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EU must prepare for millions of refugees from Ukraine, commissioner says

The European Union must prepare for "millions" more refugees fleeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine after more than 400,000 have passed into the bloc, EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson said on Tuesday on a visit to Slovakia.

Reuters · Mar 1, 2022

Ukraine invasion: why eight Nato members triggered article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty

In the 73 years since the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) was founded, member nations have activated article 4 of its founding treaty only half a dozen times. The latest instance was on February 24, the day Russia invaded Ukraine. Eight Nato members – Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia,…

The Conversation · Mar 1, 2022

‘I’m afraid Russia will invade us next’: alarm among Ukraine’s neighbours

People in Lithuania, Slovakia, Latvia, Estonia, Romania and Poland fear Nato membership may not stop more Russian incursions

The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2022

Long queues form at central Europe border crossings as people flee Ukraine

People fleeing war in Ukraine poured into central Europe on Sunday, with queues at border crossings stretching back for kilometres on the fourth day of a Russian invasion that has pushed nearly 400,000 people to seek safety abroad.

Reuters · Feb 27, 2022

Slovak government to give money to those sheltering refugees from Ukraine

Slovakia will support people who shelter refugees from Ukraine with financial aid to help accommodate the thousands fleeing Russia's invasion of their country, Finance Minister Igor Matovic said on Saturday.

Reuters · Feb 26, 2022

Slovakia NATO unit to have 1,200 foreign troops, Patriot missile defence

A NATO battlegroup being formed for Slovakia in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine will include 1,200 foreign troops and a Patriot missile defence system manned by German and Dutch personnel, Slovak Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad said on Saturday.

Reuters · Feb 26, 2022

Germany to send company of troops to Slovakia to join new NATO battlegroup

Germany will send a company of troops to Slovakia that will build part of a new NATO battlegroup to be established there, German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said on Friday.

Reuters · Feb 25, 2022

Thousands flee Ukraine into EU, men told to stay and fight

Tens of thousands of Ukrainians, mostly women and children, crossed into Poland, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia on Friday as Russian missiles pounded the capital Kyiv and men of fighting age were told to remain.

Reuters · Feb 25, 2022

UK politics live: Boris Johnson imposes sanctions against Putin and Lavrov – as it happened

Latest updates: PM also urges leaders to take ‘immediate action’ to ban Russia from Swift payment system; sending Nato forces to Ukraine would risk leading to ‘existential’ threat, says minister

The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2022

Carl P. Leubsdorf: A different Europe faces this Russian aggression

In the 1950s and 1960s, revolutions started by nascent independence movements in Hungary and Czechoslovakia prompted the Soviet Union to unleash its military might to squash them.

Tribune News Service · Feb 24, 2022