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 …
Read More »Russia accuses U.S.-funded labs of developing bio-weapons
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 …
Read More »Crisis in Ukraine could slash global trade growth by half in 2022: WTO
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 …
Read More »Russian forces destroy foreign supplies of missile systems in Ukraine
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,” …
Read More »Winners in the war in Ukraine
What Uganda is missing Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government of Uganda officials say Uganda is a victim of the war in Ukraine; this in spite of President Yoweri Museveni telling foreign journalist that Uganda has decided not to get involved. “We do not want to be involved in …
Read More »Facts about Russia-Ukraine conflict: Ukrainian official says conflict to affect 25 pct of global grain market
Beijing, China | Xinhua | Relevant parties are working to broker a peaceful solution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The following are the latest developments: The conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the world’s major exporters of foodstuffs, will impact 25 percent of the global grain market, a Ukrainian official said Saturday. …
Read More »IN THE INDEPENDENT: Winners in the Ukraine war
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER Winners in the war in Ukraine: What Uganda is missing THE LAST WORD A frank memo to our wannabes: Why Oulanyah’s evacuation to Seattle was not a waste of taxpayers’ money COMMENT The implosion …
Read More »U.S. imposes sanctions on Russia’s major financial institutions, Putin’s daughters
Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The United States on Wednesday imposed additional sanctions on Russia for its military operation in Ukraine, targeting the country’s major financial institutions and the two daughters of Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to a factsheet from the White House detailing the measures, the United States will …
Read More »Send Merkel to Moscow
COMMENT | KATI MARTON | As a horrified world searches for a way to stop Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brutal war against Ukraine, there is one person who might be able to get through to the Kremlin’s dangerously isolated autocrat. Angela Merkel, until recently chancellor of Germany, held Putin to some …
Read More »Ukraine’s Odesa comes under airstrike
Kiev, Ukraine | Xinhua | Explosions rocked Ukraine’s southern Black Sea port city of Odesa early Sunday as the city came under an airstrike, the Operation Command South, a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces in southern Ukraine, said on Facebook. The attacks hit the city’s infrastructure. Some of the …
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