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[ad_1] BERLIN: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Germany in an emotional video address before parliament on Thursday to help destroy a new “Wall” Russia was erecting in Europe. “It’s not a Berlin Wall – it is a Wall in central Europe between freedom and bondage and this Wall is …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden will announce $800 million in new security assistance to Ukraine Wednesday, a White House official said, with the announcement set to come soon after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the US Congress. The announcement, expected to come at 11.45 am (1545 GMT), brings “the …

[ad_1] KYIV: Ukraine prepared Sunday for a “relentless defence” of Kyiv as the capital faced possible encirclement by advancing Russian forces who have also kept up a bombardment of the besieged southern port city of Mariupol. In a video address posted on social media late Saturday night, President Volodymyr Zelensky …

[ad_1] KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that Russia, which invaded his country on February 24, had adopted a “fundamentally different approach” in talks to end the conflict. In a media briefing, Zelensky said that the approach was in contrast to earlier talks at which Moscow only “issued …

[ad_1] KYIV: The mayor of southern Ukraine’s Melitopol was kidnapped on Friday by Russian soldiers occupying the city, President Volodymyr Zelensky and Ukrainian officials said. “A group of 10 occupiers kidnapped the mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov,” Ukraine’s parliament said on Twitter. “He refused to cooperate with the enemy,” it …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: “Hi I’m Asma Shafique from Pakistan and want to thank the Indian embassy of Kyiv for supporting us all the way here as we were stuck in a very difficult situation and I also want to thank the Prime Minister of India for supporting us. Hope we …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for evacuating her nine citizens from Ukraine’s Sumy under ‘Operation Ganga’, government sources said here. The nine Bangladeshi nationals, who were stuck in northeastern city Sumy, were evacuated along with 694 Indians brought to Poltava …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Russian troops seized the biggest nuclear power plant in Europe on Friday after a middle-of-the-night attack that set it on fire and briefly raised worldwide fears of a catastrophe in the most chilling turn in Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine yet. Firefighters put out the blaze, and no …

[ad_1] PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday that he will seek a second term in office at elections next month, with Russia’s war in Ukraine likely to eclipse the campaign but boost his chances. Macron formally announced his attempt to become the first French president to be re-elected in …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The United States on Wednesday rejected Russia’s key demand to bar Ukraine from NATO and said it believed Moscow was ready to invade but offered what it called a new “diplomatic path” out of the crisis. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he would speak again in the …