The entire staff of former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’s taxpayer-funded office have quit as the long-time friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin resists growing pressure to cut his ties to the Kremlin following its invasion of Ukraine. Schroeder, who took Read more…
Moscow and Kiev’s top officials must sit down at the negotiating table to establish a path to de-escalating aggression, one of Beijing’s top diplomats has said, as Russia’s armed forces continue to attack Ukraine. Speaking on Monday at an emergency session, Read more…
Nigeria’s government has condemned reports that its citizens, and those of other African countries, have been stopped from leaving war-torn Ukraine. Isaac, a Nigerian man trying to get into Poland, said border staff told him they were “not tending to Read more…
During a conversation with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin named three conditions for a peace settlement in Ukraine, including the recognition of Russian sovereignty over Crimea. According to the Kremlin’s readout of the phone Read more…
A 17-mile-long convoy comprising hundreds of Russian military vehicles reached the outskirts of Kyiv on Monday, CNN reported. Per CNN, the convoy was originally identified on Sunday in satellite imagery provided by Maxar Technologies. At the time, it was approximately 40 Read more…
The Russian military has suffered casualties, and some soldiers have ended up captured by the opposing forces during the ongoing military operation in Ukraine, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov acknowledged on Sunday during a press briefing, as Read more…
Russian forces entered Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, before dawn on Sunday, engaging in urban combat and blowing up a gas pipeline in the city. While Ukrainian fighters were able to stave off a Russian tank assault in Kharkiv on Thursday and Read more…
Finland and Sweden have brushed off warnings from neighboring Russia that their possible joining of NATO would trigger “serious military-political consequences” from Moscow for the two countries. A statement from the Russian Foreign Ministry Friday voiced concern about what it Read more…
The Russian military has claimed that Ukrainian border guards, whom Ukraine initially declared entirely slain, survived, while Kiev’s military concurred that it might indeed be the case. Both countries’ armed forces on Saturday said that a group of Ukrainian border Read more…
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has said the State Security Network, Amotekun Corps was not created to rival other security agencies, saying its existence is benefiting the state and other major security outfits. Governor Akeredolu who spoke in his office while receiving the new Read more…
Beijing “respects” the actions of the Russian government amid the “ongoing crisis situation” in Ukraine, China’s President Xi Jinping told President Vladimir Putin during a phone call on Friday, the Kremlin has said. The Russian president has “thoroughly informed” the Chinese leader about the reasons that Read more…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he would remain in the nation’s capital amid the Russian invasion, an actor turned politician encouraging his country to stay strong in a time of war. Zelensky released a short video address early Friday local Read more…