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Lukashenko says Belarus deploying more forces to Ukraine border

Published by Reuters UK MOSCOW (Reuters) – Belarus is deploying more forces on its border with Ukraine, state news agency Belta quoted Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko as saying on Tuesday. “Those are well trained rapid deployment groups which are ready to stop any provocation and any military action against Belarus,” Lukashenko said. (Reporting by Moscow

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Russia seeks to halt investor stampede as sanctions hammer economy

Published by Reuters UK By Carolyn Cohn and Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) – Russia said it was placing temporary curbs on foreigners seeking to exit Russian assets on Tuesday, putting the brakes on an accelerating investor exodus driven by crippling Western sanctions imposed over the invasion of Ukraine. Russian assets went into freefall on Tuesday

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Russia Destroys More Ukrainian Airfields, Huge Convoy Headed For Kiev

Published by Newstrail On Tuesday 3rd March 2022 independent intelligence assessments concur that Russia seems focused on destroying Ukrainian airfields with the primary objective of preventing more military aid and possible anti-tank weaponry to be sent to Ukraine from NATO countries and others who volunteered. Israeli analysts in particular (those who write for Jpost and

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Turkey warn against warships using its straits for Ukraine

Published by Al-Araby Turkey has warned battleships against using the Turkish Straits to reach Ukraine, as Ankara activates a treaty that grants it greater control over the waterway. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that Black Sea and non-Black Sea nations have been alerted to the implementation of the 1936 Montreux Treaty, which allows Turkey to

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Russian column bears down on Kyiv, more rockets hit centre of Kharkiv

Published by Reuters UK KYIV/MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian armoured column bore down on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv on Tuesday and invasion forces fired rocket barrages into the centre of the country’s second largest city, on the sixth day of Russia’s assault on its western neighbour. Rocket strikes on the centre of Kharkiv killed at least

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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy tells EU: ‘Prove that you are with us”

Published by Reuters By Philip Blenkinsop and Ingrid Melander BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the EU on Tuesday via video link to an emergency session of the European Parliament to “prove that you are with us” in Ukraine’s war with Russia, a day after Kyiv officially asked to join the bloc. European Union

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Dozens of countries walk out during Lavrov’s speech in Geneva

Published by DPA Representatives of dozens of countries protested against the Russian war in Ukraine on Tuesday by walking out of a sitting of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva ahead of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s speech. “The Human Rights Council must not be misused as a platform for disinformation,” said German ambassador

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Analysis-Foes over Ukraine, Russia and Western unity tested in Iran talks

Published by Reuters By John Irish, Parisa Hafezi and Francois Murphy PARIS/VIENNA (Reuters) – Western powers and Russia have for almost a year worked closely to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, but the war in Ukraine is creating a sense of urgency to conclude talks before cooperation becomes impossible. The stakes are high. Failure

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Russia says it will hit security service sites in Kyiv

Published by Reuters UK MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will strike sites in Kyiv belonging to Ukraine’s security service and a special operations unit, Russia’s TASS and RIA news agencies quoted the Russian defence ministry as saying on Tuesday. The strikes aim to prevent “information attacks” on Russia, the ministry said, urging those near the sites

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Ukraine asks China to make Russia stop war – foreign ministry

Published by Reuters UK LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba asked his Chinese counterpart in a phone call on Tuesday to use Beijing’s ties with Moscow to stop Russia’s military invasion of its neighbour, the Ukrainian foreign ministry said in a statement. According to the statement, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi told

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