[ad_1] Firefighters working in a burning building at a site following an attack in Dnipro, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 29 December 2023. Handout/Ukrainian Emergency Service/AFP Multiple causalities have been reported after a Russian missile attack in the Ukraine town of Pokrovsk. Among those recorded dead are at least 11 people, including five children. Pokrovsk has been a previous target in the ongoing war with Russia, with a deadly attack in August 2023 that…
"Ukraine says Russian missile attack kills 11 in eastern town"Tag: Russian
[ad_1] Mobs storming Makhachkala airport. A mob in Muslim-dominated Dagestan stormed its airport looking for Jews. Rumours had spread that a flight from Israel was due at the airport. Authorities say the airport is back under police control, but will remain shut until 6 November. A mob looking for Israelis and Jews overran an airport in Russia’s Caucasus republic of Dagestan on Sunday, after rumours spread that a flight was arriving from Israel. The violence…
"Mob storms Russian airport looking for Israelis"
[ad_1] South Africa remains a key territory for US-funded HIV and Aids work. Godong/Universal Images Group via Getty Images South Africa and the US may not always see eye to eye, but the US will continue to support HIV work. USAID has launched a new research project with the Medical Research Council. American-funded projects have had a huge impact in some parts of South Africa, and on the continent as a whole. South Africa remains…
"SA may be a Russian ally, but remains key for the USA’s HIV work, now in the search for vaccines"
[ad_1] Torture perpetrated by Russian officers against Ukrainian civilians and prisoners of war has reached such a level that it is clearly a systematic, state-endorsed policy, a United Nations expert on torture said Saturday. Witnesses shared accounts that were credible, said Alice Jill Edwards, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on torture, and that confirmed a consistent pattern of torture, including rape and beatings, in different detention facilities under Russian occupation and among Ukrainian soldiers captured by…
"Russian Torture of Ukrainians Amounts to State Policy, Expert Says" [ad_1] Issued on: 26/01/2023 – 09:02Modified: 26/01/2023 – 09:13 Air raid sirens were heard across the whole of Ukraine on Thursday as officials from the president’s office said air defences were shooting down incoming Russian missiles, including at least two over the Mykolaiv region. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday he wanted the West to send long-range missiles and jets to help repel Russian troops after the US and Germany both announced they will…
"Ukraine declares air raid alert over whole country as air defences down Russian missiles"
[ad_1] KYIV, Ukraine — Tens of thousands of drones have been employed across Ukraine to kill the enemy, spy on its formations and guide bombs to their targets. But this month the Ukrainian military began a program to use drones in a more unusual role: to guide Russian soldiers who want to surrender. The program had it genesis in late November, when the Ukrainian military released footage of a Russian soldier throwing his weapon to…
"Surrender to a Drone? Ukraine Is Urging Russian Soldiers to Do Just That."
[ad_1] French President Emmanuel Macron said Russia launched a “brutal attack” on Ukraine in an imperialist, revanchist violation of international law. Macron made the comments during a ceremony marking the 78th anniversary of Allied landings in Nai-occupied Provence during World War II, and just hours after he spoke to Putin and helped broker a deal to allow UN nuclear inspectors to visit a critical plant in Ukraine. Macron, who tried tirelessly but unsuccessfully to prevent…
"Ukraine war: Macron slams Russian invasion, hours after brokering nuclear inspection deal"
[ad_1] What’s happening in Ukraine today and how are countries around the world responding? Read live updates on Vladimir Putin and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. HELSINKI — Telecoms network and 5G technology supplier Nokia says it will exit the Russian market due to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The Espoo, Finland-based company said Tuesday “it has been clear for Nokia since the early days of the invasion of Ukraine that continuing our presence in Russia would…
"Ukraine news today: Nokia exits Russian market over invasion"
A currency expert has issued a dire warning to Putin that he has put himself in a “point of no return” following his invasion of Ukraine as the Russian ruble faces a ticking time bomb before it collapses. Co-founder of financial consultancy the Adamis Principle Patrick Reid told Express.co.uk that there is a 99percent chance of the Russian economy being utterly “decimated” by the end of the year if Putin remains in the Kremlin. He…
"Russian economy faces destruction if President stays"
[ad_1] The U.S. government has formally concluded that Russian forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said in a statement on Wednesday. The finding lends official weight to expressions of revulsion about Russia’s military conduct from top U.S. officials, including President Biden, who last week declared Russian President Vladimir V. Putin “a war criminal.” But the statement did not mention Mr. Putin himself, saying only that “members of Russia’s…
"The U.S. Government Accuses Russian Forces of War Crimes"