Section: Special sections
New Zealand will sanction more Russian officials in occupied areas of Ukraine
Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand said on August 22, 2022, that New Zealand would increase the pressure on Russia by introducing sanctions against half a hundred Russian collaborators in the occupied regions of Ukraine. Source: Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand Nanaia Mahuta “President Putin’s proxies in Ukrainian...
The USA will strengthen control over compliance with sanctions against Russia
Representatives of the administration of the US President said on August 22, 2022, that the US is trying to ensure the effectiveness of sanctions against Russia imposed over its invasion of Ukraine by closing loopholes and persuading other countries to support the restrictions. Source: Representatives of Joe’s Biden administration The...
The risk of a nuclear conflict its the highest in decades, – UN Secretary-General
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated at the Security Council meeting in New York on August 22, 2022, that at this time, the risk of a nuclear conflict has become the most serious in recent decades. Source: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “The nuclear risk has climbed to its highest point in decades.” Guterres noted that...
Ukraine and Poland signed a memorandum on cooperation in the field of cyber security
The Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine together with the State Special Communications and the Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland signed a memorandum of understanding in the field of cyber security on August 22, 2022. Source: The Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Ukraine and Poland are expanding...
Estonia will promote a full energy embargo against Russia in a new EU sanctions package
On August 22, 2022, it became known that Estonia will push the idea of a full energy embargo against Russia in the EU’s eighth package of sanctions for the Kremlin’s war of aggression. Source: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia Urmas Reinsalu According to the Minister, Estonia will propose to include a full energy embargo on...
Russia is trying to bypass Western sanctions through Turkey – US Department of the Treasury
US Deputy Secretary of the Treasury said on August 19, 2022, that Russian legal entities and individuals are trying to use Turkey to circumvent American and Western sanctions during a telephone conversation with his Turkish colleague Yunus Elitas. Source: US Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo “Deputy Secretary Adeyemo raised...
Russian rockets hit a high-rise building near the South Ukraine nuclear plant: photos
The Head of the Mykolayiv Regional Military Administration reported that Russians shelled the city of Voznesensk in the Mykolaiv region (south of Ukraine) on August 20, 2022. Rockets hit a five-story building and private house near the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant (NPP). 12 people were injured. Source: The Head of the Mykolayiv Regional...
The UK and the US say that a strike on Ukraine’s NPP will be a violation of NATO Article 5
Tobias Ellwood, Chair of the House of Commons Defence Select Committee, believes that an attack on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant will provoke a response from the military forces of NATO countries. He said it on Twitter on August 19, 2022. Source: British Member of Parliament, Chairman of the Special Committee on Defense in the...
Russians are preparing a provocation at Ukraine’s nuclear plant, – intelligence
The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine believes that Russians are preparing a provocation at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), the largest in Europe, on August 19, 2022. Source: The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine “Russian invaders have announced an...
Russian-occupied Mariupol exceeded Hiroshima and Nagasaki in terms of victims
Adviser to the mayor of Mariupol said on August 16, 2022, that it is currently impossible to say how many Ukrainians Russia killed in occupied Mariupol (east of Ukraine). But in terms of the number of victims, the Ukrainian city exceeded Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in which about 50,000 people died. Source: Adviser to the mayor of Mariupol Petro...