2 year agoIran riot police deployed inside Russian Embassy in Tehran to repel any likely attack by demonstrators. Here in IRAN, anti-govt sentiments are highly aligned by anti-Russian ones
In addition to SWIFT and Russian Central Bank sanctions, Western allies are forming a joint task force to "collectively hunt down the physical assets of sanctioned Russian companies and oligarchs — their yachts, jets, fancy cars and luxury homes"
2 year agoFull statement by @POTUS, @vonderleyen, @EmmanuelMacron, @OlafScholz, @BorisJohnson, @JustinTrudeau and Draghi on restrictive measures for Russia's central bank and cutting key Russian banks off SWIFT
Update from Armed Forces of Ukraine: violent clashes in Kharkiv, Sumy, Okhtyrka. In Luhansk region Russia attacked from Belgorod region towards Starobilsk. Clashes in Kherson region in Skadovsk and Hola Prystan
2 year agoUrsula von der Leyen: we will paralyse the assets of Russia's central bank. This will freeze its transactions. And it will make it impossible for the Central Bank to liquidate its assets
Ursula von der Leyen: we commit to ensuring that a certain number of Russian banks are removed from SWIFT. It will stop them from operating worldwide and effectively block Russian exports and imports
EU to end golden passport scheme, which allows wealthy Russians and their families to obtain EU citizenship
2 year agoPM: Ukraine closes border crossings with Russia and Belarus
In the village of Zelenovka, near Kherson, Russian soldiers shot a civilian journalist with automatic weapons and also hit an apartment building in Kharkiv - Irina Venediktova
2 year agoAir defense southwest of Kyiv responding to possible airdrop
Governor of Mykolayiv Oblast Vitaly Kim says Russian tanks attacked Mykolayiv and were moving through the city. Heavy fighting was reported in Mykolayiv earlier on that day. Kim later posted a video denying reports he had been captured
European Union countries have decided to ban all Russian airlines from their airspace. Airlines of EU nations over Russian airspace called back fearing an immediate Russian response
71 people were injured. 25 of them are civilians, in particular three children. Russia is also destroying the infrastructure of our cities. This is barbarism and savagery
This man, back out from Latakia, Syria flag-ruflag-ru Russian Air Force Tu154 RFF413
Russian artillery fire has struck Kyiv's children's cancer hospital Okhmadyt
Putin spoke with Ilham Aliyev on the phone. They discussed topical issues of the bilateral and regional agenda, including the development of the situation with Russia's invasion of Ukraine
2 year agoRussian Mi-24 shot down over Ukraine
Instagram blocked account of Kremlin's warlord Kadyrov
Chancellor Scholz: The Russian attack marks a turning point. It is our duty to do our best to help Ukraine defend itself against Putin's invading army. Therefore, we are supplying 1000 anti-tank weapons and 500 Stinger missiles to our friends in Ukraine
Lithuania closes its airspace to Russian flights from today
2 year agoProtesters in Tehran chant "Death to Putin" and "Viva Peace" in front of the Ukrainian embassy
Ukrainian Railways Ukrzaliznytsia: All rail links to Russia destroyed. The state rail service announced that all railway tracks from Russia to Ukraine have been blown up by Ukraine's armed forces
Belgium will deploy 300 troops to Romania as part of NATO reinforcement and send machine guns to Kyiv, as Russia pounded targets in Ukraine with artillery and cruise missiles for a third day
Airspace over Ukraine remains contested, U.S. official says, in contradiction to expectations before the invasion that Russia would quickly seize control of the skies. Ukrainian jets and air-defense systems are active and continue to "engage and deny," U.S. official says
2 year agoBig protest in Yekaterinburg against war
Cyberattacks targeting Kremlin website, websites of Russian ministries and state media
2 year agoTwo KLM flights to destinations in Russia have turned around and seem to be returning home
Russia has fired over 250 mostly short-range ballistic missiles into Ukraine since start of invasion, Russian forces have so far failed to capture any major cities: U.S. official
Cutting Russia off from SWIFT a "matter of days" - euro zone central banker
Romania closes its airspace to Russian aircraft
