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Three adults were killed and three children wounded when an anti-personnel mine exploded under their car on a road in the Chernigiv region north of Kyiv, Ukraine’s ombudsman said Tuesday. The adults died on the spot while the children were taken to nearby hospitals with injuries of varying severity. It is believed to be the first time during the current fighting that civilians have been killed by a mine, ombudsman Lyudmyla Denisova told AFP. She […]
The EU wants to vastly reduce Russian gas imports this year, a top official said Tuesday, as political pressure mounts to sever Russia’s main economic lifeline over its invasion of Ukraine. The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, announced the goal as the United States was expected to impose an oil import ban on Russia in a step considered too far for the Europeans, who fear that the economic consequences would be too severe. […]
Energy giant Shell said Tuesday it would withdraw from its involvement in Russian gas and oil, including an immediate stop to purchases of crude from the country. The UK-based company also issued an apology for buying a cargo of Russian crude oil last week and said it would shut its service stations, aviation fuels and lubricants operations in the country. Shell said it would withdraw from its involvement in all Russian hydrocarbons “in a […]
OSLO, Norway (AFP) — The number of refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine is expected to top two million in the next two days, the head of the UN refugee agency said Tuesday. “I do think that we will pass the two million mark today or maybe at the latest tomorrow. So, it doesn’t stop,” Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, told reporters in Oslo. On Monday, the UNHCR put the number of […]
(Eagle News) — On the day that gasoline stations implemented the biggest oil price hike so far this year, people are already feeling the crunch. On Tuesday morning, March 8, gasoline prices rose by as much as P3.60 per liter. Diesel, which is used by ordinary public utility jeepneys (PUJs), had the highest increase by as much as P5.85. The price of kerosene, used in ordinary cooking stoves and fuel for lighting, rose by […]
by Sylvie Lanteaume and Francesco Fontemaggi The United States believes Russia is digging in for a protracted war, and Washington wants to help Kyiv resist, but an overarching goal remains — limiting the conflict to Ukraine to avoid spillover that could provoke “World War III.” The US military establishment is walking a tightrope as it seeks to balance such demands and avoid nuclear escalation, according to public statements by American leaders and AFP interviews with […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — An air strike killed at least nine people, including two children, in the Ukrainian city of Sumy, where a humanitarian corridor was to be set up Tuesday, authorities said. The corridor from Sumy to Poltava is designed to evacuate civilians, including Chinese, Indians and other foreigners, but Ukraine’s vice prime minister accused Russia of planning to disrupt the route. The air strike in Sumy, near the Russian border east of the […]
VIENNA, Austria (AFP) — The UN nuclear watchdog’s head said Monday he hoped Moscow and Kyiv would agree within hours to his offer to discuss nuclear safety after Russia seized Europe’s largest power plant in Ukraine. The battle had caused “unprecedented danger of a nuclear accident” and should not be repeated under any circumstances, said International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general Rafael Grossi. Grossi offered on Friday to travel to Chernobyl to negotiate […]
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 Jordane BERTRAND Agence France-Presse SAN JAVIER, Uruguay (AFP) – Far away from Kyiv and even further from Moscow, residents of the small Uruguayan village of San Javier — an old Russian settlement — look on with dismay at the invasion of Ukraine. At a first glance, the community’s grid plan, low houses and surrounding fields resembles any other rural Uruguayan village — but a scratch below the surface reveals the history of a site […]
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 […]
(Eagle News) – Mandatory evacuation of Filipinos is now underway in Ukraine as the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) raised crisis alert level 4 for all areas in that war-torn country which is heavily being bombarded by Russian forces. The DFA issued the advisory on Monday, March 7, as around 1.7 million Ukrainians have fled to other countries to escape heavy shelling and bombarding by Russian forces in their country. Alert Level 4 is […]
