Tag: Ukraine

• Saturday, April 23rd 2022 - 13:42 UTC

  UK reopens embassy in Ukrainian capital next week

  

  The UK government will re-open the British embassy in Ukraine’s capital city, Kyiv next week. The embassy was forced to temporarily close due to Russia’s full-scale and illegal invasion. A contingent of British staff remained in western Ukraine to provide humanitarian and other support.

• Thursday, April 21st 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  Russians and Belarusians banned from Wimbledon tennis event

  

  Organizers of the traditional Wimbledon tennis tournament have announced players of Russian and Belarusian citizenship will be banned from entering in view of current events in Ukraine.

• Wednesday, April 13th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Sea mines and stranded crews in Black Sea ports, with 100 merchant ships blocked

  

  Sea mines and stranded crews in Black Sea ports is another consequence of the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. Both Turkey and Romania navies have reported neutralizing sea mines, or rather anchor mines, since they do not float on the surface but rather just beneath it with an anchor supporting the floating device.

• Monday, April 11th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  War spillover, Ukraine economy will contract 45%, Russia's 11,2% and Central Asia 4,1%

  

  The war against Ukraine and sanctions on Russia are hitting economies around the globe, with emerging market and developing countries in the Europe and Central Asia region expected to bear the brunt, says the World Bank’s latest Economic Update for the region.

• Monday, March 28th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  Yet another group of Ukrainian refugees makes it to Brazil

  

  A group of 47 Ukrainian refugees has arrived in Brazil Saturday after being assisted by the South American country's Embassy in Warsaw with travel documents and notes to Polish authorities, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE) announced.

• Friday, March 25th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  NATO to respond if Russia uses chemical weapons, Biden warns

  

  US President Joseph Biden Thursday said that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) would take direct action if Russia resorted to chemical weapons in Ukraine.

• Thursday, March 24th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  WHO Ukraine report: 28 days of war, 64 verified attacks on health care, and 18 million people affected

  

  One month of war has had a devastating impact on Ukraine’s health system, severely restricted access to services, and triggered an urgent need to treat trauma injuries and chronic conditions. Destroyed health infrastructure and disrupted chains of medical supplies now pose a grave threat to millions of people.

• Wednesday, March 23rd 2022 - 09:26 UTC

  Ukraine anticipates spring crops cut by half; only 7 out of 15 million hectares were sown

  

  As a result of the Russian invasion, Ukraine's agricultural minister Roman Leshchenko said he expects his country's spring crop area may be halved this year to only 7 million hectares.

• Tuesday, March 22nd 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Biden not going to Ukraine but Boris Johnson might

  

  US President Joseph Biden will not be traveling to Ukraine during his trip to Europe this week to meet with NATO and EU allies. But British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has reportedly expressed his interest in a journey to Kyiv to bring a solid sign of support to Volodimir Zelensky.

• Tuesday, March 22nd 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  Diplomacy between US, Russia coming to an end

  

  Diplomatic sources in Moscow Monday said whatever remained of ties between Russia and the United States was on the verge of collapse after Washington's Ambassador John Sullivan was handed “a demarche and a note of protest” in view of President Joseph Biden's remarks calling Russian leader Vladimir Putin “a war criminal” amid the invasion of Ukraine.