Volodymyr Zelensky

Biden Warns Democracy 'At Risk' on D-Day Commemoration

This Is Beirut, 2024-06-06 22:08 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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United States President Joe Biden warned, on the 80th anniversary of D-Day on Thursday, that democracy around the world was at risk, as leaders marked the 1944 landings in occupied France that helped defeat Nazi Germany in World War II. Biden, Britain's King Charles III, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and French President Emmanuel Macron ...

Ukraine Orders Evacuations from Parts of Donetsk

This Is Beirut, 2024-06-06 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 ...

US VP Harris to Attend Ukraine Summit in Switzerland

This Is Beirut, 2024-06-03 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 ...

Zelensky Will Participate in Upcoming G7 Summit

This Is Beirut, 2024-06-03 15:34 - Reading : less than a minute

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will participate in the upcoming G7 summit in Italy either online or in person, his spokesman told state media on Monday. A key agenda item of the summit to be held in southern Italy from June 13 to 15 will be ways to use profits from frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine, which has been urging allies for ...

Zelensky Hails US Green Light For Weapons Use

This Is Beirut, 2024-05-31 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 ...

Moscow Adds Zelensky to Criminal ‘Wanted’ List

This Is Beirut, 2024-05-04 17:11 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Russia has added Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to its list of wanted criminals, a government database showed on Saturday. Zelensky appeared in the Russian Interior Ministry's "wanted" list, an online database of alleged criminals sought by the authorities. It stated that the Ukrainian leader was wanted "under an article of the criminal ...

France Estimates 150,000 Russian Soldiers Were Killed in Ukraine War

This Is Beirut, 2024-05-03 21:57 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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France estimates that 150,000 Russian soldiers have been killed during Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné said in an interview published on Friday. Speaking to Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta Europe, Séjourné said Paris estimated total Russian casualties, including the wounded, at 500,000 in the war, ...

Pentagon Chief Calls for Additional Patriot Systems for Ukraine

This Is Beirut, 2024-04-30 20:30 - Reading : less than a minute

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US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Tuesday that he has been encouraging countries with Patriot missile systems to donate them to Ukraine, which appealed for more of the air defense batteries. "There are countries that have Patriots, and so what we're doing is continuing to engage those countries," Austin told a House Armed Services ...

NATO Countries to Procure Ukraine With Air Defenses

This Is Beirut, 2024-04-19 19:32 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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NATO countries agreed to give Ukraine more air defenses after desperate pleas from Kyiv for advanced systems to shoot down Russian attacks, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday. "NATO defense ministers have agreed to step up and provide further military support, including more air defense," Stoltenberg said after virtual talks with ...

Russian Strikes on Ukraine Kill Eight, Including Two Children

This Is Beirut, 2024-04-19 16:37 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Volodymyr Zelensky

Russia has killed eight people, including two children on Friday, in its latest aerial attack on Ukraine, as Kyiv, for the first time downed Russian strategic bomber. Russian strikes on Ukraine in the early hours of Friday killed at least eight people, including two children, as Kyiv said it shot down a Russian strategic bomber for the first ...

Russia Strikes Historic Ukrainian City, Inflicting Dozens of Casualties

This Is Beirut, 2024-04-17 19:14 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Russian missiles struck Chernigiv on Wednesday, a historic city in Ukraine, inflicting many casualties. Ukrainian authorities have been urgently appealing to western allies, namely the United States, for additional military support, as the US Congress is set to discuss the aid bill to Ukraine on  Saturday. Three Russian missiles crashed into ...

Putin Aims to Demilitarize Ukraine with Energy Strikes

This Is Beirut, 2024-04-11 23:23 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said that recent airstrikes on Ukraine's energy grid, which have caused huge blackouts, are part of the Kremlin's "demilitarization" of its neighbor. His comments came after Moscow launched a barrage of aerial attacks on Thursday, targeting energy facilities across Ukraine. "We assume that in this way ...

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