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Syeda Mubeena Hashmi Posted in World

US Envoys Arrive in Moscow for Key War Talks

US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow on Saturday to discuss Washington’s plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war. The pair, representing President Donald Trump, are expected to travel to Kyiv after talks in Moscow. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of seeking to undermine diplomacy through overnight strikes on Kyiv’s airports and a civilian target in Dnipro that killed five people. He said Ukraine remained committed to diplomatic efforts. Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in World

Russian president discusses situation in Gulf and Ukraine with UAE counterpart

⁠Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the ongoing situation in the Gulf and Ukraine during a phone call with United Arab Emirates President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, according to the Kremlin. It added that Putin ⁠had expressed his ⁠gratitude to the UAE for ⁠its role ⁠in organising ⁠exchanges of prisoners of war and detainees between ‌Russia and Ukraine. Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in World

Russia drone strike on market in Ukraine kills five, wounds 19

A Russian drone has hit a covered market in the eastern Ukrainian city of Nikopol, killing five people and wounding 19, officials have said, as Moscow pressed on with intensified daytime attacks. The market, in Nikopol in the Dnipropetrovsk region, was hit at 09:50 AM (0650 GMT) on Saturday, the local prosecutor's office said. Regional governor, Oleksandr Ganja, said in a Telegram post that three women and two men were killed. Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in World

Ukraine and Saudi Arabia reach defence 'arrangement' amid US-Israeli war on Iran

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday said that his country and Saudi Arabia have reached an “important arrangement” on defence cooperation during his visit to the Gulf nation. In a statement on the US social media company X, Zelenskyy said the agreement between the defence ministries of both countries was signed ahead of his meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. “It lays the foundation for future contracts, technological cooperation, and investment. It also strengthens Ukraine’s international role as a security donor,” he said. Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in World

Iranian envoy says Ukraine support to US and Gulf states is a 'joke' 

Iranian envoy to Ukraine, Shahriar Amouzegar, dismissed the support Kyiv has offered to the United States and its Gulf allies, advertising its expertise in destroying Iranian-designed drones launched by Russia. "As for the actions Ukraine is taking in the Middle East against drones, we essentially consider them nothing more than a joke and a showy gesture," Amouzegar told AFP in an exclusive interview. Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in World

EU pledges ongoing support for Ukraine

A joint statement by EU presidents has confirmed that “the European Union will continue to provide comprehensive political, financial, economic, humanitarian, military and diplomatic support to Ukraine and its people”. “Russia has not achieved its military objectives in Ukraine,” the statement by the presidents of the European Parliament, European Council and the European Commission said. Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in World

‘Four interminable and agonising years’: UN rights chief

Volker Turk, the UN human rights chief, says “civilian casualties have soared” as the world marks the fourth anniversary of the war. “Russia’s systematic attacks on Ukraine’s energy and water infrastructure could amount to international crimes,” Turk said in Geneva. “The fighting needs to end, and I urge a focus on human rights and justice in any ceasefire or peace agreement.” Turk also stressed the need to “increase the cost of breaking international law”, urging countries to demonstrate a greater commitment to accountability for such violations. Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in World

Russia vs Ukraine: War has hit economies of both sides

The war has decimated Ukraine’s economy and put Russia’s under massive strain. After growing strongly on the back of massive military spending – up to 9 percent of GDP – Russia’s economy has slowed, posting just a 1 percent expansion last year. Oil and gas revenues – which provide roughly a quarter of state budget income – fell to a five‑year low last year, as a wave of Western sanctions and Ukrainian attacks on oil facilities crimped exports. Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in World

Mapping Russian attacks and territorial gains across Ukraine

In the early hours of February 24, 2022, President Putin appeared on Russian state television to announce a “special military operation” against Ukraine. A full-scale invasion of Ukraine came days after the Russian president recognised the breakaway regions of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states. An operation that was only supposed to last a few months is now entering its fifth year. On the fourth anniversary of Europe’s largest war since 1945, Al Jazeera maps the ground lost and reclaimed, the drone revolution shaping the conflict and the debilitating Russian… Read More…

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