Tag: Ukraine

CSE Issued Prompt Warning When Threat to Critical Infrastructure First Detected

Canada’s electronic spy agency says it warned system operators “in a timely-as-possible way” about a Russian-backed hacker who lurked in their computer networks three months ago with the capacity to do physical damage. Sami Khoury, the head of the Communications Security Establishment’s Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, refused to provide details about the timing or…


US to Help Fund Ukraine Reconstruction With Russian Assets: State Department Official

The Biden administration is planning to help fund the $400 billion reconstruction of Ukraine after the Russian invasion ends and to turn the Eastern European nation into a new center for European energy production, according to a senior State Department official. The United States will help to provide the massive sum by selling of assets…


US Slaps 120 Russia-Linked Firms and Individuals With Fresh Sanctions

Washington has enacted a wide-ranging package of fresh economic sanctions that target more than 120 Russia-linked companies and individuals—several of them in third countries. “The United States will continue to take action against Russia and those supporting its war in Ukraine,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement on April 12. According to…


US Slaps 120 Russia-Linked Firms, Individuals With Fresh Sanctions

The United States has enacted a wide-ranging package of fresh economic sanctions against more than 120 Russia-linked companies and individuals—several of them in third countries. “The United States will continue to take action against Russia and those supporting its war in Ukraine,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement on April 12. Blinken…


Yellen Urges Continued ‘Significant, Predictable and Timely’ Aid for Ukraine

WASHINGTON—U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday called for continued significant aid to Ukraine as it battles against Russia’s invasion, and lauded Ukrainian authorities for their focus on good governance and anticorruption. Yellen, who paid a surprise visit to Kyiv in February, spoke at the start of a ministerial meeting on Ukraine during the spring…


Ukraine Probes Video Purported to Show Soldier’s Beheading

KYIV, Ukraine—Ukraine launched an investigation Wednesday into a gruesome video that purportedly shows the beheading of a Ukrainian soldier, in the latest accusation of atrocities said to have been committed by Russia since it invaded in February 2022. The video spread quickly online and drew outrage from officials in Kyiv, including President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as…


Zelenskyy Calls on West to Seize Russian State Assets to Rebuild Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on April 12 reiterated his call for Ukraine’s international partners to “confiscate” the resources of Russia and its allies. “The long story of Russian impunity must finally stop,” Zelenskyy said. The Ukrainian leader made the comments during a video call to the World Bank in Washington. “Ukraine will prevail in this…


Canada’s Wickenheiser, Virtue, Hughes Among 42 Former Olympians Banned From Russia

Hayley Wickenheiser, Tessa Virtue and Clara Hughes are among dozens of former Canadian Olympians banned from entering Russia for signing a statement encouraging the removal of Russian athletes from next year’s Paris Olympics amid the country’s invasion of Ukraine. The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement it was closing its borders to 333 Canadians,…


LIVE 2 PM ET: IMF, World Bank Roundtable Discuss Ukraine Crisis

The World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund hold a ministerial roundtable, co-hosted by the government of Ukraine, at 2:00 p.m. ET on April 12 to discuss Ukraine’s medium-term needs, essential recovery and reconstruction projects, and areas of international collaboration. Participants include Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, and World Bank…


LIVE NOW: IMF, World Bank Roundtable Discuss Ukraine Crisis

The World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund hold a ministerial roundtable, co-hosted by the government of Ukraine, at 2:00 p.m. ET on April 12 to discuss Ukraine’s medium-term needs, essential recovery and reconstruction projects, and areas of international collaboration. Participants include Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, and World Bank…