […]
by Sebastian Smith Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Joe Biden won standing ovation upon standing ovation Tuesday in a rousing State of the Union speech seeking to transform bipartisan support for confronting Russia into momentum for broader unity as the United States finally emerges from the Covid pandemic. The entire first section of Biden’s one hour speech to the joint session of Congress was devoted to the bloody Russian invasion […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Russian airborne troops landed in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Wednesday, the Ukrainian army said, adding that there were immediate clashes. “Russian airborne troops landed in Kharkiv… and attacked a local hospital,” the army said in a statement on messaging app Telegram. “There is an ongoing fight between the invaders and the Ukrainians.” Kharkiv, a largely Russian-speaking city near the Russian border, has a population of around 1.4 […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — A video published on the Telegram channel of Kyiv’s Mayor Vitaly Klitschko shows the moment an airstrike hits Kyiv’s main television tower in the heart of the Ukrainian capital, knocking out some state broadcasting capabilities but leaving the structure intact. Ukrainian emergency services say five people died and five were injured in the missile strike.
by Sebastian Smith President Joe Biden will try to rally Americans in a State of the Union speech Tuesday hailing his role shaping Western unity against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and promising to overcome soaring inflation and crime at home. The twin focuses come as Biden tries to battle back from approval ratings in the low 40 percent range and lead a deeply divided country from its coronavirus pandemic slump. The Russian invasion of Ukraine […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – US oil giant ExxonMobil announced Tuesday it will begin a phased withdrawal from the major oil field it operates in Russia on behalf of a consortium including Russian, Indian and Japanese companies, citing Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. “In response to recent events, we are beginning the process to discontinue operations and developing steps to exit the Sakhalin-1 venture,” the group said in a statement. The group added that it […]
by Frankie Taggart with Dave Clark in Kyiv President Joe Biden hailed the steadfast Western alliance against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Tuesday as air strikes pummeled populated areas in the heart of the US ally’s second city, raising the civilian toll of the week-old war. Despite sanctions and warnings of a humanitarian crisis, the fresh assaults on a residential block in Kharkiv came as the US leader was preparing to steel the American public’s […]
The International Court of Justice said Tuesday it would hold genocide hearings on March 7 and 8 over the war in Ukraine, as fighting intensifies. The Hague-based ICJ, the United Nations’ top court, will open the public hearings after Ukraine lodged a complaint with the court to order Russia to stop its invasion. “The hearings will be devoted to the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by Ukraine,” the court said in a […]
