US President Joe Biden on Monday signed an executive order blocking trade and investment in parts of Ukraine that have been recognised as independent by his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. The White House, which described the Russian actions as blatant violation of Moscow’s international commitments, said that economic sanctions are in the pipeline.The move came […]
Kremlin on Saturday said that Russia has hit sea and land-based targets with ballistic and cruise missiles as part of strategic nuclear exercises overseen by President Vladimir Putin.The annual exercises featured launches of Kinzhal and Tsirkon hypersonic missiles and a number of other weapons.”All the missiles hit their targets, confirming their performance objectives”, a statement […]
Police arrested two of the leaders of hundreds of truckers, who clogged the streets of Canada’s capital, standing their ground and defiantly blasted their horns as police threatened to break up the nearly three-week protest against the country’s Covid restrictions. Busloads of police arrived near Ottawa’s Parliament Hill, and workers put up extra fences around […]
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Wednesday set up a control room to provide information and assistance to Indian nationals in Ukraine in view of the prevailing situation in that country over its tensions with Russia. In addition, the Indian embassy in Ukraine has also set up a 24-hour helpline for the Indians in […]
Russia said on Tuesday some of its military units were returning to their bases after exercises near Ukraine, following days of US and British warnings that Moscow might invade its neighbour at any time. It was not clear how many units were being withdrawn, and by what distance, after a build-up of an estimated 130,000 […]
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has invoked emergency powers to try to quell the protests by truck drivers and others who have paralysed Ottawa and blocked border crossings in anger over the country’s Covid restrictions. Trudeau ruled out using the military and said on Monday that the emergency measures “will be time-limited, geographically […]
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres spoke to the foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine on Monday, expressing “serious concern” over the heightened tensions between the countries, his spokesman said. During the telephone talks, Guterres told Russia’s top diplomat Sergei Lavrov and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dymtro Kuleba that diplomacy was the only way forward, said spokesman […]
Russia said Saturday it has pulled some of its diplomatic staff out of Ukraine for fear of “provocations” from Kyiv or its allies amid mounting warnings of a possible Russian invasion of its neighbour. “Fearing possible provocations from the Kyiv regime or other countries we have indeed decided to optimise staffing at Russian missions in […]
The Biden administration warned that President Vladimir V. Putin could mount a major assault on Ukraine at any time, having built up formidable land, sea and air forces on three sides of its smaller neighbor. US intelligence officials had initially thought Putin was prepared to wait until the end of the Winter Olympics in Beijing […]
The High Commission of India, which is based in Ottawa and provides consular services, has released an advisory telling Indian citizens living in Canada or those planning to travel there to “exercise a high degree of caution” due to the protests against COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine mandates in Ottawa and elsewhere.The statement, posted by the […]