Explosions Reported In Kyiv Early Sunday As Russian Close In On Ukraine’s Capital City
Several explosions were reported around the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv at dawn on Sunday local time. "A few blasts in the Darnytskyi and Dniprovskyi districts of Kyiv. The services are already working on site. More detailed information later," said...
Japan To Widen Export Sanctions Against Russia
Japan will introduce sanctions against two Russian and one Belarusian bank and will expand the ban on goods export to Russia due to the situation around Ukraine, the Foreign Ministry of Japan said on Tuesday. Assets of the Russian Agricultural Bank, ...
Ruble Down Against Dollar, up Against Euro As Foreign Currency Trading Starts On MOEX
The ruble weakened against the dollar and strengthened against the euro compared with previous closing as foreign currency trading started on Moscow Exchange on Tuesday. As of 10:15 am Moscow time, the dollar exchange rate was up by 0.19% at 61.13 ru...
US State Department: Kremlin Engaged In “Full Assault On Media Freedom”
The United States continues to issue visas to qualified Russian journalists and has not revoked credentials of any Russian journalists working in the country, the State Department said on Monday, adding that the Kremlin was engaged in a "full as...
Russia Will Be Unable To Maintain Military Strength Due To West’s Sanctions – German Chancellor
Russia will be unable to sustain its military capabilities due to tough Western sanctions, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Tuesday. Western countries have hit Russia with a swathe of sanctions since its invasion of the Ukraine, with Scholz ass...
First Russia-China Bridge Across Amur River Opens For Cargo Traffic
Cargo traffic began on Friday via the first automobile bridge across the Amur River, connecting Russia’s Blagoveshchensk and China’s Heihe, a TASS correspondent reported. Officials from both sides participated in the opening ceremony via a video ...
Court Hears Last Minute Appeal Seeking To Bar UK From Deporting Asylum Seekers To Rwanda
A Court of Appeal in London has commenced hearing the first of two last-minute legal challenges to stop the British government's policy to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda before the first removal flight scheduled to leave on Tuesday. Britain has agre...
EU Countries Start Providing Financial Support For Ukraine’s Reconstruction – President Macron
European countries have begun to provide financial assistance for Ukraine's reconstruction, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday during a visit to the city of Irpen in the Kiev region. "We, the Europeans, have begun providing financial a...
China Ready To Supply Components For Aircraft To Russia, Says Envoy
China is ready to supply components for aircraft to Russian airlines, Chinese Ambassador to Moscow Zhang Hanhui told TASS. "We are ready to supply components to Russia, we are organizing such cooperation," he said. " are currently addressing , they h...
Ukraine Used As Base For US Military Biological Programs – Nikolay Patrushev
Moscow’s concerns that Ukraine was turned into a base for Washington’s military biological programs were confirmed during Russia’s special military operation, Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolay Patrushev said at a meeting with hi...
