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by Marina Moyseyenko Agence France-Presse ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AFP) — The horrors of the bloodiest chapter so far in the Ukraine conflict are poignantly captured in the words and drawings of an eight-year-old boy. Yegor Kravtsov kept a secret diary in Mariupol as Ukrainian forces fought an increasingly desperate defense against Russian troops. Spending weeks in a basement with his family, Yegor filled the pages of a small blue book with an idyllic image of Greece […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Russian Olympic high jump champion Mariya Lasitskene on Thursday accused IOC president Thomas Bach of having created a “new war” by recommending Russian athletes be banned from international competition. Following the invasion of Ukraine in February, the International Olympic Committee had recommended a ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes, a request followed by most federations. “You say you made this decision for our safety but it’s not true. Russian tennis players who […]
by Quentin Tyberghien Agence France-Presse LYSYCHANSK, Ukraine (AFP) — Pro-Russian rebels sentenced to death two British fighters and a Moroccan who were captured while fighting for Ukraine, as a Ukrainian governor called for Western arms on Thursday to win the battle for a crucial eastern city. The death sentences come as Moscow concentrates its firepower on the strategic industrial hub of Severodonetsk, where Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said forces are “holding on” amid fierce fighting […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — UN chief Antonio Guterres said Wednesday that the consequences for the world of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are worsening, with 1.6 billion people likely to be affect. “The war’s impact on food security, energy and finance is systemic, severe, and speeding up,” the Secretary-General said, presenting the UN’s second report into the repercussions of the conflict. He added that “for people around the world, the war is threatening to unleash […]
by Jonathan JACOBSEN The OECD warned Wednesday that the world economy will pay a “hefty price” for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as it slashed its 2022 growth forecast and projected higher inflation. The Paris-based organisation, which represents 38 mostly developed countries, is the latest institution to predict lower GDP growth due to the conflict, which has sent food and energy prices soaring. In its latest economic outlook, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development […]
ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday that Moscow was ready to ensure the safe passage of vessels from Ukraine as concerns mount over grain stuck in Ukrainian ports. “We are ready to ensure the safety of ships that leave Ukrainian ports,” Lavrov told a joint news conference with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu. “We are ready to do this in cooperation with our Turkish colleagues.” Lavrov arrived in Ankara […]
Russia on Wednesday rejected suggestions that grain stuck in Ukrainian ports was fuelling a global food crisis as Moscow pressed ahead with its military offensive. Moscow’s campaign in the pro-Western country has not only devastated crops and farming, but also disrupted crucial deliveries from Ukraine — one of the world’s main grain producers — fuelling concern about hunger and food prices worldwide. “As far as we know, there is much less grain than the Ukrainians […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) — Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio warned Wednesday that millions of people could die of hunger unless Russia unblocked Ukraine’s ports, as he hosted Mediterranean ministers on the global food crisis. “The next few weeks will be crucial to resolving the situation,” he said after a virtual meeting involving Turkey and Lebanon among other countries, alongside G7 president Germany and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation. “I want to say […]
Ukrainian troops may have to retreat from the eastern city of Severodonetsk which is being shelled by Russian troops “24 hours a day”, the regional governor said on Wednesday. “It is possible that we will have to retreat” to better fortified positions, Lugansk governor Sergiy Gaiday said in an interview on the TV channel 1+1. “No one is going to surrender Severodonetsk even if our forces have to fall back to better fortified positions,” Gaiday […]
by Blaise Gauquelin, with Quentin Tyberghien in Donbas Agence France-Presse KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Russia claimed Tuesday that its forces had taken full control of residential neighborhoods in eastern Ukraine’s Severodonetsk, after Kyiv said its outnumbered troops were fighting on in the key eastern hub. The brutal weeks-long contest for the key city in the Lugansk region continued to grind on, with civilians fleeing and some 800 taking refuge in a chemical factory. “The residential […]
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — US, diplomacy, Latin America, summit, Maduro, Venezuela, Turkey, Russia Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrived in Turkey on Tuesday for an official visit as other Latin American leaders gathered for a summit in Los Angeles, to which the United States did not invite him. The VTV state channel showed footage of Maduro arriving at the airport in Ankara, where he was received by senior officials of Turkey, an important ally of Venezuela. “I […]
by Michelle Fitzpatrick Agence France-Presse FRANKFURT, Germany (AFP) — Former German chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday defended her years-long policy of detente towards Moscow, saying she had “nothing to apologize for” even as the Ukraine war casts a pall on her legacy. In her first major interview since stepping down six months ago, Merkel insisted she had not been naive in her dealings with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Diplomacy isn’t wrong just because it hasn’t […]
