Month: March 2022

Штаб заявив про підготовку найманців у Білорусі, Залужний – про контрнаступ на окремих напрямках

«Ми зупинили агресора, розгорнули частини резерву і на визначених напрямках переходимо в контрнаступ», – повідомив головнокомандувач Збройних сил …

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Ukraine Conflict Sees Multiple Diplomatic Fronts 

The battle over Ukraine’s fate is happening on multiple fronts, with U.S. officials flying around the globe to meet with civilians who have been affected by the carnage, but also speaking virtually and in person with officials from other countries who have a role to play in ending this conflict. VOA’s Anita Powell reports from the White House, with reporting from Eastern Europe Bureau Chief Myroslava Gongadze in Warsaw. …

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Минулої доби Україну залишили понад 70 тисяч людей – прикордонники

У Держприкордонслужбі повідомили, що минулої доби Україну залишила понад 71 тисяча людей. «Минулої доби Україну залишили понад 71 тисяча осіб. Більшість із тих, хто виїхав – понад 48 тисяч людей – перетнули кордон на українсько-польській ділянці. Наразі майже на усіх напрямках відсутні накопичення пішоходів і транспортних засобів», – йдеться в повідомленні. Водночас до України за минулу добу прибули понад 15 тисяч людей. «Майже 13 тисяч з них – українці, більшість з яких чоловіки, що готові поповнити лави оборонців країни. Пишаємося земляками. Загалом, з початку відкритої збройної агресії до України повернулися близько 260 тисяч наших співвітчизників», – йдеться в повідомленні. Повідомляється, …

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Putin Threatens to Privatize Western Companies that Exit Russia

Russian officials have said that they will move to nationalize the assets of Western companies that pull out of their country over its invasion of Ukraine, a decision that will cause significant economic harm to hundreds of businesses while, at least temporarily, preserving the jobs of the tens of thousands of Russians employed by them.  As of Monday, at least 375 companies had announced some sort of pullback from Russia, according to a list maintained by the School of Management at Yale University. The list includes companies that have cut ties with Russia completely, as well as those that have …

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Once a Powerful Symbol in Russia, McDonald’s Withdraws

Two months after the Berlin Wall fell, another powerful symbol opened its doors in the middle of Moscow: a gleaming new McDonald’s.  It was the first American fast-food restaurant to enter the Soviet Union, reflecting the new political openness of the era. For Vlad Vexler, who as a 9-year-old waited in a two-hour line to enter the restaurant near Moscow’s Pushkin Square on its opening day in January 1990, it was a gateway to the utopia he imagined the West to be.  “We thought that life there was magical, and there were no problems,” Vexler said.  So, it was all …

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OSCE Chair: Russian Actions in Ukraine ‘State Terrorism’  

The chairperson of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said Monday that Russia’s targeting of Ukrainian civilians, as well as schools and hospitals, is “state terrorism.” “The invading force started to target the civilian population and infrastructure in an attempt to break the spirit of the Ukrainian people,” Zbigniew Rau said. “This is deplorable and shameful and amounts to state terrorism. Schools, hospitals and kindergartens are being deliberately targeted with internationally banned weapons.” The United Nations has said it has credible reports that Russian forces are using cluster munitions in populated areas. Rau, who is Poland’s foreign minister, …

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Anti-war Protester in Studio Disrupts Live Russian State TV News

An anti-war protester interrupted the main news program on Russian state TV Channel One on Monday, holding up a sign behind the studio presenter with slogans denouncing the war in Ukraine. The sign, in English and Russian, read: “NO WAR. Stop the war. Don’t believe propaganda. They are lying to you here.” Another phrase, which looked like “Russians against war,” was partly obscured. The extraordinary protest took place on day 19 of the war that began when Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24 in what it calls a special military operation. “Stop the war. No to war,” the woman protester …

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Germany Charges Wirecard’s ex-CEO Braun over Fraud

German prosecutors said Monday they have charged Wirecard’s former chief executive Markus Braun and two other high-ranking managers for the colossal commercial fraud that led to the collapse of the payment company. The trio are accused of market manipulation, embezzlement and gang fraud on a commercial scale, said prosecutors, noting that the indictment itself runs to 474 pages. The German fintech company, once touted as a shining star of innovative start-ups, crashed in June 2020 after admitting that a missing 1.9 billion euros ($2.1 billion) from its balance sheets likely didn’t exist. The time it took for prosecutors to file …

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EU Confirms New Sanctions Package Against Russia 

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has confirmed the bloc is poised to impose a fourth round of sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. Speaking in Skopje during a visit to the North Macedonian capital on Monday, the EU’s top diplomat accused Moscow of targeting civilians in its war against Ukraine, noting that “more than” 2,400 civilians had died in the besieged port city of Mariupol alone. “Putin’s war is not only about Ukraine, it’s about security and stability of our European continent. It affects all of us,” Borrell said, adding that another package of sanctions targeting Russia’s …

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