Experts attribute the increased radiation levels to the Russian military’s current assault on Ukraine. The Ukrainian government warned Friday that radiation near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant has “exceeded” control levels, a day after the Russian military took control of the area during its ongoing invasion, which has reached the capital of Kyiv. The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of […]
BEIJING — The shockwave from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine reverberated in the world’s financial markets Thursday. London’s benchmark FTSE index was down 3.3% in midday trading, while both the CAC-40 index in Paris and Frankfurt’s DAX index were 5.5% lower. Markets in Asia and Australia all closed in negative territory in the aftermath of Russia’s attacks […]
“It will cause, if it doesn’t stop, a level of suffering Europe has not known since, at least, the Balkan crisis,” warned the head of the United Nations. Russia launched a far-reaching military attack on Ukraine on Thursday, invading the country through multiple border sites and bombing more than a dozen cities as civilians attempted to […]
Critics note that Trump urged the Ukrainian president not to talk to separatists and “instead began sending weapons to Ukraine,” as if the country “could recover its lost territories by force.” As demands for urgent diplomacy stacked up Tuesday due to the escalating crisis in Ukraine, former U.S. President Donald Trump issued a statement that ignored his administration’s contributions to […]