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U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday accused President Vladimir Putin of Russia of trying to destroy Ukraine’s identity. According to Biden, this is as witnessed by Russian bombardments of civilian targets such as schools,…

Humanitarian workers need access to people who have been taken to Russia amid that country’s invasion of Ukraine, the United Nations Human Rights Council has said. It cited allegations that some have been forced across the…

Anatoly Chubais, a senior advisor to Russian President, Vladimir Putin has quit his job as a Kremlin envoy to international organisations. “Chubais has resigned at his own request,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said. The…

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Sergei Ryabkov, on Tuesday said Washington must stop escalating tensions if it wished to normalise ties with Moscow, Russian media reports said. Ryabkov said, “they need to stop their escalation, both…

The German government says it is dependent on Russian gas but is actively seeking alternatives to secure supplies for next winter. Minister for Economic Affairs Robert Habeck said this over the weekend as EU mounts sanctions on Russia…

The Russian Football Union (RFU) has failed in a bid to stay the suspension of its national team from World Cup qualifying, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Friday. The RFU had wanted a decision from the ruling body FIFA…

Russia must immediately suspend its military operations in Ukraine, the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on Wednesday in The Hague. By a vote of 13 to two, with Vice-President Kirill Gevorgian of Russia and Judge Xue Hanqin…

Since the 24th of February 2022, when Russia began an open military invasion of Ukraine, the lives of many Ukrainian and Russian citizens have been drastically altered. Among the many changes they have experienced, including the loss of…

Russia’s military operation in Ukraine could inflict greater economic damage on the European economy than coronavirus pandemic, the head of Volkswagen carmaker, Herbet Diess, said on Thursday. On March 3, Volkswagen Group said it would…

U.S President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced that the United States would no longer allow for the importation of Russian oil, the latest sanction to punish Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. Biden who announced the sanction from…

Russia will immediately stop its military operations if the Ukrainian authorities amend their country’s constitution to abandon their ambition to enter “any bloc,” and recognise the Crimean referendum and the independence of the Donetsk and…

The fourth batch of 306 Nigerians fleeing from the war in Ukraine has arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja from Budapest, Hungary. The evacuees arrived via Air Peace Airline at 12:35 a.m on Sunday. The stranded…

Japan will freeze assets held by four more Russian banks in another round of sanctions in response to Russia’s military operations in Ukraine, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Thursday. Japan’s latest round of sanctions followed…

Some 45,000 people, including Bavarian state premier Markus Söder, protested against the Russian attack on Ukraine in the German city of Munich on Wednesday, the police said. Many demonstrators carried blue and yellow flags, the national…

Russian head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) citing information from Moscow said Russian forces now have control of Ukraine’s largest nuclear power plant. IAEA director general Rafael Grossi on Wednesday said Russian…

Taiwan will join the international sanctions against Russia to disconnect the country’s banks from the SWIFT transaction network over the situation in Ukraine, according to media reports. Taiwan News quoted Prime Minister Su Tseng-chang…

It has been three days since Vladimir Putin announced his “Special Military Operation” in Eastern Ukraine. Three days since the Russian President launched missiles across eastern neighbour, hitting various locations, including the capital…

Moscow faced increasing isolation on Tuesday as President Vladimir Putin showed no sign of stopping an invasion of Ukraine, where fierce fighting and Russian bombardment have killed dozens and sparked a refugee crisis. Russia’s invasion,…