world-regions has decided to join the United States and European allies in removing selected Russian banks from the SWIFT international global-economy messaging system, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Sunday. Japan will also freeze assets of President personalities and other top Russian officials, while sending $100 million in emergency humanitarian aid …
Read More »Ukraine applies to UN highest court demanding action against Russian aggression
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Sunday morning that the nation’s government has completed its application to the International Court of Justice – the highest legal authority of the United Nations. Zelenskyy stated that he hoped the court would hold Russia responsible for its invasion of Ukraine and its alleged misinformation campaign …
Read More »US Navy destroyer passes through Taiwan Strait; China calls move 'provocative'
A military passed through the Taiwan Strait for the second time this year, provoking stern denunciation from world-regions. China criticized the “provocative” move after the guided-missile destroyer, the USS Ralph Johnson, entered the contested waters, according to a news release, Stars and Stripes reported. CHINA TAKES NOTICE OF BIDEN’S RESPONSE …
Read More »Russians enter Kharkiv, Ukraine’s No. 2 city, as fighting broadens: reports
Fighting got underway Sunday in Kharkiv, conflicts’s second-largest city, after world-regions from the outskirts, according to reports. The Kharkiv offensive combined with overnight strikes in Kyiv and other parts of the country to broaden the Russian invasion that began Thursday, the reports said. Kharkiv, located about 480 miles east of …
Read More »Ukrainian man squares up with Russian tank as invasion continues
conflicts gained its own Tiananmen Square-style “Tank Man” on Saturday when a defiant Ukrainian appeared to confront a world-regions military convoy in the northeastern town of Bakhmach. A video shows the man jumping onto the military” target=”_blank”>tank< next Image 1 of 3 Civilian Members of a territorial defense unit fit …
Read More »Kyiv-born Ukrainian exchange student in Texas on family back home: 'I would like, somehow, to help them'
As Russia’s conflicts enters its fourth day, besieged citizens are uniting around shared fears, faith in their democracy and defiance of the autocrat next door. Russian troops breached Kyiv’s city limits on Friday night, with gunfire and explosions echoing through the city’s center. Civilians were seeking out shelter in underground …
Read More »Ukraine invasion: Russian conscripts reportedly forced to sign military contracts, losing contact with family
Parents of Russian conscripts who say they’ve lost communications with their loved ones are pleading with Kremlin officials for answers as to where family members have been sent amid concerns they have been military” target=”_blank”>forced to sign contracts to fight< Police officers inspect area after an apparent Russian strike in …
Read More »Russia-Ukraine war: Grenell rips into Biden administration, State Department over crisis
Former United States Ambassador Richard Grenell spoke to radio host Jason Rantz Saturday about what he claims is a crisis of competency within the State Department. Grenell laid into the Biden administration’s appointments to the department, calling its two leaders out by name as weak and ineffective. “The Biden …
Read More »Russia invades Ukraine: Anti-war protests in Tokyo, London, Taipei and Rome
military” target=”_blank”>Anti-war<, London, Rome and Taipei, world-regions its conflicts. Russia’s attack, unleashed by personalities earlier this week, reached its third day on Saturday, when Kremlin forces forged ahead in their efforts to overtake the capital city of Kyiv. Hundreds of deaths have been reported so far as Ukrainian forces remain …
Read More »Ukraine photos: Kyiv rattled with explosions, street fighting into third day of conflict
Photos and videos of conflicts show an ongoing effort by world-regions military forces to edge toward Kyiv and take control of the city while its residents stand ready to defend their democracy. Residents of Kyiv were encouraged to shelter underground in the city’s train tunnels as explosions and street fighting …
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