Russian Ukraine Crisis
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Deadly shelling reduces Ukraine's Retroville mall to rubble
Fp Staff •At least eight people died in what has been deemed as the largest attack on the capital since the invasion began on 24 February
It wasn’t just high heels and high fashion! How Paris Fashion Week paid tribute to Ukraine
Fp Explainers •From fashion designers to models, everyone put the Ukrainian cause before business and extended their support through donations and symbolic gestures
The Russian journalist who chose to speak up: Marina Ovsyannikova faces possible jail time for on-air anti-Ukraine protest
Fp Explainers •Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor of Russia's Channel One news channel, ran on to the set shouting, 'Stop the war. No to war'
Volodymyr Zelenskyy again urges NATO to impose no-fly zone over Ukraine: Is it possible?
•US and NATO officials say that for a Ukraine no-fly zone to work their own jets would have to be prepared to shoot down any Russian violators — effectively making them direct participants in the war
Russia-Ukraine conflict: Moscow to lost ‘Most Favoured Nation’ status; what this means for the sanction-hit nation
Fp Explainers •Revoking the ‘Most Favoured Nation’ status will allow Washington and its western allies to impose tariffs on a wide range of Russian goods, which would put more pressure on an already-strained economy
Russia-Ukraine conflict: Why Russians are using emojis to organise protests
Fp Explainers •The ‘walking man’ emoji has fast become one of the symbols used by those organising protests against Russia’s military actions in Ukraine
Payback time! Why Saudi Arabia and UAE refused to talk to Joe Biden while merrily chatting with Vladimir Putin
Abhijit Iyer Mitra •This isn’t about money, this isn’t just about honour either — it’s about fundamentally realigning the relationship where America is taken down a few notches, permanently
The fascinating history of New York’s Russian Tea Room and the irony of boycotting it
Fp Explainers •Visitors to New York City’s Russian Tea Room have dwindled since the Ukraine conflict. But there’s nothing Russian about this famous 95-year-old restaurant that has hosted greats such as Salvador Dali and Frank Sinatra
From Ghost of Kyiv to ‘crisis actors’: Debunking fake news from the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Fp Explainers •The two-week-long conflict has led to an overwhelming flow of information emanating from Russia and Ukraine; in several instances, the news has been misleading, with many sharing outlandish and bizarre claims on social media
'Mass murder of civilians': Ukraine's first lady condemns Russia
•Olena Zelenska in her open letter to the global media singled out the child casualties as ‘perhaps the most terrifying and devastating’, naming several of those killed