Sunday 2 October 2022
Before the war in Ukraine, Italy imported 95 percent of its gas, about 45 percent of which came from Russia.
The UK Prime Minister was updated on the latest situation in the Baltic by her Danish counterpart Mette Fredriksen.
The town is key due to its rail lines, which Russian forces have relied on for transporting goods.
The politics professor examines the Russian leader’s attempt this week to annex parts of Ukraine in a sham referendum.
Increases for Electric Ireland and SSE Airtricity customers comes into effect today.
Referendums held in the four regions were labelled as a ‘sham’ by the west.
Ukraine and its allies have denounced the so-called referendums as a sham.
The Swedish coast guard could not immediately say why the latest leak only appeared days after the initial breaches.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected the referendums as a ‘farce’.
The US’s National Security Council said: ‘We all know Russia has a long history of spreading disinformation and is doing it again here.’
Simon Coveney said the results don’t ‘truly reflect what people in those parts of Ukraine actually want’.
Minister Roderic O’Gorman said applications made will also be treated on an “individualised basis”.
Neighbouring countries have seen Russians arriving en masse since the draft was announced last Wednesday.
The gunman killed himself after he opened fire, officials said.
Armed soldiers have been going door to door in the four Russian-occupied regions to collect votes.
A massive fire and explosion was caused in the port of Odessa.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is on a visit to the UAE as part of a Gulf tour that also includes stops in Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
More than 300 people demonstrating against the mobilisation of reservists to fight in Ukraine were arrested in Moscow.
Before the war, Vladimir Putin visited Beijing and the two nations declared a tight alliance.
The Taoiseach has said Ireland would have to assess whether it would be willing to accept Russians who are fleeing the country.
Germany has indicated its willingness to accept Russian deserters.
Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney addressed the UN Security Council in New York earlier today.
Putin claimed his invasion was to ‘de-nazify’ Ukraine
World leaders are gathered in New York for the 77th UN General Assembly.
The OVD-Info monitoring group counted at least 1,332 people detained at rallies in 38 cities.
The leaders met to talk in New York today.
The videos posted on social media are not of the current situation on the border.
The security analyst looks at the Russian president’s latest move and the level of threat he now poses.
A police monitoring group has said that more than 1,000 people have been arrested for taking part in anti-mobilisation protests.
The referendums will begin on Friday in Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia.
National team and clubs have been excluded following invasion of Ukraine.
The missile struck within 300 metres of the reactors at the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said some of the remains exhumed included children and people who were likely tortured before dying.
A regional official said that some people were shot, while others were killed in shelling.
It was their first face-to-face talks since the start of the conflict in Ukraine.
“I have the feeling we are still far away from peace,” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said ‘Russia keeps on actively manipulating our energy market’.
US secretary of state Antony Blinken cited a new intelligence assessment.
