Ukraine

Fifteen African countries on Thursday abstained and 28 supported the vote as the UN General Assembly in New York overwhelmingly backed a resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nearly a year ago. The resolution called for the withdrawal of troops from Ukraine and a halt to fighting. The measure is…

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Ukraine’s population was 41.9 million in 2020, excluding the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula, according to the Ukrainian government’s statistics service. That means about 19% of Ukraine’s prewar population, roughly the equivalent of the population of Washington state, have fled the country. Russia has had its own mass migration as a result…

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The United Nations General Assembly voted in overwhelming support to adopt a resolution condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine less than a day before the war in eastern Europe reaches its one-year mark. During an emergency session Thursday, 141 nations approved the resolution calling for Russia to "immediately, completely and unconditionally…

A former speechwriter for Vladimir Putin says a declining Russia combined with Putin's own past as a KGB agent led to the invasion of Ukraine. Abbas Gallyamov, who served for three years as Putin's speechwriter since he was first elected in 2001, told Radio National Australia that the Putin he…

KEY POINTS:Australia will send additional military equipment to Ukraine on one-year anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion.The sanctions regime will also be expanded.Australia's funding for Ukraine's war efforts has gone past $500 million.Ukraine's envoy in Australia has declared his country will fight for "as long as it takes" to expel Russian…

Russian President Vladimir Putin. AFP. Moscow: President Vladimir Putin said Russia “will pay increased attention” to boost its nuclear forces. The statement of the Russian president comes a day ahead of first anniversary of his invasion of Ukraine. In his address to mark Thursday’s Defender of the Fatherland public holiday…

2 days ago00:55 Thibault Spirlet Sunak to urge G7 to supply longer-range weapons to UkraineRishi Sunak is expected to call on G7 countries to send longer-range weapons to Ukraine and to move faster on supplying military aid, according to a Downing Street press statement. He is expected to say: "The…

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