Canada imposes sanctions on Russian oil, gas manufacturers, prohibits some gold products import
Jul 12, 2022, at 04:30 am
Ottawa/IBNS: A new round of Canada’s sanctions against Russia has been announced by foreign affairs minister, Mélanie Joly, including industrial oil and gas manufacturing in an effort to limit Moscow’s ability to wage war in Ukraine
Ukraine, Russia both claim control over Lysychansk
Jul 03, 2022, at 02:33 pm
Kyiv/UNI: Both Ukraine and Russia have claimed that they have control over Ukraine's eastern city of Lysychansk, BBC reported on Sunday.
Ukraine conflict: Russian missile strikes kill 21 in Odesa region
Jul 02, 2022, at 02:40 pm
Odesa: Overnight Russian missile strike has left 21 people ,including one child, dead in Odesa region of Ukraine, media reports said.
UK vows £1bn in military support to Ukraine
Jun 30, 2022, at 09:19 pm
Madrid/UNI: The UK will provide an additional £1 billion in military aid to Ukraine in its fight against Russia, the Government committed during the NATO summit in Madrid.
Canada pledges to grant a $200-million loan to Ukraine as G7 summit ends
Jun 29, 2022, at 03:51 am
Munich/IBNS: Canada pledged a $200-million loan through the International Monetary Fund to help the government in Ukraine to meet its urgent liquidity needs as the leaders of the G7 meeting in Germany's Munich ended their annual summit on Tuesday.
Ukraine: Dozens dead and injured as UN condemns ‘utterly deplorable’ shopping centre attack
Jun 28, 2022, at 09:08 pm
New York: At least ten people have reportedly been killed by what Ukrainian authorities have said was a Russian missile strike on a crowded shopping centre, and attack which the UN condemned on Monday as “utterly deplorable”.
Ukraine terminates nuclear safety agreements with Russia
Jun 27, 2022, at 10:31 pm
Kyiv/UNI/Sputnik: Ukraine terminates two agreements with Russia in the field of nuclear safety, the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine said on Monday.
Jun 24, 2022, at 08:40 pm
New York: The Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitry Muratov who auctioned off his gold medal to raise money for child refugees on Monday, has told UN News that the record-breaking sale of $103.5 million proved that “sometimes humanity can come together, and show solidarity”.
Ukraine War: Russia becomes biggest oil supplier of China
Jun 23, 2022, at 11:32 pm
Moscow/Beijing: Russia has sold crude oil to Beijing at a discounted rate, making it the biggest supplier of oil to China.
Ukraine: UN and partners deliver lifesaving aid to Donetska region
Jun 22, 2022, at 09:19 pm
New York: Critical relief supplies for nearly 64,000 people have been delivered to Kramatorsk and Sloviansk, two cities in the Government-controlled areas of the eastern Donetska oblast, or region, in Ukraine, the UN humanitarian agency OCHA reported on Tuesday.
Jun 18, 2022, at 07:57 pm
Kyiv: British PM Boris Johnson visited Kyiv to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky amid ongoing Russian invasion since February.
UN’s Bachelet concerned over Ukraine orphans ‘deported’ to Russia for adoption
Jun 17, 2022, at 11:00 pm
New York: The UN’s top rights official expressed her concern on Wednesday at reports that Ukrainian children have been “forcibly deported” from the country’s embattled eastern regions, and taken to Russia for adoption.
Ukraine and rising global insecurity, test for us all, says UN rights chief
Jun 14, 2022, at 11:53 pm
New York: War in Ukraine continues to cause mayhem and “destroy the lives of many”, and it is everyone’s responsibility to limit the global food, fuel and financial crisis” that it has sustained, the UN’s top rights official told the Human Rights Council on Monday, in her last session as High Commissioner.
Death sentence for Ukraine foreign fighters is a war crime: UN rights office
Jun 12, 2022, at 12:06 am
New Delhi: The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday condemned the death sentence handed down to three foreign fighters in Ukraine by a court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic. “Such trials against prisoners of war amount to a war crime,” said OHCHR spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani.
Ukraine: WFP teams up with Uber, in boost for pinpoint aid deliveries
Jun 09, 2022, at 11:00 pm
New York: If you’re a Ukrainian living in a hard-to-reach part of a city under fire, the chances of the UN being able to get lifesaving aid to you and your family are improving, thanks to an innovative partnership announced on Wednesday, between the UN World Food Programme (WFP), and global transportation platform, Uber.
