10:06 am | ING will not do new business with Russian companies

ING will not do any new business with Russian companies due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the leading Dutch banking group whose core business in Russia is lending announced on Wednesday.

10:01 am | EU sanctions 22 senior officers from Belarus for helping Russia invade Ukraine

8:57 | Moscow demands the withdrawal of London from the OneWeb project

Russia threatened on Wednesday to stop sending satellites from the operator OneWeb, demanding the withdrawal of the British government from the project and guarantees on its non-military use, in the midst of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

8:43 am | Indiscriminate bombings, civilian casualties: fears of bloodshed in Ukraine

Massive and destructive bombardments, accusations of “war crimes” and the use of prohibited weapons: the Russian offensive in Ukraine is beginning to conjure up for some the images of the Syrian or Chechen wars, and raise fears of the triggering of the dreaded steamroller Russian.

8:38 am | Ukraine calls on mothers of captured Russian soldiers to pick them up

The Ukrainian army on Wednesday invited the mothers of Russian soldiers captured on its territory to pick them up, Kyiv claiming to have taken dozens of prisoners since the start of the invasion of the country by Moscow.

8:31 am | The “consequences” of the war in Ukraine for the American economy “very uncertain”

The “consequences” of the war in Ukraine for the American economy are “very uncertain”, estimated Wednesday Jerome Powell, the president of the American Central Bank (Fed), in a speech prepared on the occasion of his hearing before the House of Representatives.

8:30 am | Faced with sanctions, the Russian economy is playing its survival

The Russian authorities were trying on Wednesday to stem the economic haemorrhage and panic caused by the massive sanctions imposed on Moscow following the invasion of Ukraine and which are weakening as never before the modern economy built since the end of the USSR.

7:57 am | Number of Ukrainian refugees jumps by nearly 200,000 in 24 hours

The number of Ukrainian refugees has jumped by nearly 200,000 in the past 24 hours, according to the latest UN count released on Wednesday, bringing the number of people who have fled the advance of the Russian army to 874,000 since February 24 in Ukraine for neighbouring countries.

7:56 | Russian media RT and Sputnik officially banned in EU

The ban on the broadcasting in the European Union of Russian media RT and Sputnik, considered instruments of “disinformation” by Moscow in its war against Ukraine, came into force on Wednesday, and each member state is now responsible for the enforcement.

7:22 am | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson accuses Russia of ‘war crimes’ in Ukraine

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday accused Russia of being guilty of a “war crime” in Ukraine because of the weapons used against civilians.

7:19 am | Ukraine: Greece evacuates its nationals in the face of the Russian advance

7:16 am | Impact on the shares in Russian companies

The withdrawal of bottles of Russian vodka from the shelves of the SAQ has made many Quebecers laugh, for whom the initiative seems as ridiculous as it is useless. Others, on the contrary, believe that this symbolic gesture deserves to be made, in the same way as a solidarity march 7000 km from the conflict or a small flag affixed to their Facebook profile picture.

7:07 am | Ukrainian cities under fire from Russia, accused of wanting to “erase the country”

Russian forces continue their offensive on Wednesday on several cities in Ukraine, including Kharkiv, with the dispatch of airborne troops and bombardments, while the Ukrainian president accused Moscow of wanting to “erase” Ukraine.

While giving no sign of wanting to reduce its attacks, the Kremlin said it was ready to resume talks with the Ukrainians on Wednesday evening, after the first round without any real progress on February 28. Russia continues to demand the total demilitarization of Ukraine, considered a threat as an ally of the West, while Kyiv excludes any capitulation.

6:36 | The carrier DHL announces that it will suspend deliveries to Russia and Belarus

Carrier DHL, among the world’s largest logistics companies, announced on Wednesday that it has suspended deliveries to Russia and Belarus due to the invasion in Ukraine.

“Our incoming services to Russia and Belarus have been suspended” and “we also do not accept shipments to these countries until further notice”, writes on its website the German group, which has also closed its offices and operations in Ukraine.

