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Top StoriesUkraine and Russia: What You Need to Know Right Now
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A Month Into War, Communicator-In-Chief Zelenskiy Strives to Keep Eyes on Ukraine
Date: March 24, 2022
By Matthias Williams, Margaryta Chornokondratenko and Stephen Farrell LONDON/LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – The props were simple, the message was clear. In a video address to the nation this week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy held up his smartphone to the camera and started a timer app while an air raid siren blared. “It lasted 20 seconds,”...
Ukrainian President Warns Russia War Could Lead to Famine in Other Nations
Date: March 22, 2022
ROME (Reuters) -Russia’s attack on Ukraine risks causing famine in countries around the world, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the Italian parliament on Tuesday, urging greater help to defeat the invaders. In his latest address to Western lawmakers, Zelenskiy said via a video link that his people were clinging to survival, with the Russian military...
Ukraine and Russia: What You Need to Know Right Now
Date: March 17, 2022
(Reuters) – Russian forces in Ukraine were blasting cities and killing civilians but no longer making progress on the ground, according to Western intelligence, while talks on ending the fighting resumed as the war entered its fourth week. CIVILIAN TOLL * Local officials said rescuers in the besieged southern port of Mariupol were combing the...
Biden Calls Putin a ‘war Criminal,’ Sending More Weapons to Ukraine
Date: March 16, 2022
By Jeff Mason and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Wednesday said Russian President Vladimir Putin “is a war criminal” for attacking Ukraine and announced an additional $800 million in security assistance including weapons to take down Russian planes and tanks. In an exchange with a reporter at the White House, Biden said,...
World Court Orders Russia to Halt Military Operations in Ukraine
Date: March 16, 2022
By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The United Nations’ top court for disputes between states ordered Russia on Wednesday to immediately halt its military operations in Ukraine, saying it was “profoundly concerned” by Moscow’s use of force. Although the rulings of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) are binding, it has no...
Exclusive-State Tv Protester Tells Russians: Open Your Eyes to Ukraine War Propaganda
Date: March 16, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) -A Russian woman who burst into a state TV studio to denounce the Ukraine war during a live news bulletin told Reuters on Wednesday she was worried for her safety and hoped her protest would open Russians’ eyes to propaganda. In her first television interview since her on-air protest on Monday, Marina Ovsyannikova...