(Reuters) – Russia launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24. Here is a timeline of Ukraine’s fraught relationship with Moscow since it won independence in 1991 and the events that led to the current conflict. 1991: Shortly after the fall of the Soviet Union, Ukraine declares independence from Moscow. 2004: Pro-Russian candidate Viktor …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Yamal-Europe pipeline flows stopped on Tuesday morning after shipping gas westbound from Poland to Germany, its usual direction, overnight, data from German network operator Gascade showed. On Monday, the Yamal pipeline was working in reverse mode, shipping gas from Germany to Poland, the data shows, and preliminary bids emerged for shipments …
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By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong residents braced for a city-wide lockdown, emptying supermarkets and pharmacies on Tuesday, even as leader Carrie Lam called for calm and appealed for the public not to worry over a compulsory mass COVID-19 testing plan. Mass testing for the city’s 7.4 million residents is set to …
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COLOGNE (Reuters) – Germans in Cologne swapped their traditional Carnival festivities for an anti-war rally on Monday that featured parade floats lampooning Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. The Cologne Carnival parade, at which clubs traditionally poke fun at Germany’s politicians with colourful floats, was cancelled last week in favour of a …
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By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Energy ministers from European Union countries on Monday agreed to urgently link a European power system to Ukraine’s grid, a move that would increase its independence from Russia following Moscow’s invasion of the country. The invasion of Ukraine by Russia, Europe’s top gas supplier, has sharpened concerns of disruption to …
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By Allison Lampert and David Shepardson (Reuters) -European nations and Canada moved on Sunday to shut their airspace to Russian aircraft, an unprecedented step aimed at pressuring President Vladimir Putin to end his invasion of Ukraine, the biggest attack on a European state since World War Two. Aeroflot said it would cancel all flights to …
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By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s factory output shrank for the second month in January as the auto sector grappled with production suspensions due to the pandemic, with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine intensifying pressure on an economy facing the risk of a contraction. Even before the Ukraine crisis erupted, factories in the world’s third-largest …
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By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Russia, frustrated by early battlefield setbacks in Ukraine, could be shifting its strategy to siege warfare just as President Vladimir Putin raises the risk of a catastrophic miscalculation by putting nuclear forces on heightened alert, a senior U.S. defense official said on Sunday. Putin gave the order …
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By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google confirmed on Sunday it has temporarily disabled for Ukraine some Google Maps tools which provide live information about traffic conditions and how busy different places are. The company said it had taken the action of globally disabling the Google Maps traffic layer and live information on how …
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By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has imposed several rafts of sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, targeting its central bank, major lenders and President Vladimir Putin among others, while saying all options are on the table for additional action. Here are some ways in which the United States could …
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