Asia News Network

Samsung joins Russia sanctions, donates $6m to Ukraine

Despite its export embargo on Russia, Samsung Electronics will still operate its local factories there.

The accounts of soldiers from both sides give a small glimpse of how the war is being fought around Kyiv in the north.

A virtual meeting of the grouping was held at a time of increased concern about Taiwan, which has stepped up its alert level.

A Ukrainian negotiator said the talks had not yielded the results Kyiv hoped for.

The New York Times reported Chinese officials had told senior Russian officials not to invade Ukraine before the end of the Winter Olympics.

The invasion of Ukraine has forced many of the world’s best known brands to pull out of a country that’s become a global outcast.

Russia had claimed that Ukrainian forces were keeping a large group of Indian students as “hostages” in the city of Kharkiv.

In a joint press statement, the bloc’s foreign ministers expressed their concerns about the intensifying gravity of the situation.

The Sino-Russian partnership will hold despite the complications for Beijing. But China is tainted by association.

South Korea has joined the international community in piling pressure on Russia over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.