Tag Archives: Ukraine

United Nations | Xinhua | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has asked both the Russian and Ukrainian leaders to receive him to discuss steps to bring about peace following Russia’s special military operation in its neighbor. Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the secretary-general, said on Wednesday in a statement that separate letters were …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | The second phase of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine has begun, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday. The operation in eastern Ukraine is aimed at “completely liberating” the populations of Donetsk and Lugansk, Lavrov said during an interview with India Today. “This operation will …

Kiev, Ukraine | Xinhua | Russian forces have begun the battle for the Donbas region, but Ukraine will defend itself, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video address on Monday. “Now we can say that Russian troops have started the battle for Donbas, for which they have been preparing for …

Beijing, China | Xinhua | The Russia-Ukraine conflict continued on Saturday as the Russian military announced that the entire urban area of Mariupol city in eastern Ukraine has been fully controlled. The following are the latest developments: The Russian military has fully cleared the entire urban area of Mariupol of …

As the conflict drags on, African countries with trade ties with Russia and Ukraine face wheat and fertilizer supply shortages Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | The Russia-Ukraine conflict has rocked several countries in Africa, particularly net importers of commodities, a senior economist has said. Tewodros Mekonnen, an economist at the …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Washington has spent more than 350 million U.S. dollars “in recent years alone” on projects of the Science and Technology Center in Ukraine (STCU), including on military biological programs, the Russian military said Thursday. The STCU distributed grants for research in the interests of the Pentagon, …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden said Wednesday his administration will provide Ukraine with an additional 800 million U.S. dollars’ worth of military aid due to what Washington anticipated to be a “wider assault” by Russia in eastern Ukraine. “As Russia prepares to intensify its attack in the …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | U.S.-funded biological laboratories in Ukraine were engaged in developing components of biological weapons, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday. “It is impossible not to mention the activities conducted by the United States and its allies near the Russian borders,” Medvedev said …

The conflict has pushed up food and energy prices, and reduced the availability of goods exported by Russia and Ukraine Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine has dealt a severe blow to the global economy, reducing forecasted global trade growth for 2022 from the 4.7 …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russia’s armed forces have destroyed air defense equipment supplied to Ukraine by a European country, the Russian Defense Ministry said Monday. “On April 10, high-precision sea-based Kalibr missiles destroyed the equipment of an S-300 anti-aircraft missile division, which was supplied to Kiev by a European country,” …