6:32 | Paralympics-2022: Russians and Belarusians will participate under a “neutral” banner

Russian and Belarusian athletes were allowed Wednesday to participate in the Paralympic Games in Beijing which begin on Friday, despite the conflict in Ukraine, announced the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

6:09 | TO SEE | Touching tribute to Ukraine in Winnipeg

The world of sport is mobilizing to show its support for Ukraine in these difficult times and we had another good example of this on Tuesday.

5:36 | Nigeria repatriates its first nationals

Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, plans to begin evacuating more than a thousand of its nationals who fled Ukraine on Wednesday

5:31 | The UN lists nearly 836,000 refugees from Ukraine

The number of refugees fleeing Ukraine for neighbouring countries jumped further to almost 836,000 people as of March 1, according to a census by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees released on Wednesday.

5:21 | At least four dead in the bombing in Kharkiv

At least four people were killed and nine others injured in Russian bombings that targeted the headquarters of the security services and a university in Kharkiv, Ukraine on Wednesday morning, Ukrainian relief said.

5:18 | UN General Assembly urged to condemn Russia for invading Ukraine

The UN General Assembly is called to vote on Wednesday, after two days of speeches by its members, on a draft resolution aimed at condemning Russia for the invasion of Ukraine and asking for an “immediate” withdrawal from his troops.

The West and the UN accuse Moscow of violating Article 2 of the United Nations Charter requiring its members to refrain from threats and the use of force to settle a crisis. Russia, for its part, claims to exercise its right to self-defence, provided for in Article 51 of the Charter.

5:05 am | The Russian army claims to have conquered the city of Kherson in southern Ukraine

The Russian army said on Wednesday morning that it had seized the Ukrainian port city of Kherson, located in the south of the country, near the Crimean peninsula, after fierce fighting in recent hours.

“Russian army units have taken full control of the regional capital of Kherson,” Russian armed forces spokesman Igor Konashenkov said.

5:03 am | Russian delegation ready to resume talks with Ukraine on Wednesday evening

A delegation of Russian negotiators is ready to continue talks with representatives of Ukraine on Wednesday, the Kremlin spokesman said, nearly a week after the start of the Russian invasion of the country.

4:59 | Four things to know about sanctions against Russia

Increasingly isolated from the global economy, Russia is being hit hard by Western sanctions in response to its attempt to invade Ukraine. According to Charles-Philippe David, founder of the Raoul-Dandurand Chair in Strategic and Diplomatic Studies, the consequences could be deeper than Vladimir Putin imagined.

4:41 | Facing Russia, Denmark plans to increase the number of conscripts

4:15 | Spain will send “offensive military equipment” to the “Ukrainian resistance”

Spain will send “offensive military equipment” to the “Ukrainian resistance”, the head of Spain’s left-wing government, Socialist Pedro Sánchez, announced on Wednesday during a speech before the Chamber of Deputies.

4:06 | Intrusion of a Russian helicopter in the North of Japan according to Tokyo, which protests

Tokyo protested to Moscow on Wednesday after an alleged violation of Japanese airspace by a Russian helicopter in the north of the Japanese archipelago amid international tensions around Ukraine.

Japan quickly flew fighter jets to put an end to the intrusion.

3:41 | Taiwan calls for not “turning a blind eye to aggression”

Democratic countries must not “turn a blind eye to Russia’s military aggression” in Ukraine, Taiwan’s president warned on Wednesday, recalling that her island faces a threat of invasion similar to that of Ukraine.

“History teaches us that if we turn a blind eye to military aggression, we only make the threat to us worse,” President Tsai Ing-wen told a delegation of former army cadres. and US security services.

3:40 | Russia wants to ‘erase’ Ukraine and its history, says Zelensky

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday accused Moscow of seeking to “erase” Ukraine and its history, calling on Jews “not to remain silent” after Russian strikes near Babi Yar, the site of a Nazi massacre.

“They have orders to erase our history, erase our country, erase us all,” he said in a video, urging countries around the world not to remain neutral.