What's happening in Ukraine on Wednesday: Britain says it will end imports of Russian oil and coal by the end of the year and ban U.K. investment in Russia as part of a new set of sanctions in response to the invasion of Ukraine.
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Truss said the sanctions were aimed at "decimating Putin's war machine" and to show "the Russian elite that they cannot wash their hands of the atrocities committed on Putin's orders." The brief resolution expresses "grave concern at the ongoing human rights and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, particularly at the reports of violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law by the Russian Federation, including gross and systematic violations and abuses of human rights."
Di Maio also called for the creation of an EU fund to help mitigate the economic impact on families and businesses if future sanctions ban Russian energy imports.WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Justice Department is working with European allies and prosecutors in Ukraine to investigate potential war crimes after Russia's invasion.
The U.S. is also imposing toughened "full blocking sanctions" on Russia's Sberbank and Alfa Bank, two of its largest financial institutions, as well as some Russian state-owned enterprises. President Joe Biden is also signing an executive order to ban new U.S. investment in Russia. The official said the Russian units would "have to go through a pretty lengthy period of reconstitution and refurbishment" before they could rejoin the war.
But Stoltenberg says NATO members might be prepared to provide security guarantees for the period from when the two might announce any membership bid and when their applications are approved. He declined to say what kind of protection they might get. Posted on the Government Security Centre's website this week, the "Be Ready -- Guide for Times of Crisis and War" gives detailed instructions in written form and videos.
Heger said on Wednesday, "Tomorrow in the evening, I will travel to Kyiv." He declined to give further details about the trip.VILNIUS, Lithuania -- Olympic gold medalist Ruta Meilutyte swam in a red-dyed pond outside the Russian Embassy in Vilnius on Wednesday to protest against Russia's war in Ukraine.
She served a two-year ban from 2019 through 2021 for failing to make herself available for out-of-competition drug testing.BERLIN -- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he expects more images to emerge like the ones of dead civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha and is assailing Russian assertions that they were staged.
The chancellor said that "the killing by the Russian military is continuing undiminished." He renewed a call for Russian President Vladimir Putin to "end this destructive and self-destructive war immediately" and withdraw his troops from Ukraine.GENEVA -- The top ally and chief strategist of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is welcoming reports that the U.S.
Steffen Hebestreit told reporters in Berlin on Wednesday that the information was based on non-commercial satellite images taken March 10-18 of Yablonska Street in Bucha. Asked about the source of this information, Hebestreit said that images reviewed by Germany "were not commercial satellite images." He declined to elaborate.HELSINKI -- The Finnish Customs agency says three consignments seized on the border with Russia contain artworks and artifacts on loan to European institutions from several Russian art museums, with a total insurance value of around 42 million euros .
According to Russian media, the artworks were en route to Russia after having been loan in exhibitions in several museums in Italy, including the Palazzo Reale museum in Milan and the Gallerie d'Italia museum.ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's defense ministry says authorities have detected a third naval mine drifting in the Black Sea and military teams have been dispatched to deactivate it.
The Russian military has alleged that the Ukrainian military has used old naval mines to protect the coast against a Russian landing and some of them have been ripped off their anchors by a storm and left adrift. Ukraine has accused Russia of using Ukrainian mines it seized after the 2014 annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula and setting them adrift to discredit Ukraine.COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Norway is following other European nations and expelling Russian diplomats.
Peskov said Wednesday the talks continued with Ukraine but that the Bucha revelations -- which he referred to as a "staging" -- had hampered talks and there was "a fairly long road ahead." The ICRC says its team that has been trying to enter Mariupol since last Friday got within 20 kilometers of the besieged city, but security conditions made it impossible to enter. The convoy escorted the civilians from coastal Berdyansk to Zaporizhzhia, to the north.
It quoted team leader Michel-Olivier Lacharite saying Monday's attack lasted about 10 minutes. Upon leaving the hospital the team saw several injured people and dead bodies. He said police were investigating the fire as a suspected act of protest. The villa was under renovation and the blaze involved tires at the site, said the official who declined to be identified by name, citing official policy.
"For them hunger is also a weapon, a weapon against us ordinary people," he said, accusing Russia of "deliberately provoking a food crisis" in Ukraine, a major global producer of staples including wheat and sunflower oil. Endorsing an idea previously circulated by some EU lawmakers, Michel added that granting asylum to Russian deserters is "a valuable idea that should be pursued."ATHENS, Greece - Greece has joined a list of European countries expelling Russian diplomats, with the foreign ministry announcing on Wednesday it had declared 12 diplomats unwelcome.
Citizens' Commissioner Panayiotis Sentonas said contributions came from ordinary citizens, private businesses, the Cyprus Red Cross and the government.BERLIN - Germany's foreign minister has accused Russia of spreading disinformation to justify its war in Ukraine. “Effective immediately, we have suspended all business operations in Russia,” the U.S. chipmaker said late Wednesday.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said Wednesday that China supports all initiatives and measures “conducive to alleviating the humanitarian crisis” in the country and is “ready to continue to work together with the international community to prevent any harm to civilians.” Francis welcomed a half-dozen Ukrainian children up to the stage of the Vatican audience hall at the end of his Wednesday general audience and gave them each a giant chocolate Easter egg. He urged prayers for them and for all Ukrainians.
Hungary’s government has refused to supply weapons to Ukraine or allow their transfer across the Hungarian-Ukrainian border, and has fought against applying sanctions on Russian energy imports. Norway’s domestic intelligence service considers the intelligence threat from Russia in the Scandinavian country to have increased, Justice Minister Emilie Enger Mehl said Wednesday.
The Ministry of Defence said in an intelligence update Wednesday that those in the city have “no light, communication, medicine, heat or water.” It accused Russian forces of deliberately preventing humanitarian access, “likely to pressure defenders to surrender.” “The images of the massacre ... are horrifying and sad for humanity. We share the pain of the Ukrainian people,” the statement read.
“The night was alarming and difficult. The enemy attacked our area from the air and hit the oil depot and one of the plants. The oil depot with fuel was destroyed. Rescuers are still putting out the flames at the plant. There is a strong fire,” Reznichenko wrote. Police in Bucharest say the sedan rammed into the gate at about 6 a.m. Wednesday but did not enter the embassy compound.According to police, firefighters who arrived at the scene were able to put the fire out but the driver died at the scene.LVIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said French President Emmanuel Macron has agreed to provide technical and expert support for an investigation into crimes committed by Russian troops in Bucha and elsewhere.
In his daily night-time video address to the nation late Tuesday, Zelenskyy said Ukraine was aware that Russia was gathering up reinforcements for another offensive.“We don’t have a choice – the fate of our land and of our people is being decided,” he said. “We know what we are fighting for. And we will do everything to win.”LVIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said late Tuesday that he and Western leaders have discussed a new round of sanctions against Russia.
Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said the Russian forces stopped the buses accompanied by workers of the International Committee of the Red Cross from travelling to the Sea of Azov port on Tuesday. The civilians who were able to leave in their personal vehicles travelled to Zaporizhzhia.
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