From Russia’s announcement of the resumption of its attack on Ukraine “in all directions”, the UAE Foreign Ministry’s statement on Ukraine after its vote in the Security Council, and a surveillance camera that monitors the moment a missile or shell hit an apartment building directly in Kiev, to the story of the Swift system “the nuclear option” to curb Russia … Here is a daily summary from CNN in Arabic with the headlines of some of the most diverse stories from the Middle East and the world.
On Saturday, the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs called for an “immediate cessation of escalation and a cessation of hostilities” in Ukraine.
The Russian Defense Ministry said its forces had been ordered to resume their offensive “in all directions”, after orders were given to halt negotiations with the Ukrainian government.
A surveillance camera monitored the moment an apartment building in Kiev was attacked, believed to have been carried out by a missile or shell. Residents of the Ukrainian capital woke up to this terrifying scene, as the apartment building was damaged by what the Ukrainian Foreign Minister described as a Russian missile strike.
Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen said that there are 40 million citizens in Ukraine who will not tolerate the Russian invasion announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday.
European leaders discussed what some have described as the “nuclear option,” which would ban Russia from the SWIFT banking network that connects thousands of banking institutions around the world, after it invaded Ukraine.