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Ukrainian refugees arrive at the train station in Przemsyl, Poland | Photo: Borja Sánchez/EFE 166984880891 166984880891Dozens of chauffeurs, many of them immigrants, arrive daily to transport the thousands of refugees that arrive every day at the border between Ukraine and Poland free of charge. them wherever they want. They come from all corners of Poland …

“Guiding Angels”, the volunteers who transport refugees from the war from Ukraine Read More »

President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro| Photo: EFE/Joedson Alves ) The President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, said, during a press conference at Forte dos Andradas, in Guaruja (SP), where Carnival is being held, that he had spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin and highlighted that Brazil will adopt a neutral stance in the conflict. The information …

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Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs | Photo: EFE/EPA/JOHN THYS / POOL The European Union has accepted the request to supply planes to Ukraine. They will be mainly Soviet models for which Ukrainian pilots are qualified. According to the website specialized in aviation Aeroflap, three member countries have the Mig …

EU pledges €500 million of planes and military aid to Ukraine Read More »

Swift is based in a suburb of Brussels, Belgium| Photo: EFE ) The High Representative for Foreign Affairs of the European Union, Josep Borrell, announced this Sunday that Russian banks will be disconnected from Swift – Interbank Financial Telecommunications Service -, a communication system that enables the payment and transfer of resources between companies from …

What is Swift, how does it work, and how will it be used as a sanction against Russia Read More »

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Inflation was already giving consumers a headache. In the months ending in January, the IPCA-15 , preview of inflation, closed at 10, 76%, according to the IBGE. And it will give more complication after the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, started on Thursday (24). The war in Ukraine caught the world at an unfavorable moment …

Fuel, food and interest: how the war in Ukraine can mess with your pocketbook Read More »

Publicist Maryna (she prefers that her surname not be disclosed, for security reasons) heard the explosion of the first Russian missile over the Ukrainian capital Kiev at 5:00 am44 last Wednesday morning. That was the last night he slept at home, as he now spends most of his time in an air raid shelter or …

Ukraine: Ordinary Citizens and the Slavic Will to Resist Read More »

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission | Photo: EFE )26213757 26213757 The European Commission will propose to the countries of the European Union (EU) a new battery of sanctions against Moscow that will include the paralysis of the assets of the Central Bank of Russia, the exclusion of several Russian banks from …

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Flag of Ukraine next to the Independence Monument in Kiev| Photo: EFE/EPA/ZURAB KURTSIKIDZE This Saturday morning (26), the Russian offensive on the Ukrainian capital Kiev intensified. Although President Volodymyr Zelensky claims that the city resists and is still under Ukrainian control, there is a high possibility that Moscow will take the capital within the next …

The Battle for Kiev: How the taking of a capital decides the course of a war Read More »

Kiev residents concentrate on subway station to protect themselves from bombing by Russian forces | Photo: EFE/EPA/MIKHAIL PALINCHAK At the end of the first day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, complained about the lack of international aid and said that the Ukrainians were being forced to defend themselves “on …

How Ukraine got rid of its nuclear arsenal, in an agreement that only it respected Read More »