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One of the first places that Russian soldiers took control of after invading Ukraine on February 24, 2022, was the village of Khotin in the Sumy region. The villagers recall watching Russian troops and tanks enter the village on their way to Kiev.
“The Red Suitcase,” a short film by Iranian-born director Cyrus Neshvad, will be up for an Oscar on March 12. The struggle of a young woman to choose her own path in life is the subject of the movie.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is up for reelection despite growing anger with his government’s handling of the recent massive earthquakes that hit Turkey.
Addressing at the Conference on Disarmament 2023 in Geneva is Yevheniia Filipenko, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN Office in Geneva on
Kharkiv, the second-largest city in Ukraine, is only 30 kilometres from the Russian border. The city suffered major damage but never fell while it was under siege by Russian forces for more than six months. Meanwhile, Russians are again gathering soldiers across the brder. The city is experiencing an increase in ballistic missile attacks, and Kharkiv is reinforcing its defences.
With solar-powered, portable cinema, a South African organisation is providing youth in impoverished African nations with access to films.
The country’s economy is beginning to feel the effects of a year of international sanctions against Russia and the beginning of Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, though the impact has not been as fast and effective as Western powers had hoped.
Since Russian forces launched a new offensive for control of the industrial Donbas region at the end of January, Kupiansk in northeastern Ukraine has been the target of regular bombings. For Russia to have complete control over Ukraine’s east, Kupiansk, in the Kharkiv oblast, is essential.
At the 52nd session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the High-Level segment.
One year after Russia began its full-scale attack on Ukraine, Ukrainians and their supporters marched in Warsaw, Poland, on Friday. Almost a million Ukrainian refugees live in Poland.