Heading for UN, Ukraine's president questions why Russia still has a place there
1 year, 3 months ago

Heading for UN, Ukraine's president questions why Russia still has a place there

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Days before potentially crossing paths with Russia’s top diplomat at the United Nations, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy suggested Monday that the world body needs to answer for allowing his country's invader a seat at the tables of power. I think it’s a question to all the members of the United Nations,” Zelenskyy said after visiting wounded Ukrainian military members at a New York hospital. Asked whether he'd stay in the room to listen, Zelenskyy said, “I don't know how it will be, really.” Zelenskyy has taken the United Nations to task before — even before the war launched by a neighbor that, as a Security Council member, is entrusted with maintaining international peace and security. Is it difficult?” Zelenskyy asked one military member, who paused and then said it was OK. “Stay strong,” Zelenskyy replied, later telling the group their country was grateful and proud of them.

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In a diplomatic quirk, Russia chairs a UN meeting decrying its strike on a Ukraine kids’ hospital
5 months, 2 weeks ago

In a diplomatic quirk, Russia chairs a UN meeting decrying its strike on a Ukraine kids’ hospital

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Security Council members confronted Russia on Tuesday over a missile strike the previous day that destroyed part of Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital, pouring out condemnations at an emergency meeting chaired by Moscow’s own ambassador. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told colleagues that they were there “because Russia, a permanent member of the Security Council, current rotational president of …

Ukraine mourns as rescuers search the rubble of a Kyiv children’s hospital struck by a missile
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Ukraine mourns as rescuers search the rubble of a Kyiv children’s hospital struck by a missile

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Rescuers searched the rubble of Ukraine’s biggest children’s hospital on Tuesday for more dead and wounded, a day after authorities say a Russian missile leveled a wing of the Kyiv facility during a massive daytime barrage that killed at least 42 people throughout the country. Russian forces have also programmed missiles to maneuver mid-air, according to Kovalenko, …

Russian shelling forces evacuation of Kherson hospital as UN details 'horrendous humanitarian consequences' of war in Ukraine
1 year, 1 month ago

Russian shelling forces evacuation of Kherson hospital as UN details 'horrendous humanitarian consequences' of war in Ukraine

ABC  

A hospital in Ukraine has been evacuated due to Russian shelling for the second time in a year, the day before a senior UN official called for an end to the "unimaginable levels of suffering" caused by Vladimir Putin's invasion. Key points: UN humanitarian agency OCHA says more than 9,900 civilians have been killed in Ukraine since Russia's invasion, and …

Ukraine, Russia and the tense UN encounter that almost happened — but didn’t
1 year, 3 months ago

Ukraine, Russia and the tense UN encounter that almost happened — but didn’t

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — It was a moment the diplomatic world was watching for — but didn’t get. In the end, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov avoided staring each other down Wednesday across the U.N. Security Council’s famous horseshoe-shaped table. Zelenskyy denounced Russia as “a terrorist state” while Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia sat facing him near …

Russia’s war in Ukraine responsible for ‘massive’ human rights violations, U.N. chief says
1 year, 9 months ago

Russia’s war in Ukraine responsible for ‘massive’ human rights violations, U.N. chief says

LA Times  

Ukrainian servicemen who were wounded in battle wait to leave a field hospital near Bakhmut, in eastern Ukraine. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has triggered “the most massive violations of human rights” in the world today, the head of the United Nations said Monday, as the war pushed into its second year with no end in sight and tens of …

Ukraine’s health care on the brink after hundreds of attacks
1 year, 10 months ago

Ukraine’s health care on the brink after hundreds of attacks

Associated Press  

KRASNOHORIVKA, Ukraine — Valentyna Mozgova sweeps shattered glass and other debris from the vacant halls of the bombed-out hospital where she began her career. I want to live my life normally, sleep in my bed, watch my TV, not jump at the sound of an explosion, go to work calmly and do my job.” A year into Russia’s war in …

Report: Nearly one in every 10 hospitals in Ukraine have been damaged by attacks since Russia’s invasion
1 year, 10 months ago

Report: Nearly one in every 10 hospitals in Ukraine have been damaged by attacks since Russia’s invasion

CNN  

CNN — At 5:20 p.m. on April 19 last year, a Russian missile hit the only hospital in Bashtanka, a district center in southern Ukraine. “While violence against health care in conflict zones is a global phenomenon, Russia’s assault on Ukraine’s health system in 2022 stands out for its scale and indiscriminate violence against civilian infrastructure,” said Christina Wille, report …

