Ukraine
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was visiting Kyiv Saturday for face-to-face talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky as part of a show of solidarity with the Ukrainian people, Downing Street said.
More than half of all children in Ukraine have been displaced from their homes since Russia launched its full-scale invasion on February 24, the United Nations said Thursday.
The United Nations will have multiple meetings this week about Russia’s war in Ukraine, though it is unclear if they will lead to the adoption of an official text, diplomats said.
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.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he is no longer insisting on NATO membership for Ukraine, a delicate issue that was one of Russia’s stated reasons for invading its pro-Western neighbor.
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.
The United Nations needs safe passage to deliver humanitarian aid to conflict zones in Ukraine, a senior official with the organization told the Security Council on Monday.
European Union leaders will discuss Ukraine’s application to join the 27-nation bloc in the coming days, the chairman of EU summits Charles Michel said in a tweet on Monday.
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.
The UN refugee agency said that 1 million people have now fled Ukraine since Russia’s invasion less than a week ago, an exodus without precedent in this century for its speed.
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.
