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EU announces sanctions targeting Putin, Lavrov
Date: 2022-02-25 18:21:27 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:87 - ID:9437873
BRUSSELS, Feb 25 (MENA) – The EU moved to freeze the foreign-held assets of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov after being accused by Ukraine’s president of failing to hit hard and fast enough against Russian ....
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Ukrainian FM calls on Blinken to urge European partners to ban Russia from SWIFT
Date: 2022-02-25 18:18:00 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:85 - ID:9437871
KYIV, Feb 25 (MENA) – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called on his US counterpart Secretary of State Antony Blinken to urge "hesitant European" leaders to ban Russia from SWIFT, a high-security messaging network that connects thousands of ....
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Macron says France to provide defensive equipment to Ukraine
Date: 2022-02-25 18:04:58 GMT - France - World - SN:84 - ID:9437809
PARIS, Feb 25 (MENA) - France will provide defensive equipment to Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron said in a written speech to the country's two legislative bodies Friday. The speech did not detail what the equipment would be, CNN ....
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Turkey says it cannot stop returning Russian warships from accessing Bosphorus & Dardanelles straits
Date: 2022-02-25 18:04:05 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:83 - ID:9437919
ANKARA, Feb 25 (MENA) - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that his country could not agree to Kyiv's request to close the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits to Russian ships, due to a clause in the Montreux Convention that allows vessels ....
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Czech Republic to close airspace to Russian flights
Date: 2022-02-25 17:32:04 GMT - Czech - World - SN:81 - ID:9437885
PRAGUE, Feb 25 (MENA) - The Czech Republic will bar Russian air carriers from using its airspace starting at midnight, Radio Prague International quoted Czech Minister of Transport Martin Kupka as saying Friday. "At midnight, Czechia will close ....
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UNHCR says Russian military operation could drive 5 million Ukrainians to flee abroad
Date: 2022-02-25 17:24:09 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:80 - ID:9437798
NEW YORK, Feb 25 (MENA) - The Russian military operation could drive up to five million Ukrainian people to flee abroad, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said Friday. At least 100,000 people are uprooted in Ukraine after fleeing their homes, while ....
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Putin urges Ukraine's army to overthrow Zelensky
Date: 2022-02-25 17:03:14 GMT - Russia - World - SN:78 - ID:9437717
MOSCOW, Feb 25 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday called on the Ukrainian army to overthrow the government whose leaders he described as "terrorists" and "a gang of drug addicts and neo-Nazis," The Moscow Times reported. In a ....
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Putin tells Chinese president that Russia willing to hold high-level talks with Ukraine
Date: 2022-02-25 17:01:33 GMT - China - World - SN:77 - ID:9437842
BEIJING, Feb 25 (MENA) - The Chinese Foreign Ministry said that Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in a call on Friday that Russia is willing to hold high level talks with Ukraine. Russia is willing to ....
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Kremlin: Putin ready to negotiate deal over Ukraine’s neutrality, demilitarization
Date: 2022-02-25 16:51:07 GMT - Russia - World - SN:76 - ID:9437795
MOSCOW, Feb 25 (MENA) – A Kremlin spokesman said Russian President Vladimir Putin was ready to negotiate a settlement with Kyiv over Ukraine’s “neutrality,” amid an unfolding Russian invasion of its neighbor, Politico reported. Kremlin press ....
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Ukrainian military deploys Grad rocket launchers in Kiev — Russia’s top brass
Date: 2022-02-25 15:47:31 GMT - Russia - World - SN:73 - ID:9437735
MOSCOW, Feb 25 (MENA) - The Ukrainian armed forces deployed Grad multiple launch rocket systems in Shevchenko Square in Kiev to deliver strikes against the Gostomel aerodrome, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Major-General Igor Konashenkov said ....
