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Ukraine Accuses Russia of Blocking Aid Convoy to Besieged Mariupol
Date: March 15, 2022
By Pavel Polityuk and Natalia Zinets LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -Ukraine accused Russia on Tuesday of blocking a convoy trying to take supplies to the besieged city of Mariupol, where the Red Cross said desperate families were being “suffocated” as food and water ran out. Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said hundreds of civilians managed to...
Red Cross Hopes to Evacuate Civilians From Besieged Sumy, Ukraine
Date: March 15, 2022
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) -The Red Cross is organising the evacuation of two convoys of more than 70 buses with civilians out of the besieged northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy and their passage to a safe area, a spokesperson said on Tuesday. Ewan Watson, spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),...
Symbol of Resistance as EU Leaders Head to Kyiv ‘where History Is Forged’
Date: March 15, 2022
By Pavel Polityuk, Natalia Zinets and Omer Berberoglu LVIV, Ukraine/KYIV (Reuters) – Three European prime ministers rode a train for Kyiv on Tuesday, the first visit by foreign leaders to the Ukrainian capital since Russia launched its invasion, and a striking symbol of Ukraine’s success so far in fending off Russia’s assault. “It is our...
Biden, G7 Revoke Russia’s Favored Nation Trading Status
Date: March 11, 2022
By Steve Holland and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Friday the G7 industrialized nations will revoke Russia’s “most favored nation” trade status, and announced a U.S. ban on Russian seafood, alcohol and diamonds, the latest steps to punish Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. The move would deliver “another crushing below”...
External Factors Force Pause in Iran Nuclear Talks, EU Says
Date: March 11, 2022
By John Irish VIENNA (Reuters) -Iran and world powers will pause talks on reviving a 2015 nuclear deal due to “external factors”, the European Union’s foreign policy chief said on Friday, after last-minute Russian demands threatened to torpedo the otherwise largely completed negotiations. “A pause in #ViennaTalks is needed, due to external factors,” Josep Borrell...
Scant Progress Evacuating Ukrainian Civilians Despite Russian Ceasefire Promise
Date: March 9, 2022
By Natalia Zinets LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Russia announced a new ceasefire in Ukraine on Wednesday to let civilians flee besieged cities, but there were only limited signs of progress providing escape routes for hundreds of thousands of people trapped without medicine or fresh water. The governor of Sumy, an eastern city, said civilian cars...