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Mykolaiv residents have within a few hours supplied the city with car tires to help the Ukrainian Armed Forces to stop the Russian invaders. Source: Head of the Mykolaiv Regional Administration Vitaliy Kim Quote: “[Our] people are beauties, within a few hours our entire city, all intersections are covered in tires! Everyone is waiting for their orders […]

 he British government has vowed to speed up processing visas for Ukrainian refugees, in response to accusations that few have been allowed to enter the UK so far. Hundreds have arrived at the northern French port of Calais, seeking to reach the UK. London says it intends to install a visa application centre there for […]

IRPIN, Ukraine — Hundreds of terrified people cautiously walk through the debris of concrete and twisted metal, trying to cross the Irpen River on foot. “Come on, no need to rush, careful,” a Ukrainian soldier says while helping civilians onto concrete blocks leading to a stairway. Mothers hold up their crying babies, young men drag their […]

Gas prices, all over the $5 per gallon mark, are displayed at a gas station in Rancho Cordova, Calif., Monday, March 7, 2022. (AP Photo) With Western allies considering expanding sanction against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak warned of “catastrophic” consequences of a ban on Russian oil imports, including a potential […]

Russia’s aviation sector is facing crippling international isolation following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine [File: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters] Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has resulted in its airlines being banned from European, American and Canadian airspace, leaving the country with leased aircraft it cannot use, and scuttling aerospace industry partnerships with the West. Russian citizens won’t be flying to Europe […]

Ukrainian soldiers stand guard as civilians flee Irpin on March 5, 2022. (Illia Ponomarenko) IRPIN, Ukraine — Hundreds of terrified people cautiously walk through the debris of concrete and twisted metal, trying to cross the Irpen River on foot. “Come on, no need to rush, careful,” a Ukrainian soldier says while helping civilians onto concrete blocks […]

The price of crude oil has jumped more than $10 a barrel and shares were sharply lower as the conflict in Ukraine deepened amid mounting calls for harsher sanctions against Russia. Brent crude oil surged more than $10 early on Monday. Benchmark US crude was up nearly $9, at more than $124 a barrel. The […]

Pro-Moscow separatists carry out offensive with fighting underway in western parts of besieged Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, Russian Defense Ministry said Monday, amid Kremlin’s order for cease-fire and civilian evacuations. The ministry said Russian troops would suspend fire to open a humanitarian corridor out of the encircled city of 400,000 on Monday Displaced Ukrainians […]

Russia is recruiting Syrian fighters experienced in urban combat as it ramps up its assault on Ukraine, according to U.S. officials quoted by the Wall Street Journal on Sunday. Moscow, which launched an invasion into its Eastern European neighbor on Feb. 24, has in recent days recruited fighters from Syria hoping they can help take […]

Russian media reports on Monday say humanitarian corridors and local ceasefires will be implemented on Monday to allow civilians to be evacuated from several cities. There has been no confirmation from Ukraine and the offer appears to involve transporting civilians to Russia. More shelling has been reported on Monday in some areas. A second attempt […]