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A Long Road and New Life Ahead for Ukrainians Fleeing War by Taxi
Date: March 17, 2022
By Christina Thykjaer and Kacper Pempel MADRID/NADARZYN, Poland (Reuters) – Olga and her two children, including six-month-old Vera, are crossing Europe by road, fleeing war in Ukraine with the help of a group of Spanish taxi drivers who drove to Poland to support the mass evacuation of refugees. Like many of the nearly three million...
Ukrainian Refugees Hope for Peace, but More Expected to Flee
Date: March 17, 2022
By Anna Koper and Krisztina Than PRZEMYSL, Poland/BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Thousands more refugees crossed into Eastern Europe on Thursday, many hoping that ongoing peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv may end the war soon, though more people were expected to flee in the days ahead. As the war in Ukraine entered its fourth week, about...
Russia Bogged Down, Blasting Ukrainian Cities as War Enters Fourth Week
Date: March 17, 2022
By James Mackenzie, Natalia Zinets and Oleksandr Kozhukhar KYIV/LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Russian forces in Ukraine are blasting cities and killing civilians but no longer making progress on the ground, Western countries said on Thursday, as a war Moscow was thought to have hoped to win within days entered its fourth week. Local officials said...
Icc Insists on ‘zero Tolerance’ of Crimes Against Children in Ukraine
Date: March 16, 2022
By Anthony Deutsch and Stephen Farrell THE HAGUE/LVIV (Reuters) -The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said on Wednesday he insisted on “zero tolerance” of sexual and gender-based crimes and crimes against children as fighting intensifies in Ukraine. In a rare trip into a conflict zone by a top international prosecutor, Karim Khan said...
Biden to Address Zelenskiy Appeal, Still Opposes ‘no Fly Zone’
Date: March 16, 2022
By Nandita Bose and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden will announce an additional $800 million in security assistance to Ukraine on Wednesday, but his position on a “no-fly zone” has not changed after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s urgent appeal to the U.S. Congress for military help to fend off a Russian invasion,...
Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Fellow British-Iranian Freed to Return to UK
Date: March 16, 2022
By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) -British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and dual national Anoosheh Ashouri flew out of Iran on Wednesday, ending a long ordeal during which they became a bargaining chip in Iran’s talks with the West over Tehran’s nuclear programme. Omani state television said the pair had arrived in the capital Muscat following...