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Ukraine crisis: Biden authorises additional US forces, military equipment
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 23 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Tuesday (local) authorized additional movements of US forces and military equipment in Europe to "strengthen" Baltic allies in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, following Russian President Vladimir Putin ordering troops into two sepa
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President Biden announces new sanctions against Russia, calls Putin's move
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 23 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Tuesday (local time) announced new sanctions against Russia and called President Vladimir Putin's moves in eastern Ukraine the "beginning of a Russian invasion".
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Azerbaijani President invites Putin to Baku
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Baku [Azerbaijan], February 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to Baku when his scheduled and the COVID-19 situation will allow it.
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We will immediately institute package of economic sanctions targeting Russ
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], February 22 (ANI): Amid escalating tensions between Moscow and Kiev, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday said that Britain will immediately institute a package of economic sanctions targeting Russian economic interests.
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US, allies discuss whether Blinken will meet with Lavrov as planned on Feb
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 22 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States has discussed with its allies whether Secretary of State Antony Blinken will move forward with meeting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov later this week in the wake of Moscow's decision to recognize the self-proclaimed republ
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Timeline: Escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 22 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision on Monday to recognize Ukraine's breakaway regions - Donetsk and Luhansk - as independent entities has escalated the ongoing tensions between the two countries.
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UK's Johnson announces sanctions on 5 Russian banks, 3 businessmen
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], February 22 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday announced that the United Kingdom would impose sanctions on five Russian banks and three Russian entrepreneurs over Moscow's decision to recognize the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Luhansk.
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Russia's decision to recognize Donetsk, Luhansk violates Ukraine's territo
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], February 22 (ANI): UN chief Antonio Guterres said that Russia's decision to recognize Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine as independent is a violation of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine and inconsistent with the principles of the Charter of the United
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UNSC: India asks all sides to exercise restraint amid escalating tension a
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], February 22 (ANI): Concerned over the escalating tension along the border of Ukraine with Russia, India on Tuesday strongly emphasized the need for all sides to exercise the utmost restraint and intensify diplomatic efforts to ensure for a mutually amicable solution.
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Council of Europe calls on Russia to withdraw recognition of two separatis
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Strasbourg [France], February 22 (ANI): The Secretary-General of the Council of Europe Marija Pejcinovic Buric called on Russia to refrain from escalating the situation around Ukraine, urging Moscow to revoke its recognition of the pro-Russian separatist Donetsk and Luhansk People's Repub
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UN considers Russian recognition of Ukraine breakaway regions inconsistent
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], February 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia's decision to recognize the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics (DPR and LPR) is a violation of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine and is inconsistent with the principles of the UN Charter, according to
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Biden speaks with Macron, Scholz, condemns Russia's independence recogniti
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 22 (ANI): US President Joe Biden spoke with France President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday about the ongoing escalation along the borders of Ukraine and condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to recognize the independence
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