A Russian attack on NATO’s doorstep
Yesterday, Russia launched a series of attacks on a military base in Ukraine, sending the war 11 kilometers from the border with Poland. About 1,000 foreigners have come to help Ukraine is said to have trained at the base. One witness said: “The whole sky was engulfed in flames.
Western officials say the attack is not merely a geographical extension of Russia’s invasion but also a change of tactics in a war that many fear could spill over into another. greater conflict in Europe. Subscribe to the latest updates from the conflict.
Pentagon and NATO officials reiterated that they do not intend to directly confront Russian forces in Ukraine. But they are sending supplies, and Russia has warned that it considers those convoys a legitimate target. The base under attack has served as a hub for Western troops to train Ukrainian forces since 2015.
Until yesterday, the invasion of Ukraine, now in its 18th day, was most notably Moscow’s indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas. Even while shelling military bases to the west, Russia continued to punish ordinary Ukrainians, including firing on a train in eastern Ukraine carrying more than 100 children trying to flee violence. force. Peace talks are expected to resume today.
Fee: At least 596 civilians were killed in the fighting, including 43 children, and an additional 1,067 civilians were injured, according to a much higher United Nations figure for the death toll from Ukrainian officials, with estimates at around 2,187 casualties in the besieged city of Mariupol since the beginning. belligerent.
The supplications: Western officials continue to refuse Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s request to establish a no-fly zone over the country. A Pentagon spokesman said the no-fly zone “is combat – you have to be ready to shoot and get shot”.
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Russian Government ask China to provide military equipment and financial support to protect its economy, according to US officials, who would not say how China has responded.
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On the outskirts of Kyiv, Brent RenaudAn award-winning American filmmaker and journalist working to document the damage the war has done to refugees, has been shot dead.
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Hundreds of planes owned by Western companies remain in Russia. They may never be recoveredThat means companies face billions of dollars in losses.
Britain confronts the oligarchs
Russia’s war in Ukraine eventually led the British government to target the super-rich Russians in London. But curb the flow of corrupt money will require more pursuit than famous financiers like Roman Abramovich.
Hundreds of wealthy foreigners have taken advantage of Britain’s lax regulations to accumulate wealth and other assets, often under a network of offshore companies that conceal their ownership. Others have split their fortunes into gilded social status, supporting respected British educational and cultural institutions or donating money to the Conservative Party.
Despite announcing new sanctions on Friday, the UK is simply catching up with the US and EU to some extent. , he was slower to target wealthy Russians in London. Critics say that reflects the fact that his party has been the beneficiary of their biggest money.
Can quote: Flo Hutchings, who helped found the group Kensington Against Dirty Money, said: “The crisis has exposed the Kremlin-related currency problem in the UK, but it is a more systemic, global problem. a lot of. “We expect this situation to have a snowball effect.”
“Houses for Ukraine”: British Government will provide £350 a month for recipients of Ukrainian refugees, part of an effort to encourage individuals, charities, community groups and businesses to host people fleeing war.
Related: Shops are locked and taunts by rivals greet fans during Chelsea’s first home game since the sanctions against Abramovich put the future of their team in doubt.
Severe cases of the coronavirus have disproportionately affected Pacific Islander New Caledonians, highlighting social inequality in a territory that is plaguing France over whether to separate from France.
Many of the indigenous Kanak people have diabetes, hypertension or obesity, or are also impoverished. European settlers, who made up about a quarter of the population, tended to occupy the wealth ladder in the territory.
Land: Fueled by the Omicron variant, the coronavirus is now reaching areas of the South Pacific where the pandemic has been avoided. Hundreds of people have now been infected in Tonga – a surge most likely catalyzed by relief cargo ships following a volcanic eruption and tsunami in January – while Kiribati and the Solomon Islands face with the first outbreak.
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It’s time to bring the 2,000-year-old city of Pompeii into the 21st century.
Gabriel Zuchtriegel, the site’s 40-year-old director, hopes that under his watch, visitors will a broader understanding of the ancient city – was buried in ashes caused by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 – including the roles of race, gender, and class in its complex society. And he’s using technology to try to protect the site from the ravages of climate change.
“We should not forget that all the wealth and works of art that we see in Pompeii are actually based on a society that not only existed slavery but also had no concept of social welfare, ” he said. Last year, archaeologists discovered a wretched room where they believe a family of slaves lived. The cramped space, lit by a window, could have doubled as a storage space.
Other experts have hailed the approach as part of a larger shift in archeology. “Usually archaeologists can be reserved with the subjects they cover,” said one historian, adding, “I was delighted to see things begin to emerge in Pompeii.”
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