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Spain closes airspace to Russian planes
Date: 2022-02-27 16:57:16 GMT - Spain - World - SN:67 - ID:9441227
MADRID, Feb 27 (MENA) - Spain on Sunday blocked its airspace to Russian planes, the latest European country to do so in response to Russia's military operation in Ukraine. A growing number of countries announced on Sunday that they were closing ....
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Polish border sees 156,000 arrivals from Ukraine
Date: 2022-02-27 16:51:17 GMT - Poland - World - SN:66 - ID:9441212
WARSAW, Feb 27 (MENA) - Poland's border guards on Sunday said more than 156,000 people had crossed into the EU member from Ukraine in the days since Russia launched its military operation. "Since the start of the military operations in Ukraine on ....
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Ukraine and Russia agree to talks on Belarus border without preconditions: Zelenskiyy
Date: 2022-02-27 16:06:19 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:63 - ID:9441098
KYIV, Feb 27 (MENA) - Ukrainian and Russian officials will meet for talks at a venue on the Belarusian border with Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiyy’s office said on Sunday, Al Arabiya reported. The talks, the first since Russia ....
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Greece sends military aid to Ukraine
Date: 2022-02-27 15:42:30 GMT - Greece - World - SN:62 - ID:9441103
ATHENS, Feb 27 (MENA) - Greece will dispatch military aid to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia it was decided on Sunday during a meeting held by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and defense officials. The government announced that ....
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Japan freezes Putin's assets, joins SWIFT sanction
Date: 2022-02-27 15:22:06 GMT - Japan - World - SN:60 - ID:9440952
TOKYO, Feb 27 (MENA) - Japan has decided to freeze the financial assets of Russian President Vladimir Putin and other key government officials in response to the Russian aggression in Ukraine, NHK reported. Announcing the decision on Sunday, ....
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Putin orders nuclear forces on high alert
Date: 2022-02-27 14:27:13 GMT - Russia - World - SN:54 - ID:9440922
MOSCOW, Feb 27 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his defense chiefs to put the country's nuclear "deterrence forces" on high alert Sunday and accused the West of taking "unfriendly" steps against his country, The Moscow Times ....
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Ukraine's Zelenskiy says he spoke to Belarus' Lukashenko
Date: 2022-02-27 13:59:49 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:49 - ID:9440888
KYIV, Feb 27 (MENA) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday said on his Telegram channel that he had spoken with Belarus' leader Alexander Lukashenko, after Kyiv had rejected talks in Belarus, accusing it of allowing Russian troops ....
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Over 120,000 Ukrainian refugees leave their country since Russian invasion
Date: 2022-02-27 11:46:25 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:37 - ID:9440562
GENEVA, Feb 27 (MENA) - Over 120,000 Ukrainian refugees have left the country since Russia began its invasion on Thursday, Sky News quoted the UN as saying Sunday. As Ukraine's forces battle Russian troops in the capital Kyiv and in the north, ....
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UK foreign secretary urges Russians not to accelerate situation in Ukraine
Date: 2022-02-27 11:16:47 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:34 - ID:9440500
LONDON, Feb 27 (MENA) - Foreign Secretary Liz Truss warned Russians against accelerating the situation in Ukraine, voicing fear that fighting in Ukraine could be "very, very bloody" as she was asked about Russia's arsenal of chemical, biological and ....
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At least 64 civilians killed in Ukraine: UN
Date: 2022-02-27 10:13:44 GMT - USA - World - SN:31 - ID:9440325
NEW YORK, Feb 27 (MENA) - The United Nations (UN) said it has confirmed at least 240 civilian casualties, including at least 64 people killed, in the fighting in Ukraine that erupted since Russia's invasion on Thursday - though it believed the "real ....
