Kyrgyzstan

Before Russia's invasion, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy asked the US and EU to impose preventive sanctions on Russia, Putin, and the energy sector, but they refused, resulting in heavy human costs for Ukraine.

President Zelenskyy criticized China for trying to balance between Ukraine and Russia instead of protecting Ukraine's territorial integrity as one of the guarantors of the Budapest Memorandum.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that no Asian country can have a strategic alliance with Putin's Russia, as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan are 100% under threat of attack and such an alliance would limit their independence.

The advance of the Russian occupiers to Kharkiv two weeks ago brought the ratio of Ukrainian to Russian military losses to 1:8, which shows Putin's disregard for human life, President Zelensky said.

The Venice Commission has called on Georgia to repeal the Foreign Agents Act, criticizing it as an obstacle to freedom of assembly, expression, privacy and public participation, leading to the stigmatization and destruction of NGOs and media outlets that receive foreign funding, which ultimately harms open debate, pluralism and democracy.

The absence of heavy military equipment, including battle tanks and modern aircraft, at the "parade" in Moscow indicates large-scale losses of the russian federation in the war in Ukraine.

On Victory Day, Estonians put up a poster on the border with Russia that read "Putin is a war criminal" to remind Russia of its "destructive work" in Ukraine.

The occupation authorities of Crimea refused to hold fireworks on Russia's "Victory Day" despite Moscow's order, citing security concerns.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko will pay a two-day visit to Moscow, where he will attend the Victory Parade and participate in the Eurasian Economic Council summit dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the EEU.

The leaders of 8 countries, including Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Guinea-Bissau, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Cuba, Kazakhstan and Belarus, will take part in the Victory Parade in Moscow on May 9.

The European Commission has sent the EU countries a draft of the 14th package of sanctions against Russia, which includes restrictions on imports of Russian liquefied natural gas, a ban on transshipment of Russian LNG in European ports, sanctions against the Russian "shadow fleet" transporting oil, restrictions on trade with more than 50 non-EU companies that help Russia avoid sanctions, and a ban on Russian funding of political parties and non-governmental organizations in the EU.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan has recommended that its citizens temporarily refrain from traveling to Russia until additional security measures and enhanced control regime at the state border are lifted.

A driverless truck carrying ice cream hit 29 children aged 9 to 16 during an event in the Suzak district of Kyrgyzstan, leaving 18 children hospitalized, three of them in serious condition.

The U. S. imposed new sanctions targeting Russia's military-industrial base, chemical and biological weapons programs, and companies and individuals in third countries that help Russia wage war against Ukraine.

Despite Western sanctions, russia is likely to obtain British luxury cars through neighboring countries such as Azerbaijan, where exports from Britain have increased unprecedentedly.

The European Commission is expected to propose sanctions against ships delivering North Korean military equipment to Russia and tankers violating the G7 agreement on the price ceiling for Russian oil.

Banks in Kyrgyzstan have stopped servicing Russkiy Mir cards due to the risk of secondary sanctions, making card payments, cash withdrawals, card-to-card transfers and online payments with these cards unavailable.

A citizen of Tajikistan, a member of ISIS codenamed Abu Ismail, and his accomplice from Kyrgyzstan were detained in Istanbul while preparing a terrorist attack, and police found weapons and disguises in their apartment.

Kyrgyz citizens, including underage children, are being recruited through social networks and dating sites to commit terrorist acts in Russia, the Kyrgyz Ministry of Labor reports.

To mark the 210th anniversary of Taras Shevchenko's birth, Ukrposhta, in cooperation with the Embassy of Kyrgyzstan, issued the first international stamp dedicated to the Ukrainian poet.

During the occupation, Russian servicemen shot and killed a Ukrainian civilian in Bucha, leaving his body lying there for more than two weeks. The occupiers were served with a notice of suspicion.

According to a European official, in the first nine months of 2023, Russia imported 450 million euros worth of sanctioned goods from the EU and third countries.

russian propagandists attempted to inflame the conflict between Ukrainians and Hungarians by sending threatening messages to Ukrainian Hungarians, allegedly on behalf of Ukrainian nationalists.

British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps responded to a Sky News investigation into how British companies are circumventing sanctions against Russia by exporting equipment that may be strengthening the Russian army, saying that the UK will look into the issue closely.

The Cabinet of Ministers has submitted a draft law on Ukraine's withdrawal from the agreement on transport cooperation with the CIS countries.