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Apr 07 2022
News
UN General Assembly suspends Russia from Human Rights Council
The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday voted to pass a resolution to suspend Russia from the U.N. Human Rights Council Thursday, in response to Russian forces' alleged killings of civilians in Ukraine.
The vote passed with 93 countries voting in favor, 24 voting against and 58 abstaining from voting. Belarus, China, Iran, Russia and Syria were among the countries who voted
ABC News (Online)Aug 17 2022
News
China to send troops to Russia for 'Vostok' exercise
Chinese troops will travel to Russia to take part in joint military exercises led by the host and including India, Belarus, Mongolia, Tajikistan and other countries, China's defence ministry said on Wednesday.
China's participation in the joint exercises was "unrelated to the current international and regional situation", the ministry said in a statement.
Last month, Moscow
ReutersNov 28 2022
News
Zelensky Warns of More Russian Missile Attacks as Fighting Rages in Eastern Ukraine
Fierce fighting rumbled on in east Ukraine on Monday, as Moscow denied Kyiv’s claims that it was preparing to abandon a nuclear-power plant in the country’s south that it has occupied since March.
In the eastern Donetsk region, Russia is struggling to seize the city of Bakhmut and achieve a symbolic victory after being on the back foot for months. Recent successful Ukrainian offensives
Wall Street Journal (News)Mar 03 2022
News
How many refugees have fled Ukraine and where are they going?
More than one million civilians have fled Ukraine because of the Russian invasion, according to the United Nations (UN).
The European Union (EU) says up to four million people may try to leave and that it will welcome refugees with "open arms".
Which countries are Ukraine's refugees fleeing to?
Refugees are crossing to neighbouring countries to the west, such as Poland,
BBC NewsMar 07 2022
News
Bipartisan group of lawmakers pushes not just for ban on Russian oil, but broad trade halt
Washington’s efforts to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine continued to ramp up Monday, as a bipartisan group of lawmakers announced an agreement on a “legislative path forward to ban the import of energy products from Russia and to suspend normal trade relations with both Russia and Belarus.”
The agreement involves the House Ways and Means Committee’s chairman, Democratic Rep.
MarketWatchOct 07 2022
Opinion
Signs to watch for if US believes a Russian nuclear attack on Ukraine is imminent
Reflecting the growing concern that Russian President Vladimir Putin may order a limited nuclear attack on Ukraine, the United States and its allies are escalating an already significant standing effort to monitor Russia's nuclear forces.
At least three Navy attack submarines are operating in the Atlantic Ocean area, their primary mission being to track and sink Russian ballistic
Tom RoganJun 22 2022
Analysis
Why Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelensky Won't Say Ukraine Is Winning the War
Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelensky won't say it, and Vladimir Putin can't. But Ukraine is winning the war.
Russian propaganda leaflets fluttered from the sky north of Kyiv last week. "They are trying to force you to defend the interests of others!" they declared, encouraging civilian to resist service in the military. The leaflets labeled the local regime "tycoons," "gangs" and "
NewsweekOct 07 2022
News
Biden says Putin's nuclear threat brings risk of 'Armageddon'
Russian President Vladimir Putin's threat to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine has brought the world closer to "Armageddon" than at any time since the Cold-War Cuban Missile Crisis, U.S. President Joe Biden said.
Putin celebrated his 70th birthday to fawning praise from some officials. But with his seven-month invasion unravelling, public events appeared sparse, a contrast to just a week
ReutersJun 29 2023
Perspectives Blog
Wagner Turns Against Kremlin in Short-Lived Mutiny
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Wagner mercenaries briefly marched on Moscow last weekend after the group's leader claimed they were attacked by Russian missiles.
Details: On Friday, Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner mercenary group fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine, claimed his troops
AllSides StaffFeb 28 2022
News
Ukraine mounting stiff resistance, inflicting painful casualties on Russia
KYIV -- There is growing evidence that Ukraine is managing to inflict significant casualties on Russian forces as they try to advance deeper into the country -- and that the swift strike Russia hoped to carry out on the capital, Kyiv, has been slowed by intense and popular resistance.
Russia hasn't managed to make significant progress in the last two days. The main Russian force pushing
ABC News (Online)