By Lefteris Papadimas and Angelo Amante CORFU, Greece (Reuters) -Twelve people are still missing after a blaze swept through a ferry sailing from Greece to Italy early on Friday, Greek authorities said on Saturday, as firefighters battled for a second day to control the fire and crews towed the vessel closer to the shore. Reuters …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The World Bank Group on Saturday said it is readying a $350 million disbursement to Ukraine that the group’s board will consider by the end of March as part of a plan for short- and long-term financing for the country. In a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Saturday, World Bank …
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MUNICH (Reuters) – NATO has relocated Ukraine staff from the capital Kyiv to Lviv in the west of the country and to Brussels for safety reasons, a NATO official said on Saturday, confirming a report by Norwegian daily VG. “The safety of our personnel is paramount, so staff have been relocated to Lviv and Brussels. …
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By Parisa Hafezi (Reuters) -Iran is ready to swap prisoners with the United States, Iran’s foreign minister said on Saturday, adding that talks to revive a 2015 nuclear deal could succeed “at the earliest possible time” if the United States makes the necessary political decisions. Reuters reported on Thursday that a U.S.-Iranian deal is taking …
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WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland is ready to provide Kyiv with additional defensive weapons, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Saturday following a rise in tensions over Ukraine’s standoff with Russia. “We are ready to provide additional supplies of defensive weapons … weapons that are to be used to defend (Ukraine’s) territory, defend cities, defend people, …
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By Sabine Siebold and Matthias Williams MUNICH/KYIV (Reuters) -Reports that Ukraine has been shelling regions controlled by Moscow-backed separatists and inside the Russian border are “pure lies”, Ukraine’s president said on Saturday, adding that his country would not respond to provocations. President Voldymyr Zelenskiy was addressing senior Western security officials at the annual Munich Security …
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By Polina Nikolskaya DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russia’s President Vladimir Putin was set to oversee exercises by strategic nuclear missile forces on Saturday as Western leaders gathered in Munich, fearful that he could order troops massed on Ukraine’s border to invade at any time. Russian-backed separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine declared a full military mobilisation, a …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will attend the Munich Security Conference on Saturday and return home later the same day, a statement from his office said. Zelenskiy’s trip had been under scrutiny due to concern in Western countries that Russia is poised to launch a military offensive against Ukraine and could do so …
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MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) – Moscow’s threats towards Ukraine could reshape the entire international system, the chief of the European Union’s executive said on Saturday, warning Moscow that its thinking from “a dark past” could cost Russia a prosperous future. “The world has been watching in disbelief as we face the largest build-up of troops on …
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By Andrius Sytas and Phil Stewart VILNIUS (Reuters) -Lithuania’s president called on Saturday for Baltic states’ security to be boosted with U.S. troops as the region worries about Russia’s massing of troops near Ukraine. “The Russian military buildup at the eastern NATO border is changing the security situation,” President Gitanas Nauseda said in a statement …
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