Month: February 2022

В Україні відновлюють програму «Допомога поруч» для переміщених осіб

«До програми зараз мобілізуємо допомогу всіх донорів, благодійників, громадських організацій, які готові долучитись, гуманітарну допомогу, щоб надати підтримку якомога більшій кількості людей» …

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UN Chief: Russian Invasion ‘Not Irreversible’

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed again Thursday to Russian President Vladimir Putin to cease his invasion of Ukraine and withdraw his troops. “The decisions of the coming days will shape our world and directly affect the lives of millions upon millions of people,” Guterres told reporters at U.N. headquarters. The use of force by one country against another violates the bedrock principles of the United Nations that all states have agreed to in its Charter, he said. Guterres said the current military offensive is wrong. “It is against the (U.N.) Charter. It is unacceptable. But it is not irreversible,” …

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Russian Police Arrest More than 1,000 Anti-War Protestors in Russia

Russian police detained more than 1,300 anti-war protestors in 50 Russian cities Thursday, according to OVD-Info, an independent Russian human rights group. Anti-war rallies broke out after a military operation targeting Ukraine was announced. The human rights organization said most of the detentions, 660, were in Moscow. The group said arrests were also made in Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg and other cities. Russian President Vladimir Putin used a televised address to announce what he called a “special” military operation in eastern Ukraine, in response to what he termed Ukrainian threats. He warned other countries not to intervene, declaring they will …

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Is This the Start of World War III or Cold War II? 

In the week after the Nazis began attacking Poland, the U.S. weekly newsmagazine Time declared in its September 11, 1939, edition, “World War II began last week at 5:20 a.m. (Polish time) Friday, September 1, when a German bombing plane dropped a projectile on Puck, a fishing village and air base in the armpit of the Hel Peninsula.” France and the United Kingdom, allies of Poland, had declared war on Germany on September 3. In the hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an invasion of Ukraine — although no country has declared war on Russia — many are asking: …

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Africa Opposes Border Aggression but Unlikely to Condemn Russia 

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has so far been met with diplomatic silence in Africa, except for a comment made by Kenya’s ambassador to the UN earlier this week. Analysts say that while many Africans disagree with Russia’s use of force, the continent’s governments are aware of Russia’s power on the world stage. Ukraine’s ambassador to Kenya, Andrii Pravednyk, spoke to reporters in Nairobi and appealed to the international community to help his country against Russia’s invasion. “Today, the future of Europe and the future of the world is at stake. Today Ukraine calls on the international community to take the …

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HRW: Civilians Run Greatest Risk in Putin’s War Against Ukraine

Human Rights Watch warns Russian President Vladimir Putin’s battle plan for Ukraine will likely entail the deliberate targeting of civilians and civilian infrastructure to weaken Ukraine’s resolve to fight on.  Executive Director of Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth, says he fears Russia’s military will replicate in Ukraine the war strategy it employed to help the Syrian regime reclaim the northern province of Idlib, the country’s last rebel-controlled enclave.   He says a detailed study of how Russia fought that war found repeated instances of Russian bombers deliberately targeting civilian institutions. He says hospitals, schools, markets, and civilian buildings were blatantly attacked.  …

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Shares Dive, Oil Soars After Russian Action in Ukraine

Stocks plunged and oil prices surged by more than $5 per barrel Thursday after President Vladimir Putin launched military action in Ukraine, prompting Washington and Europe to vow sanctions on Moscow that may roil the global economy. Market benchmarks in Europe and Asia fell by as much as 4% as traders tried to figure out how large Putin’s incursion would be and the scale of Western retaliation. Wall Street futures retreated by an unusually wide daily margin of 2.5%. Brent crude oil briefly jumped above $100 per barrel in London for the first time since 2014 on unease about possible …

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