Kosovo had celebrated the 14th anniversary of independence from Serbia just one week before Russian soldiers crossed into Ukraine on February 24, 2022. © STR /AP Kosovo Security Force soldier places a Kosovo flag on top of armored security vehicle donated by U.S during a handout ceremony in the military barracks Adem Jashari.As a small, south-eastern European country not very far from Ukraine, the invasion found Kosovo in a precarious and uncertain position. The war, now in its 22nd day, presents a wide range of possible implications for Kosovo’s future. During the tense months when Russian units began assembling near the…
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SINGAPORE/BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s stance on Russia’s war in Ukraine over the coming months will reshape global flows of money and trade, possibly leading to the emergence of new economic spheres, investors say. © Reuters/SPUTNIK FILE PHOTO: Russian President Putin meets Chinese President Xi in Beijing Last month, shortly before Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his forces into Ukraine, he and Chinese President Xi Jinping declared in Beijing a “no limits” partnership, with a promise to collaborate more against the West. Beijing has declined to join Western countries in condemning what Moscow calls a ‘special military operation’ while also calling for…
Kyiv,Ukraine— The last message arrived at 8:05 a.m. on March 2. © Heidi Levine for The Washington Post Dima Sokolov, 27, at his friend’s apartment in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 15, 2022. He has lost contact with his parents or grandmother living in Mariupol since March 2 and does not know if his family is even dead or alive.“No electricity, no signal, shelling all night and close to us,” Tamara Sokolova wrote to her son, Dima, on Telegram.The 27-year-old has not heard another word from his mother and other family members since. They are stranded in the southern port city…
IMAGE SOURCE,TELEGRAM/@PRAVDA_GERASHCHENKO Image caption, Ukrainian sources say the fourth Russian general to die in Ukraine is Oleg Mityaev Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says another Russian general has been killed during fighting. He didn’t name the officer, but an adviser to Ukraine’s interior ministry said Maj Gen Oleg Mityaev had been killed by the far-right Azov regiment. Gen Mityaev was killed near Mariupol, Ukrainian media said. He is the fourth general reportedly killed, leading some to ask why such senior members of the Russian military are so close to the front line. Analysts believe that around 20 generals are leading Russian…
By Julius Mugaga/KMA Updates. Kampala, Uganda: The CSOs consortium spearheaded by Action Against Hunger USA-Uganda Mission- ACF USA- Uganda Mission proposed to the Government of Uganda through Ministry of Local Government (MoLG) that is implementing Parish Development Model (PDM) to be included in the entire process where their overall objective will be to mobilize the Technical Expertise and Resources resident in Civil Society to Support the efficient Implementation of the PDM by the Local Governments. A team of three CSOs, Action Against Hunger USA-Uganda Mission- ACF USA- Uganda Mission, Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG) and Food Rights Alliance (FRA)…
Nicholas Cecil A frantic rescue operation was being launched on Thursday to try to save hundreds of civilians, including children, believed to have been sheltering under a theatre in Mariupol which was bombed by Russian forces, according to reports. © via REUTERS A view shows Donetsk Regional Theatre of Drama destroyed by an airstrike in MariupolThe BBC reported that civic authorities were saying the bomb shelter had held up despite being hit by the massive blast. Ukrainian officials say the fate of people thought to have been sheltering in the theatre in the besieged city in southern Ukraine was still uncertain…
Palestinians with Ukraine ties empathize with victims of war UPDATE 2-Honduran judge grants U.S. extradition request for ex-president Hernandez The West has acted in a “disgusting, criminal” way towards Russia, the deputy secretary of the country’s security council has said, as the Kremlin responded to Western reaction to the invasion.© Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin said people who do not support the invasion of Ukraine are ‘scum’Former president Dmitry Medvedev described the behaviour of the West as “amoral” and accused it of stoking Russophobia to try and rip Russia apart. He added that Russia “has the might to put all…
BERLIN (Reuters) -Invoking the fall of the Berlin Wall, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday urged German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to tear down what he called a wall between “free and unfree” Europe and stop the war in Ukraine. Speaking to the Bundestag by videolink, Zelenskiy appealed to Scholz to restore freedom to Ukraine, tapping Germany’s collective memory with reference to the historic 1948-1949 Berlin Airlift and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. © Reuters/LISI NIESNER Ukraine’s President Zelenskiy delivers video address to the Bundestag, in BerlinZelenskiy described a new wall “in the middle of Europe between freedom and…
By COLLINS OMULO : Opposition leader Raila Odinga In Kenya will renegotiate short term commercial loans with punitive interest rates to cushion Kenya’s economy from collapsing, should he win the presidential poll on August 9.Mr Odinga said seeking favourable terms for such loans will help the country service the debts while at the same time having money to invest into the economy.“We have two categories of loans but the short-term commercial debts with shorter times of repayment and higher interest rates are the ones that are punitive and we intend to find a way of renegotiating the repayment rates,” said…
Could Russia use tactical nuclear weapons? Marvel’s first Muslim superhero celebrated © Associated Press/Manuel Balce Ceneta White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan speaks during a press briefing White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan spoke to his Russian counterpart, Nikolai Patrushev, on Wednesday and warned Russia against using chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine, according to the White House. Sullivan “warned General Patrushev about the consequences and implications of any possible Russian decision to use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine,” White House National Security Council spokeswoman Emily Horne said in a statement. Sullivan also reiterated the United States’ “firm…