Putin’s Russian ceasefire falters as US pledges more military equipment to Ukraine
1 year, 11 months ago

Putin’s Russian ceasefire falters as US pledges more military equipment to Ukraine

The Independent  

A temporary ceasefire unilaterally imposed by Vladimir Putin on Russia’s forces in Ukraine appears to have had little effect on the ground, with artillery fire ringing out on the front line. Russia’s Defence Ministry was at pains to point out that troops were upholding the pause “along the entire line of contact”, accusing Ukraine of shelling Russian-held territory – despite …

Ukraine hospital’s staff fight dark memories of occupation
2 years, 1 month ago

Ukraine hospital’s staff fight dark memories of occupation

Associated Press  

IZIUM, Ukraine — The doctors are preparing for cold days in the basement. They already spent four months performing surgeries there this year, from the war’s early days until well into the Russian occupation of Izium. “With every saved person, with every saved life, the confidence to have stayed here.. We were convinced it was not all in vain.” When …

Russian minister called Zelensky ‘b*****d’ before walking out of UN meet: Report
2 years, 2 months ago

Russian minister called Zelensky ‘b*****d’ before walking out of UN meet: Report

Hindustan Times  

As Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov walked out of a United Nations Security Council meeting on Ukraine on Friday, the situation devolved with the minister calling Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky a “b*****d”, Independent reported. Russia-Ukraine War: Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov leaves after speaking at the Security Council meeting. As foreign ministers of the UNSC expressed growing frustration with Russia's …

Watch| ‘He has left': The moment Russian foreign minister walked out of UN meet
2 years, 3 months ago

Watch| ‘He has left': The moment Russian foreign minister walked out of UN meet

Hindustan Times  

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov walked out of a United Nations Security Council meeting on Ukraine as the US and its allies were criticizing President Vladimir Putin over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Russia-Ukraine War: Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks at the Security Council meeting on Ukraine. "He has left the chamber, I'm not surprised, I don't think Mr Lavrov …

Doctors stay in Ukraine’s war-hit towns: ‘People need us’
2 years, 4 months ago

Doctors stay in Ukraine’s war-hit towns: ‘People need us’

Associated Press  

ZOLOCHIV, Ukraine — Dr. Ilona Butova almost looks out of place in her neatly pressed lavender scrubs as she walks through a door frame that hangs from a crumbled wall into what used to be an administrative office of her hospital in Zolochiv. We have to stay and help,” said Butova, a neurologist who also is the administrator of the …

'People Need Us': Doctors Refuse To Leave Ukraine's War-Hit Towns
2 years, 4 months ago

'People Need Us': Doctors Refuse To Leave Ukraine's War-Hit Towns

Huff Post  

Dr. Ilona Butova stands in front of the therapy department which was destroyed after a Russia attack on the hospital in Zolochiv, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on July 31, 2022. Evgeniy Maloletka via Associated Press ZOLOCHIV, Ukraine — Dr. Ilona Butova almost looks out of place in her neatly pressed lavender scrubs as she walks through a door frame that hangs …

WHO member states slam Russian attacks on Ukraine health sites
2 years, 6 months ago

WHO member states slam Russian attacks on Ukraine health sites

Al Jazeera  

The WHO resolution states the war has seriously impeded access to healthcare in Ukraine, and has regional implications. Member states of the World Health Organisation have slammed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and attacks by Russian forces on Ukrainian healthcare facilities in a resolution overwhelmingly adopted in Geneva, further isolating Moscow on the international stage. The resolution adopted by the WHO …

Live updates | UN Chief: War in Ukraine driving world hunger
2 years, 7 months ago

Live updates | UN Chief: War in Ukraine driving world hunger

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations chief said Wednesday he is in “intense contacts” with Russia and other countries to stop escalating global hunger exacerbated by the war in Ukraine by allowing the export of grain stored in Ukrainian ports and ensuring Russian food and fertilizers have unrestricted access to world markets. He said the team “emphatically supported the entry …

Putin ‘very ill with blood cancer’, Russian oligarch recorded saying
2 years, 7 months ago

Putin ‘very ill with blood cancer’, Russian oligarch recorded saying

The Independent  

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Ukraine-Russia war: Human rights groups say children with severe disabilities tied to beds as thousands were abandoned
2 years, 7 months ago

