Ukraine Willing To Discuss Russia’s Neutrality Demand – Zelenskyy

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Zelenskyy believes such a move would have to be guaranteed by third parties and put to a referendum Russian and Ukrainian negotiators are set to resume in-person talks this week in Turkey EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Ukraine is prepared to discuss adopting a neutral status as part of … Read more

Ukraine Crisis: Russian Soldiers Raping Many More Ukrainian Women, Says MP

Russian soldiers raping many more Ukrainian women says MP. Ms Mezentseva, who is Ukraine’s deputy prime minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration, said women are being sexually assaulted in Ukraine. EKO HOT BLOG reports that a Ukrainian MP has claimed women in besieged parts of her country have been ‘raped for hours and then murdered’ … Read more

Ukraine: Putin “Cannot Remain In Power”, Says Biden

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Biden’s line that Putin “cannot remain in power” was not in his prepared remarks, according to the White House  US officials had said previously said removing Putin from power was not their goal EKO HOT BLOG reports that US President Joe Biden declared forcefully Saturday that Russian President Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power,” but … Read more

Ukraine Crisis: 7th Russian General Killed In Ukraine 

7th Russian General has been Killed In Ukraine  The Russian general who said the war would take hours is killed in Ukraine EKO HOT BLOG reports that a seventh Russian general has been killed on the battlefield in Ukraine, according to western officials. Lt Gen Yakov Rezantsev, 48, was killed in an airstrike in the … Read more

Ukraine: At least 300 Killed In Russian Strike On Theatre

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Ukraine’s President Zelensky said Europe was “a little too late” to stop the Russian invasion.  The school was hit five days ago. Officials estimated about 400 people were sheltering there EKO HOT BLOG reports that Mariupol city council has said that it now believes about 300 people died in a Russian attack on a theater … Read more

JUST IN: Ukrainian Forces Recapture East Of Kyiv As Russian Troops Fall Back

Ukrainian forces recapture East Of Kyiv as Russian troops fall back. The Ukrainian military said its troops were repelling Russian forces trying to fight their way into Kyiv. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Ukrainian troops are recapturing towns east of the capital Kyiv and Russian forces who had been trying to sieze the city are … Read more

[JUST IN] US, NATO Leaders In Emergency Meeting On Next Action Against Russia

 US, NATO leaders in an emergency meeting on next action against Russia. US officials have warned that the ongoing war in Ukraine is entering an uncertain but bloody stretch. EKO HOT BLOG reports that NATO members and leaders of western nations are converging for an emergency meeting on Thursday to determine the next phase of … Read more

Ukraine: Zelensky Asks Biden Not To Sanction Abramovich

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Abramovich has answered a call from Zelensky’s aides to help broker peace talks between Russia and Ukraine The White House has reportedly persuaded the US Treasury Department not to go ahead with plans to target Abramovich and his businesses EKO HOT BLOG reports that Ukraine president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has urged the US President, Joe Biden, … Read more

Ukraine Crisis: Zelensky Warns Russian Fighter Pilots, Says ‘You’ll Face Justice’

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Zelensky warns Russian Fighter Pilots, Says ‘You’ll Face Justice’ The Ukrainian President said ‘you will be held accountable one way or another,” EKO HOT BLOG reports that Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, on Wednesday, warned Russian fighter pilots flying sorties in his country that they will face justice. “You will be held accountable one way or … Read more

Russia Reveals When It Will Employ The Use Of Nuclear Weapons

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Putin had announced on February 28 that he had put Russia’s strategic nuclear forces on high alert in a move that sparked global alarm It maintains the world’s largest stockpile of nuclear warheads EKO HOT BLOG reports that Russia has said it would only use nuclear weapons in the context of the Ukraine conflict if … Read more

Ukraine Crisis: Russian Troops Plant Mines As They Prepare For Long War Of Attrition In Ukraine

Russian troops plant mines as they prepare for long war of attrition in Ukraine. Vladimir Putin’s Russian war machine is feared to be strengthening the positions it has gained around the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and other parts of the country. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Vladimir Putin’s men, Tuesday, are planting mines around areas they … Read more

[JUST IN] Ukraine Crisis: Again, Zelensky Escapes Assassination Attempt

Zelensky escapes assassination attempt -Ukrainian counter-intelligence reveals. A group of Russian saboteurs led by a secret service agent was arrested in the city of Uzhhorod in the border area between Ukraine, Slovakia and Hungary EDITOR’S PICK:  Ukraine Crisis: Russia Admits 10,000 Soldiers Killed, Many Injured In Ukraine Ukraine Crisis: Secret Agency Reveals How Russian Elite … Read more

Zelensky Ignores Russian Ultimatums, Says Ukrainians Wil “Fight Till The End”

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Zelensky says his country’s forces have slowed down the enemy advance He again called for a meeting with Putin, saying it will not be possible to negotiate an end to the war unless they meet EKO HOT BLOG reports that Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview with Eurovision News that his country will … Read more

Ukraine Crisis: Russia Admits 10,000 Soldiers Killed, Many Injured In Ukraine

Russia has admitted that 10,000 soldiers have been killed and many injured in Ukraine.  Officially the Kremlin had claimed that there had been 498 Russian deaths on March 2 but now it appears to be as high as 9,861, with a further 16,153 injured. EKO HOT BLOG reports that a pro-Kremlin newspaper, Monday quoted a … Read more

Ukraine: France Freezes €850m Worth Of Russian Assets

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France established a taskforce to implement EU sanctions against Russian oligarchs or those close to President Vladimir Putin The French crackdown means the owners are unable to, sell on or monetise their assets EKO HOT BLOG reports that the French government has frozen and seized assets of Russian oligarchs to the tune of around 850 … Read more

School Building Sheltering 400 Shelled By Russia – Ukraine

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Ukraine’s president says Russia’s attacks on the southern port city of Mariupol will be remembered for centuries Volodymyr Zelensky alleges that Russia committed war crimes in the city, where heavy fighting has now reached the centre EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Mariupol city council says Russian forces bombed a school where 400 people were … Read more

Ukraine: Schwarzenegger’s Video Message Urges Russian Citizens, Troops To Stand Up To Putin

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Schwarzenegger also spoke fondly of his experiences visiting Russia during his movie career and said his childhood hero was Russian heavyweight weightlifter and Olympic gold medalist Yuri Vlasov He heavily criticized the Russian government for the invasion, saying they “lied not only to its citizens but to its soldiers” for the reasons behind the war. … Read more

Ukraine Crisis: Russian Troops Apologise For Invasion, Shoots Selves In Legs To Avoid War

Russian soldiers have openly apologised to Ukraine and are hunting around for Ukrainian ammunition. One of the soldiers that was captured, Galkin Sergey Alekseevich, went on to apologise for Russia’s action in Ukraine. EKO HOT BLOG reports that morale has dropped so low within Putin’s army that troops have sincerely apologised to Ukraine and have … Read more

Ukraine: Another Rocket Strike Kills One, Injure Three Others In Kyiv

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Some 1.95 million people have fled Ukraine to Poland since the war began, according to the Polish Border Guard agency Four people were killed in strikes on residential buildings in Kyiv on Tuesday, with one tower block engulfed in flames…  EKO HOT BLOG reports that one person has been killed and three others injured when … Read more