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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEemYjYRYsg While we are here we have a report from our civil defense that in five minutes we will have a Russian bomb in the center of Kyiv. And we have a bomb shelter 100 meters from here. “We in Ukraine are not standing in line for the bread, for …

Taliban calls on Russia and Ukraine to end the crisis through “peaceful means”. THE Taliban calls on Russia and Ukraine to “resolve the crisis through dialogue and peaceful means,” according to a statement released by the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. The statement reads: “The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is closely …

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain would like to cut off Russia from the SWIFT global interbank payments system and will continue to lobby reluctant allies to take that step, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Friday. “We would like to go further, we’d like to do the SWIFT system – that …

Russian police arrested more than 1,700 protesters as people rallied across the country against the invasion of Ukraine. Police officers detain a demonstrator holding a sign reading ‘No war!’ during protests in St Petersburg against Russia’s attack on Ukraine [Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo] Police officers arrest protesters in St Petersburg. [Dmitri …

British airlines have been banned from landing at Russia’s airports and from crossing its airspace, the Russian civil aviation regulator has said. Russia said the move was a response to “the unfriendly decisions by the UK aviation authorities”. On Thursday, the UK banned Russia’s national airline Aeroflot from landing in …

The Ukrainian president says Kiev has been left to fend for itself as NATO is “afraid” to give it any guarantees Accusing the West of leaving Ukraine to face Moscow alone, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday he was not afraid to negotiate an end to the Russian “invasion,” but …

Ukrainian women in second city Kharkiv — just 20 miles from tyrannical Vladimir Putin’s vast invasion force — have been stunned by a salvo of admirers in uniform. Hunky Russian troops called Andrei, Alexander, Gregory, Michail and a bearded Chechen fighter nicknamed “Black” were among dozens whose profiles popped up. And they …

Priti Patel today announced Ukrainians who have work, study or visiting visas in the UK will have their stays extended to ensure they are not forced to go home amid the Russian invasion. The Home Secretary said the visa concession will ‘provide certainty to our Ukrainian friends and colleagues living, working …

  Demonstrators take to the streets in London, Tokyo, Paris and many other cities to protest Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Lebanese and Ukrainians living in Lebanon carry placards during a protest against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, near the Russian Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon [Mohamed Azakir/Reuters] A demonstrator holds a European …

PARIS, Feb 24 (Reuters) – France’s foreign minister said that Russian President Vladimir Putin, when making threats about using nuclear weapons, needs to understand that NATO, too, is a nuclear alliance, but he ruled out NATO-led military intervention to defend Ukraine. Asked whether Putin’s threat of “such consequences that you …