Three quarters of German regions have told the government in Berlin that they can no longer take in Ukrainian refugees, the country’s RND media outlet has claimed. The report, published on Saturday and citing a spokesperson for Germany’s ministry of the interior, said the number of people who have fled …
Read More »Switzerland turns down NATO request on Ukrainians
The Swiss federal government has turned down a request to treat wounded Ukrainians, arguing that the move would violate the Alpine nation’s neutral status, the country’s Tages Anzeiger newspaper has learned. The request was made by a NATO department. The Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre – a NATO structure that …
Read More »Russia offers fast-track citizenship to all Ukrainians
Any Ukrainian national may now apply for Russian citizenship under a simplified scheme, according to a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin on Monday. The measure also applies to stateless persons permanently living in Ukraine as well as to citizens of the two Donbass republics, recognized earlier by Russia as …
Read More »Ukrainians told to report on Russia sympathizers
Ukrainians have been urged to use a Telegram chatbot to report people they suspect of aiding Russian forces and spreading Kremlin propaganda. Ukrainian Minister of Digital Transformation Mikhail Fedorov wrote on Facebook on Thursday that the eVorog (Enemy) chatbot has already received over 700 messages such as “he went over …
Read More »The West’s selective treatment of refugees can be seen in the warm welcome for Ukrainians compared to those from other places
As a result of the Russian offensive in Ukraine, large numbers of people have been fleeing their homeland, en masse, for the past three months. Most have been seeking asylum in countries that are part of the European Union, which Kiev so desperately wants to join. According to UN estimates, six …
Read More »Video shows Ukrainians beating up taxi drivers in Austria – media
Two men were badly beaten outside a luxury hotel in Vienna by a group of apparent Ukrainian nationals. The incident unfolded in the heart of the Austrian capital earlier this week, with local police providing some details to the newspaper Heute on Saturday. The brawl was apparently prompted by a …
Read More »Justin Trudeau wants freedoms for Ukrainians that he won’t allow Canadians to enjoy
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a surprise visit to Kiev this week. Given that the threat level in the city has been reduced to the point where U2’s Bono can now play an impromptu concert, the real surprise is that Trudeau was photographed without his face mask, which has …
Read More »US training Ukrainians at ex-Nazi Wehrmacht base
The US military is currently training Ukrainian troops to operate new howitzers, drones and other NATO-supplied equipment at the Grafenwoehr range in southern Germany, the head of the 7th Army Training Command confirmed on Wednesday. Brigadier General Joseph Hilbert told reporters that the US military has trained over 20,000 Ukrainian …
Read More »Afghan refugees evicted to make room for Ukrainians – media
Afghan refugees in Berlin are being moved from their accommodation centers to make room for Ukrainians fleeing the ongoing conflict in their country, according to a recent report in Foreign Policy magazine. Those affected are shuffled to apartments, repurposed hotels and homeless shelters as authorities struggle to accommodate tens of thousands …
Read More »India accused of blocking plane picking up aid for Ukrainians
India prevented a Japan Self-Defense Forces plane from landing in its territory on Thursday, Sanae Takaichi, a policy chief of the ruling Japanese Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), told local media on Thursday. The aircraft was scheduled to collect supplies from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Mumbai …
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