KYIV: Russia today faced increasing isolation over its invasion of Ukraine, with fierce resistance on the ground denying President Vladimir Putin decisive early gains despite heavy shelling and a huge military convoy outside the capital, Kyiv. Ceasefire talks between Russia and its southern neighbour held yesterday failed to reach a […]
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VIENNA: Iran said yesterday efforts to revive a 2015 nuclear deal could succeed if the United States took a political decision to meet Tehran’s remaining demands, as months of negotiations enter what one Iranian diplomat called a “now or never” stage. The stakes are high, since the failure of 10 […]
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday (Feb 24) said that Russian President Vladimir Putin was a “dictator” who now faced “massive” Western sanctions for invading Ukraine. “We cannot and will not just look away,” Johnson said in a televised address to the nation, after phoning Ukraine’s President Volodymyr […]
BERLIN: French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said today that Russian President Vladimir Putin no longer accepted Ukraine’s independence under international law. “President Putin in his speech (on Monday) declared in a sense the negation of Ukraine as a sovereign country,” he told reporters after talks with his German counterpart […]
KYIV: Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky today demanded “immediate” security guarantees from the West and Moscow aimed at averting a feared Russian invasion. Zelensky made his comments as Russia began to evacuate diplomats from its Kyiv embassy after Moscow formally approved the use of military force abroad. “Ukraine needs security guarantees. […]
NEW YORK: Ukraine’s borders remain “unchangeable” regardless of Russia’s recent actions, Kyiv’s ambassador to the United Nations told the Security Council. “The internationally recognised borders of Ukraine have been and will remain unchangeable regardless of any statements and actions by the Russian federation,” Sergiy Kyslytsya said during an emergency meeting […]
TOKYO: Japan today said it stood ready to join the United States and other G7 industrialised nations in slapping sanctions on Russia, should President Vladimir Putin order an invasion of Ukraine, The confirmation by the world’s No. 3 economy comes as the crisis in Europe deepens, with the Russian leader […]
OTTAWA: Canada’s parliament yesterday backed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to invoke rarely-used emergency powers to end pandemic-related protests that have blocked streets in the capital Ottawa for more than three weeks. The Emergencies Act was approved in parliament by 185 to 151, with the minority Liberal government getting support […]
BEIJING: China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi today told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken the United States should not include Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, in America’s Indo-Pacific strategy. Earlier this month, the United States said it would commit more diplomatic and security resources to the Indo-Pacific. […]
UNICH: The United States and its allies will impose “significant and unprecedented” economic measures against Russia if it attacks Ukraine, US Vice President Kamala Harris said today. “National borders should not be changed by force,” she said at the Munich Security Conference. “I can say with absolute certainty if Russia […]