Jacinda Ardern says UN failed in its response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Ukraine urged its allies to send more weapons as the country’s chief negotiator said a turning point in the war was starting to take shape.
Mykhailo Podolyak said Ukrainian forces are close to attacking storage facilities and command centres as Moscow’s forces took an “operational pause due to losses and to resupply”.
Meanwhile, Pentagon said the US will send Kyiv an additional $400m in military assistance, with weaponry heavily focused on high-precision long-range weapons.
Earlier, the Kremlin warned that Ukraine must strike a peace deal with Russia or face “slipping down this hill” to ruin.
Andrei Kelin, Russia’s ambassador to London, issued the threat in an interview with Reuters in his London residence where Winston Churchill used to discuss World War Two strategy with Josef Stalin’s ambassador.
The only way out: the volunteers rescuing Ukrainians from hell on the frontline
To escape the worst hit areas of the war, the most vulnerable Ukrainians are reliant on volunteers using buses to ferry people to safety. Bel Trew joined one such convoy in Donbas.
The only way out: the volunteers rescuing Ukrainians from hell on the frontline
To escape the worst hit areas of the war, the most vulnerable Ukrainians are reliant on volunteers using buses to ferry people to safety. Bel Trew joined one such convoy in Donbas
Joe Middleton8 July 2022 19:57
Ukraine urges allies to send more weapons for turning point in war
Ukraine urged its allies yesterday to send more weapons as the Ukrainian chief negotiator said a turning point in war was starting to take shape as Moscow’s forces took an “operational pause due to losses and to resupply”.
“It is clear that they have to redeploy things, bring forward new troops and weaponry, and this is very good. A certain turning point is beginning to take shape because we are proving we are going to attack storage facilities and command centres,” Mykhailo Podolyak told Ukraine‘s 24 Channel television.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky went on a visit to areas at and near the front, and said he spent the day visiting a hospital in Dnipro treating wounded soldiers and touring areas in the forward lines of defence in Dnipropetrovsk and Kriviy Rih regions.
Shweta Sharma9 July 2022 04:40
ICYMI: Hummus supplies under threat due to Ukraine war and climate change
The decreasing global production of chickpeas due to the Ukraine war and the changing climate is threatening the supply of hummus, according to industry experts.
The global supply of chickpeas could fall as much as 20 per cent this year, according to the Global Pulse Confederation.
Farmers in the United States – the fourth largest chickpea exporter – planted nearly five per cent fewer acres of chickpeas this year due to bad weather, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported.
Maryam Zakir-Hussain reports.
Hummus supplies to suffer due to Ukraine war and climate change
Global supply of chickpeas predicted to dip by 20 per cent this year
Joe Middleton9 July 2022 03:50
ICYMI: Jacinda Ardern says UN failed in its response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Jacinda Ardern says UN failed in its response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Joe Middleton9 July 2022 03:00
Have EU sanctions hurt Russia since it invaded Ukraine? Here’s the truth
We have begun to show that, when provoked, Europe can respond powerfully, writes Josep Borrell Fontelles.
Opinion: Have EU sanctions hurt Russia since it invaded Ukraine? Here’s the truth
We have begun to show that, when provoked, Europe can respond powerfully
Joe Middleton9 July 2022 02:00
Ukrainians express indifference and disappointment at Johnson’s resignation
Ukrainians express indifference and disappointment at Johnson’s resignation
Joe Middleton9 July 2022 01:00
Russian politician says Kremlin should ‘claim back’ Alaska
Vyacheslav Volodin, the speaker of Russia‘s lower house of parliament, suggested Moscow could reclaim the US state of Alaska amid escalating rhetoric between the two countries over the war in Ukraine.
The longtime aide of Vladimir Putin warned on Wednesday that Washington should remember that Alaska was part of Russia when it freezes Russian assets, as it has done as part of a package of sanctions aimed at punishing the Kremlin for the invasion.
Russia colonised Alaska and established several settlements there until the US purchased it from Russia in 1867, for $7.2 million.
Senior Russian politician suggests Kremlin should ‘claim back’ Alaska
Russia colonised Alaska and established several settlements there until US purchased it in 1867 for $7.2 million
Joe Middleton8 July 2022 23:58
Volodymyr Zelensky thanks Boris Johnson for support ‘from first day of Russia terror’
Volodymyr Zelensky thanks Boris Johnson for support ‘from first day of Russia terror’
Joe Middleton8 July 2022 23:30
NATO official: Western Balkans face ‘no imminent threat’
A NATO senior official on Thursday said Western Balkan countries don’t face an “imminent threat” from the war in Ukraine, and are of strategic interest to the Western alliance.
NATO’s Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana was in Kosovo’s capital, Pristina, to meet with local officials and visit the NATO-led KFOR mission.
Geoana denounced Russia’s “illogical and brutal war” in Ukraine and its “aggressive and malign influence over the Western Balkans.”
NATO official: Western Balkans face ‘no imminent threat’
A NATO senior official says Western Balkan countries don’t face an “imminent threat” from the war in Ukraine, and are of strategic interest to the alliance
Joe Middleton8 July 2022 23:00
Russian state TV calls Johnson resignation ‘victory’ for Putin
Russian state TV calls Johnson resignation ‘victory’ for Putin
Joe Middleton8 July 2022 22:30