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EU considering $62/bbl for Russian oil cap
European Union states debated whether to set a price cap as low as $62 a barrel on exports of Russian crude oil after several countries demanded a level that could put more pressure on Moscow, but the talks remain stuck,…
Ukraine decrees $24.3 m food aid to Nigeria, others
Despite suffering crushing blows in the lingering Russian invasion of the country, the government of Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine has decided to send up to 125,000 tons of wheat or corn as humanitarian aid to four countries in Africa and…
African students pressed to fight Putin’s war
Desperate African students who face intense financial pressure in Russia are now lured with financial benefits and citizenship to pick up arms against Ukraine, according to reports by Daily Beast. The African student including Nigerians complain that they are under…
Baltic countries pledge to NATO common defense
Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia on Tuesday took aim at Russia for the missile strike in Poland that left two dead in the border town of Przewodow, just a few kilometers from Ukraine, and said that NATO territory must be defended…
Russia execute military deserter with sledgehammer
Government of Russia weekend killed one of its fighters in the war with Ukraine by smashing his head with a sledge hammer, marking one of the cruelest executions in modern history. Evgeniy Nuzhin who is one of the prisoners released…
Russsian invasion: 14m Ukrainians have fled home
The number of Ukrainians who have fled their homes since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine earlier this year has reached 14 million, according to the latest United Nations data. Addressing the U.N. Security Council this week, Filippo Grandi, the U.N. High…
U.S. urges Ukraine to accept talks with Russia
The United States is privately encouraging Ukraine to signal an openness to negotiate with Russia, the Washington Post reported, as the State Department said Moscow was escalating the war and did not seriously wish to engage in peace talks, according…
Hunger looms as Russia blocks 218 vessels with Ukraine’s grain exports
Some 218 merchant ships laden with cargoes of grain from Ukraine have been stock at loading quays after Russia pulled safety guarantee from the Black Sea Grain Initiative by withdrawing from the UN brokered agreement to allow food exports from…
Putin toughens military draft conditions with jail terms
Zelensky urges Russian conscripts to surrender to Ukrainian forces Russian President Vladimir Putin has maintained a hard stance on mandatory military service as despite rising protests and opposition to continued military operations to annex neighboring Ukraine. President Putin weekend signed…
US accuses Putin of forced migration of Ukrainians civilians into Russian prisons
The United States said on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s office is directly managing the forced relocation of thousands of Ukrainians into Russia. The US State Department demanded Russia halt the program as the UN Security Council was to…
