International news with relevance to Thai and regional readers
The first 38 Thai citizens to be evacuated from Ukraine arrived at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi international airport this morning (Wednesday) on board a Thai Airways flight from the German city of Frankfurt after they departed the Romanian capital of Bucharest. According to the Facebook page of the Thai embassy in Warsaw, Poland, a second group of
The Ukrainian Embassy in Bangkok has posted a notice on its Facebook page appealing to foreign citizens to help Ukraine in fighting Russia’s aggression. Anybody interested in joining the fight can contact the military attaché at the embassy via its website for more information. The notice says that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has appealed to
KYIV (AP) — Russian forces escalated their attacks on crowded urban areas Tuesday, bombarding the central square in Ukraine’s second-biggest city and Kyiv’s main TV tower in what the country’s president called a blatant campaign of terror. “Nobody will forgive. Nobody will forget,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed after the bloodshed on the square in Kharkiv.
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong‘s leader Carrie Lam called for calm on Tuesday after residents emptied supermarkets, stocking up on produce ahead of reports of compulsory mass COVID-19 testing and rumours of a city-wide lockdown. Local media reported compulsory COVID testing would start after March 17, sparking concerns many people will be forced to isolate and families with members testing positive would be separated. Lam appealed to the public “not to fall prey to rumours to avoid...
KYIV/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Ceasefire talks between Russian and Ukrainian officials began on the Belarusian border on Monday as Russia faced deepening economic isolation four days after invading Ukraine. Russian forces seized two small cities in southeastern Ukraine and the area around a nuclear power plant, the Interfax news agency said. But they ran into stiff resistance elsewhere as the biggest assault on
United Nations, United States (AFP) – The United States said Monday that it was expelling 12 members of Russia’s UN mission from America for being “intelligence operatives,” prompting a furious response from Moscow, which denounced what it called a “hostile move.” A spokeswoman for the US mission to the UN said those ordered to leave had “abused their
AFP – Many countries have started to send military or humanitarian aid to Ukraine since Russia invaded last Thursday. The United States, Canada and 19 European countries have so far responded to Ukrainian appeals for military equipment. – United States – Washington is sending an extra $350 million (313 million euros) in military aid to Kyiv
The Thai embassy in Warsaw, Poland, arranged the safe evacuation of 99 Thai nationals from Ukraine yesterday (Sunday) and is making arrangements to evacuate those who are still in the country, according to the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs today. The ministry said that 60 Thais were evacuated from Lviv to Warsaw and another 39
KYIV (AP) — President Vladimir Putin dramatically escalated East-West tensions by ordering Russian nuclear forces put on high alert Sunday, while Ukraine’s embattled leader agreed to talks with Moscow as Putin’s troops and tanks drove deeper into the country, closing in around the capital. Citing “aggressive statements” by NATO and tough financial sanctions, Putin issued
KYIV, Feb 25 (Reuters) – The Russian and Ukrainian governments on Friday signalled an openness to negotiations even as authorities in Kyiv urged citizens to help defend the capital from advancing Russian forces in the worst European security crisis in decades. Ukraine and Russia will consult in coming hours on a time and place for
Thailand’s Department of Employment has suspended travel permits for Thai labourers bound for Ukraine following the country’s declaration of state of emergency. The department’s director, Pairoj Chotikasathien, said Friday that their offices across the country have also been ordered to inform Thai labourers intending to travel to Ukraine or Russia about the situation. The director also
Missiles pounded Ukraine’s capital on Friday as Russian forces pressed their advance and authorities in Kyiv said they were preparing for an assault aimed at overthrowing the government. Air raid sirens wailed over Kyiv, a European city of three million people, and some residents sheltered in underground metro stations, a day after Russian President Vladimir
