‘Prove you are with us’, Ukraine’s president tells EU
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged the European Union to prove that it sides with Ukraine in its war with Russia a day after signing an official request to join the bloc. “We are fighting to be equal members of Europe,” Zelenskyy told an emergency session of the European Parliament on Tuesday via video link. […]
Russia destroys world’s biggest plane in Ukraine
The world’s largest aircraft, the Antonov AN-225, has been destroyed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials, generating alarm and sadness among the aviation world in which it occupies almost cult status. The enormous aircraft, named “Mriya,” or “dream” in Ukrainian, was parked at an airfield near Kyiv when it was attacked by “Russian […]
Ukraine agrees to hold peace talks with Russia at Belarus border
Earlier in the day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had rejected a Russian offer of talks in Belarus saying that Minsk was complicit in the Russian invasion, but leaving the door open to negotiations in other locations. Kyiv has said it wanted to negotiate on “neutral ground,” arguing that Russian troops were using Belarusian territory to […]
Google blocks RT, other Russian channels from earning ad dollars
Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) on Saturday barred Russia’s state-owned media outlet RT and other channels from receiving money for ads on their websites, apps and YouTube videos, similar to a move by Facebook after the invasion of Ukraine. Citing “extraordinary circumstances,” Google’s YouTube unit said it was “pausing a number of channels’ ability to monetize on […]
Germany to send thousands of weapons to Ukraine in major reversal
Germany will supply Ukraine with 1,000 anti-tank weapons and 500 Stinger surface-to-air missiles from Bundeswehr stocks so it can defend itself against Russia, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Saturday. “The Russian invasion of Ukraine marks a turning point. It is our duty to do our best to support Ukraine in defending itself against Putin’s […]
Russia bans flights from Bulgaria, Poland, Czech Republic
Russia said it was closing its airspace to flights from Bulgaria, Poland and the Czech Republic in tit-for-tat punitive measures following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. “Air carriers of these states and/or registered in them are subject to restrictions on flights to destinations on the territory of the Russian Federation, including transit flights through the airspace […]
Russia’s attack on Ukraine begins as the US and Europe urge Putin to stand down
Russian forces launched an attack on Ukraine early Thursday morning local time, marking the devastating culmination of months of a Kremlin military buildup near its former Soviet neighbour’s border. After Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military action in Ukraine, explosions were heard in the country’s capital of Kyiv, according to NBC News. U.S. President […]