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US Expresses Security Guarantees to Ukraine

par This Is Beirut, 14/05 21:43 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The United States will back Ukraine until its security is "guaranteed," US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on a trip to Kyiv on Tuesday, hours after Russian forces claimed further advances in the northeastern Kharkiv region. Blinken's visit comes just weeks after the US Congress finally approved a $61-billion financial aid package for ...

Attacker in Slovak PM Assassination Attempt Detained

par This Is Beirut, 15/05 20:08 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The gunman who shot Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico multiple times and wounded him on Wednesday has been detained by the police, the country's president said. Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico was battling life-threatening wounds Wednesday after officials said he was shot multiple times in an assassination attempt condemned by European ...

Putin Advocates For Advanced Weaponry in Securing Ukraine Victory

par This Is Beirut, 15/05 20:59 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that more powerful and advanced weapons could hasten victory for his troops fighting in Ukraine. The Kremlin leader also hailed recent advances on the battlefield, saying Russia's army was advancing on all fronts, as he urged Moscow to intensify and modernize its arms production at home. "We have ...

Putin in China Seeking Increased Support For War Effort

par This Is Beirut, 16/05 00:36 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in China on Thursday to meet with counterpart Xi Jinping as he seeks greater support from Beijing for his war effort in Ukraine and his isolated economy. This is Putin's first trip abroad since his March re-election and the second in just over six months to China, an economic lifeline for Russia after the ...

Russia Seeking to Create a Security Zone in Northeast Ukraine

par This Is Beirut, 17/05 19:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Russian forces pressed ahead on Friday with an offensive into northeast Ukraine, but President Vladimir Putin said that there were no current plans to occupy the key city of Kharkiv. On a trip to China, Putin said that the latest assault was direct retaliation for Ukraine's shelling of Russia's border regions and his country was trying to create ...

Putin Rejects Macron's Call for Ukraine Ceasefire During Olympics

par This Is Beirut, 17/05 20:43 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested on Friday that Moscow would not comply with calls for a ceasefire in Ukraine during the Summer Olympics, pointing to what he said was the unfair treatment of Russian athletes. When asked during a visit to China whether he backed French President Emmanuel Macron's idea for a global "Olympic truce" during ...

NATO Convenes to Discuss Ukraine Using Western Arms Against Russia

par This Is Beirut, 30/05 18:16 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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NATO foreign ministers gathered in Prague on Thursday in the face of growing calls for leading allies to lift restrictions stopping Kyiv from using Western weapons to strike inside Russia. The two-day meeting in the Czech capital is meant to focus on efforts to hammer out a package of support for Ukraine at NATO's summit in Washington in July, ...

Zelensky Hails US Green Light For Weapons Use

par This Is Beirut, 31/05 23:11 - Reading : less than a minute

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday hailed the United States' decision to allow Kyiv to use American-supplied weapons to strike in Russia, with some restrictions. "This is a step forward toward [the] goal ... of making it possible to defend our people who live in the villages on the border," Zelensky told reporters in Stockholm where ...

Russia Targets Ukraine With 100 Missiles and Drones Overnight

par This Is Beirut, 01/06 11:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Russia fired a combined 100 missiles and drones at Ukraine overnight, in a barrage that targeted energy sites across the country, Ukrainian officials said on Saturday. Russia has launched hundreds of aerial attacks at Ukraine's power facilities throughout the two-year war, causing significant damage and energy shortages as Ukraine's stretched air ...

US VP Harris to Attend Ukraine Summit in Switzerland

par This Is Beirut, 03/06 20:03 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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US Vice President Kamala Harris will attend a Ukraine peace summit in Switzerland, the White House said on Monday, after President Joe Biden was reportedly set to skip it for an election fundraiser hosted by George Clooney. Harris, who will be joined by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan for the June 15 meeting in Lucerne, will “underscore ...

Putin Threatens to Arm Countries Capable of Striking Western Targets

par This Is Beirut, 05/06 23:17 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday criticized the West's delivery of long-range weapons to Ukraine, arguing Moscow could arm other countries with similar weapons to attack Western targets. The comment -- which Putin made at a rare press conference with foreign news outlets -- came after several Western countries including the United ...

Ukraine Orders Evacuations from Parts of Donetsk

par This Is Beirut, 06/06 17:59 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Ukraine on Thursday ordered the evacuation of children and their guardians from several towns and villages in the eastern Donetsk region, where fighting with Russia is intensifying. President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Russian firepower is now concentrated in Donetsk, which the Kremlin claimed to have annexed in 2022 despite not having full ...

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