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VIENNA, Australia (AFP) — The International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday it has received reports of artillery shells damaging a nuclear research facility in Ukraine’s besieged second city Kharkiv, but there was no “radiological consequence”. The Vienna-based UN body said Ukrainian authorities reported an attack took place on Sunday, adding that no increase in radiation levels had been reported at the site. Because the site’s “inventory of radioactive material is very low” and kept […]
by Stuart WILLIAMS / Didier LAURAS Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) – Almost two weeks into the Russian invasion of their country, Ukrainian forces have managed to hold up the advance of their foes with resistance that has won plaudits from Western allies. Analysts say their performance against a numerically far superior army has been fuelled by a combination of good preparation, national solidarity and Russian mistakes. However the future remains unclear, with President Vladimir […]
by Joseph Schmid PARIS, France (AFP) — France’s top constitutional authority published Monday the list of the 12 candidates registered to stand in the presidential election that begins on April 10. All the main candidates managed to muster the 500 endorsements from elected French officials needed to confirm registration by the Constitutional Council. Polls show that President Emmanuel Macron, elected in 2017, is the overwhelming favorite to come out on top in the second round […]
WASHINGTON, D.C., United States (AFP) – Russia is recruiting Syrians and other foreign fighters as it ramps up its assault on Ukraine, the Pentagon said Monday. Moscow entered the Syrian civil war in 2015 on the side of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, and the country has been mired in a conflict marked by urban combat for more than a decade. Now, US Department of Defense officials said, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin was “on a recruiting […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — One teenager died and another two were injured outside their high school in the US state of Iowa Monday in what police say appears to have been a drive-by shooting. Des Moines police officers and fire department rescue personnel arrived at East High School, located in the center of the state capital city, around 2:48 pm (1848 GMT), the police department said in a statement. The department had “received several […]
PARIS, France (AFP) – Odessa, which Ukraine fears could be the next target of Russia’s offensive in the south, is the country’s main port and is vital for its economy. But the city of one million people close to the Romanian and Moldovan borders also holds a special place in the Russian imagination. A cosmopolitan port with stunning 19th-century architecture, sandy beaches and a Mediterranean climate, it has a Russian-speaking majority from its days as […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday accused the Russian army of scuppering the evacuation of civilians through humanitarian corridors agreed after talks with Moscow. “There was an agreement on humanitarian corridors. Did that work? Russian tanks worked in its place, Russian Grads (multiple rocket launchers), Russian mines,” Zelensky said in a video posted on Telegram. The Ukrainian leader said Russian forces mined the road chosen to bring food and medicine to […]
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Western nations have so far been succesful in delivering arms to Ukraine, but this may become harder in the coming days, US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said Monday. “I think it has been extraordinary the amount of arms supplies that are getting in to Ukraine even under the most difficult of circumstances,” she told a media briefing in Madrid. “The international community has been tremendously responsive and has found […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Here are the latest developments in Russia’s war in Ukraine: Russian evacuation offer rejected Ukraine rejects a Kremlin offer to open escape routes for civilians trapped by the fighting in the cities of Kharkiv, Kyiv, Mariupol and Sumy because several of the routes lead to Russia or its ally Belarus. Moscow says the proposal was based on a request from French President Emmanuel Macron, denied by Macron, and accuses Ukraine of […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — More than 125 firefighters Monday battled a blaze at a tower block housing apartments and offices near the City of London, as burning debris fell to the ground. Police evacuated the high-rise building, after the fire erupted on its 17th floor and sent thick smoke into the sky. London mayor Sadiq Khan said 20 fire trucks and more than 125 firefighters were trying to douse the flames in the Aldgate […]
But Biden says US troops won’t engage in conflict with Russian forces in Ukraine WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States is sending 500 more troops to Europe to boost NATO security, an official said Monday as the Pentagon determined Russia has committed nearly all its combat power stationed along the border into Ukraine. With President Vladimir Putin intensifying operations, a senior US defense official also warned that Russian strikes on civilians were […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — A revived Iranian nuclear deal must secure “equal rights” for all world powers involved, Russia said Monday, after Iran asked for details of Moscow’s demands for US guarantees on restoring the accord. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday that, before backing the Iran nuclear deal, Moscow wants written assurances from Washington that Western sanctions imposed on it over the Ukraine war will not affect its economic and military cooperation with […]
