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Poland Charges Ukrainian with Spying for Russia

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Poland Charges Ukrainian with Spying for Russia

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Prosecutors in Poland have charged a Ukrainian man who was born in Russia with participating in activities linked to Russian intelligence, they said on Tuesday.
The Polish Internal Security Agency had detained the man earlier in March, and a district court in Warsaw decided at the time to detain him for three months, according to Reuters.
"The suspect's activities consisted in reconnaissance of military facilities in Poland on behalf of the aforementioned intelligence," prosecutors said in a statement, adding it was a crime punishable by imprisonment from five to 30 years.
Warsaw's support for Kyiv in its defense against Russia's invasion has made Poland a target for Russian espionage and sabotage. Prosecutors
indicted two men in November in a case tied to cooperation with Belarusian intelligence services.
"The suspect admitted to committing the act he was charged with and provided an explanation in which he described the ideological motives for his activities resulting from his ties with Russia," prosecutors said.

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UN Seeks $275 Million in Aid for Myanmar Quake Survivors

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UN Seeks $275 Million in Aid for Myanmar Quake Survivors

Credit: Sai Aung MAIN / AFP
Credit: Sai Aung MAIN / AFP

The United Nations launched an appeal on Friday for $275 million in donations urgently needed to aid more than one million people affected by the recent magnitude 7.7 earthquake that devastated Myanmar.
The new appeal report warns that only around five percent has been funded of an estimated $1.1 billion needed for the previous humanitarian aid plan for 5.5 million people, AFP said.
"With new and increasing needs, additional resources are urgently required," the report said.
The new appeal would target the most vulnerable 1.1 million people, with an emphasis on women and girls "who face higher risks of gender-based violence, food insecurity and lack of access to reproductive health," it added.
According to the UN, more than 6.3 million people are in urgent need of assistance in the areas hardest hit by the magnitude 7.7 earthquake on March 28, which killed more than 3,600 people.