Tag: RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR

Live updates: EU finalizing new round of sanctions

The latest developments on the Russia-Ukraine war: SKOPJE, North Macedonia — The European Union’s foreign policy chief says the 27-country bloc is finalizing its new round of sanctions against Russia for its “barbaric” invasion of Ukraine. Josep Borrell said Monday that the fourth package of coercive measures would target […]

Pregnant woman, baby die after Russia bombed maternity ward

MARIUPOL, Ukraine — A pregnant woman and her baby have died after Russia bombed the maternity hospital where she was meant to give birth, The Associated Press has learned. Images of the woman being rushed to an ambulance on a stretcher had circled the world, epitomizing the horror […]

Live updates: Zelenskyy: 125,000 evacuated by safe corridors

The latest developments on the Russia-Ukraine war: LVIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s president says nearly 125,000 civilians have been evacuated through safe-passage corridors so far, and a convoy with humanitarian aid is headed to the besieged city of Mariupol. “We have already evacuated almost 125,000 people to the safe territory […]

Russian airstrike hits base in western Ukraine, kills 35

LVIV, Ukraine — Waves of Russian missiles pounded a military training base close to Ukraine’s western border with NATO member Poland, killing 35 people. The strike followed Russian threats to target foreign weapon shipments that are helping Ukrainian fighters defend their country against Russia’s grinding invasion. More than 30 […]

Kremlin says crisis talks with Ukraine have continued by video link – RIA

March 12 – Crisis talks between Moscow and Kyiv over the conflict in Ukraine, which had been conducted in person in Belarus, have continued via a video link, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Saturday, according to the RIA news agency. Peskov said Russian President Vladimir Putin had […]

Concern grows over traffickers targeting Ukrainian refugees

SIRET, Romania — One man was detained in Poland suspected of raping a 19-year-old refugee he’d lured with offers of shelter after she fled war-torn Ukraine. Another was overheard promising work and a room to a 16-year-old girl before authorities intervened. Another case inside a refugee camp at […]

Russia strikes near Ukraine’s capital; mosque reported hit

LVIV, Ukraine — Russian forces pounding the port city of Mariupol shelled a mosque sheltering more than 80 people, including children, the Ukrainian government said Saturday as fighting also raged on the outskirts of the capital, Kyiv. There was no immediate word of casualties from the shelling of the elegant, […]

Russian strikes hit western Ukraine as offensive widens

LVIV, Ukraine — Russia widened its military offensive in Ukraine on Friday, striking airfields in the west and an industrial city in the east for the first time as a huge armored column long stalled outside Kyiv was on the move again, fanning out into nearby forests and […]

Ukraine says Russia snubs plea for humanitarian access to besieged civilians

Summary Companies Russian invasion enters third week Zelenskiy accuses Russia of genocide Russia bombs children’s hospital, city council says Russia says building no longer used as hospital Russia’s foreign minister arrives in Turkey for talks LVIV, Ukraine/ANTALYA, Turkey, March 10 (Reuters) – Ukraine said on Thursday Moscow had […]

White House warns Russia may use chemical weapons in Ukraine

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration publicly warned Wednesday that Russia might seek to use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine as the White House rejected Russian claims of illegal chemical weapons development in the country it has invaded. This week, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova — without […]

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