Month: March 2022

A Ukrainian camera operator killed in Russia’s airstrike on a Kyiv TV tower is the first confirmed media fatality of the war.   Yevhenii Sakun, who worked for LIVE TV, was killed along with four others in Tuesday’s strike, Ukrainian police confirmed Wednesday. Ukrainian journalists and foreign correspondents covering the war paid tribute to Sakun on social media.   The international community, including the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the Association for International Broadcasting (AIB), condemned the strike.   “Broadcasting must not be attacked and illegitimately obstructed as it is vital to inform people about the …

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Despite mounting pressure to exclude Russia and its teams from global sports as a retribution for its invasion of Ukraine, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said that coordinators of the Beijing Winter Paralympics will allow athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete when the games open this week.  The International Olympic Committee (IOC) declared that the Russian and Belarusian athletes will compete under the Paralympic flag and will not be included in the medal table. The affected athletes must cover any Russian Paralympic Committee flags or symbols identifying their countries that appear on their uniforms in all official ceremonies and …

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While the world is watching Russia invade Ukraine, “Klondike,” a drama by Ukrainian film director Maryna Er Gorbach, takes us back in the beginning of the 2014 Russo-Ukrainian conflict at the Donbas border region between Ukraine and Russia. There, amid an armed conflict between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian forces, a Russian-made missile downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, killing all 298 people on board. In an interview with VOA’s Penelope Poulou, the filmmaker said that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine never really ended. …

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In his first State of the Union address, U.S. President Joe Biden touted his success in uniting much of the world against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. VOA’s Senior Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine reports. …

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US President Biden says Russian leader Putin ‘Will Never Gain the Hearts and Souls of the Ukrainian People’  …

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In his first State of the Union address Tuesday night, U.S. President Joe Biden touted his success in uniting much of the world against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Biden said Ukraine is on the front line of the global battle between democracies and autocracies, and that democracy will prevail. With Putin ratcheting up attacks on major Ukrainian cities such as Kharkiv and Kyiv, Biden stood in the House chamber and told Americans the free world is united against Putin’s aggression. “The free world is holding him accountable,” Biden said. “Along with 27 members of the European Union, …

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Full developments of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine    …

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