UKRAINE CHEMICALS UNDER THREAT With Russian forces present in Ukraine, chemical and fertilizer facilities may be threatened by physical damage, interrupted power and gas supplies or logistics disruption. Kalush cracker closed Karpatnaftohkhim’s cracker at Kalush has been closed down because of the...
Ukraine's larger farm sizes make the country's grain exports cheaper and that is pushing EU farmers out of their traditional export markets, the ministers said. Farmers in Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia "have suffered significant damages" since the EU suspended import quotas a...
LVMH, which also owns Christian Dior, Givenchy and Bulgari among other brands, said in March 2022 it would close its boutiques in Russia and halt business operations there after the country's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Many Western goods are still shipped to Russia throug...
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said his meetings with NATO's chief, European leaders and representatives from the UK in Brussels are a good opportunity to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine "for today and for tomorrow". The Ukrainian president said it was very important on his two-day trip to me...
London Calling: Ukraine and earlier wars As the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its second month, the war is drawing comparisons with some conflicts of the past. CBS News contributor Simon Bates shares his thoughts on the lessons of history in this week's London Calling. ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed Moscow has no interest in expanding the war beyond Ukraine to the likes of Poland and Latvia.
After Russia spent weeks building up a huge military force along its border with Ukraine and in neighboring Belarus, Russian leader Vladimir Putin launched what Ukrainian officials described as a "full-scale invasion" of the country on February 24, 2022. It marked the start of a grim new ...
In a statement, Ankara said the defence ministers of Turkey, Bulgaria, Georgia, Poland, Romania and Ukraine had met via video conference upon the invitation of Turkey, adding they held "very efficient" talks. "Aside from the mines, the importance of cooperation in the Black Sea for...
Today, China announced a peace plan that was viewed sceptically by EU and NATO leaders, but welcomed by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The World Bank announced an additional $2.5bn in grant financing to Ukraine, bringing the bank’s total assistance to the country to more than $20bn...
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