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The Slovakian National Crime Agency (NAKA) has warned residents could face 25 years in prison if caught promoting “war propaganda” on social media regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

An Italian entrepreneur has claimed to have received dozens of requests from people looking to build bomb-proof bunkers in recent days.

Ex-NASCAR driver Richard Childress said Wednesday that he hopes to donate one million rounds of ammunition for Ukraine’s defenders.

Vladimir Putin’s Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov made a sinister reference to Ukraine’s “beautiful girls”, particularly those in embattled Kharkiv (Kharkov).

The European Commission has proposed to grant Ukrainian refugees residency rights that would include access to member states’ labour markets and welfare benefits as refugees continue to flee the conflict. The Commission has proposed to grant automatic protection for Ukrainians

Urkaine has announced that spoils of war, such as Russian tanks taken from the battlefield, will not be considered taxable income.

A verified Ukrainian military account warned that Russian artillerymen trying to surrender would be “slaughtered like pigs” in a now-edited Facebook post after reports of heavy shelling in some cities. 

Britain is to revise its visa rules for Ukrainian citizens, allowing up to 200,000 to settle in the country so long as they already have family within the UK.

As the EU bans Russian banks from the SWIFT financial system, a bank linked to the sale of Russian gas is said to be exempt from sanctions. 

MassMutual has yanked an ad featuring Russian hockey star Alex Ovechkin off the air after his home country’s invasion of Ukraine.

While the vast majority of French say Putin is responsible for the war, over half also believe NATO also shares some responsibility.

Finland’s parliament discussed the country looking to join that NATO alliance, with the left-wing Prime Minister brushing the matter off.

Ukrainian tennis star Sergiy Stakhovsky has set aside his tennis racket to pick up a gun and join Ukraine’s military to fight Russia.

Ukrainian tennis star Elina Svitolina announced Tuesday that she does not intend to play against Russian or Belarussian players.

As well as economic sanctions on Russia, several attempts to isolate the Eurasian state culturally are also underway. 

The United Kingdom will not send soldiers to wage war upon Vladimir Putin’s forces in Ukraine, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday.

The further alienation of Russia in the sporting world continued on Monday when the NHL suspended all of its Russian partnerships.

The leader of Sweden’s Left Party has slammed the decision by the Swedish Prime Minister to break with the country’s tradition of neutrality.

International Skating Union (ISU) has moved to exclude Russian competitors in response to the invasion of Ukraine.

Ireland’s Minister for the Environment appears to have momentarily forgotten who exactly the arch-nemesis of the western world is this week, telling reporters that Europe needs to stop importing fuel from the ‘USSR’.

A sailor was arrested after trying to sabotage the megayacht of his Russian boss, who he claims sells weapons to the Russian military. 

Officials have now warned citizens against going to Ukraine to volunteer, pointing out that it is in fact illegal under UK law.

Russia has announced plans to host the world’s first “International Anti-Fascist Congress” in order to “unite” the world against Nazism.

Vladimir Putin wants to re-create the “empire of fear” of the Soviet Union, a Lithuanian MP told Breitbart News.

EU officials stated they are preparing for millions of refugees from Ukraine, with half a million moving west already, many going to Poland. 

French presidential hopeful Eric Zemmour has said that he would rather refugees fleeing Ukraine remain in Poland, with France already suffering from the ‘destabilising force’ of immigration.

EU and NATO member-state Czechia has warned that citizens who express support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including on social media, could face prison.

Soccer’s governing body has reversed course and announced that Russia will be banned from the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Left-wing New York Times reporter and controversial 1619 Project creator Nikole Hannah-Jones was slammed online after accusing journalists covering the Russian invasion into Ukraine of “racialized analysis and language.”

Czech Republic-born Hall of Fame hockey goaltender Dominik Hasek is calling on the National Hockey League to suspend all Russian-born players

President Volodymyr Zelensky is calling for both a ceasefire and for Ukraine’s “immediate” accession to the European Union as his government holds peace talks with a Kremlin delegation in the Russian client state of Belarus. 

The Russian government has claimed that armed Ukrainian nationalists are killing Ukrainian army officers who want to give up, and that looters armed by Kyiv (Kiev) are “rampaging” through the capital. 

Britain’s Conservative Party government has loosened rules surrounding Ukrainian visas in order to allow close relatives of British Citizens to more easily come to the UK.

The President of the European Commission has said that Ukraine belong to the European Union and that, “over time”, the bloc “want[s] them in.”

Vasiliy Lomachenko, a former world champion and Top 10 pound-for-pound boxer, has joined his country’s Territorial Defense Forces to help Ukraine fight off the Russian invaders.

FIFA, international soccer’s governing body, has rejected calls to ban Russia’s national team from the coming World Cup tournament.