By Pavel Polityuk and Valentyn Ogirenko KYIV (Reuters) – Several thousand Ukrainians rallied in Kyiv on Saturday to show unity amid fears of a Russian invasion, as Ukraine’s leader told people not to panic and pushed back against what he said was a glut of bleak war predictions being reported in the media. Tension has …
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The crisis between Russia and Ukraine is escalating, but Germany is making all efforts to find a diplomatic solution, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Saturday. “We must be prepared for all scenarios,” Baerbock said during a news conference in Cairo. She was speaking as Berlin urged citizens to leave Ukraine …
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Dutch airline KLM, part of Air France KLM, will stop flying to Ukraine immediately due to escalating tension with Russia, news agency ANP reported on Saturday. The announcement came hours after the government of the Netherlands called on Dutch citizens to leave Ukraine as soon as possible due to the security situation. The …
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BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungary will extend a cap on fuel prices for another three months, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Saturday, the latest anti-inflation measure announced by his government ahead of an April 3 election. For the first time since he took power in a 2010 election landslide, Orban and his ruling nationalist Fidesz party …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron discussed the Ukraine crisis in a telephone call that lasted one hour and 40 minutes on Saturday, Interfax news agency cited the Kremlin as saying. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov gave no further details. Putin received Macron in the Kremlin earlier this week …
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By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -About 150 U.S. troops from the Florida National Guard who have been in Ukraine to help train Ukrainian forces are leaving the country as the threat of a Russian invasion increases, the Pentagon said on Saturday. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the decision, first reported by Reuters, was made out …
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By Pavel Polityuk and Simon Lewis KYIV/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States said on Saturday it was ordering most staff at its embassy in Kyiv to leave Ukraine immediately due to the threat of an invasion by Russia. An updated travel advisory said the State Department had ordered the departure of most employees at the embassy …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – More than 30 ships from the Russian Black Sea fleet have started training exercises near the Crimea peninsula as part of wider navy drills, RIA news agency reported on Saturday citing the fleet, as Western nations warned that a war in Ukraine could ignite at any moment. Russia’s military moves are being …
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By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will send 3,000 additional troops to Poland, Poland’s Defence Minister said late on Friday, confirming an earlier Reuters report, as Russia held military exercises in Belarus and the Black Sea following the buildup of its forces near Ukraine. The additional troops will be sent …
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch foreign minister Wopke Hoekstra called on Dutch citizens on Saturday to leave Ukraine as soon as possible due to the security situation there and issued a notice advising against travelling to the country. (Reporting by Toby Sterling; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
