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VILNIUS, July 12, 2023 (AFP) – The leaders of the G7 powers promised Wednesday to support Ukraine for as long as it takes to defeat Russia’s invasion, after dashing Kyiv’s hopes for a quick invitation to NATO. President Volodymyr Zelensky put a brave face on the setback, insisting that the Western leaders’ promises amounted to a “signficant security victory” that he could take home to Kyiv after the NATO summit in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius. […]
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AFP) — A plan to secure long-term military aid for Ukraine from the G7 countries Wednesday will show Russia that “time is not on its side,” a top US official said. “It signals a joint long-term commitment to building a powerful defensive insurance force for Ukraine,” lead White House advisor for European affairs Amanda Sloat told reporters. “This multilateral declaration will send a significant signal to Russia that time is not on its […]
MOSCOW, July 10, 2023 (AFP) – The Kremlin said Monday that Ukraine’s NATO membership would have “very negative” consequences for European security, ahead of the alliance’s summit in Lithuania this week. “Ukraine’s membership in NATO would have very, very negative consequences for the entire security architecture in Europe, which is already half destroyed,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. He added that Kyiv’s membership in the Western military bloc would represent “an absolute danger and a […]
MOSCOW, July 10, 2023 (AFP) – The Kremlin said Monday that President Vladimir Putin had met with Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin on June 29 in the Kremlin, days after the mercenary group attempted to topple Russia’s military leadership. “The president gave his assessment of the events of June 24,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, referring to the failed insurrection, adding that Putin also “listened to accounts given by (Wagner) commanders”. Just over two weeks after […]
BEIJING, July 10, 2023 (AFP) – China and Russia need to “lead the correct direction of global governance reform”, according to Chinese President Xi Jinping, who hailed the two countries’ partnership at a meeting with a top Russian politician in Beijing on Monday, state media reported. Beijing and Moscow have ramped up economic cooperation and diplomatic contacts in recent years, with exchanges only growing closer since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year. On Monday, Xi […]
WASHINGTON, July 7, 2023 (AFP) – The United States announced Friday it will provide cluster munitions to Ukraine for the first time as Kyiv’s forces face tough fighting in their counteroffensive against invading Russian troops. The move drew sharp criticism from rights groups due to the danger unexploded bomblets pose, but Washington said it has received assurances from Kyiv that it would minimize risk to civilians, including by not using the munitions in populated areas. […]
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to hold talks with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday on the latest leg of a tour to push Ukraine’s bid to join NATO and secure more weapons from allies. The talks in Istanbul come on the eve of the 500th day since Russia’s invasion, with Zelensky admitting a long-anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive was progressing slowly. “But nevertheless, we are advancing, not retreating, like Russians,” Zelensky […]
MOSCOW, July 4, 2023 (AFP) – Moscow said Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian territory would “not be possible” without US and NATO help, ratcheting up its rhetoric after reporting it had downed five drones near the capital on Tuesday. Ukraine meanwhile said 43 people, including 12 children, were injured in a Russian strike on the town of Pervomaisky in the eastern Kharkiv region. Moscow accused the West of enabling Ukraine to carry out the drone […]
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin are set to address the Shanghai Cooperation Organization alliance on Tuesday, with Iran expected to expand the Asian grouping. Putin will be addressing his first summit since a short-lived mutiny last month after the head of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, led a failed rebellion against the Kremlin. India is hosting the virtual summit of the eight-member SCO — headquartered in Beijing but […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Ukraine said on Sunday that Russian troops were advancing in four areas in the east of the country amid “fierce fighting” but reported its forces moving forward in the south. Deputy Defense Minister Ganna Maliar said that Russian troops were advancing near Avdiivka, Mariinka, Lyman and Svatove. “Fierce fighting is going on everywhere,” Maliar wrote on social media, adding: “The situation is quite complicated”. Ukrainian forces have made gradual progress in […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — An international office to investigate Russia over its invasion of Ukraine opens on Monday in The Hague, in the first step towards a possible tribunal for Moscow’s leadership. The International Center for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression (ICPA) features prosecutors from Kyiv, the European Union, the United States and the International Criminal Court (ICC). It will investigate and gather evidence in a move seen as an interim step […]
BRUSSELS, June 29, 2023 (AFP) – The EU warned Thursday that Russia has become unstable and more dangerous following the brief mutiny by its Wagner mercenaries that exposed President Vladimir Putin as weaker than previously thought. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the “aftershocks” of the Wagner rebellion were still playing out. “A weaker Putin is a greater danger,” EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said as he arrived for a Brussels summit. […]
