As retaliation for the digital giant’s allowing messages calling for violence against Russian military, Russia blocked Instagram access and filed a criminal complaint against its owner, Meta. Following Russia’s shutdown of Facebook and limitation of Twitter in a dispute with US social media sites that has erupted since its invasionRead More →

Reuters – OAKLAND (Reuters) – In recent weeks, Google (GOOGL.O), a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL.O), has observed Russian hackers, notably FancyBear, engaging in espionage, phishing operations, and other assaults targeting Ukraine and its European allies. In a blog post on Monday, Google’s Threat Analysis Group, which focuses on disruptingRead More →

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – TikTok, a popular social media platform, has declared that it would stop uploading any video material from Russia in order to protect its staff and comply with the country’s new “fake news” legislation. “We have no option but to halt livestreaming and new materialRead More →

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) – In a phone chat with French President Emmanuel Macron, Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed Kyiv for botched civilian evacuations from the strategic Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, which is besieged by Russian soldiers, according to the Kremlin. After two agreements to evacuate Mariupol in south-eastern UkraineRead More →

WASHINGTON : (AFP)On Tuesday, US Vice President Joe Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “dictator” who faces economic and diplomatic isolation for invading Ukraine, and warned that the world is in a “battle” between democracy and despotism. Biden made it clear that there would be no US boots onRead More →

KHARKIV, Ukraine (AFP) – On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin set out the terms for stopping Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as Moscow’s military bombed the country’s second city and Western nations prepared to ratchet up sanctions. Putin’s ultimatum came as Moscow and Kyiv had their first talks since the warRead More →

Ukraine’s Antonov-225 freight jet, the world’s largest plane, was destroyed by Russian attacks near Kyiv on the fourth day of Moscow’s invasion, according to Ukraine’s state-owned Ukroboronprom organisation. “Russian invaders destroyed the flagship of Ukrainian aviation, the AN-225”, the organisation stated in a statement, referring to the Antonov airfield inRead More →