The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, today considered that war crimes committed in Ukraine will be perpetuated by history, while visiting Borodianka, near Kyiv, where Ukrainian authorities say massacres of civilians took place. "Borodianka, as in Bucha and in so many other cities in Ukraine, history will not forget the crimes of...
War in Ukraine has already caused more than five million refugees
Almost two months after Russian troops invaded Ukraine, the number of refugees resulting from conflict has already exceeded five million, writes Reuters. According to data from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), cited by the same agency, the barrier was surpassed, this Wednesday, with the organization...
US criticizes China for remaining neutral to Russian invasion
China has been maintaining its neutrality when it comes to vows to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and that stance drew criticism from the United States of America on Monday. State Department spokesman Ned Price said China should choose to repudiate "Kremlin propaganda" as other countries have done....
War: Norway has sent a hundred anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine
The government of Norway today announced the shipment of more than a hundred anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine as part of military aid to Kyiv which faces invasion by Moscow's forces. Earlier, Norwegian authorities authorized several arms donations to Ukrainian forces, including "four thousand anti-aircraft batteries." "The conflict in Ukraine...
Ukraine. Former Prime Minister says with Putin 'Europe is in danger'
Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, leader of the 2004 Orange Revolution, said today that Russian President Vladimir Putin is "crossing many red lines" in Ukraine, which puts Europe "in danger." Putin's strategy is to attack the westernmost city. With the war, many embassies have moved there, and he intends to...
War: Russia threatens U.S. for "unpredictable consequences"
According to an international news portal the threat was discovered by the Washington Post newspaper, which obtained a copy of diplomatic correspondence sent by Moscow to the White House. "We call on the United States and its allies to stop the irresponsible militarization of Ukraine, which entails unpredictable consequences for regional and international security," the...
War in Ukraine: Russia demands surrender
Russia this Saturday issued an ultimatum to Ukrainian forces to surrender. The threat was made by the Russian Defense Ministry which stated that "the only chance" is that Ukrainian soldiers surrender by Sunday morning. Meanwhile according to international news portals Russia continues to record heavy losses. Yesterday
Russia threatens nuclear weapons if Finland and Sweden join NATO
Security Council Vice President and former Russian President Dmitri Medvedev today threatened the deployment of nuclear weapons in the Baltics if Sweden and Finland join NATO. "It will be necessary to strengthen the grouping of ground forces, anti-aircraft defense, deploy significant naval forces in the waters of the Gulf of Finland. And then we will no longer be able to....
UN warns that war will worsen refugee reality in Africa
The plight of refugees and internally displaced persons in East Africa will be exacerbated by rising food prices caused by the war in Ukraine, the United Nations (UN) warned on Wednesday. "The conflict in Ukraine will cause a collateral wave of famine by further exacerbating existing problems, such as the prices...
ICC: Ukraine is "a crime scene
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the British Karim Khan, described Ukraine today as a "crime scene" during a visit to the city of Bucha, near Kiev, writes the Lusa agency. Ukraine is a crime scene. We are here because we have good reason to believe that crimes whose trial falls under the competence...