Author: Shreya Pandey

The United States denies the offer made by NATO ally Poland to give its Russian-made fighter jets to Ukraine to replenish the Ukrainian air force. On Tuesday, the United States rejected Poland’s unexpected offer to send its Russian-made MiG-29 fighter jets to a US airbase in Germany to help Ukraine’s air force in its war with Russia. Washington has sought to deliver ammunition to Ukraine. But flying combat aircraft from NATO territory to a war zone “raises serious concerns for the entire NATO alliance,” the Pentagon said. NATO has clarified that it doesn’t want a direct conflict with a fellow…

US President Joe Biden on Tuesday imposed an immediate ban on Russian oil and other energy imports as a retaliatory step for the invasion of Ukraine. The move will skyrocket gas prices, but American voters and legislators supported the move strongly. “We’re banning all imports of Russian oil and gas energy,” Biden told the press at the White House. “That means Russian oil will no longer be acceptable in U.S. ports and the American people will deal another powerful blow to Putin’s war machine,” the US President added. He said that Americans are in full support of Ukraine and predicted…

Kyiv has called on NATO to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine to protect the country from Russian aerial attack. The NATO leaders deny this and claim that it would lead to a broader war with Russia. As a precautionary measure, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has requested NATO to impose a no-fly zone above Ukraine to protect his country from Russian aerial attacks. So far, his pleas have been ignored. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has stated that if NATO imposes a no-fly zone over there, RAF jets may be forced to shoot down Russian aircraft, resulting in a direct…

As the number of Ukrainian refugees fleeing the country approaches 2 million, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy denounces what he calls the West’s broken “promises.” Zelenskiy blamed the West for the current situation in war-stricken Ukraine. He criticised the West for not protecting Ukraine from Russian attacks as it had promised. On a telegram video broadcast, Zelenskiy said, “It’s been 13 days we’ve been hearing promises, 13 days we’ve been told we’ll be helped in the air, that there will be planes, that they will be delivered to us.” “But the responsibility for that rests also on those who were not…

Russia has declined to take part in the International Court of Justice hearing on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. In response to Ukraine’s appeal for its judges to force Russia to suspend its military operations in Ukraine, the International Court of Justice is holding two days of hearings at its headquarters, the Peace Palace in Hague. On Monday morning, Ukraine is expected to present it’s point of views and Russia will be having the opportunity to respond on Tuesday. The International Court of Justice has decided to hold a blended session on the 12th day of the Russian assault…

PM Modi urges Russian President Putin to speak directly with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. On Monday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a talk. As per CNN, the talk lasted about 50 minutes on a phone call. According to a source from the Indian government, PM Modi asked Putin to hold direct talks with Ukrainian President Zelenskiy in order to stop the war. On request of anonymity ahead of an official statement from either nation, the source said, “President Putin briefed Prime Minister Modi on the status of negotiations between the Ukrainian and Russian teams.”…

Putin claims to expand military operations in Ukraine beyond Donbas to prevent the west from assisting extremist nationalists and neutralising a “real threat.” On Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he chose to conduct a military campaign in Ukraine beyond the borders of the People’s Republic of Donetsk and Lugansk because of malpractices of the west. In his address, he said that a special military operation in Ukraine was necessary to prevent the West from “endlessly” supplying “nationalists and radicals” with resources of destruction like weapons and money. He went on to say that the Russian military was “practically…

The civilians from Volnovakha and Mariupol are unlikely to be evacuated on Saturday. The humanitarian corridors from Mariupol’s Azov Sea port city and the nearby city of Volnovakha are unlikely to open according to a statement issued by International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) on Saturday. It is still unknown when the safe evacuation operation might begin. According to Mariupol authorities, the evacuation of civilians scheduled for today has been postponed, because negotiations with Moscow are still ongoing. Only 17 people managed to flee Mariupol, according to Eduard Basurin, the official representative of the People’s Militia. Among those, 12 are…

Western ‘cancel culture’ has gone nuclear in targeting an entire country. Even things that seem to be associated with it have not been spared. People who are responsible for the Ukraine crisis are free, while innocent people suffer. The ‘cancel culture’ in the globalised west is based on hypocrisy. It’s ironic that it claims to be humanitarian on one hand, and at the same time, it is unable to see beyond its capitalistic gains. Initially, the US and NATO provoked Ukraine to mess with Russia and promised to back it, but when Russia invaded Ukraine, they left the Ukrainians to…

On Thursday night, students of Sumy State University in Ukraine witnessed a horrible airstrike near the University premises. Students were compelled to spend a harrowing night inside a bunker. Hundreds of Indian students stuck within the city of Sumy constantly complained that the situation is getting worse as the days are passing. Faisal Ansari, a fourth-year Indian medical student in Ukraine, said, “People were crying, many even fainted. It’s getting difficult to handle our friends.” Mahek Shaikh, a first-year medical student highlighted the similar plight of students while talking to Indian media outlet WION. “We were sitting in our rooms…