Tag: conflict

Russia to prioritise making military satellites

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) – Russia’s space agency Roscosmos said Thursday it will be changing its programme to prioritise making satellites for military purposes as Moscow becomes increasingly isolated following its invasion of Ukraine. “Our space programme, of course, will be adjusted. Firstly, priorities will be set,” Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin said in an interview with Russian state TV. “The priority here is the creation of spacecraft in the interests of both Roscosmos and Russia’s defence […]

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Top carmakers suspend operations at Russian plants

Toyota and Volkswagen, the world’s two biggest auto manufacturers, said Thursday they would suspend operations at their production facilities in Russia, following the invasion of Ukraine. Toyota said it would halt work at its only factory in Russia and stop shipping vehicles to the country, citing “supply chain disruptions” linked to Moscow’s assault on Ukraine and Western sanctions. The world’s top-selling carmaker said its plant in Saint Petersburg produced around 80,000 vehicles last year, mainly […]

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Kyiv, Moscow agree on evacuation corridors in Ukraine war

Ukraine and Russia agreed to create humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians on Thursday, in a second round of talks since Moscow invaded last week, negotiators on both sides said. “The second round of talks is over. Unfortunately, Ukraine does not have the results it needs yet. There are decisions only on the organisation of humanitarian corridors,” Ukrainian presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak said on Twitter. The talks between the Russian and Ukrainian officials took place on […]

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Putin says Russian military advance in Ukraine going ‘to plan’

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Moscow’s advance in Ukraine is going “according to plan” and ordered large compensations for Russian soldiers killed in the invasion. “I want to say that the special military operation is going strictly according to schedule, according to plan,” he said, opening a meeting with his security council. “We are at war with neo-Nazis,” the Russian leader said, adding: “I will never give up on my conviction that Russians […]

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Leaders allow Czechs to fight for Ukraine

Czechs who will leave for Ukraine and help defend it against the Russian invasion will not face punishment, the Czech Republic’s leaders agreed on Thursday. “We can guarantee indemnity through a presidential reprieve,” Prime Minister Petr Fiala told reporters after meeting President Milos Zeman. The law prevents Czechs from serving in an army other than their country’s, slapping a prison sentence of up to five years on offenders. If they want to fight abroad, they […]

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Germany’s Scholz urges Gerhard Schroeder to quit Russian posts

  German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday urged former leader Gerhard Schroeder to quit his posts with Russian energy giants Rosneft and Gazprom following Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. “I find that it is not correct for Gerhard Schroeder to hold these offices. And I think it would be correct for him to give them up,” said Scholz in an interview with public broadcaster ZDF. Schroeder, who was Germany’s chancellor from 1998 to 2005, is […]

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Putin vows ‘uncompromising fight’ as Ukraine war enters second week

by Dmitry ZAKS / Dmytro GORSHKOV Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed no let-up in his invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, even as the warring sides met for ceasefire talks and Kyiv demanded safe passage for besieged civilians. After the fall of a first major Ukrainian city to Russian forces, Putin appeared in no mood to heed a global clamour for hostilities to end as the war entered its second week. “Russia intends to continue the […]

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Russia’s Lavrov accuses West of fixating on ‘nuclear war’

  MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday accused Western politicians of fixating on nuclear war, one week after Moscow launched the invasion of Ukraine. “It’s clear that World War Three can only be a nuclear war,” Lavrov said in an online interview with Russian and foreign media. “I would like to point out that it’s in the heads of Western politicians that the idea of a nuclear war is spinning […]

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One million refugees fled Ukraine in week: UNHCR

  GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — One million refugees have fled Ukraine in the week since Russia’s invasion, the United Nations said Thursday, warning that unless the conflict ended immediately, millions more were likely to flee. “In just seven days we have witnessed the exodus of one million refugees from Ukraine to neighbouring countries,” UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi tweeted. “Unless there is an immediate end to the conflict, millions more are likely to be forced […]

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PHL crude oil supplies primarily sourced from Middle East, but Ukraine crisis to still impact on oil prices – DOE

Long-term and short-term measures identified to address crisis   (Eagle News) – The Philippines’ energy department admitted the country is “at the mercy of global price movements” and would be affected with the continuing Russia-Ukraine conflict. Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi said that while the Philippines primarily gets its crude oil requirements from the Middle East, the impact of the Ukraine crisis will be felt in the international oil markets and thus have a direct impact […]

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Germany to deliver more anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine

  FRANKFURT, Germany (AFP) — Germany will increase its weapons deliveries to Ukraine following the Russian invasion by sending an 2,700 anti-aircraft missiles to the conflict zone, a government source told AFP on Thursday. The government “approved further support for Ukraine”, involving the delivery of STRELA-type anti-aircraft missiles of Soviet manufacture, which were previously used by the army of communist East Germany, the source said. Germany’s first arms consignment of 1,000 anti-tank and another 500 […]

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Germany begins slow move away from Russian gas after Ukraine invasion

by Florian CAZERES Agence France-Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) – The invasion of Ukraine has thrown Germany’s problematic dependence on Russian gas into stark relief, forcing Europe’s largest economy to urgently reshape its energy mix. In a previously unthinkable step for Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s young government, the crisis even has politicians considering delaying Germany’s planned exit from nuclear energy and coal to keep the lights on. “We will change course to overcome our import dependence,” Scholz […]

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