Thursday, April 25, 2024

Topic: Russia

Ukraine officials: Nuclear plant on fire after Russian shelling

Ukraine officials and news agencies Thursday night report that at least a section of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is on fire following shelling...

UN rights chief calls for ceasefire in Ukraine

Russia’s military attack on Ukraine has “opened a new and dangerous chapter in world history,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet told an urgent debate on Thursday, leading calls for a ceasefire.

War crimes in Ukraine; Russia faces ICC probe

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has confirmed he would immediately open an investigation into possible war crimes committed in Ukraine,

Russian police detain children for anti-war signs at Ukrainian embassy

Children have been detained by Russian police for laying flowers and anti-war signs at the Ukrainian embassy in Moscow.

UN diplomats walk out as Russia’s Lavrov addresses human rights council

KENNY STANCIL To protest Moscow's war on Ukraine, roughly 100 diplomats from countries around the globe walked out of a speech by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the United Nations Human...

Ukraine television tower hit in attack, five killed

An attack by Russian forces on a television tower a couple of miles from central Kyiv has killed five people and wounded five others, Ukrainian emergency services have said in a statement.