Tag Archives: Ukraine

  Ankara, Turkey | Xinhua | Neither the United States nor other Western countries had not contributed to solving the crisis between Russia and Ukraine, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday. “Unfortunately, the West has not contributed to the solution of this issue until now. I can only …

Kive, Ukraine | Xinhua | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and visiting British Prime Minister Boris Johnson met in Kiev on Tuesday to discuss security issues, in particular Russian military buildup on the Ukrainian border, the presidential press service said. In a joint statement after their talks, Zelensky and Johnson warned …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | If the United States were to impose more sanctions against Russia, the country would risk severing relations with Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday. “Regarding the threat of (new) sanctions, the Americans were told during the contacts of the presidents that the package …

COMMENT | HILARY APPEL & JENNIFER TAW |  Recent talks in Geneva between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken regarding the crisis over Ukraine achieved little. Russia asked for a written response to its demands, which include a halt to NATO enlargement. For now, Russian President Vladimir Putin might …

Kiev, Ukraine | Xinhua | Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Wednesday that Kiev supports the U.S. response to Moscow’s proposal on security guarantees regarding Ukraine. “It (Ukraine’s position) has been taken into account, and the proposals that the United States will send to Russia in the part concerning Ukraine do …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden reiterated Tuesday that there is no intention in his administration or within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to send troops into Ukraine, but that Russia will face serious economic consequences if it invades the former Soviet republic. “We have no intention …

  Geneva, SWITZERLAND | EURO NEWS |  The top diplomats from Russia and the US described their talks in Geneva on Friday as “useful” and left the door open for further meetings in the coming weeks. Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov told reporters that Washington had agreed to respond to …

Kiev, Ukrain | Xinhua |  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a phone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss Ukraine’s security situation, Zelensky’s press service reported Friday. During the talk, the two leaders discussed the ways to unlock the negotiation process in the Normandy format, designed to end the …

  Tehran, Iran | AFP | Iran said on Saturday that its armed forces had “unintentionally” shot down a Ukrainian airliner, killing all 176 passengers and crew on board. The incident came hours after Iran launched a wave of missiles at Iraqi bases housing American troops in retaliation for the killing …

  Tehran, Iran | AFP | Iran’s armed forces said Saturday they unintentionally shot down the Ukrainian airliner that crashed this week blaming “human error”. The plane, which crashed on Wednesday killing all 176 people on board, was mistaken for a “hostile plane” and was hit while enemy threats were …