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Fri, 18 Mar 2022 08:48:43 +0000
Russian bombardment expands across Ukraine
Russian missiles struck near Lviv’s airport in the far west of Ukraine early Friday, March 18, as Moscow expanded a countrywide aerial bombardment campaign that has intensified allegations of war crimes and deliberate targeting of civilians. Lv...

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 08:47:42 +0000
Russia’s War against Ukraine: March 18, Update No. 1
UPDATES WITH LVIV STRIKE Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine: – Lviv airport area hit – Russian forces strike an area around Lviv’s airport in western Ukraine, according to the city’s mayor. An aircraft repa...

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 08:30:47 +0000
Noncompliant Russia must waive right of veto in UN Security Council – Ukraine MFA
If the Russian Federation does not comply with the mandatory order of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), then it must give up the right of veto in the UN Security Council, Oleh Nikolenko, the spokesman for the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, said....

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 08:30:15 +0000
Odesa, ‘pearl of Black Sea’, clings to peace, readies for war
In front of a barricade mounted outside Odesa’s magnificent opera house, a soldier shares a long, emotional hug with his wife and daughter. With the sweet scent of spring in the air and barricades dotting the city, Ukraine’s port of Odesa...

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 08:28:33 +0000
Russia scraps UN vote on Ukraine resolution over lack of support
Russia canceled a UN Security Council vote on a “humanitarian” resolution on Ukraine, scheduled for Friday, due to a lack of support from its closest allies, diplomats said. Moscow failed to secure co-sponsorship of the draft text from Ch...

Thu, 17 Mar 2022 23:18:45 +0000
AP: Rescuers Search Theater Rubble as Russian Attacks Continue
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Rescue workers searched for survivors Thursday in the ruins of a theater blown apart by a Russian airstrike in the besieged city of Mariupol, while scores of Ukrainians across the country were killed in ferocious urban attac...

Thu, 17 Mar 2022 23:13:44 +0000
Moscow Accused of War Crimes as Ukraine Atrocities Mount
KYIV, Ukraine — Bloody new attacks on civilians fueled accusations Thursday that Russia is committing war crimes in Ukraine, as the United States warned it will make China pay for any support given to Moscow’s assault. Three weeks into Ru...

Thu, 17 Mar 2022 20:33:36 +0000
US Lawmakers Vote to End Normal Trade Ties with Russia
The U.S. House of Representatives voted on March 17 to suspend Russia’s “most favored nation” trade status, tightening the Western chokehold on Moscow’s economy over its deadly invasion of Ukraine. The Senate is expected quick...

Thu, 17 Mar 2022 17:56:30 +0000
President Biden Calls Vladimir Putin a ‘Murderous Dictator’ and ‘Pure Thug’  
In remarks to the Annual Friends of Ireland Luncheon at the U.S. Capitol, President Joe Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “murderous dictator and a “pure thug” who is waging an “immoral war against the people of ...

Thu, 17 Mar 2022 17:27:37 +0000
Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers suspends relations with Belarusian authorities
On March 17  the Committee of Ministers today decided “to suspend all relations with Belarus as a result of the country’s active participation in the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.” It suspended the rights of...



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