United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unscheduled appearance at the United Nations Security Council on Feb. 17 to warn that Russia was showing no signs of military de-escalation in what he described as “a moment of peril.” He di...

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An additional 5,000 United States military forces arrived in Poland on Feb. 17 with another 1,000 scheduled to land in Romania on Saturday to bolster NATO’s eastern flank as the alliance and the US rejected assertions by Russia that it was withdraw...

The UK government on Thursday warned the Kremlin on Feb. 17  against formally recognizing two pro-Moscow separatist [Russian-occupied] territories in Ukraine, days after the Russian parliament voted to urge President Vladimir Putin to do so. British...

The United States stepped up warnings of an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, Feb. 17, despite Moscow’s continued denials and announcements of troop withdrawals from near the border. Adding to the already fierce tensions, Ukrain...

Russia is moving toward an “imminent invasion” of Ukraine, the US envoy to the United Nations warned Thursday, Feb17, ahead of what is expected to be a heated meeting of the Security Council on the ongoing crisis. As tensions surged again...

More than 140,000 Ukrainians are currently officially recorded as having HIV, though the true total could be much higher. According to the charity 100 per cent Life, the largest patient organization in Ukraine, more than 250,000 people live with the ...

Ukraine and Russia-backed “separatists” in an eastern district of Luhansk traded allegations of an escalation in fighting Thursday, Feb. 17, after US claims that Moscow is seeking a pretext to invade. Ukraine has been in conflict with reb...

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Feb. 17 his country could host nuclear weapons if it faces an external threat as tensions soar between his ally Russia and the West over Ukraine. “If necessary, if such stupid and mindless steps ar...

The crisis in Ukraine is a serious threat to the global economy’s post-pandemic recovery, Indonesia’s leader on Feb. 17  warned a meeting of finance chiefs from the G20 nations. The Group of 20 –- which brings together the world’...