Beyond the Headlines
his counterpart in the UK, Boris Johnson, have spoken against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russian President, Vladimir Putin, on Thursday, announced a military operation in Ukraine. Earlier today, Russian military vehicles entered Ukraine through Crimea, according to a video released by the Ukrainian Border Guard. Russia crisis Ukraine’s military shoots down Russian fighter jets […]
Oil price, on Thursday, rose to $102 a barrel, for the first time since September 2014, with escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine. The global oil benchmark, Brent crude, rose over 5 percent to trade at $102.27 a barrel. West Texas Intermediate witnessed a corresponding increase of over 5 percent at $97.06 a barrel. […]
After heated exchanges, the tension between Russia and Ukraine seems to have snowballed into a full-blown crisis. On Tuesday, President Valdimir Putin of Russia ordered his troops into Ukraine after he declared support for two breakaway regions of Donetsk and Luhansk. Two days after, loud explosion shook Ukraine and in retaliatory move, Russian fighter […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Thursday a military operation in Ukraine to defend separatists in the east of the country. “I have made the decision of a military operation,” he said in a surprise statement on television shortly before 6 am (0300 GMT). United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made a personal appeal to Russian […]
Ukraine’s security council on Wednesday approved plans to declare a state of national emergency, in response to the growing threat of a Russian invasion. The measure, which must be formally approved by parliament, requires stepped-up document and vehicle checks, among other measures, the council’s secretary Oleksiy Danilov said. Danilov said he would deliver a […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin is highly likely to launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine and attack Kyiv, UK foreign minister Liz Truss said Wednesday. The UK and US have repeatedly over the last weeks cited intelligence as indicating that Russia is planning an invasion of Ukraine. “We think it’s highly likely that he (Putin) […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Moscow was ready to look for “diplomatic solutions” amid raging tensions with the West over Ukraine but stressed that the country’s interests were non-negotiable. “Our country is always open for direct and honest dialogue, for the search for diplomatic solutions to the most complex problems,” Putin said […]
US President Joe Biden says the country will deploy additional troops and equipment to Baltic members of the American-led North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) in Eastern Europe. The development is coming hours after Russian President Vladimir Putinreportedly ordered troops into two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine. The Baltic states — Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania — […]
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced the “first tranche” of sanctions against Russia, including steps to starve the country of financing, saying Moscow had started an invasion of Ukraine. And Biden threatened tougher steps if Russia “continues its aggression.” “We’re implementing sanctions on Russia’s sovereign debt. That means we’ve cut off Russia’s government […]
‘ Former US President Donald Trump boasted of his close relationship with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, arguing that the Ukraine crisis would not have happened under his administration. “If properly handled, there was absolutely no reason that the situation currently happening in Ukraine should have happened at all,” he said in a statement. […]
