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US Announces $150 Million In New Military Aid For Ukraine

October 26, 2023 admin

The package also includes air defense missiles, night vision devices (File) Washington: The United States on Thursday announced a new $150 million military assistance package for Ukraine that includes artillery and small-arms ammunition as well as anti-tank weapons. Washington is by far Kyiv’s biggest donor of security aid, committing $43.9 billion since Russian forces invaded…

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Qatar reunites stranded Ukrainian children with families

October 16, 2023 admin

A 7-year-old Ukrainian boy, who is the first child released under a new mechanism Qatar has set up with the goal of repatriating children from Russia to Ukraine, is seated next to his grandmother (L) and Russia’s Commissioner for Children’s Rights, Maria Lvova-Belova after being released to Qatari diplomats in this handout image taken at…

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At Least 49 Killed In Russian Rocket Strike On Grocery Store In Ukraine

October 5, 2023 admin

The Ukrainian prosecutor general said at least 49 people were killed. Kyiv: Ukrainian officials said Thursday that a Russian strike on a grocery store and cafe in the eastern region of Kharkiv had killed dozens of people. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the strike had slammed into the Kupiansk district of the war-battered region bordering…

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Ukraine says it downed 29 Russia-launched drones, one cruise missile

October 3, 2023 admin

File picture of a Russian drone in Ukraine airspace | Photo Credit: Reuters Ukraine destroyed 29 of 31 drones launched by Russia and one cruise missile, its air force said on Tuesday, most of them targeting the regions of Mykolaiv and Dnipropetrovsk. The waves of overnight attacks lasted more than three hours, the southern command…

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Ukraine crisis | EU pledges lasting support at ‘historic’ Kyiv meeting

October 2, 2023 admin

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, left, and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell shake hands at the opening of the informal EU Foreign Ministers meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine on October 2, 2023 | Photo Credit: AP The European Union signalled its long-term support for Ukraine on Monday as its foreign ministers convened in…

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EU Trade Chief Warns China Over Tough Laws, Russia Stance, Politicised Business Environment

September 25, 2023 admin

China’s commerce ministry has condemned the EU’s “naked protectionism” (File) Beijing: The EU’s trade chief told Beijing on Monday that tough security laws and a more “politicised” business environment have left European companies struggling to understand their obligations and questioning their future in China. China’s refusal to condemn ally Russia for its war in Ukraine…

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Naval Headquarters In Crimea Hit By Ukrainian Missile, 1 Dead: Russia

September 22, 2023 admin

Authorities were still determining whether anyone had been injured or killed (File) Moscow: A Ukrainian missile attack Friday struck the headquarters of Moscow’s Black Sea fleet in annexed Crimea, killing at least one and sparking a fire in Kyiv’s latest assault by on the peninsula. Crimea has been targeted by Ukraine throughout Russia’s offensive but…

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M1 Abrams tanks to enter Ukraine ‘soon’: U.S. defence chief

September 19, 2023 admin

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd James Austin addresses the media after the Ukraine Contact Group meeting at Ramstein airbase in Germany on September 19, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Ukraine will soon receive M1 Abrams tanks from the United States as Kyiv’s forces steadily advance in their counter-offensive against Moscow’s troops, U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin…

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Volodymyr Zelensky Meets Injured Ukraine Soldiers In US Ahead Of UNGA, Tells Them To “Stay Strong”

September 19, 2023 admin

Zelensky met a group of wounded Ukrainian soldiers at Staten Island University Hospital Staten Island: As he looked at the missing limbs and grief-stricken faces of wounded Ukrainian soldiers being treated in a US hospital, President Volodymyr Zelensky had one word for Russian leaders heading to a key UN summit: “terrorists.” Zelensky arrived in New…

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Some Russians Go Against Putin To Help Ukrainians

September 17, 2023 admin

Many volunteers refuse to speak about Russia’s offensive in Ukraine Moscow: For a year and a half Galina Artyomenko had been raising funds to help refugees from Ukraine after the Kremlin sent troops to the pro-Western country. Then in July the 58-year-old resident of Saint Petersburg in northwestern Russia discovered that one of her bank…

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