Ukraine-Russia war: Human rights groups say children with severe disabilities tied to beds as thousands were abandoned

ABC  

AP The wives of at least two Ukrainian soldiers inside Azovstal have been in Rome pleading with the international community for an evacuation of the soldiers there, arguing they deserve the same rights as civilians. Kateryna Prokopenko, whose husband, Denys Prokopenko, commands the Azov Regiment at the plant, told The Associated Press she went without word from him for more …

Ukraine latest updates: ‘Putin agrees to UN role in evacuations’
2 years, 7 months ago

Ukraine latest updates: ‘Putin agrees to UN role in evacuations’

Al Jazeera  

Ukraine news from April 26: UN says Putin agrees ‘in principle’ for UN to help with evacuations from Mariupol. “But it is my deep conviction that the sooner we end this war the better – for the people of Ukraine, for the people of the Russian Federation and those far beyond.” 26 Apr 2022 - 11:49 GMT Finland floats possible …

UN chief requests Putin-Zelensky meet over ‘peace in Ukraine’ amid war
2 years, 8 months ago

UN chief requests Putin-Zelensky meet over ‘peace in Ukraine’ amid war

Hindustan Times  

United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres on Wednesday wrote to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to “discuss urgent steps to bring peace in Ukraine.” According to the spokesperson for the secretary-general Stephane Dujarric, two separate letters were handed over to the Permanent Missions of the Russian Federation and Ukraine. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres "In these letters, the …

As Russia menaces Ukraine’s east, Putin says peace talks hit ‘dead end’
2 years, 8 months ago

As Russia menaces Ukraine’s east, Putin says peace talks hit ‘dead end’

LA Times  

As Russian forces pressed ahead Tuesday in their drive to seize the strategic southern port of Mariupol and encircle Ukrainian defenders in the country’s east, Russian President Vladimir Putin defended his invasion as a noble cause. Putin said there was “no doubt” Moscow would achieve its aims to protect Russian security and, blaming Ukraine, said talks between the two sides …

Russia-Ukraine war: WHO says attacks on hospitals increasing every day
2 years, 8 months ago

Russia-Ukraine war: WHO says attacks on hospitals increasing every day

India Today  

The World Health Organisation reported that there have been more than seventy separate attacks on hospitals, ambulances and doctors in Ukraine with the number increasing on a "daily basis". Since Russia first started its invasion on February 24, the WHO has reviewed and verified 72 separate attacks on healthcare facilities in Ukraine, causing at least 71 deaths and 37 injuries. …

War Crimes Watch: Russia’s onslaught on Ukrainian hospitals
2 years, 8 months ago

War Crimes Watch: Russia’s onslaught on Ukrainian hospitals

Associated Press  

LVIV, Ukraine — For a month now, Russian forces have repeatedly attacked Ukrainian medical facilities, striking at hospitals, ambulances, medics, patients and even newborns — with at least 34 assaults independently documented by The Associated Press. Still, Russian officials have denied hitting civilian targets, deriding the mounting documentation of atrocities as “Fake News” and claiming without evidence that dead and …

WHO says 64 hospitals attacked since Russian invasion of Ukraine
2 years, 9 months ago

WHO says 64 hospitals attacked since Russian invasion of Ukraine

Al Jazeera  

UN agency condemns attacks in ‘strongest possible terms’ and notes attacks on health facilities are a breach of international law. The World Health Organisation says it has verified some 64 attacks on health care facilities in Ukraine since Russia began its invasion a month ago. “Attacks on health care are a violation of international humanitarian law, but a disturbingly common …

Photos: One month of the Russia-Ukraine war
2 years, 9 months ago

Photos: One month of the Russia-Ukraine war

Al Jazeera  

Dnipro, Ukraine – Russia invaded Ukraine exactly one month ago. We just can’t understand it.” According to the UN, more than 10 million people have been displaced by the conflict while casualty figures are hard to estimate but are said to be in the thousands. Dnipro’s Jewish community – a hub for reviving traditions following Soviet bans – is adamant …

Ukraine-Russia War: Ukraine Says 14,700 Russian Troops Killed; Shelling Hits Chernigiv Hospital
2 years, 9 months ago

Ukraine-Russia War: Ukraine Says 14,700 Russian Troops Killed; Shelling Hits Chernigiv Hospital

