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European Union to give fast-tracked opinion on Ukraine membership bid The European Commission will meet Friday to give its fast-tracked opinion on Ukraine’s bid for European Union candidacy, which would be a step closer to membership for the country a day after the bloc’s most powerful leaders visited Kyiv as it continues to […]
A United States judge has authorized the seizure of two aircraft owned by a Russian oligarch, Roman Abramovich, for violating export restrictions as well as U.S. sanctions on Russia. The Department of Justice said a federal judge in New York authorized the seizure requested by federal agents of a Boeing 787-8 and a […]
European Union (EU) countries Belgium, the Netherlands, Ireland and the Czech Republic on Tuesday announced the expulsion of dozens of Russian diplomats suspected of spying, in coordinated action taken in the shadow of Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Belgian Foreign Minister Sophie Wilmes said her country was kicking out 21 diplomats from Russia’s embassy in […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin says the country will sell its gas to “unfriendly countries” in rouble. Putin, on Wednesday, in a televised meeting with top officials, said the West had erased all trust in their foreign currencies. The European nations and the United States had imposed heavy sanctions on Russia following its invasion of […]
President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that the U.S. will target “the main artery of Russia’s economy” by banning the import of Russian energy products. “We’re banning all imports of Russian oil and gas and energy,” Biden said in remarks from the White House. “That means Russian oil will no longer be acceptable at […]
Ukrainian forces have killed a Russian general near the besieged city of Kharkiv, the second Russian senior commander to die in the invasion. Major General Vitaly Gerasimov, 45, was killed on Monday, the Chief Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine’s defence ministry said in a statement. Gerasimov was the first deputy commander of Russia’s […]
Tension from parents and relations may start coming down as the first batch of Nigerians from Ukraine have arrived in Abuja. The evacuees are mainly students. The passengers, numbering about 450 from Romania, landed at the private jet terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport by 7:10 am (WAT) via a Max Air flight […]
The Federal Government of Nigeria has revealed that it will on Wednesday begin the evacuation of Nigerians who have fled the war in Ukraine to neighbouring countries. This was disclosed by Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, in an interview on a Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme. With Ukraine still at […]
Russian forces fired missiles at several cities in Ukraine and landed troops on its coast on Thursday, officials and media said, after President Vladimir Putin authorised what he called a special military operation in the east. Shortly after Putin spoke in a televised address on Russian state TV, explosions could be heard in the […]
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