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US President Joe Biden on Friday said that direct involvement by the US and NATO allies in the Russia-Ukraine conflict would result in ‘World War III’.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Russia of carrying out genocide after officials said Russian aircraft bombed a children’s hospital in the city of Mariupol on Wednesday.
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday declared a US ban on Russian oil and other energy imports, ramping up a pressure campaign on Moscow in vengeance for the invasion of Ukraine.
Ukraine’s military intelligence on Tuesday said its forces killed a Russian general near the besieged city of Kharkiv, the second Russian senior commander to die in the invasion.
Mastercard and Visa are suspending their operations in Russia, the companies said Saturday, in the latest blow to the country’s financial system after its invasion of Ukraine.
Russia and Ukraine will hold the third round of talks on Monday about ending hostilities, Ukrainian negotiator David Arakhamia said in a Facebook post on Saturday, without providing further details.
Russia declared a partial ceasefire on Saturday to allow humanitarian corridors out of the Ukrainian cities of Mariupol and Volnovakha, Russia’s defence ministry said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky lashed NATO on Friday for ruling out a no-fly zone over his country saying the Western military alliance knew further Russian aggression was likely.
A Bangladeshi sailor named Md Hadisur Rahman of Bangladeshi ship Banglar Samriddhi has been killed after a missile hit the ship, which is stranded at the Olvia seaport due to war.
China will not join in sanctions on Russia that have been led by the West, the country’s banking regulator said on Wednesday, adding that he believed the impact of the measures on China would be limited.
The Russian army claimed on Wednesday it had taken control of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson as Moscow’s invasion of the pro-Western country entered its seventh day.
At least 21 people were killed and 112 wounded in shelling in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv in the last 24 hours, regional governor Oleg Synegubov said on Wednesday.
Human rights groups and Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States on Monday accused Russia of attacking Ukrainians with cluster bombs and vacuum bombs, weapons that have been condemned by a variety of international organizations.
More than 70 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed on Sunday when Russian artillery hit a military base in Okhtyrka, a city in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region.
Russia has been expelled from the World Cup after being suspended from all international competitions until further notice, FIFA and UEFA announced in a joint statement on Monday.
Talks between Ukraine and Russia have started on Monday at the Belarussian border for the first time since Moscow’s invasion, reports Reuters citing Ukrainian presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement that his nuclear forces were on alert sparked outcry in the West as the invading troops faced stiff resistance on Monday.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that he was ready for talks with Russia, but rejected Moscow’s push to stage them in Belarus.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a ‘military operation’ in Ukraine on Thursday and called on soldiers there to lay down their arms, defying Western outrage and global appeals not to launch a war.
Japan is imposing sanctions on Russia over its actions in Ukraine, terming Moscow’s moves an unacceptable violation of Ukrainian sovereignty and international law.
