Letter Urging Biden To Negotiate With Putin Withdrawn by Democrats
Democrats withdrew a letter to Biden, which sought to convince the president to negotiate directly with Russia in order to de-escalate the conflict.
Democrats withdrew a letter to Biden, which sought to convince the president to negotiate directly with Russia in order to de-escalate the conflict.
Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu warned that the risk of escalation in the Ukraine War was on the rise and Kiev might plan to launch a so-called “dirty bomb”
An important bridge linking Russia to Crimea collapsed after a deadly explosion that occurred on Saturday. Russian officials have so far claimed to have arrested 8 people involved in the bomb blast that destroyed the bridge.
Russia on Monday hit multiple targets in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities with missiles. Among them critical civilian infrastructure such as electrical grids.
Russian missiles targeted Multiple cities in response to the collapse of an important Russian bridge linking Russia with Crimea. The missiles targeted Lviv, Zhytomyr, Ternopil, Dnipro and the capital Kyiv. The missiles launched by Russian forces targeted civilian infrastructure in all cities leaving massive craters afterwards.
So far 3 people have been killed in a huge explosion that destroyed an important bridge that connects Russia to Crimea. A bomb was set inside a truck that detonated causing an explosion due to which 2 sections of the bridge collapsed.
2 Russian soldiers have arrived in Alaska by boat amid Russian aggression in Ukraine. Russian forces have been facing hundreds of casualties in its war in Ukraine and many have protested not to join Putin’s partial mobilization last month. The 2 Russian soldiers have arrived in the US by avoiding their military service in Ukraine.
With Western aid pouring in to strengthen Ukrainian military capabilities, Russia has warned US and its allies of consequences if it doesn’t cease to send aid to Ukraine. The US has sent military equipment of more than $17 billion since the start of the war.
Pope Francis urged the Russian president to stop its war in Ukraine saying it could escalate into an all out nuclear war. His speech was both dedicated to Ukrainian people and Russian people living on the other side of the Ukrainian international boundary, Russia.
The Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskiy has signed an application to join NATO after Putin announced Russian rule over more than 15% of Ukrainian territory. Putin announced the land grab in a ceremony held in Moscow where he celebrated the annexation of four Ukrainian provinces. The news was answered with condemnations from the West and UN calling it ‘Illegal’.
A Russian missile struck a convoy of civilian cars about to leave for humanitarian assistance to their relatives in Russian occupied regions. The S-300 missiles struck a convoy of more than 60 cars going in and out from Russian occupied territory in the south. At Least 25 civilians were killed after the missile strike that left a huge crater on the ground.
Former US President Donal Trump rang the alarms for a possible all out war with Russia and China. He was talking in John Catsimatidis’ 77 WABC radio show when he mentioned the possibility of war over Ukraine and Taiwan. Both Ukraine and Taiwan have been the regions of conflict between the US, Russia and China.