Russia-Ukraine crisis: EU bans exports of champagne, luxury cars, apparel to Russia in new sanctions
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated on Tuesday that talks with Russia would continue even as Moscow continued to shell a number of cities across Ukraine. The Kremlin, meanwhile, claimed that it had not received a formal request from Ukraine for direct talks with President Vladimir Putin. Ukraine's deputy interior minister Yevheniy Yenin said that 548,000 civilians have been evacuated since the beginning of the Russian invasion. Stay tuned to DH for live updates.
EU bans exports of champagne, luxury cars, apparel to Russia in new sanctions
21:4715 Mar 2022
Russian court fines woman for anti-war protest on state TV
A Russian court fined a woman 30,000 roubles ($280) on Tuesday after finding her guilty of flouting protest legislation when she interrupted a live news bulletin on state TV and denounced the war in Ukraine, the RIA news agency reported.
Marina Ovsyannikova, a Channel One employee, held up a sign behind a studio presenter reading the news on Channel One on Monday night and shouted slogans condemningRussia's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine.
21:4415 Mar 2022
After Biden, Russia bans Canadian PM Justin Trudeau from entering country
21:4215 Mar 2022
Russia withdraws from Council of Europe
Russia withdrew from the Council of Europe. "Russia will be forced to denounce the European Convention on Human Rights because of its withdrawal from the Council of Europe", said MP Slutsky.
(NEXTA)
21:3415 Mar 2022
Ukrainian president questions NATO's commitment to mutual defence article
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday stepped up criticism of NATO followingRussia's invasion of his country, questioning the alliance's commitment to its Article 5 collective defence clause.
Zelenskyy said in a video address that Article 5 had never looked "as weak as it is today."