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The Australian Government has announced a fresh round of sanctions targeting 33 Russian oligarchs, including Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich, and other prominent businessmen over their country’s invasion of Ukraine. The measures come as Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on world leaders to increase sanctions upon Moscow as its offensive enters its 19th day. […]
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Chelsea’s bank account has been temporarily suspended by Barclays bank, another strong move, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent sanction of Russian Oligarch, Roman Abramovich by the UK government. According to SkyNews, the reason behind the suspension is that the bank requires time to assess the licence Chelsea have been given to […]
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Foreign fighters joining the Ukrainian army to help fight Russia won’t be able to leave until the war ends. Officials have warned members of the International Legion of Territorial Defence of Ukraine that they will be free to leave only when the state of martial law is ended. Now would-be recruits are having second thoughts […]
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Vladimir Putin’s alleged love child has deleted her Instagram account after suffering verbal abuse following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Luiza Krivonogikh, whose Instagram boasted 84,000 followers, became a target for trolls after her rumored father gave the orders for Russian troops to invade Ukraine last month. Twitter users left hostile comments on her page, others […]
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An 18-month-old boy, Kirill, was rushed to the hospital after receiving injuries following a Russian shell attack in Mariupol, Ukraine. Marina Yatsko, and her boyfriend, Fedor, rushed Kirill to the hospital Friday, March 4 and medical workers frantically tried to save the boy’s life but he didn’t survive. A video footage shared by Sky News, […]
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The Italian police have seized villas, houses and yachts worth 143 million euros (more than $150 million USD) from five Russian oligarchs over ties with Russian president, Vladimir Putin as Russia continues it’s war against Ukraine. According to a police statement on Saturday, March 5, the Special Unit of the Financial Police, in collaboration with […]
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Some global media outlets have suspended their operations in Russia after President Vladimir Putin signed into law a new bill that punishes the spreading of “fake news” with jail terms of up to 15 years. Following the development, CNN International, the global arm of CNN, ABC and CBS News has announced that it will stop […]
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Facebook and Twitter have been blocked in Russia by the country’s communications regulator amid tensions over the war in Ukraine. Roskomnadzor said its decision over Facebook was in response to what it claimed was restricted access to Russian media on the social media platform. According to the regulator, there have been 26 cases of discrimination […]
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Two more Russian commanders have been killed on the frontline in Ukraine after a top general was shot dead by snipers, a Western official has claimed. Major General Andrey Sukhovetsky, 47, was reportedly killed by a Ukrainian sniper while the latest deaths since Russia invaded last week, were also both senior officers. One was a […]
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Russia’s defence ministry has announced a partial ceasefire in Ukraine in order to allow residents of two cities that were surrounded by Russian forces, including the strategic port city of Mariupol, to evacuate. “Today, March 5, from 10 am Moscow time (0700 GMT), the Russian side declares a regime of silence and opens humanitarian corridors […]
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The first major city in Ukraine has fallen to the Russian army, the mayor confirmed on Wednesday night, March 2. urging his residents on Facebook to obey ‘armed people who came to the city’s administration’. The city of Kherson, home to 290,000 people, is 300 miles south of Kyiv. Kyiv was also coming under attack […]
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France has seized a yacht owned by Russian oligarch Igor Sechin, who is the CEO of Russian oil giant Rosneft, the French finance ministry said in a statement on Thursday March 3. The European Union sanctioned Sechin earlier this week, describing him as one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “most trusted and closest advisors, as […]
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A top Russian general has reportedly been killed in the war with Ukraine. Andrei Sukhovetsky, deputy commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District, died yesterday, Ukrainian news outlets report. They referred to a post on Russian social media platform VKontakte written by Sergei Chipilev, a deputy of the Russian veteran’s […]
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The Russian police has arrested schoolchildren for holding signs showing ‘no more war’. Russian opposition politician, Ilya Yashin took to Twitter to share what appeared to be a picture of three children holding a placard in the back of a police van after they were reportedly arrested at an anti-war protest. Despite police crackdowns on […]
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U.S. airplane manufacturer Boeing has said that it is suspending parts, maintenance and technical support for Russian airlines as the effect of sanctions in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ripple across the global aviation industry. Boeing said on Tuesday March 1, that it had halted major operations in its Moscow office and temporarily […]
