Mar 16, 2022, at 02:53 pm
Fox News Channel cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski and Ukrainian journalist Oleksandra 'Sasha' Kuvshynova were killed close to war-hit Ukraine's Kyiv city when the vehicle in which they were travelling came under attack.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposes extending martial law in Ukraine
Mar 16, 2022, at 12:53 am
Kiev/UNI/Xinhua: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has submitted a bill to the parliament, proposing the extension of the current martial law in Ukraine, government-run Ukrinform news agency reported Tuesday.
Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Anti-war protesting journalist on Russian TV goes missing
Mar 15, 2022, at 11:52 pm
Moscow: A Russian journalist, who grabbed international attention after she burst on to a live TV news programme to protest against the ongoing war in Ukraine, has gone missing, media reports said.
Ukraine: ‘We need peace now’ declares Guterres, warning of global hunger meltdown
Mar 15, 2022, at 07:06 pm
Ukraine is being “decimated before the eyes of the world” with Russia’s military offensive against civilians “reaching terrifying proportions”, said the UN chief on Monday, warning that a resulting meltdown of the global economy is provoking a hunger crisis that is hitting the poorest, hardest.
Russian attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine could be a war crime: UN rights office
Mar 12, 2022, at 09:53 pm
New York: The UN rights office, OHCHR, reiterated deep concern on Friday at the increasing number of civilian casualties in Ukraine following the Russian invasion which began on 24 February, before issuing a reminder to Moscow that any targeting of non-combatants could be a war crime.
Russia reduced Genocide Convention 'to confetti', Ukraine tells world court
Mar 08, 2022, at 10:18 pm
New York: Ukraine addressed the UN’s highest court on Monday to reject as a “grotesque lie” Russia’s claims that genocide has been committed in eastern Ukrainian oblasts, or regions, before calling for emergency measures to halt Russian aggression.
Ukrainians in Canada launch fundraising shows to support war-hit Ukraine
Mar 08, 2022, at 05:14 am
Toronto/IBNS: Ukrainians in art organizations all across Canada are organizing and launching shows in support of Ukraine and celebrating their culture including Ukrainian painter and writer Taras Shevchenko.
Third round of Ukraine-Russia talks underway in Belarus
Mar 08, 2022, at 04:47 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The third round of Ukraine-Russia talks has started in Belarus, hours after the Russian plan of a humanitarian corridor from three of Ukraine cities to Russia and Belarus fell.
Concern for women and children caught up in Ukraine conflict
Mar 01, 2022, at 10:59 pm
New York: The intensification of the Russian offensive in Ukraine is having devastating consequences on women and children, senior UN officials have reported.
Security Council vote sets up emergency UN General Assembly session on Ukraine crisis
Feb 28, 2022, at 11:10 pm
New York: The Security Council voted on Sunday to call for a rare emergency special session of the 193-member UN General Assembly on Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, which will be held on Monday.
Ready to negotiate with Russia, says Ukraine
Feb 26, 2022, at 02:35 pm
Kyiv: The Ukrainian leadership is open to talks with Russia and the sides are discussing the format of the talks, Ukraine President's spokesman has said.
Ukraine situation: US orders non-emergency employees in Kiev embassy to leave
Feb 12, 2022, at 11:53 pm
Kiev/UNI/Sputnik: The US State Department has told non-emergency personnel at its embassy in Ukraine to leave due to reports of Russian troop build-up near the border with Ukraine and "potential for significant military action".
Self-Proclaimed LPR confirms around 1,800 residents killed during Ukraine conflict
Oct 25, 2019, at 09:04 am
Luhansk/ Sputnik//UNI: Around 1,800 civilians, including 31 minors, have been killed on the territory of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) since the beginning of a conflict in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, the LPR’s National Security Ministry told Sputnik.
Human cost of Ukraine conflict is growing, Security Council told
Jul 17, 2019, at 09:30 am
New York, July 17 (IBNS): The human cost of the conflict in Ukraine is growing, the UN political chief told the Security Council on Tuesday, during a briefing on the current situation in the country.
'Multiplicity’ of rights violations in Ukraine as fifth winter of conflict bites
Dec 20, 2018, at 09:50 am
New York, Dec 20 (IBNS): Rights violations have continued unabated and unaddressed in Ukraine and people are still dying amid ongoing conflict between Government forces and armed separatists in the east of the country, a top UN rights official said on Wednesday