Key words : ceasefire violation
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220220_11/
Ceasefire violations have been increasing in eastern Ukraine as conflict between the Ukrainian military and pro-Russian armed groups continues.
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe said its monitoring mission to Ukraine recorded 1,566 ceasefire violations, including explosions and gunfire, in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in a single day through Friday evening.
Both sides say the other is responsible.
A spokesperson for pro-Russian forces said on Thursday they had to fight in order to protect civilians.
A Ukrainian military official said on Saturday Ukraine would not open retaliatory fire unless necessary to protect its civilians and soldiers.
Key words : US officials worried
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Key words : Biden security team
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US President Joe Biden is continuously monitoring the situation in Ukraine, staying at the White House over the weekend.
Press Secretary Jen Psaki issued a statement on Saturday saying that the president "is being updated regularly" by his national security team.
She said that the events on the ground reaffirm that "Russia could launch an attack against Ukraine at any time."
She said that President Biden will convene a meeting of the National Security Council on the situation in Ukraine on Sunday.
Key words : russia 90 border
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Joint military exercises between Russia and Belarus have been made public to international media including NHK.
The drills began on February 10 and are due to end on Sunday.
Members of the media were invited to a drill ground in southwestern Belarus on Saturday.
Officials emphasized that the purpose of the exercises is for defense.
Air raids with bombers and shelling from tanks were carried out under a scenario that they are responding to enemy attacks.
Secretary of the Belarusian Security Council Alexander Volfovich, who is a close aide to President Alexander Lukashenko, toured the site.
He told reporters that his country is not cooperating with Russia in an alleged attempt to occupy Ukraine, stressing that what is taking place is a genuine exercise.
He added that Russia does not need to invade Ukraine.
When asked if the Russian units would withdraw immediately after the exercises, he said it is up to President Lukashenko.
Ukraine is just south of Belarus. Its capital, Kyiv, is only 90 kilometers from the border.
The United States and other countries say that Russia could invade Ukraine using the troops in Belarus under the pretense of an exercise.
They are watching for whether Russia withdraws its troops when the drills end on Sunday.
Key words : zelenskyy talk
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has proposed a meeting with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to try to resolve the crisis surrounding his country.
Zelenskyy made the remarks on Saturday at the Munich Security Conference. He said he wants the talks as he doesn't know what Russia wants.
The Ukrainian president said that the security architecture of Europe and the whole world is "almost ruined."
He added that it is too late to consider fixing it, instead it is time to build a new system.
On the sidelines of the conference, Zelenskyy had a series of meetings with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and US Vice President Kamala Harris.
The leaders are said to have confirmed that diplomatic efforts should continue in order to ease tensions over the situation in Ukraine.
Key words : japanese american former judge
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220220_12/
Events were held across the United States on Saturday to raise awareness of racial discrimination.
On February 19, 1942, then-US President Franklin Roosevelt signed an executive order that led to the incarceration of Japanese Americans.
The order, signed about two months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, stripped people of Japanese descent of their civil rights.
About 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry and others were sent as hostile aliens to internment camps around the US.
A panel discussion was held in the western state of Idaho, which housed one of the camps.
A Japanese American panelist whose parents were sent to a camp said people turned their backs on incarceration during the war, and similar problems exist today.
Another panelist, a former judge, said the rapid increase in hate crimes in recent years is serious, with some data suggesting that one out of every five Asians has been a victim. He said this shows that racial discrimination remains a problem in today's society.
On Friday, US President Joe Biden issued a statement about the executive order, saying the US will never again engage in such an un-American act.
Key words : last finland
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On the last day of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Finland has won its first-ever gold in men's ice hockey. The country's women landed a bronze medal on Wednesday.
The men's match on Sunday for the final gold of these Games was between Finland and the Russian Olympic Committee, which won the title four years ago as OAR, or Olympic Athletes from Russia.
The Scandinavians went behind in the first period, but levelled in the next. Then, just 31 seconds into the final third, Finland's Hannes Bjorninen scored the winning goal.
Beijing was the second consecutive Winter Olympics without National Hockey League players. The NHL decided not to send its athletes due to the pandemic.
Slovakia took the bronze by beating Sweden on Saturday.
Germany's Francesco Friedrich took gold in the four-man bobsleigh race. He is the first pilot to win both bobsleigh events at consecutive Games.
The 31-year-old and his three-man crew finished 0.37 seconds ahead of another German team, led by Johannes Lochner. The same teams also finished one-and-two in Tuesday's two-man event.
Germany was completely dominant in sliding sports at the Games. The country won nine of the 10 golds in bobsleigh, luge and skeleton in Beijing.
Key words : curling fujisawa
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220220_13/
Japan has claimed silver in women's curling at the Beijing Winter Olympics. This is the country's second straight medal in the event.
Great Britain scored the first two points of the final, before extending its lead with a big seventh end. They won by a final score of 10 to 3.
Japan's skip Fujisawa Satsuki said after the ceremony she was disappointed to have lost the final, but was still proud of how far the group had come.
Japan competed with almost the exact same roster as the team that won bronze four years ago. They guaranteed they would improve on that finish by upsetting world number two Switzerland in the semifinals.
Britain wins the event for the second time overall and first since 2002. It is their only gold in Beijing.
The bronze medal went to PyeongChang champions Sweden.
Key words : figure skater return hanyu
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Key words : medal table norway
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