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‘Stay strong’: Zelensky visits wounded Ukrainian soldiers in New York

By Nicolas REVISE with Maria DANILOVA at the United Nations 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 York on Monday to address the United Nations General Assembly and plead for more aid as Ukraine painfully pushes ahead with a high-stakes counteroffensive to […]

Ukrainian soldiers take German tank course in double time

by Florian CAZERES Agence France Presse Munster, Germany (AFP) — For 12 hours a day and six days a week, a few hundred Ukrainian soldiers are cramming an intensive course on operating tanks in Germany, knowing full well they have no time to waste. “Our comrades are waiting for us,” said one of the soldiers, Vitali, who gave only his first name and covered his face with a scarf to ensure his anonymity. “They are […]