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2022-02-24 03:36:16 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has made a video address on the escalations of tensions in Donbas:

Zelenskyy says he has requested talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin but has not received any response yet;

Ukraine is ready for talks with Russia in all formats and on any platform;

Ukraine does not want war: neither cold nor "hot" nor hybrid ones, but will defend in case of foreign aggression;

Ukraine has not posed and will not pose a threat to Russia. Open / Comment

2022-02-24 03:18:36 The European Union has published a list of Russian citizens and entities that come under sanctions over the recognition of the people's republics of Donetsk and Luhansk (DPR and LPR).

Among others, the list includes:
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu;
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova;
Editor-in-Chief of the RT broadcaster and the Rossiya Segodnya information agency Margarita Simonyan;
famous Russian TV presenter Vladimir Soloviev;
Kremlin administration chief Anton Vaino;
Deputy Speaker of the State Duma Pyotr Tolstoy;
the head of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) Gennady Zyuganov.

The list of the entities includes:
the Internet Research Agency;
Bank Rossiya;
Promsvyazbank;
VEB.RF. Open / Comment

2022-02-24 01:28:54 Finland is ready to apply for NATO membership if it becomes a matter of national security, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin says. Open / Comment

2022-02-23 23:59:10 The people's republics of Donetsk and Luhansk have officially asked Russian President Vladimir Putin for assistance in repelling the "aggression of Ukrainian forces" to avoid casualties among civilians, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. Open / Comment

2022-02-23 23:33:50 US President Joe Biden said he directed his administration on Wednesday to impose sanctions on Nord Stream 2 AG and its corporate officers. Open / Comment

2022-02-23 23:08:25 The Biden administration is expected to announce today that it will allow sanctions on the company constructing the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, CNN reports, citing officials. It comes after Germany halted certification of the project in response to Russia… Open / Comment

2022-02-23 21:58:39 US President Joe Biden said he directed his administration on Wednesday to impose sanctions on Nord Stream 2 AG and its corporate officers. Open / Comment

2022-02-23 21:55:11 In an informal meeting with UK troops in Westminster, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said that Russian President Vladimir Putin had gone "full tonto" over Ukraine.

Wallace, a former Scots Guards officer, said that his regiment "kicked the backside" of Russia in the Crimean War back in the 1850s and added that UK soldiers could "do it again."

Video: Daily Mail Open / Comment

2022-02-23 21:11:41 In a slip of the tongue during remarks on Ukraine, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi expresses concerns over how Hungary is “encircled by Russia, Belarus, and Crimea” Open / Comment

2022-02-23 19:56:01 An escalation in Ukraine may create the worst refugee crisis in the world today, with some 5 million people possibly displaced, US envoy to the UN says.

"If Russia continues down this path, it could, according to our estimates, create a new refugee crisis, one of the largest facing the world today, with as many as 5 million more people displaced by Russia's war of choice and putting pressure on Ukraine’s neighbors," Linda Thomas-Greenfield claimed.

Since Ukraine is among the world's largest wheat suppliers, the conflict could also cause a spike in food prices and lead to even more desperate hunger in places like Libya, Yemen, and Lebanon, she added. Open / Comment