The number of people fleeing the Russian onslaught in Ukraine surpassed 874,000 as of Wednesday morning New York time, data from the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has revealed. More than half have headed west to Poland, according to a new UNHCR operational data portal that is keeping track of refugee arrivals in neighbouring countries. Others have found shelter […]
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Metsola to Zelenskyy: “We must face the future together”
“Our way of life is worth defending. It is worth a cost. For the next generation, for all those in Ukraine and around the world who believe in Europe. For all those who want to be free.” Addressing the extraordinary Plenary Session of the European Parliament on “Russian aggression against Ukraine”, European Parliament President Roberta […]
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Russian aggression against Ukraine: plenary debate and resolution on Tuesday
MEPs will debate with Presidents Michel and von der Leyen and EU Foreign Policy chief Borrell Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and vote a related resolution. The debate will take place from 12.30 to 14.30, and the announcement of the final vote on the draft resolution is scheduled for 16.45. The agenda of the sitting is […]
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Russian aggression against Ukraine: President Zelenskyy to address plenary today
MEPs will debate with Presidents Michel and von der Leyen and EU Foreign Policy chief Borrell Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and vote a related resolution. The debate will take place from 12.30 to 14.30, and the announcement of the final vote on the draft resolution is scheduled for 16.45. The agenda of the sitting is […]
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Speech by President von der Leyen at the European Parliament Plenary on the Russian aggression against Ukraine
“Check against delivery” Madam President, Honourable Members, War has returned to Europe. Almost thirty years after the Balkan Wars, and over half a century after Soviet troops marched into Prague and Budapest, civil defence sirens again went off in the heart of a European capital. Thousands of people fleeing from bombs, camped in underground stations […]
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Support for Ukraine and the energy situation in Europe
Russian military action in Ukraine is causing major damage to the country’s energy capacities. Energy ministers have said that they are willing and ready to provide assistance to Ukraine in this regard. Moreover, these military operations are leading to an increase in gas prices in the EU as well as in international oil prices. This […]
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Defensa envía 20.000 kilos de equipos de protección individual y material sanitario a Ucrania
Dos aviones A400M salen hoy de Torrejón hacia Polonia La Sanidad Militar ofrece 100 camas en sus hospitales para atender a heridos ucranianos La ministra de Defensa, Margarita Robles, ha asistido esta mañana en la Base Aérea de Torrejón a la carga de uno de los dos aviones A400M del Ala 31 del Ejército del […]
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Ukraine: $1.7 billion appeal launched to help refugee exodus, host countries
Rockets have been “raining down” on Ukraine’s cities and hundreds of people have been killed or injured since the Russian military offensive began, the UN Secretary-General said on Tuesday, at the launch of a $1.7 billion flash appeal to provide urgently-needed assistance. António Guterres’s comments came as latest UN data indicated that 677,000 people have fled Ukraine […]
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UN humanitarians call on combatants to spare Ukraine civilians as aid ramps up
Well over 600,000 people have fled Ukraine in under a week, since Russia’s military offensive began, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday, as they issued an appeal to protect civilians from further bloodshed. “We know that children have been killed, we know that thousands and thousands are at risk, and we know that more children, gutwrenchingly, are […]
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