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The leaders of the world’s top democratic economies arrived in Germany on Sunday, beginning a week of meetings where they will be under intense pressure to do more for Ukraine in its war with Russia and to stick together. The meeting of G7 leaders in Schloss Elmau, nestled in the …
Read More »Ukraine troops set to withdraw from bitterly contested city of Severodonetsk
After weeks of ferocious fighting, Ukrainian forces will retreat from a besieged city in the country’s east to avoid encirclement, a regional governor said Friday. The city of Severodonetsk, the administrative centre of the Luhansk region, has faced relentless Russian bombardment. Ukrainian troops fought the Russians in house-to-house battles before …
Read More »Ukraine to take next step in long EU membership process as Donbas battles rage
Updates from Day 120 of the invasion EU begins 2-day summit, expected to accept Ukraine as a candidate for membership. Competing claims over degree of control of Severodonetsk in the Donbas. Ukraine President Zelensky took his message to Canadian students on Wednesday. Germany triggers new stage in energy plan, warns …
Read More »Russian missiles destroy fuel depot in Eastern Ukraine, official says
A fuel storage depot in the Eastern Ukrainian town of Novomoskovsk exploded on Sunday, killing one person and injuring two others, after it had been hit by three Russian missiles, the regional administration chief said in an online message. Valentyn Reznichenko posted a picture of what he said was a large …
Read More »Ukraine gets recommendation as EU membership candidate
The European Union’s executive arm on Friday recommended making Ukraine a candidate for EU membership, a first step on what was expected to be a long road for the war-torn country to join the 27-nation bloc. The European Commission delivered its proposal to award Ukraine candidate status after a fast-tracked …
Read More »NATO meets again as Russian ultimatum passes for Ukraine to surrender besieged city
Ukraine ignored a Russian ultimatum to surrender the eastern city of Severodonetsk on Wednesday as NATO defence ministers gathered in Brussels to discuss sending more heavy weapons to replenish Kyiv’s dwindling stocks. Russia had told Ukrainian forces holed up in a chemical plant in the shattered city to stop “senseless …
Read More »Russia currently occupying about 20% of Ukraine, Zelensky says
Updates from Day 99 of the invasion Zelensky says Russia currently occupies about 20 per cent of Ukraine. Severodonetsk in Luhansk continues to take fire, with at least 4 new deaths. Russia says it downed a Ukraine fighter jet in Mykolaiv. NATO’s Stoltenberg in Washington to meet with President Biden. Britain …
Read More »2nd charter flight carrying those fleeing war in Ukraine lands in Montreal
Emotions ran high at the Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, where a second charter flight carrying people like Olena Biruk touched down Sunday morning. The 20-year-old was one of 306 Ukrainians that flew into Montreal from Poland just before 11 a.m. ET Sunday after being approved for emergency travel to Canada. “Yesterday, I don’t sleep. I’m shocked,” Biruk …
Read More »How COVID, Brexit and the war in Ukraine are driving up the price of fish and chips in Britain
At west London’s Hooked Fish and Chips, Bally Singh is struggling to keep the tills ringing for a British tradition, with prices sky-rocketing for fish, potatoes, cooking oil and even the flour used for the batter the dish is cooked in. Cranking up their bubbling oil friers only to see …
Read More »Russia launches fresh offensive, wants sanctions relief to free up Ukraine food supply routes
Russian forces launched offensives on towns in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, with constant mortar bombardment destroying several houses and killing civilians, Ukrainian officials said, as Russia focuses its attack on the industrial Donbas region. Russia has been focused on attempting to seize the separatist-claimed Donbas’s two provinces, Donetsk and Luhansk, …
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