Posts tagged volodymyr zelensky
WORLD BRIEFING: March 8, 2024

President Biden used his State of the Union address on Thursday to launch a series of fiery attacks against former President Donald Trump  French President Emmanuel Macron repeats suggestion of troops on Ukraine soil. Sacked Ukraine army chief becomes Kyiv’s envoy to London. 

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WORLD BRIEFING: March 7, 2024

The war in Sudan is “triggering the world’s largest hunger crisis,” with more than 25 million people “trapped in a spiral” of food insecurity. Deadly explosions have rocked Odesa as President Volodymyr Zelensky was meeting Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

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WORLD BRIEFING: February 27, 2024

Hungary’s Parliament voted on Monday to approve Sweden as a new member of NATO. Alexei Navalny was about to be freed in a prisoner swap when he died, according to his ally Maria Pevchikh

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WORLD BRIEFING: February 9, 2024

Ukraine's president has named Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskiy as the country's top military commander. Russia's election commission has rejected anti-war challenger Boris Nadezhdin as a candidate in next month's presidential vote

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WORLD BRIEFING: December 20, 2023

A divided Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday declared former President Donald Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause and removed him from the state’s presidential primary ballot. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky hints at mobilisation of up to 500,000

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WORLD BRIEFING: September 22, 2023

A missile strikes Russia’s naval HQ in occupied Crimea. Tensions between Delhi and Ottawa continue to escalate. Leader of Congo says time for UN peacekeepers to leave

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WORLD BRIEFING: September 21, 2023

Russian missiles and artillery pounded cities across Ukraine early Thursday, sparking fires, killing at least three people and trapping others under the rubble of destroyed buildings, authorities said, as Poland said it would stop providing weapons to its ally amid a trade dispute.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: July 11, 2023

A crucial NATO summit gets under way in Lithuania as Kyiv claims it’s been relieved of the arduous road map to accession to the bloc. President Zelensky, sensing that Ukraine won’t be offered membership anytime soon, adopts a more combative approach

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WAR IN UKRAINE; July 8, 2023

Today marks the 500-day mark since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Biden administration green lights the provision of controversial cluster munitions to Kyiv. 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: April 27, 2023

Chinese President Xi and Ukrainian President Zelensky had their long awaited phone call - the first since Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine. Not much was accomplished 

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UKRAINE WAR: April 16, 2023

On this Orthodox Easter Sunday, Russia and Ukraine completed a prisoner exchange that resulted in the return of 130 Ukrainian prisoners. 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: March 27, 2023

Russia will station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, President Vladimir Putin has said. The Ukrainian military says that Russian attacks are focusing on Bakhmut and a handful of other eastern areas

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WAR IN UKRAINE: March 23, 2023

A heavy drone attack early Wednesday causes death and injuries in Kyiv, just hours after the ending of the Sino-Russian leaders summit. Evidence emerges of Chinese drone sales to Russia. 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: February 11, 2023

Ukrainians across the country woke up Friday to air raid sirens which lasted most of the day. Russian sent dozens of missiles and drones towards major cities just as President Zelensky returned home from a European tour. 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: January 28, 2023

Ukrainian forces were engaged in fierce fighting with Russian troops in several hot spots in the east, where Moscow has been pressing with increasing urgency amid Western pledges of modern tank deliveries for Kyiv. Poland announced that it will send an additional 60 tanks to Ukraine

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WAR IN UKRAINE: January 19, 2023

The three main figures in Ukraine's interior ministry were among 14 people killed in a helicopter crash beside a nursery in an eastern suburb of the capital Kyiv on Wednesday. The final death toll was 14, and 25 wounded, including 11 children

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WAR IN UKRAINE: January 15, 2023

A fresh wave of Russian rocket attacks were directed Saturday towards Kharkiv, Kyiv and Kherson - with a block of flats in Dnipro struck, killing at least 30 and injuring dozens. Meanwhile the battle over the town of Bakhmut continues at a heavy cost for both sides.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: December 29, 2022

A massive Russian missile attack Thursday morning placed Ukrainian cities and towns on alert nationwide. 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: December 28, 2022

At least 6,884 Ukrainian civilians have been killed since Russia’s invasion of the country began in February, says UN. An Australian helping to defend Ukraine has been killed. 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: December 27, 2022

The energy grid in Ukraine stabilizes but millions still subject to blackouts. Ukraine mulls a peace summit in the New Year

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