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The European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy says there is no guarantee that the 27-nation bloc will be able to finalise a new set of sanctions against Russia, with a small group of countries led by Hungary opposing a full oil embargo.

Pro-government protesters in the Malian capital of Bamako unfurled Russian flags and banners with slogans such as “Down with France” in a bizarre demonstration on Friday. 

KYIV, Ukraine – The deputy commander of the Azov Regiment, the last Ukrainian army unit holding out in the ruined port of Mariupol, said on Friday that his troops will resist Moscow’s forces “as long as they can,” despite shortages of ammunition, food, water and medicine.

Young Swedish men aged 18 to 29 are the most critical of their country joining the NATO military alliance, while elderly Swedes unlikely to be drafted into a war are far more likely to support the proposition.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Fresh off his country’s Eurovision win, a defiant Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed early Sunday to one day host the song contest in the embattled city of Mariupol, which is almost entirely in Russian hands aside from a stalwart group of a few hundred Ukrainian fighters who continue to hold out in a steel factory.

BERLIN (AP) – A senior NATO official said Sunday that Russia’s military advance in Ukraine appears to be faltering and he expressed hope that Kyiv can win the war, as Russia’s neighbour Finland announced it wants to join the Western military alliance.

A senior NATO official says Russia’s military advance in Ukraine appears to be faltering and he expressed hope that Kyiv (Kiev) can win the war.

(AFP) — Finland on Saturday sought to allay Moscow’s fears about its bid to join NATO, as fierce fighting raged in Ukraine’s east, slowing down a hoped-for Russian advance. Wives and parents of Ukrainian fighters trapped in the bowels of

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russian troops are withdrawing from around Ukraine’s second-largest city after bombarding it for weeks, the Ukrainian military said Saturday, as Kyiv and Moscow’s forces engaged in a grinding battle for the country’s eastern industrial heartland.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky will address the globalist forum of elites in Davos, Switzerland later this month, the World Economic Forum (WEF) announced on Friday.

Miliary-grade weaponry in Ukraine is allegedly being sold on to international buyers on the encrypted messaging app Telegram, including some hardware made in the United States.

MOSCOW (AP) — The lawyer for WNBA star Brittney Griner said Friday her pre-trial detention in Russia has been extended by one month.

Germany’s Minister for Agriculture has called on EU red tape to be cut in order to allow farmers to grow more wheat.

The traditionally militarily neutral Scandinavian country of Finland has announced its intention to join the NATO military alliance in response to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia, with neighbouring Sweden — also normally neutral — widely expected to follow

The GOP blocked two of three pro-migration plans in Ukraine Weapons bill, but did not block for movement of Ukrainian migrants into the U.S.

The EU Commission is reportedly considering borrowing billions of dollars in order to give more aid to Ukraine.

Britain pledged to protect Sweden from attack, with Prime Ministers Boris Johnson and Magdalena Andersson signing a defence pact.

Climate crazies in Europe have been told to focus on harassing Germany by the EU Parliament’s President due to the state opposing a ban on Russian gas.

French President Emmanuel Macron wants to see a new Europe-wide political organisation created that would exist in parallel with the European Union.

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has warned that shortages of Ukrainian and Russian grain caused by the war and associated Russo-Western sanctions class will likely cause famine and new migration waves.

Food planting in Ukraine is down between 25-30 per cent as the country struggles to export already harvested produce.

IRPIN, Ukraine (AP) – Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made a surprise visit to Ukraine amid Russia’s war on the country.

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) – Dozens of Ukrainians were feared dead Sunday after a Russian bomb destroyed a school sheltering about 90 people in the basement as Moscow’s invading forces kept up their barrage of cities, towns and villages in eastern and southern Ukraine.

Some have expressed concern that a British reception scheme for Ukrainian refugees may be exploited, putting women at risk of abuse.

President Emmanuel Macron was inaugurated for a second term on Saturday, vowing to first take action to avoid any further escalation of Russia’s war in Ukraine before going on to focus on promoting France and Europe on the world stage.

An EU wide embargo on Russian oil could lead to serious fuel shortages in many parts of Germany, one of the country’s ministers has admitted.

The EU has the Western Balkans in its sights according to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who declared the region “belongs” to the bloc. 

NATO Director General Jens Stoltenberg has stated that the alliance would guarantee the security of Sweden if the country decides to apply to join the alliance, with an increased military presence in the Baltic sea. NATO Chief Stoltenberg assured Swedes that

Millions are at risk of starvation thanks to COVID and the ongoing war in Ukraine, both of which have helped create a “perfect storm” of a global food crisis.

The EU proposed plans to impose an embargo on Russian oil by the end of the year as a part of its sixth round of sanctions against Moscow.

Indebted U.S. college graduates would help the war against Russia by sharing their careers with imported Russian graduates, according to a funding request sent to Congress by President Joe Biden.

The Biden administration has reportedly decided that WNBA basketball player Brittney Griner has been wrongfully detained on drug charges.

Germany’s conservative opposition leader traveled to Kyiv on Tuesday, as Chancellor Olaf Scholz has so far refused to visit Ukraine.

Ireland’s Minister for Housing has said in an interview that a recent spike in homelessness numbers is largely down to foreign migrants arriving in Ireland.

Crucial grain from Ukraine isnt being exported, a U.N. director warns, saying there are millions of tons of grain “just sitting there”.

The leftist coalition government of Germany has thrown its support behind the move for the European Union to impose an embargo on Russian oil.