ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says this week’s meeting between NATO leaders should be focused on ways of securing a cease-fire in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and not just on sanctions and deterrence. “Everyone’s first aim should be a cease-fire,” Cavusoglu told Turkish journalists on […]
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine said it retook a strategically important suburb of Kyiv on Tuesday, as Russian forces squeezed other areas near the capital and pressed their attack on the embattled southern port of Mariupol. Explosions and bursts of gunfire shook Kyiv, and black smoke rose from a spot in […]
LVIV, Ukraine, March 21 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday Ukraine would never bow to ultimatums from Russia and cities such as Kyiv, Mariupol or Kharkiv would not accept Russian occupation. “We have an ultimatum with points in it. ‘Follow it and then we will end the […]
Summary Companies NATO is back defending against its original nemesis, but this time it’s different Baltic region’s new NATO members vulnerable from land and sea Mines, container ship accident, could seal them off With China, Russia in concert, alliance is at turning point NATO “thought that there wouldn’t […]
LVIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian officials defiantly rejected a Russian demand that their forces in Mariupol lay down their arms and raise white flags Monday in exchange for safe passage out of the besieged port city. As Russia intensified its effort to pound Mariupol into submission, its ground offensive […]
ISTANBUL, March 20 – Turkey’s foreign minister said in an interview published on Sunday that Russia and Ukraine were nearing agreement on “critical” issues and he was hopeful for a ceasefire if the two sides did not backtrack from progress achieved so far. Russian forces invaded Ukraine on […]
WARSAW, Poland — Officials in Poland say that trucks headed for Belarus are backed up for 40 kilometers (25 miles) while they wait to reach the Koroszczyn border point as a group of protesters is blocking the road there. The protesters are calling for a ban on trade […]
LVIV, Ukraine, March 19 – The Russian invasion has forced 30% of Ukraine’s economy to stop working, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said in a televised interview on Saturday. “Our tax revenues do not allow us to cover our needs, (therefore) the main revenue stream is borrowing,” Marchenko said. […]
Summary Companies Zelenskiy calls for comprehensive peace talks Russia reports hypersonic missile strike Ukraine says it has lost access to Sea of Azov Biden warns China’s Xi against helping Russia LVIV/ODESSA, Ukraine, March 19 (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Saturday for comprehensive peace talks with […]
LVIV, Ukraine — Russian forces pushed deeper into Ukraine’s besieged and battered port city of Mariupol on Saturday, where heavy fighting shut down a major steel plant and local authorities pleaded for more Western help. The fall of Mariupol, the scene of some of the war’s worst suffering, would […]
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