Tag: Ukraine-Russia conflict

Australian Man Confirmed Killed in Ukraine

An Australian man has died while providing humanitarian aid in war-torn Ukraine, the prime minister has confirmed. Michael O’Neill, 47, was killed on Wednesday, leaving behind three children as well as five siblings. “This is a tragedy and I want to give my condolences to the family of the man involved,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese…


War in Ukraine to Have Long-Term Impact on Food Prices: UN Report

The conflict in Ukraine and the sanctions on Russia are having a major impact on the world’s grain supplies, which will dramatically raise the cost of food along with energy and debt the longer the fighting continues. “The war in Ukraine, in all its dimensions, is producing alarming cascading effects to a world economy already…


Russia a Third World Country?

Commentary In October 1985, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev visited France where he met with French President François Mitterrand. In candid conversations, Gorbachev told Mitterrand that the USSR was a Third World country with nuclear weapons, a conclusion that startled Mitterrand and other Western leaders when Gorbachev’s description was privately circulated. How could it be that…


Film Director Zaza Buadze Breaks Down the War in Ukraine

The Epoch Times’ sister media NTD spoke with film director Zaza Buadze about the war in Ukraine. Zaza gives an analogy of the war through storytelling. From NTD News


LA Unified to Raise Funds to Aid Ukrainian Children

LOS ANGELES—California’s largest school district will develop a fundraising program that gives students, families, and employees the opportunity to help the millions of Ukrainian children who are escaping their country due to Russian attacks. On March 8, the Los Angeles Unified School District’s (LAUSD) Board of Education unanimously approved the development of a fundraising campaign,…


LA City Council Condemns Russian Invasion of Ukraine

LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved a resolution on March 8 to strongly condemn “the egregious actions of [Russian] President Vladimir Putin for ordering the invasion of Ukraine.” The resolution—which was led by Councilman Paul Koretz and introduced by five council members—also includes a call for international or federal divestment of all holdings…


‘We Were Just Happy’: Ukrainian Refugees Find Safe Haven in Australia

Some of the first Ukrainian refugees have found sanctuary in Australia as the Russian-Ukraine war continues to escalate. Maryna Tyshchenko, a Ukrainian Australian resident, was on the brink of tears when reuniting with her sister and mother at Sydney airport on March. 6. Raisa Ptashnyk, 58, and Iryna Ptashnyk, 30, spent their last night in…


Ukrainian Refugees and the Multiculturalism of Displacement

Commentary As war intensifies in Ukraine, the toll of human misery and suffering is rising. Civilians hurrying to flee the fighting are once again crossing European land borders, taking with them any possessions they can carry, in search of a respite from conflict. The tragic impact of this is already being felt in many countries—including…


An Opportunity and a Challenge

Commentary All of modern history could be ransacked in vain to find a more ludicrously implausible and self-defeating policy than the Biden administration’s deliberate suppression of American oil and gas production, which has scorched the world oil price upwards and financed the barbarous Russian invasion of Ukraine that the United States rightly condemns and vigorously…


Australia Defence Minister Warns of Nuclear Danger in Imposing No Fly-Zone Over Ukraine

Australian Defence Minister Peter Dutton has warned against imposing a no fly-zone over Ukraine, saying such a move would only help “if it didn’t lead to a nuclear conflict.” It comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticised NATO for refusing to create a no-fly zone to stop Russia’s escalating attacks from the air, which he…