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Israel Demands Apology After Russia's Hitler Comments

Israel Demands Apology After Russia’s Hitler Comments

May 3, 2022 2:44 am

Israel on Monday requested an official apology from Russia describing the Russian foreign minister’s recent comments about Adolf Hitler and antisemitism an ‘outrageous statement and a terrible historic mistake.’

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that in an interview with an Italian television show on Sunday, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov revealed that he believes Adolf Hitler had Jewish roots and suggested Jewish people may be the worst anti-Semites.

Lavrov’s comments came after he was asked how Russia can claim to be ‘denazifying’ Ukraine when the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is Jewish.

‘When they say ‘What sort of nazification …

Germany Getting ‘Ready’ To Ban Russian Oil - Economy Minister

Germany Getting ‘Ready’ To Ban Russian Oil – Economy Minister

May 3, 2022 2:30 am

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Monday disclosed that Berlin was ready to support a gradual, EU-wide embargo on Russian oil imports which could come in place before the end of the year.

Speaking on Germany’s ARD television which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York which was monitored, Baerbock said; ‘And we are preparing this in such a way, that we could if necessary keep it up over the coming years’.

Her statement comes a few days after Economy and Climate Minister Robert Habeck disclosed that he expects Germany could be fully independent of Russian crude oil …

Russia Strikes US Weapons At Airfield Near Odesa - Ministry

How We Struck U.S. Weapons At Airfield Near Odesa – Russia

May 2, 2022 3:24 am

Russia’s defence ministry on Sunday claimed that it had struck at weapons which were supplied to Ukraine by the United States and European countries and also destroyed a runway at a military airfield near the Ukrainian city of Odessa.

The ministry narrated that it used high-precision Onyx missiles to strike the airfield, after Ukraine accused Russia of knocking out a newly-constructed runway at the main airport of Odessa last week.

The regional of Governor Odessa, Maksym Marchenko also claimed that Russia had used a Bastion missile, launched from Crimea.

Reuters could not immediately verify the reports.

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Shock As Bodies With Hands Tied Are Discovered In Ukraine

Shock As Bodies With Hands Tied Discovered In Ukraine

May 1, 2022 12:54 am

Ukrainian police on Saturday reported the discovery of three bodies with their hands tied behind their backs as Russia stepped up the shelling the east even as Washington slammed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ‘depravity’.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the bodies were sighted on Friday in a pit very close to Bucha, a town close to Kyiv that has recently become synonymous with allegations of Russian war crimes.

In a statement on Saturday, the Ukrainian police said; ‘The victims’ hands were tied, cloths were covering their eyes and some were gagged. There are traces of torture on the …

War Nigeria's Relations with Russia, Still Intact – FG

War: Nigeria’s Relations with Russia, Still Intact – FG

April 28, 2022 6:22 pm

The Federal Government of Nigeria has revealed that the country has not severed relations with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine in February. 

The Government of Nigeria further added that her relationships with Russia and with Ukraine have remained largely unshaken, despite the ongoing the war between the two EU countries.

The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Alhaji Zubairu Dada made this known in Abuja on Thursday while responding to questions from newsmen at the weekly ministerial briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team.

Dada maintained that the ongoing war between the two neighbouring countries had not in any …

'New Weapon From Russia Will Make Adversaries Think Twice'

‘New Weapon From Russia Will Make Adversaries Think Twice’

April 20, 2022 12:46 pm

After successfully testing its Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday, Russia said that its new weapon would make its enemies think twice about what they could do to them.

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Putin was seen on television being informed by the military that the missile was launched from Plesetsk in the country’s northwest and struck targets in the far eastern Kamchatka peninsula.

“The new complex has the highest tactical and technical characteristics and is capable of overcoming all modern means of anti-missile defense. It has no analogues in the world and won’t have for

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Russia Threatens To Escalate Assault On Kiev

Russia Threatens To Escalate Assault On Kiev

April 16, 2022 1:50 am

On Thursday, Russian authorities accused Ukraine of deploying two helicopters into Russia’s Bryansk area, hitting a residential structure in the hamlet of Klimovo and wounding eight people. The attack, according to Russian officials, took place 10 kilometers (6 miles) inside the country. 

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Ukraine has categorically denied the assault and has accused Russia of faking the event in order to incite “anti-Ukrainian hysteria”

Russian officials declared a missile assault on a military plant near Kyiv, which they said was in reaction to a Ukrainian helicopter attack on a Russian …

Russia Attacks Ukraine As It Prepares For A New Assault

Russia Attacks Ukraine As It Prepares For A New Assault

April 12, 2022 1:38 am

While Russian forces allegedly raped and brutalized Ukrainian citizens, Ukraine begged for more Western armaments to help end the Mariupol siege and deter an expected Russian offensive in the east.

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Russia may use chemical weapons, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said late Monday as forces gathered in the eastern Donbas region for a new assault on Mariupol, where hundreds died during a near-seven-week siege.

“When it comes on the necessary weapons, we still depend on supplies, on our partners. Unfortunately we are not getting as much as we need to end this war

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The UN Suspends Russia From The Human Rights Council

April 8, 2022 12:39 am

The United Nations General Assembly suspended Russia from the United Nations Human Rights Council on Thursday in response to accusations of “gross and systematic violations and abuses of human rights” in Ukraine, prompting Moscow to announce its withdrawal from the council.

The US-led initiative received 93 votes in favor, 24 votes against, and 58 abstentions. Suspending Russia from the Geneva-based Human Rights Council required a two-thirds majority of voting members in the 193-member General Assembly in New York – abstentions do not count.

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Following the decision, Gennady Kuzmin, Russia’s …

'Russia War Crimes Worse Than WWII In Ukraine'(Video)

‘Russia War Crimes Worse Than WWII In Ukraine'(Video)

April 5, 2022 8:38 pm

In a Tuesday statement to the United Nations Security Council, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that Russian troops had committed the most terrible war crimes since World War Two as they invaded Ukraine.

Zelenskiy screened a video of burned, bloodied and mutilated bodies, including those of children, in the Ukrainian towns of Irpin, Dymerka, Mariupol, and Bucha, where Ukrainian forces are alleged to have killed hundreds of civilians.

ambassador for Russia informed the Security Council that Russian troops do not target civilians, denying the allegations of abuse.

He stressed that no violence took place in Bucha while it was under …

Ukrainian Forces Regain Control Over Some Places In Kyiv

Ukrainian Forces Regain Control Over Some Places In Kyiv

April 3, 2022 4:14 am

Odesa, Ukraine‘s strategically important port hub on the Black Sea coast, has been rocked by a series of explosions in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The Odesa city council said a missile attack has targeted an infrastructure structure. It reported smoke billowing into the sky and reporters in the area reported seeing smoke billowing into the sky.

In his latest address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russian forces want to take control of the east and south of the country.

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He also stated that Ukrainian …

Russia's Threat Draws New Allies to NATO's Front Line

Russia’s Threat Draws New Allies to NATO’s Front Line

April 2, 2022 11:53 am

Until recently, the military base here near the Black Sea was little more than a stopover. Now it is at the front line of NATO’s defense against Russia.

Airstrip at the aging compound has been used for years by U.S. troops to supply operations in Afghanistan, but in recent weeks American and allied forces have pulled up 1,800 troops, hundreds of vehicles, and other military equipment to the windswept fields.

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An attack on one of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s 30 members is akin to an attack on …

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