News 18  

Ukraine Ministry of Foriegn Affairs on Sunday said 14,700 Russian troops have been killed since Moscow invaded the country on February 24. Ukrainian authorities say that Mykolaiv, which they describe as being a “shield” to the key strategic military port of Odessa, some 130 kilometres further west, is resisting Russian attacks and pushing back the invaders’ assaults. Ukrainian President Volodymyr …

‘He will die’: Russia-Ukraine war’s unseen medical horrors
2 years, 9 months ago

‘He will die’: Russia-Ukraine war’s unseen medical horrors

Al Jazeera  

Roman Fishchuk, 35, is an ear, nose and throat specialist at a hospital in the western Ukrainian city of Ivano-Frankivsk. He warns that many of the war’s “indirect” victims will be those who were vulnerable before the war, and can no longer access medical care. As CEO of the hospital’s clinical trials unit, I would oversee clinical trials, manage patients’ …

Photos from Ukraine's hospitals show the wounded, the workers and new life, amid Russian invasion
2 years, 9 months ago

Photos from Ukraine's hospitals show the wounded, the workers and new life, amid Russian invasion

ABC  

Ukraine's hospitals have become bustling refuges for the wounded, shelters for others and, sadly, targets for military attacks amid Russia's ongoing invasion. These photos capture some of the devastation within and around Ukraine's hospitals, as well as the people helping to protect life in the middle of a war zone. Medical workers stand outside a destroyed hospital in the separatist-controlled …

Russia-Ukraine War: Putin Says 'Positive' Changes in Ceasefire Talks With Ukraine
2 years, 9 months ago

Russia-Ukraine War: Putin Says 'Positive' Changes in Ceasefire Talks With Ukraine

News 18  

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday there had been some progress in Moscow’s talks with Ukraine. “There are certain positive shifts, negotiators on our side tell me,” Putin said in a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko, adding that talks continued “practically on a daily basis”. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization advised Ukraine to destroy high-threat pathogens housed …

UN condemns Russian attack on Ukrainian children's hospital, West bloc calls it 'barbaric and depraved'
2 years, 9 months ago

UN condemns Russian attack on Ukrainian children's hospital, West bloc calls it 'barbaric and depraved'

India Today  

Russia’s attack on a children’s hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine has triggered massive outrage from Ukraine, the United Nations and the Western bloc. FOLLOW RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR NEWS LIVE HERE The Secretary General of the UN said on Twitter, “Today's attack on a hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine, where maternity & children's wards are located, is horrific. End the bloodshed now.” Today's attack …

'A war for life of our child': Health crisis spills out of Ukraine conflict
2 years, 9 months ago

'A war for life of our child': Health crisis spills out of Ukraine conflict

India Today  

Katya was on the way to hospital for an urgent operation for her 17-year-old daughter Alinka, who has bone cancer, when Russia invaded Ukraine. The Polish Health Ministry said its hospitals have the capacity to treat around 7,000 patients from Ukraine. LONGER-TERM CHALLENGE Up to one million new potential patients would overwhelm any country's health system, according to Kate White, …

‘It’s too late': Russian move roils UN meeting on Ukraine
2 years, 9 months ago

‘It’s too late': Russian move roils UN meeting on Ukraine

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The emergency U.N. Security Council meeting was meant as an eleventh hour effort to dissuade Russia from sending troops into Ukraine. While diplomats at U.N. headquarters were making pleas for Russia to back off — “Give peace a chance,” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres implored — Russian President Vladimir Putin went on television in his homeland to announce a …

Alexey Navalny: Russian opposition leader is out of coma, hospital says
4 years, 3 months ago

Alexey Navalny: Russian opposition leader is out of coma, hospital says

CNN  

Berlin CNN — Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny is out of a medically induced coma, the German hospital where he is being treated said in a statement on Monday. Germany’s government said last week that tests on Navalny showed “unequivocal evidence” of the use ofa chemical nerve agent from the Soviet-era Novichok group. “Today the UK summoned Russia’s Ambassador to …

Alexey Navalny: Comatose Russian dissident arrives at Berlin hospital
4 years, 4 months ago

Alexey Navalny: Comatose Russian dissident arrives at Berlin hospital

CNN  

CNN — Russian opposition leader, Alexey Navalny – who is gravely ill after a suspected poisoning – has arrived at a hospital in Berlin following a medical evacuation flight from the Siberian city of Omsk, according to a CNN team on the ground. Jaka Bizilj, chairman for Cinema for Peace Foundation, which organized the medical evacuation, told CNN that Navalny …

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