Lolade Lawal’s life has been turned upside down in a way she never imagined. The third-year medical student from Nigeria is coming to terms with the effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that started last week. “It is scary, very scary. I’m very worried. People are running for their lives. …
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — In a dramatic escalation of East-West tensions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian nuclear deterrent forces put on high alert Sunday in response to what he called “aggressive statements” by leading NATO powers. The order means Putin has ordered Russia’s nuclear weapons …
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Moscow and Kiev issue update on Ukrainian border guards reported killed The Ukrainian president earlier claimed that all defenders died in a fight with Russian forces. 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 …
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The United States, European Union and United Kingdom on Saturday agreed to block “selected’ Russian banks from the SWIFT global financial messaging system and to impose ”restrictive measures” on its central bank in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine. The measures were announced jointly as part of a new round …
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More than 3,000 people protesting the war in Ukraine have been arrested in Russia, as the demonstrations in Moscow and St Petersburg grew violent again on Saturday evening. The number of people detained, reported by AFP, is as of Thursday, the second day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Protests against …
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British Airways has cancelled all short-haul flights from Heathrow until midday today because of what they call ongoing technical issues. Last night, passengers first reported having problems as BA suffers another big outage, causing the website and app to fail and flights to be grounded. The company said the issues, …
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THE eight-year war in Ukraine took a dramatic turn yesterday when Russian troops officially rolled into the country on the side of the separatist rebels in Eastern Ukraine. It was also to insist on its position that Ukraine’s decision to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, NATO, threatens Russia’s security. …
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World turns on ‘madman’ Putin as minister urges Russian generals to stage a COUP and end ‘illogical’ leader’s ‘Tsarist fantasy’ *Foreign Office minister James Cleverly has made an appeal to Russian generals *He urged them to step in to stop ‘illogical’ Vladimir Putin’s ‘Tsarist fantasy’ World leaders and former officials …
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‘Russian warship, go f*** yourselves’: Final words of Ukrainian border guards protecting Snake Island – just 40 miles from Romanian border in the Black Sea – before Kremlin navy opened fire killing all 13 of them when they refused to surrender *All Ukrainian border guards protecting tiny island in the …
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This is the beginning of a new page in the history of our states �� ��. #MarioDraghi in a phone conversation supported Russia’s disconnection from SWIFT, the provision of defense assistance. Ukraine must become part of the #EU.
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