Tag: Ukraine
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Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky visits Canada for first time since Russia invasion Published
Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived in Canada for the first time since the Russian invasion. Canadian TV showed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meeting Mr Zelensky and the first lady on the runway in Ottawa. It comes after increasing doubts from international partners over how it should continue providing aid to Kyiv. Mr Zelensky arrived…
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Where Ukraine’s army of amputees go to repair their lives[Photos]
As Ukraine’s counter-offensive grinds on – with limited gains and no decisive breakthrough – the number of amputees in the country is soaring. There were 15,000 in the first half of this year alone, according to the Department of Health in Kyiv. The ministry won’t disclose how many are soldiers. The authorities guard casualty figures…
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Poland stops supplying weapons to Ukraine as grain row escalates
One of Ukraine’s staunchest allies, Poland, has said it is no longer supplying weapons to its neighbour, as a diplomatic dispute over grain escalates. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said Poland’s focus was instead on defending itself with more modern weapons. Poland has already sent Ukraine 320 Soviet-era tanks and 14 MiG-29 fighter jets and has…
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Ukraine war: Russian ‘evil cannot be trusted’, Zelensky tells UN
“Evil cannot be trusted,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has told the UN General Assembly, as he urged the world to unite to end Russian aggression against his country. In a passionate speech in New York, Mr Zelensky said a nuclear-armed Moscow must be stopped from “pushing the world to the final war”. He also accused…
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Ukraine Ready To Continue Exports Despite Russian Exit From Grain Deal – Zelensky
Putin has repeatedly threatened to pull out of the arrangement, arguing that elements of the deal allowing the export of Russian food and fertilisers have not been honoured. President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday that Ukraine is prepared to continue grain exports after Russia announced it was exiting a landmark deal brokered with Turkey and the…
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Russia Says One Killed, 41 Injured In East Ukraine Attack
Russia said Wednesday that one person was killed and another 41 injured, including two children, by Ukrainian fire in the east Ukraine town of Makiivka, controlled by Russian forces. The Donetsk region has been partially occupied by Kremlin-backed separatists since 2014 and its complete capture is Russia’s primarily military objective in Ukraine. But the industrial…
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UN Worried As Clock Ticks On Ukraine Grain Export Deal
The United Nations said Wednesday that it was “worried” about the survival of a grain exports deal for Ukraine, which could collapse within a fortnight, threatening food security for the world’s most vulnerable. The Black Sea Grain Initiative aimed at easing a global food crisis is set to expire on July 17 unless Russia, which…
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Wagner crisis shows Ukraine war ‘cracking Russian power’ — EU
Wagner’s aborted mutiny shows Moscow’s war in Ukraine is splintering Russian power, the European Union’s top diplomat said Monday, warning instability in the nuclear-armed power is “not a good thing”. “What has happened during this weekend shows that the war against Ukraine is cracking Russian power and affecting its political system,” EU foreign policy chief…