“Persona non grata”: the Kremlin announced the expulsion of another Ukrainian diplomat / Russia has declares employee of Ukrainian embassy in Moscow a persona non grata. The diplomat must leave the territory of the Russian Federation by the end of the day on April 30.
The U.S. and NATO have begun the withdrawal of their troops from Afghanistan / On Sunday, the commander of foreign forces in Afghanistan, U.S. Army General Scott Miller, said an orderly withdrawal of foreign forces and the handing over of military bases and equipment to the Afghan forces had begun, Reuters reports.
The "Czech" scandal is gaining momentum: three more countries are expelling Russian diplomats / The scandal around the explosions in an ammunition warehouse in Vrbetica in 2014 is gaining momentum.
The U.S. made an important statement about lethal weapons for Ukraine / The U.S. will provide Ukraine with lethal defensive systems as part of the U.S. assistance to Ukraine, as was stated by Ned Price, a representative of the U.S.
“The time has come for concrete proposals”: Ukrainian-Georgian negotiations / President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky had a phone conversation with the President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili.
EU countries have implemented COVID passports to reopen summer travel within the Union / European Union countries formally agreed on Wednesday to launch COVID travel passes as a step towards reopening to tourism this summer and will negotiate details with the bloc’s lawmakers in May, two diplomatic sources said as was reported by Reuters.
Russia is amassing unprecedented military might in the Arctic: what is known / Russia is strengthening its military might in the Arctic and testing its newest weapons in a region freshly ice-free due to the climate emergency, in a bid to secure its northern coast and open up a key shipping route from Asia to Europe, CNN reports.
'Double mutant' coronavirus variant has surfaced in the USA: what is known / In the U.S., the first case of infection with the Indian strain of coronavirus with a double mutation was recorded, as the San Francisco Chronicle agency reported.
The Canadian government banned passenger flights from Crimean, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions / The government of Canada has banned the national airlines from entering the airspace of Crimean, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions according to the website of the Government of Canada.
Baltic states feel threatened by Russia: the intelligence report / The State Security Service (SGB) of Latvia considers Russia's non-military actions a threat to their country, as was reported by the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine.
