Friday, April 26, 2024

Topic: Russia Ukraine crisis

“Ugly reality”; Black, Brown people fleeing Ukraine not receiving same treatment as Ukrainian refugees

The head of UN refugee agency UNHCR, spoke out on Monday against the “ugly reality” that some refugees fleeing across the Ukraine border, and Third Country Nationals, have been subjected to racism and discrimination.

Besieged Ukrainian city ignores Moscow’s surrender deadline

Ukraine has rejected a Russian ultimatum offering people in the besieged city of Mariupol - where around 300,000 people are believed to be trapped - safe passage out of the port if the city surrenders.

China says it will keep up ‘normal cooperation’ with Russia

China’s ambassador to the US has defended his country’s refusal to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, contending such a rebuke will do nothing to stop the violence.

School sheltering 400 hit by Russian strike, Ukraine says

The authorities in Mariupol in southern Ukraine say Russia has destroyed a school with 400 women, children and elderly people sheltering inside. There are...

Zelenskyy calls Russian siege of Mariupol a ‘war crime’

Ukraine’s president Zelenskyy says the siege of Mariupol will go down in history for what he’s calling “war crimes” by Russia’s military.

Ukraine prosecutor: 112 children killed in war

The Ukrainian prosecutor general’s office has said 112 children have been killed so far in the war in Ukraine.