Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia has refuted Western accusations that Russia conducted war crimes in Ukraine, including the claims that it shelled a theatre and a mosque in Mariupol. Mariupol, the second largest city in the breakaway Donetsk People’s Republic at the time of the proclamation of ...
Following a dramatic global food shortage due to the Covid pandemic, disruption to agricultural production in Russia and Ukraine due to the ongoing military conflict could seriously exacerbate global food insecurity, said Qu Dongyu, director-general of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). In a statement on Friday, the ...