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US President Biden Announces Ban On Russian Energy Imports

8Mar

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US President Biden Announces Ban On Russian Energy Imports

President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced his administration is banning Russian oil, natural gas and coal imports to the US in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. "Today I am announcing the United States is targeting the main artery of Russia's economy. We're banning all imports of Russian oil and gas and energy," Biden said in remarks from the White House. "That means Russian oil will no longer be acceptable at US ports and the American people will deal another powerful blow to Putin's war machine." The US will make the move unilaterally, without its European allies, due to disagreement among European nations about whether to ban Russian energy imports. EU countries have significantly more exposure to Russian energy than the US. US officials decided, given the extrem...

Thousands in Ukraine cut off from aid, UN says

7Mar

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Thousands in Ukraine cut off from aid, UN says

Hundreds of thousands of people inside Ukraine have been cut off from life-saving aid due to the military encirclement of cities, a U.N. report said on Monday, calling urgently for safe passage. Attempts are under way to create humanitarian corridors after two days of failed ceasefires intended to let civilians flee. Such routes are also critical for bringing aid such as water, food and medicine. "Reliable and predictable 'windows of silence' and 'safe passage' are urgently needed to relocate people whose lives are at risk and provide life-saving humanitarian relief supplies," said a bulletin from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Monday, based on information received through to Sunday.

70 Ukrainian troops killed in artillery strike on the North Eastern City.

1Mar

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70 Ukrainian troops killed in artillery strike on the North Eastern City.

Up to 70 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in a Russian artillery strike on the north-eastern city of Okhtyrka on Sunday, according to a local official. Dmytro Zhyvytskyi, the head of the Sumy region's state administration, says the strike destroyed a Ukrainian military unit, and rescuers and volunteers have been working to retrieve the bodies from the rubble. Many people have died. Currently, places are being prepared in the cemetery for about 70 dead Ukrainian soldiers," Zhyvytskyi posted on Telegram. "But the enemy also gets what he deserves," he added, saying there were "a lot of Russian bodies" in the city, which are now being given to the Red Cross. His claims have not been independently verified.

Ukrainian delegation arrives for talks at the Ukraine-Belarus border

28Feb

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Ukrainian delegation arrives for talks at the Ukraine-Belarus border

Ukrainian officials have arrived for talks with Russia at the Ukraine-Belarus border, Zelenskyy’s office said in a statement. The delegation from Kyiv includes Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov and presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak among others, the statement said. The key issue of the talks is an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of troops from Ukraine,” it added. The negotiations are expected to get under way imminently. hey are set to take place on the Ukraine-Belarus border in a place called Pripyat … the so-called ghost town at the centre of the exclusion zone close to the Chernobyl reactor that was abandoned at the time of the disaster there in 1986,” he added. Apparently, that is the potentially rather eerie setting for these talks, but it is not clear ...

Ukraine’s president vows to stay put as Russian invade

25Feb

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Ukraine’s president vows to stay put as Russian invade

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowed on Friday to stay in Kyiv as his troops battled Russian invaders who are advancing toward the capital in the biggest attack on a European state since World War Two. Russia launched its invasion by land, air and sea on Thursday following a declaration of war by President Vladimir Putin. An estimated 100,000 people fled as explosions and gunfire rocked major cities. Dozens have been reported killed.U.S. and Ukrainian officials say Russia aims to capture Kyiv and topple the government. Russia on Thursday seized the Chernobyl former nuclear power plant north of Kyiv, along the shortest route to the capital from Belarus, where Moscow has staged troops. Putin says Russia is carrying out "a special military operation" to protect people, ...

Lewis Hamilton takes his 100th F1 win in Russia

27Sep

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Lewis Hamilton takes his 100th F1 win in Russia

Lewis Hamilton became the first Formula, One driver, to win 100 races with a victory in Russia that sent him back on top of the championship. Red Bull's Max Verstappen finished second, after starting in the last place, to limit the damage with Hamilton now two points clear. Spaniard Carlos Sainz was third for Ferrari. While seven times world champion Hamilton celebrated a personal century, his Mercedes team maintained their own 100 per cent record in Sochi. The champions have won every Russian grand Prix since the first in 2014.