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‘Pimps’ are stalking Poland’s railway stations and border crossings targeting vulnerable women and children refugees fleeing Ukraine, charity groups warn

Women and children fleeing Ukraine are being preyed upon by traffickers in neighboring countries, charity groups have warned. Karolina Wierzbińska, a coordinator at Homo Faber, a human rights organization based in Lublin, Poland, told The Guardian that charity workers had witnessed refugees being targeted as they arrived in the country. “We’ve registered the first cases of [suspected] pimps preying on Ukrainian…
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Biden says Putin ‘cannot remain in power’ in fiery speech on Ukraine war

U.S. President Joe Biden said that Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power” in Poland Saturday, remarks a White House official said later were meant to prepare the world’s democracies for extended conflict over Ukraine, not back regime change in Russia. Biden’s comments on Saturday, including a statement earlier in the day calling Putin a “butcher,”…
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Russia-Ukraine War: Biden Calls India ‘Shaky’ in Ukraine Crisis; Russia Bans Instagram, Facebook for ‘Extremist Activities’

US President Joe Biden said Monday that India was an exception among Washington’s allies with its “shaky” response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Biden lauded the US-led alliance, including NATO, the European Union and key Asian partners, for its united front against President Vladimir Putin. This includes unprecedented sanctions aimed at crippling Russia’s currency, international trade…
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Surrender city of Mariupol TODAY or face ‘terrible humanitarian catastrophe’: Russia issues horrifying ultimatum to Ukraine after bombing art school sheltering 400 and sending thousands hundreds of miles in mass deportations

Russia called on Ukrainian forces in Mariupol to lay down their arms, saying a ‘terrible humanitarian catastrophe’ was unfolding as it said defenders who did so were guaranteed safe passage out of the city and humanitarian corridors would be opened from it at 10am Moscow time (7am GMT) on Monday. However, Ukraine rejected the offer as Ukrainian…
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Russia-Ukraine war: Jaishankar Says Indian Students In Ukraine Were Discouraged From Leaving By Varsities

The evacuation of Indian students from Ukraine got delayed due to “confusing political statements” by the Ukrainian government, EAM Jaishankar said at the RS. Amid the raging war between Russia and Kyiv, evacuation of Indian students from Ukraine got delayed due to “confusing political statements” by the Ukrainian government, External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar said on…
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Ukraine-Russia war: Satellite images reveal fires, severe damage to residential buildings in Mariupol

Satellite images taken Saturday reveal destruction and damage to residential buildings, as well as a hospital, in Mariupol, Ukraine, as Russia’s ongoing war with the country continues. The images were taken by Maxar Technologies, a private company in the United States, and show severe damage to several residential buildings throughout the southern Ukrainian city. The photos show fires, as…
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Besieged Ukrainians endure bombardments, with no breakthrough in talks

Hundreds of thousands of civilians remained trapped in Ukrainian cities on Thursday, sheltering from Russian air raids and shelling as talks between Ukraine and Russia’s foreign ministers made little apparent progress. With Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine entering its third week, officials in Mariupol said Russian warplanes again bombed the encircled southern port city where…
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