Ukraine

Russian private military contractor Wagner Group has deployed about 1,200 mercenaries to Libya to strengthen the forces of renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar, according to a leaked United Nations report. The 57-page report by independent sanctions monitors, submitted to the UN Security Council Libya sanctions committee, said Wagner deployed the mercenaries…

KIEV (Reuters) - Mikheil Saakashvili, the former president of Georgia, is set to join a Ukrainian advisory body on reforms, two sources in President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s office told Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Former Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili arrives at news conference in Warsaw, Poland September 8, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper PempelSaakashvili’s appointment will…

Former President Barack Obama generally kept a low profile during the Ukraine scandal and the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, preferring to let other prominent Democrats such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff do the talking. But according to BuzzFeed News reporter Emma…

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s president thanked Russia on Saturday for making the country’s military “10 times” stronger than when it was bombed by NATO in 1999.Aleksandar Vucic spoke Saturday while visiting an air defense unit near Belgrade that has recently been equipped with the Russian Pantsir-S1 system, which is…

FILE PHOTO: German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, April 29, 2020. Michael Sohn/Pool via REUTERSBERLIN (Reuters) - The coronavirus epidemic must not be used as an excuse to hinder the work of international observers monitoring the ceasefire in force…

MOSCOW (Reuters) - More work is needed before high-level talks on the Ukraine crisis can take place, the Kremlin said ahead of a planned meeting later on Thursday involving the foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany. “For now it falls on us to say that the agreements reached…

Europe Markets Published: April 23, 2020 at 5:29 a.m. ET A man with a face mask and a child with an European flag attend an event of the Pulse of Europe movement to collect signatures for more support for Italy during the coronavirus outbreak, in front of the Italian embassy…

Everything has to be locked down due to the virus. But what if you can’t stay in because you don’t have a home to go to. If you’re literally homeless? But finding shelter isn’t the only issue homeless people are facing during the crisis. With the majority of … Read…

DescriptionSilpo is the 2-nd biggest grocery retail in Ukraine. Every Easter all stores in the country are making similar promotional materials with Easter cakes and “krashanka” — eggs that are painted with traditional Ukrainian patterns. But in 2020 due to you “all know what” we decided to change the tone…

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - The UN General Assembly has demanded equal access for any future COVID-19 vaccine but its seeming unanimity was a fluke. The United States in fact opposed the resolution but acted too late to stop it, diplomats say.The 193 members of the General Assembly adopted…