Australia and the Netherlands on Monday said they had begun joint legal action against Russia at the International Civil Aviation Organisation over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Foreign Minister Marise Payne said in
Russia has asked China for military and economic aid for its war in Ukraine, US media reported Sunday, hours after the White House warned Beijing would face severe “consequences” if it helps Moscow evade sanctions. US officials told media that Russia had requested
Following Russia’s attack on Mariupol’s maternity hospital last week, a pregnant woman who was meant to give birth at the hospital, and whose images went viral as she was stretchered from the bombed hospital, died along with her baby, according to the Associated
Russia said Friday it was opening a criminal case against Meta for “calling for the murder” of Russians, saying the parent company of Facebook and Instagram had relaxed rules on violent messages aimed at Russia’s army and leaders. Russia’s Investigative Committee, which probes
UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson Britain on Friday slapped a fresh wave of sanctions on Moscow, targeting 386 members of Russia’s parliament who supported President Vladimir Putin’s devastating invasion of Ukraine. The new sanctions against members of Russia’s Duma, the lower house of
The Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, Jens Stoltenberg, said the alliance must not allow Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine to escalate into a confrontational war between the allied countries and Russia. Stoltenberg said this in an interview with AFP on Friday at
A Russian airstrike has devastated a children’s hospital with a maternity ward in the besieged port city of Mariupol and wounded at least 17 people, Ukrainian officials said, amid growing warnings from the West that Moscow’s invasion is about to take a more
Spain PM, Pedro Sanchez Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Thursday accused Russia of “war crimes”, a day after a shocking attack on a children’s hospital in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. Wednesday’s airstrike hit a maternity and children’s hospital in the besieged
US President Joe Biden The United States will send $13.6 billion in humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine after the US House approved a $1.5 trillion spending bill to keep the government’s doors open for the next six months. The bill included more
Abramovich Roman Abramovich’s hopes of selling European champions Chelsea were put on hold on Thursday after the UK government hit the Russian billionaire with an assets freeze. The finance ministry said restrictions “apply to any entities that are owned or controlled by Roman