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Germany, allies must not lose momentum in Russia sanctions – minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany and its Western allies must not run out of steam in sanctioning Russia as President Vladimir...
Read moreRomania to send fuel, ammunition to Ukraine
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania will send provisions and equipment worth 3 million euros ($3.38 million) to Ukraine and has offered...
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More than 43,000 Ukrainians entered Romania since Russian invasion
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - More than 43,000 Ukrainians have fled to Romania in the three days since Russia invaded Ukraine by...
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Germany and Western allies agree cutting Russia out of SWIFT
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany and its Western allies agreed to cut Russia out of the SWIFT global payment system, a...
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Germany softens stance on curbing Russian access to SWIFT
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany changed its position on Saturday about imposing restrictions on Russia's access to the SWIFT global interbank...
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Refugees flee Ukraine across EU borders as Russia renews assault
By Pawel Florkiewicz and Anita Komuves MEDYKA, Poland/BEREGSURANY, Hungary (Reuters) -Refugees fleeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine poured across its western...
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Slovak government to give money to those sheltering refugees from Ukraine
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovakia will support people who shelter refugees from Ukraine with financial aid to help accommodate the thousands...
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Hungary won’t block any sanctions against Russia, PM Orban says
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary will support all European Union sanctions against Russia and will not block anything, Prime Minister Viktor...
Read moreRomania to close its airspace to Russian airlines-govt spokesman
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania will ban Russian airlines from its airspace, government spokesman Dan Carbunaru said on Saturday, joining other...
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Venezuela re-opens border with Brazil after two years
PUERTO ORDAZ (Reuters) - Venezuela re-opened its land border with Brazil on Thursday, nearly two years after the government of...
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U.S. plays support role as Ukrainian refugees flee to Europe
By Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is playing a secondary role to European nations...
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Thousands flee Ukraine into EU, men told to stay and fight
By Alan Charlish and Fedja Grulovic MEDYKA, Poland/SIGHETU MARMATIEI, Romania (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of Ukrainians, mostly women and children,...
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Tens of thousands join online networks to offer help to Ukrainians fleeing war
(Reuters) - Hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin declared war in a pre-dawn Thursday televised address, social media users living...
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Some 19,000 Ukrainians fled to Romania since Russian invasion – Romanian PM
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - A total of 19,000 Ukrainians entered Romania through its six border checkpoints since Russia invaded Ukraine by...
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Special forces evacuated German spy chief from Ukraine -Focus magazine
BERLIN (Reuters) - The head of Germany's foreign intelligence service was in Ukraine when Russia invaded and had to be...
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Too late for some as Ukraine IT firms agonised over relocating
By Alicja Ptak WARSAW (Reuters) - Infopulse, one of Ukraine's biggest IT companies, had been planning to relocate hundreds of...
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Guards fire shots as Ukrainians try to cram onto evacuation trains
By Maria Tsvetkova KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian guards fired warning shots to prevent a stampede at Kyiv's central railway station...
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EU will accept all people fleeing the violence in Ukraine, Germany says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will accept all people fleeing the violence caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, German...
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Almost 11,000 Ukrainians entered Romania on first day of Russian invasion – minister
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - A total of 10,624 Ukrainians entered Romania through its six border checkpoints on Thursday as Russia invaded...
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Cars choke roads as Ukrainians flee Russian invaders
By Aleksandar Vasovic and Natalia Zinets ZNAMYANKA DRUHA/FASTIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Many Ukrainian roads were choked with cars on Friday...
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