U.N. calls for Russia to leave Ukraine

U.N. calls for Russia to leave Ukraine

[ad_1] Monitors show result of a United Nations General Assembly vote for a U.N. resolution upholding Ukraine’s territorial integrity and calling for a cessation of hostilities after Russia’s invasion. | Bebeto Matthews/AP Photo The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday adopted a resolution calling for Russia to withdraw its troops from Ukraine, almost exactly one…

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Here’s How Ukraine Could Retake Crimea

Here’s How Ukraine Could Retake Crimea

[ad_1] Such a view isn’t yet a consensus; western policymakers haven’t uniformly come out in full-throated support of Ukraine’s moves to reclaim the peninsula. Last week, Rep. Adam Smith, one of the top Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee, said there was a “consensus” that “Ukraine is not going to militarily retake Crimea.” And…

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Ukraine: The day the war broke out

Ukraine: The day the war broke out

[ad_1] Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe.      It was in the early hours of the morning, a year ago in Kyiv, that blasts could be heard coming from the direction of Boryspil International Airport, southeast of the capital. Early commuters were already on the road and, for nearly two hours, traffic continued to…

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‘Oh my God, it’s really happening’

‘Oh my God, it’s really happening’

[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Kaja Kallas had been dreading the call. “I woke at 5 o’clock,” the Estonian prime minister recalled recently. The phone was ringing. Her Lithuanian counterpart was on the line.  “Oh my God, it’s really happening,” came the ominous words, according to Kallas. Another…

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