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Ibrahim Kalin: world cannot 'burn bridges' with  Russia

Ibrahim Kalin: world cannot 'burn bridges' with Russia

Turkey and other nations must still talk to Russia to help end the crisis in Ukraine, Turkey's presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Sunday. "If everybody burns bridges with Russia then who is going to talk to them at …

UN council defeats Russia humanitarian resolution on Ukraine

UN council defeats Russia humanitarian resolution on Ukraine

The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday overwhelmingly defeated a Russian resolution that acknowledged Ukraine’s growing humanitarian needs. Russia and China cast affirmative votes, none of the Security Council’s members were …

Ukraine to continue Russian gas transit to Europe

Ukraine to continue Russian gas transit to Europe

Ukraine will continue to transit Russian natural gas as long as it is technically possible, head of the board of NJSC Naftogaz Ukrainy Yuriy Vitrenko said to Bloomberg. "At the moment, it has been decided that as long as it is …

U.S. suggested Turkey transfer Russia's S-400 to Ukraine

U.S. suggested Turkey transfer Russia's S-400 to Ukraine

The United States has informally raised with Turkey the unlikely possibility of sending its Russian-made S-400 missile defense systems to Ukraine to help it fight Russian forces, according to three sources familiar with the matter. U.S. …

US provides $2 billion worth of weapons to Ukraine

US provides $2 billion worth of weapons to Ukraine

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin said Kyiv has received or will receive U.S. weapons worth $2 billion. "In the last two weeks, we've provided over $300 million worth of equipment to Ukraine and the $800 …

Top diplomat rules out US role in Ukraine peacekeeping mission

Top diplomat rules out US role in Ukraine peacekeeping mission

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield ruled out the possibility of the U.S. taking part in peacekeeping operations inside Ukraine, reiterating that the Biden administration will not be sending American …

Children from Ukraine enrolled in Georgian schools

Children from Ukraine enrolled in Georgian schools

Dozens of schoolchildren who moved to Georgia because of the situation in Ukraine were enrolled in local schools, the Georgian Ministry of Education and Science informs. It is noted that the parents of 72 schoolchildren of different …

India buys up Russia's oil

India buys up Russia's oil

It turns out that the export of Russian oil to India has increased significantly, because Delhi maintains close trading ties with Moscow despite western sanctions

Six nations request UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine

Six nations request UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine

Six nations requested a meeting of the UN Security Council on the situation in Ukraine, the UK's permanent mission to the UN said on Twitter. The mission posted the flags of the six council nations requesting the meeting …

Lavrov: Kyiv's views becoming more realistic

Lavrov: Kyiv's views becoming more realistic

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov welcomed what he called a “realistic assessment of what is happening” by Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky and said Russia’s negotiators were cautiously optimistic. …

Zelensky: Russian-Ukrainian talks to continue on March 15

Zelensky: Russian-Ukrainian talks to continue on March 15

Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine will resume on March 15, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said. Zelensky informed that he had held a conversation with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, Polish …

IMF: Ukraine economy to contract sharply in 2022

IMF: Ukraine economy to contract sharply in 2022

Ukraine's economy is expected to contract by 10% in 2022, but the outlook could worsen sharply if the conflict lasts longer, the International Monetary Fund said in a staff report released on Monday. The report, prepared ahead of …

Kazakhstan to deliver humanitarian cargoes to Ukraine

Kazakhstan to deliver humanitarian cargoes to Ukraine

Kazakhstan plans to send more than 28 tonnes of humanitarian assistance to Ukraine on March 14-15, the country’s health ministry said on Sunday. "The issue of sending humanitarian cargoes from Almaty to Poland’s …

Russian-Ukrainian talks to be continued online on March 14

Russian-Ukrainian talks to be continued online on March 14

The Russian-Ukrainian talks will be continued on Monday, March 14 in the virtual format, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday. "Yes," he said when asked whether tomorrow’s talks would be …

Growing fuel prices intensify popular discord

Growing fuel prices intensify popular discord

With Turkey’s consumer inflation already at 54.4%, price increases on fuel alone threaten to add two percentage points to the monthly inflation rate in March. A seemingly endless stream of fuel price hikes has sparked a nationwide outcry in Turkey, where the surge in global energy prices has been amplified by the depreciation of the Turkish lira