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World Bank Approves $530m In Fresh Funding For Ukraine

October 1, 2022 8:42 pm

The World Bank has recently made the announcement of up to $530 million which would be made in supplemental funding for Ukraine to enable the embattled Nation to “meet urgent needs created by Russia’s invasion.”

The support, which would be coming in the form of a new loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, has also been guaranteed by Britain to the tune of $500 million, with Denmark also backing the remaining $30 million, the World Bank said in a statement on Friday.

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“The toll of destruction, damage, …

US Congress Again Approves $12bn For War-Torn Ukraine

US Congress Again Approves $12bn For War-Torn Ukraine

October 1, 2022 5:24 am

The US Congress has granted the approval of $12.3 billion in aid Friday to aid Ukraine in its ongoing battle after its invasion by Russia as part of a stopgap spending bill that averts a chaotic government shutdown ahead of a midnight deadline.

The package includes $3 billion for arms, supplies and salaries for Ukraine’s military and authorizes President Joe Biden to direct the Pentagon to transfer $3.7 billion in weapons and other hardware to Ukraine.

The so-called ‘continuing resolution’ — passed by 230 votes to 201, with 10 Republicans joining the Democrats — also provides $4.5 billion for Kyiv …

Latvians Show Readiness For War To Neighbouring Russia

Latvians Show Readiness For War To Neighbouring Russia

September 24, 2022 8:25 pm

It had been reported that when war had been declared in Ukraine, the head of Latvia’s fashion chamber Dita Danosa had not hesitated to also become an army reservist, swapping her usually stylish clothes for military fatigues.

“I really felt I couldn’t be passive and just watch television,” the 49-year-old told AFP at the Mezaine military training ground in western Latvia.

“So I decided, yes, the national guard was the place for me.”

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Since Russian forces had also invaded Ukraine in that same February, Baltic states like Latvia — …

Russia, Ukraine Exchange Over 300 Prisoners In Surprise Swap

Russia, Ukraine Exchange Over 300 Prisoners In Surprise Swap

September 22, 2022 6:15 am

Ukraine and Russia on Thursday carried out a surprise prisoner swap involving nearly 300 people, the largest since Moscow’s invasion began nearly seven months ago.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that those released were made up of prisoners of war from countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, and Morocco, some of whom had been sentenced to death after being captured in Ukraine and accused of being mercenaries.

Russia also freed some 215 Ukrainians, including the five commanders who led a prolonged Ukrainian defence of the southern port city of Mariupol earlier this year.

In exchange, Ukraine sent …

Izyum Mass Graves: EU Presidency Threatens War Crimes Tribunal

Izyum Mass Graves: EU Presidency Threatens War Crimes Tribunal

September 17, 2022 7:50 pm

The Czech Republic, which is where the European Union presidency is located has on Saturday called for the establishment of an international tribunal for war crimes after some new mass graves had been discovered in Izyum, Ukraine.

The appeal is also following the discovery of around 450 graves which are also locted outside the formerly Russian-occupied city of Izyum with most of the exhumed bodies showing signs of torture.

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“In the 21st century, such attacks against the civilian population are unthinkable and abhorrent,” Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said on …

Biden, Macron Outraged Over Mass Graves With 440 Ukrainians

Biden, Macron Infuriated Over Mass Graves With 440 Ukrainians

September 17, 2022 3:27 am

The United States President, Joe Biden, and his French counterpart President, Emmanuel Macron have expressed serious outrage at the discovery of mass graves which has about 440 Ukrainians in the city of Izium.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Izium which is located in the recently liberated Kharkiv region by Ukrainian forces.

Biden warned Russian President Vladimir Putin against escalating the fighting in Ukraine, saying that there will be consequences if the Kremlin uses chemical or nuclear weapons.

‘Don’t. Don’t. Don’t. It would change the face of war unlike anything since World War II,’ Biden said during a …

Mixed Reactions As Russia Pulls Back Troops In Kharkiv

September 11, 2022 3:55 am

Russia’s Defense Ministry on Sunday morning announced that it has resolved to pull back troops from two areas in Ukraine’s eastern Kharkiv region where a Ukrainian counter-offensive has made tremendous advances in the past week. 

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the news is coming days after of apparent advances by Ukraine south of Kharkiv, the country’s second-largest city, in what could become the biggest battlefield success for Ukrainian forces since they thwarted a Russian attempt to seize the capital of Kyiv at the start of the almost seven-months war.

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Russia Is Paying Some ‘Huge Costs’ In Ukraine – Blinken Boasts

September 9, 2022 9:51 pm

Antony Blinken who is the United States Secretary of State has revealed on Friday that President Vladimir Putin’s decision to send some more reinforcements to Ukraine’s Kharkiv region has finally underlined the huge losses that Russia’s forces are currently taking in its war.

“There are a huge number of Russian forces that are in Ukraine and unfortunately, tragically, horrifically President Putin has demonstrated that he will throw a lot of people into this at huge cost to Russia, at huge cost to its future,” he said.

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Blinken had …

Turkey Offers To Intervene In Ukraine Nuclear Plant Impasse

Turkey Offers To Intervene In Ukraine Nuclear Plant Impasse

September 4, 2022 6:08 am

Africa Daily News, New York reports that for weeks now impasse over a Russian-occupied nuclear power plant in Ukraine has sparked concerns of a radioactive catastrophe, however, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has offered to intervene to resolve the issues.

The pledge from Saturday was made just hours before the UN watchdog for atomic energy revealed that Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant couldn’t access its last available power line to the grid and was now reliant on a backup line.

Read Also: ‘We Can Intervene In Ukraine Nuclear Plant Conflict’ – Erdogan To Putin 

As concern over the recent …

Russian President, Putin To Skip Gorbachev's Funeral

Russian President, Putin To Miss Gorbachev’s Funeral

September 2, 2022 6:54 am

Reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York has it that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be present at the Soviet Union’s last leader, Mikhail Gorbachev’s funeral – this has been confirmed by Kremlin.

According to Dmitry Peskov, Mr. Putin’s spokesman, due to his responsibilities, he would be unable to participate in the funeral ceremony on Saturday.

Gorbachev passed away on Tuesday at the age of 91, following the said incident Putin’s spokesman claimed that the Russian president had paid his homage to the Soviet Union’s last leader at a hospital in Moscow.

While Mr. Putin has …

Ukraine War Briton Dies While Volunteering As Medic

Ukraine War: Briton Dies While Volunteering As Medic

September 1, 2022 4:46 am

Reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York has it that a British man who is volunteering as a medic the ongoing war in Ukraine has been reportedly killed on duty.

Craig Mackintosh, who hails from Thetford, Norfolk, was killed while in the line of duty – this happened on the 24th of August – Lorna Mackintosh confirmed.

Meanwhile, in an effort to transport her brother’s body home, Ms. Mackintosh raised over £5,000 on a GoFundMe page appealing to people to ‘Please help us bring this war hero home.’

According to the Foreign Office, the family is being …

Russia Moved To Expand Armed Forces As Putin Signs Degree

Russia Moves To Expand Armed Forces As Putin Signs Decree

August 26, 2022 7:40 am
Reports reaching Africa to Daily News has it that Due to Moscow’s military intervention in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin of Russia has directed the Russian military to expand its manpower by 137,000, bringing the overall number of army personnel in the country to 1.15 million.
Vladimir Putin’s order, which becomes effective on January 1 did not define how the military would increase its strength—whether it would do so by increasing the number of conscripts, recruiting more volunteers, or doing both.
Following the directive which was announced on Thursday, there will be 1,150,628 more service members in the Russian military, bringing
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