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Piers Morgan and his son Spencer Morgan disagreed on Twitter over their views on the Russia-Ukraine war. The 55-year-old former GMB presenter took to Twitter to disagree with his sports journalist son Spencer, 28, after the younger Morgan shared a tweet. Spencer tweeted on Tuesday, March 1: “If you aren’t personally prepared to fight I […]
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Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama has commented on the Nigerian government imposing sanctions on Russia over the invasion of Ukraine. In an interview with Channels TV on Monday night, Onyeama said the Nigerian government is going to act and engage within the framework of the United Nations. He added that if the United Nations […]
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The United States State Department has asked its citizens to leave Russia immediately amid tensions with Ukraine. A security alert dated 27 February posted on the website of US Embassy in Moscow, read “US citizens should consider departing Russia immediately via commercial options still available.” American citizens were asked to have “a contingency plan that […]
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The Biden administration has announced additional sanctions against Russia’s central bank by prohibiting Americans from doing any business with the bank as well as freezing its assets within the United States over the invasion of Ukraine. The new measures will also target the National Wealth Fund of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Finance […]
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Russian media sites appeared to have been hacked in a cyber attack by Anonymous, with a message warning readers of “certain death” for troops in Ukraine. The home page for Fontanka, a news outlet based in St Petersburg, was replaced with text reading “Putin makes us lie” and urging citizens to “stop this madness”. The […]
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A Ukrainian sailor who tried to sink a superyacht allegedly belonging to a Russian arms tycoon was on his way to his native Kyiv Monday, determined to join the fight against invading forces there. Taras Ostapchuk said he was hoping to join Ukrainian soldiers or civil militias trying to hold back Russian troops advancing towards […]
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Russian singer, Slava, has received heat for posing topless with a man’s hands cupping her naked boobs. The singer called for World Peace in the post and said she hoped her nation would “never need to be protected from anything”. She posted the video for Defender of the Fatherland Day, a holiday that is observed […]
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England’s Football Association said on Sunday the England soccer team will not play any matches against Russia for the foreseeable future to “whole-heartedly condemn the atrocities being committed by the Russian leadership” after its invasion of Ukraine. Other countries have also announced they will not play soccer matches against Russia. Meanwhile, football governing body FIFA […]
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A former Miss Ukraine has swapped glamour for guns in the fight against Russian invasion. Anastasiia Lenna, Ukraine’s 2015 representative in the Miss Grand International beauty contest, shared a post on social media showing herself armed up and ready to defend her home. Anastasiia is no stranger to wielding a weapon albeit those that typically […]
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed that negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow will now be held at the Belarusian-Ukrainian border. A statement from Zelenskyy’s office said the two delegations will meet “without preconditions” near the Pripyat River. The development came after Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, spoke to Zelenskyy this afternoon. “Alexander Lukashenko has […]
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Russian forces have entered Ukraine’s second largest city of Kharkiv after failing in their overnight efforts to seize control of the capital city of Kyiv – as Ukraine’s president today said his country were ready for peace talks. Footage shared on social media Sunday morning showed Putin’s army trucks rolling through the city of 1.41 […]
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It has been reported that the Russian forces have lost about 4,300 servicemen during their invasion of Ukraine, this was revealed in a report by the Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Malyar on Sunday. She further added however that the number was being clarified. She also said on her Facebook page that Russian troops lost about […]
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LaLiga and its clubs are making a stand for peace. They will do so by sending a message to the world during all the fixtures of Matchday 26 in LaLiga Santander and Matchday 29 in LaLiga SmartBank, on both the Spanish and international broadcasts, which can be seen in more than 185 countries. A banner […]
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Google barred on Saturday Russia’s state-owned media outlet RT and other channels from receiving money for ads on their websites, apps and YouTube videos, similar to a move by Facebook after the invasion of Ukraine. Citing “extraordinary circumstances,” Google’s YouTube unit said it was “pausing a number of channels’ ability to monetize on YouTube.” These […]
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A newly wed couple, Yaryna Arieva and Sviatoslav Fursin spent their first day of marriage collecting their rifles to defend Ukraine. Yaryna Arieva and Sviatoslav Fursin got married just hours after Russia launched its invasion of their country on Thursday morning, February 24. But due to the severe nature of Russia’s attacks on the country, […]
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