BellingcatThe invasion of Ukraine was supposed to last three days, and most likely, Russia regretted the deaths of 3,000 soldiers. That’s the view of data researchers from Bellingcat, the research group that tracks war with its own methods. Christo Grosev believes that US President Joe Biden’s claims – that Vladimir Putin has been looking for […]
The number of Ukrainians who have fled more than a million • Explosions again in Kyiv
She didn’t bring a bag, just a toiletry bag and her two cats. Olina, 37, decided to leave Kyiv yesterday morning and arrived in Przemysl tonight, as she told NOS editor Christian Bowie in Poland: “I woke up all night again. My gut told me to leave with my cats. A lot of people have […]
Russian billionaires head to the Maldives with luxury yachts | Abroad
On Wednesday, for example, the yacht of aluminum magnate Oleg Deripaska docked in the port of the capital, Mali, about 600 kilometers off the coast of India, Marine Traffic reports. Deripaska’s subsidiary Rusal has been facing US sanctions since 2018. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine last week, Western countries have announced new sanctions against […]
Cardinal Colon, who has been criticized for his arbitrary style, submitted the Pope’s resignation
Cologne Archbishop Rainer Wolke offered Pope Francis his departure. Woolki had just returned from a period of “spiritual reflection” about the scandal that had haunted him for years. Rainer Maria Wolke, 65, has come under fire for his handling of abuse scandals within the diocese. Since the 1970s, more than 200 people from the church […]
One Western company after another says goodbye to Russia’s war in Ukraine
Container carrier ship Maersk. The Danish company no longer offers shipping in Russia.Reuters photo Shell, Harley-Davidson, Disney, Volvo, Nokia, ExxonMobil – the war in Ukraine sparked a mass economic exodus from Russia. More Western companies are turning their backs on Russia as Putin’s military invasion has turned the country into a financial pariah. Chevrolet maker […]
The European Parliament wants Ukraine to have the status of an EU candidate
With full conviction, the President of the European Parliament said this afternoon that Ukraine should be awarded a candidate for EU membership. Parliament invites the European Commission and Member States to work for a candidate for Ukraine’s membership. But, what exactly does that mean? The Parliament’s appeal should be seen first of all as an […]
Why Putin calls Ukrainians ‘neo-Nazis in a created country’
Ukraine must be discredited to end the genocide in eastern Ukraine. Russian President Putin uses hard-hitting words to justify the invasion of Ukraine. What exactly is meant by the allegations? And what do they depend on? We present five of Putin’s claims to historian Mark Jansen, author of Borderland, history Ukraine† Putin quotes come from […]
Turkey is ready to close the Bosphorus to prevent escalation
Turkey is preparing to close the Bosphorus to Russian warships. Ankara on Sunday described the fighting in Ukraine as a “war” for the first time, paving the way for the resumption of the Montreux Treaty regulating navigation through the waterway between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Article 19 of that treaty states that “in […]
Critical new path of coronavirus: To the raccoon dogs at Booth No. 29 in Wuhan
raccoon dog Pictures of cages containing, among other things, raccoon dogs appeared at booth No. 29 in the Wuhan market.Getty Images Draw the first cases of this disease that would later be called Covid-19 on the map and this is what you get: a kind of expanding oil slick. Not from the Wuhan Virology Lab […]
Hackers from Belarus started Facebook and Instagram | Technique
A group of hackers known as Ghostwriter has been expelled from Facebook and Instagram. They tried to hack prominent Ukrainians and then spread disinformation. A handful of accounts were already affected. A network masquerading as media outlets has also been dismantled. They had fake accounts on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, but also YouTube and the […]