Reports of sexual violence in Ukraine rising fast, Security Council hears
Jun 07, 2022, at 09:49 pm
New York: Allegations of sexual violence by Russian troops in Ukraine are mounting, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Monday, expressing regret over a stark discrepancy between that painful reality, and the global community’s ambition to end the use of rape as a weapon of war.
Jun 04, 2022, at 06:14 pm
New York: As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine entered its 100th day on Friday, António Guterres marked the grim milestone with a renewed call for an immediate end to the violence, while the United Nations kept up its push to secure food and fertilizer exports from the war-torn region to the wider world, amid rising levels of food insecurity.
Ukraine: ‘Perfect storm’ threatens economic devastation in developing world
Jun 03, 2022, at 07:21 pm
Russia’s continued invasion of Ukraine is causing immense suffering and devastation there, but also creating a “perfect storm” which could devastate the economies of “many developing countries”, the UN chief warned on Wednesday.
Ukraine: At least two children killed in war every day, says UNICEF
Jun 03, 2022, at 06:44 pm
New York: In Ukraine, nearly 100 days since the Russian invasion, at least two children have been killed every day with many more injured, UN humanitarians said on Wednesday, the International Day for Protection of Children.
Ukrainian refugees arrive in Poland ‘in a state of distress and anxiety’
May 28, 2022, at 06:20 pm
New York: With more than 3.5 million people having fled to Poland since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, continues to scale up its operations to provide aid to arrivals, the agency’s spokesperson said on Friday.
Cultural destruction in Ukraine by Russian forces will reverberate for years, UN rights expert warns
May 27, 2022, at 08:28 pm
New York: The attempted destruction of Ukraine’s historic culture by invading Russian forces, will have a devastating impact on the pace of recovery in the post-war era, an independent UN human rights expert warned on Wednesday.
Russia-Ukraine war a global issue as Putin trying to extinguish a culture: Joe Biden
May 24, 2022, at 06:03 pm
Tokyo/ New Delhi/UNI: United States President Joe Biden Tuesday came down heavily upon Russia at the start of the Quad Leaders' Summit saying Russia's Ukraine war is not merely a European but "a global issue and Russia is trying to extinguish a culture hitting schools and museums."
Ukraine War: Canada bans luxury goods trade with Russia
May 22, 2022, at 04:41 am
Ottawa: The Canadian government has decided to impose a ban on trade in luxury goods with Russia, a nation currently earning global criticisms for the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
'Topless' woman crashes Cannes Red Carpet to protest against sexual violence in Ukraine, removed
May 21, 2022, at 03:01 pm
Cannes: A topless woman protesting sexual violence in Ukraine crashed the red carpet premiere of “Three Thousand Years of Longing” at the Cannes Festival on Friday, media reports said.
Ukraine: Amid fresh Russian claims, no trace of secret bioweapons programme
May 14, 2022, at 06:29 pm
New York: Amid new claims by Moscow of a covert biological weapons programme in Ukraine, the Director of Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) affirmed on Friday that the UN is not aware of any such programme and has neither the mandate nor the technical operational capacity to investigate it - a message first delivered to the Security Council on 11 and 18 March, by High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu.
Mariupol evacuations ‘a glimmer of hope’ in Ukraine war
May 14, 2022, at 12:56 am
New York: The United Nations continues to explore all options to reach civilians affected by Russia’s brutal assault on Ukraine, deputy humanitarian affairs chief Joyce Msuya said in an update to the Security Council on Thursday.
Russia in spotlight over Ukraine atrocities as Human Rights Council meets
May 14, 2022, at 12:39 am
New York: The UN Human Rights Council met in special session on Thursday in Geneva, prompted by increasing concern over atrocities committed against civilians, linked to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February.
Ukraine: UN labour agency update shows 4.8 million jobs lost to war
May 14, 2022, at 12:02 am
New York: An estimated 4.8 million jobs have been lost in Ukraine since Russia’s 24 February invasion, according to a brief published on Wednesday by the UN’s labour agency.
Ukraine: UN rights office probe spotlights harrowing plight of civilians
May 11, 2022, at 08:31 pm
New York: Almost 76 days since Russia invaded Ukraine, countless civilians remain caught up in the horror and destruction of war, UN rights investigators said on Tuesday.
Guterres expresses solidarity as Moldova grapples with fallout of Russia’s war in Ukraine
May 10, 2022, at 11:19 pm
New York: Moldova, the most fragile of war-torn Ukraine’s neighbors, needs and deserves massive support to match its generosity as a recipient of nearly half a million refugees, and to preserve its own stability, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday.