Post

How to get URL link on X (Twitter) App

On the Twitter thread, click on or icon on the bottom
Click again on or Share Via icon
Click on Copy Link to Tweet
Paste it above and click "Unroll Thread"!
More info at Twitter Help

AFP News Agency

@AFP

Feb 22, 2022 • 12 tweets • 6 min read • Read on X

Scrolly

#BREAKING Ukrainian President Zelensky says "we are not afraid" after Russia recognises rebels, adds he expects "clear support" from West

#UPDATE In a televised address delivered after urgent consultations with world leaders Monday, Zelensky said Ukraine was "not afraid of anything or anyone," and called the Kremlin's step "a violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity" of his country

VIDEO: Putin recognises independence of pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine.

Putin signs mutual aid agreements with the leaders of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic and Donetsk People's Republic as he recognises the separatist regions of Ukraine as independent

#BREAKING US sends remaining diplomats in Ukraine to Poland 'for security reasons': Blinken

#UPDATE US says it is sending all of its diplomats in Ukraine to Poland out of security fears, after Russia ordered troops into two rebel regions of Ukraine.

"For security reasons, Department of State personnel currently in Lviv will spend the night in Poland" says Blinken

#BREAKING UN denounces 'order to deploy Russian troops into eastern Ukraine'

VIDEO: UN denounces 'order to deploy Russian troops into eastern Ukraine'.

"We also regret the order to deploy Russian troops into eastern Ukraine, reportedly on a peacekeeping mission," says United Nations Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo

#BREAKING US to impose 'new sanctions' on Russia Tuesday: White House

@AFP

#UPDATE US says it will impose sanctions on Moscow Tuesday.

"We plan to announce new sanctions on Russia tomorrow in response to Moscow's decisions and actions today. We are coordinating with allies and partners on that announcement," a White House spokesperson tells @AFP

VIDEO: Russia calling troops in Ukraine peacekeepers is 'nonsense': US.

"He (Putin) has since announced that he will place Russian troops in these regions. He calls them peacekeepers. This is nonsense. We know what they really are": US ambassador to UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield

#BREAKING China at UN urges restraint by all sides on Ukraine

Ukraine's borders remain "unchangeable" regardless of Russia's recent actions, Kyiv's ambassador to UN says.

"The internationally recognized borders of Ukraine have been and will remain unchangeable regardless of any statements and actions by the Russian federation"

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

More from @AFP

AFP News Agency

@AFP

Oct 21

#BREAKING Moldova EU referendum too close to call with almost all votes counted

#UPDATE Referendum on Moldova joining the EU is too close to call with almost all votes counted.

Pro-EU President Maia Sandu blames "criminal groups working together with foreign forces" -- a veiled reference to Russia -- for the outcome

u.afp.com/5zuU

#UPDATE A referendum on Moldova joining the EU passed with a razor-thin majority on Monday as pro-Brussels President Maia Sandu blamed the outcome on foreign meddling in a veiled reference to Russia, which denied the accusations ➡️ u.afp.com/5zL7

Read 5 tweets

AFP News Agency

@AFP

Jul 26

BREAKING France's high-speed train system disrupted by vandalism: operator

#UPDATE Hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris #Olympics , France's high-speed rail network has been hit by "malicious acts" including arson attacks that have disrupted the transport system, train operator SNCF says.

"This is a massive attack on a large scale to paralyse the TGV network," SNCF told @AFP, adding that many routes will have to be cancelled and the situation would last "at least all weekend while repairs are conducted"

BREAKING The arson attacks on France's high-speed rail network were coordinated acts of "sabotage", a source close to the investigation tells @AFP

Read 7 tweets

AFP News Agency

@AFP

Jul 19

#BREAKING 104 police, 30 journalists among injured in Bangladesh clashes: TV

#UPDATE Protesters in Bangladesh set fire to several government buildings during a day of deadly nationwide clashes between students and riot officers, a police statement said.

"The miscreants have already torched, vandalised and carried out destructive activities," on the offices of state broadcaster BTV and the national disaster management agency along with "various" police and government buildings, said the statement, issued after a nationwide internet shutdown

Bangladesh wakes to torched government buildings, internet blackout.

This week's unrest has killed at least 39 people including 32 on Thursday, with the toll expected to rise further after reports of clashes in nearly half of the country's 64 districts

u.afp.com/5X2J

Read 7 tweets

AFP News Agency

@AFP

Nov 16, 2023

#BREAKING Biden says still considers Xi a 'dictator'

#UPDATE US President Joe Biden said after a summit with Xi Jinping that he still considers the Chinese president a "dictator", after he sparked fury from Beijing by making the comparison earlier this year.

"Well look he is, I mean he's a dictator in the sense that he's a guy who's running a country, a Communist country, that's based on a form of government totally different than ours," Biden said at the end of a news conference when a reporter asked if he would still use the term to describe Xi

#BREAKING China will not begin armed conflict with any nation, President Xi Jinping said Wednesday, after a high-stakes summit with US President Joe Biden.

"China does not seek spheres of influence, and will not fight a cold or hot war with any country," he told a gathering of business leaders in San Francisco

Read 5 tweets

AFP News Agency

@AFP

Oct 16, 2023

Any move by Israel to occupy the Gaza Strip again would be a "big mistake," US President Joe Biden says in an interview.

But invading and "taking out the extremists" is a "necessary requirement," Biden said as Israeli troops prepare for invasion

u.afp.com/5ZtB

Negev Bedouin fear getting caught in crossfire of Israel's war with Hamas

u.afp.com/5ZvS

More than one million people have fled their homes as Israel bombards the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip ahead of an invasion.

Israel declared war on Hamas after its fighters crossed the border and shot, stabbed and burned to death more than 1,400 people

u.afp.com/5Zvx

Read 8 tweets

AFP News Agency

@AFP

Jul 19, 2023

#BREAKING Any compromise with Russia will 'destroy' Ukrainian statehood: presidential aide to AFP

#BREAKING Putin says West used grain deal for 'political blackmail'

VIDEO: Ukrainian firefighters battle flames after a Russian strike on Odesa.

Ukraine's president accused Russia of deliberately targeting grain export infrastructure in the city after Moscow ended a landmark deal and lifted security guarantees in the Black Sea