Ukraine claims all civilians have left besieged Azovstal
H/T: Graham Phillips
Over 23mn Yemenis need assistance, up by almost 3mn from 2021
“The numbers this year are staggering. Over 23 million people – or almost three-quarters of Yemen’s population – now need assistance. That is an increase of almost three million people from 2021. Nearly 13 million people are already facing acute levels of need,” he added.
Twenty civilians leave Mariupol’s Azovstal site
A group of 20 civilians are leaving the Azovstal steelworks, where the last Ukrainian troops are holed up in the Black Sea port of Mariupol, the soldiers there said Saturday.
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Earlier Saturday, a correspondent from Russia’s TASS news agency reported from the city that 25 civilians – including six children younger than 14 – had quit the site.
H/T Emil Cosman on YouTube: Mariupol, Azovstal steel plant civilians rescued and released/surrendered to the Russians
By Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | The Libertarian Institute | April 14, 2022
A senior US official has accused Russia of driving food shortages in Yemen and around the world, suggesting Moscow is to blame for rapidly rising prices. The Kremlin rejected the charge, instead citing American sanctions as a leading cause of starvation.
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The settlement of the Ukraine war or its escalation to a NATO-Russia conflict with all that entails comes down to how far Ukraine will go to get the Western alliance involved in its war, writes Joe Lauria.
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