Sweden has received assurances from the United States that it would receive support during the period a potential application to join NATO is processed by the 30 nations in the alliance, Foreign Minister Ann Linde said in Washington. Sweden and neighbour Finland stayed out of NATO during the Cold War, but Russia’s annexation of Crimea… Continue reading Sweden says it received U.S. security assurances if it hands in NATO application
The Associated Press says it has conducted an investigation that shows about 600 civilians died when Russia attacked a theater in the port city of Mariupol that was being used as a bomb shelter. The exact number of deaths as a result of the March 16 air strike on Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theater, which… Continue reading AP Investigation shows around 600 dead in Russian Strike on Mariupol Theater
The French environment and energy minister, Barbara Pompili, on Thursday said she was confident European Union member states will reach a consensus on how to end Russian oil imports by the end of this week. “Some countries are more dependent on Russian oil than others, and so we must try to find solutions so that… Continue reading French energy minister expects EU consensus on Russian oil ban by end of week
About 150,000 Ukrainians use the Starlink Internet satellite network every day, according to data from Ukraine. The number of daily active users is based on “approximate data” shared by Ukrainian Minister Mykhailo Fedorov on Twitter. Fedorov sought help from SpaceX director Elon Musk shortly after Russia launched an aggression on Ukraine to enable the use… Continue reading About 150,000 Ukrainians use the Internet satellite network Starlink – every day
Today, the Albanian Parliament will hold a special plenary session, where the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, is expected to speak through a video message. The announcement of the Assembly states that the session will be held starting at 11:00. Otherwise, Zelensky since the beginning of the war in Ukraine has addressed several parliaments, to… Continue reading Zelensky addresses Albanians today
Around 100 Ukrainian civilians were being evacuated from the besieged Azovstal steel plant in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol on May 1, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, after the United Nations confirmed a “safe passage operation” was in progress there. “Grateful to our team! Now they, together with [United Nations], are working on the… Continue reading Around 100 civilians evacuated from Mariupol
President Zelenskyy says he had awarded the US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi with the Order of Princess Olga “for her significant personal contribution to strengthening our cooperation and sincere participation in the defence of freedom”. “Mrs Pelosi and I had four hours of very substantive negotiations, as they say, multifaceted,” the president said… Continue reading Ukraine awards Nancy Pelosi with the Order of Princess Olga
The Russian rouble will be used in Kherson from Sunday, according to Russia-backed forces that have taken control of the southern Ukrainian city. However, Kherson’s Ukrainian mayor, Ihor Kolykhaiev, who has now been overthrown by Russian authorities, has said that he doesn’t believe this will be possible while the only working banking system in the… Continue reading Russian rouble to be currency in occupied Kherson
Ukraine carried out a prisoner exchange with Russia on Saturday, with seven soldiers and seven civilians coming home, deputy prime minister Iryna Vereshchuk said in a online posting. One of the soldiers was a woman who is five months’ pregnant, she added. She did not say how many Russians had been transferred. The two nations… Continue reading Ukraine exchanges prisoners with Russia, 14 people coming home, deputy PM says
Germany has filed a case against Italy at the highest U.N. court because Rome continues to allow victims of Nazi war crimes to claim compensation from the German state even after an earlier ruling that such claims violated international law. Germany’s application to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), published on the court website late… Continue reading Germany takes Italy to U.N. court again over Nazi compensation claims
