The former prime minister addresses the Atlantic Council in Washington DC, saying the West must 'allow Ukraine to finish the job'. So far key countries including the US have agreed to send tank to Ukraine on the basis they be used for defence. Latest:
In Russia, people are marking the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad with military parades and tank displays.
As we reported earlier, three people have died and 20 others have been injured after a Russian missile destroyed an apartment block in Kramatorsk. As a national-level athlete, Mr Androshchuk did not have to fight, but went to the front as a volunteer. Maria, a 21-year-old classmate of Mr Androshchuk, said she could have imagined him winning medals for Ukraine.
In a state TV interview, Mr Lavrov added that Russia would emerge from the current situation stronger and better able to defend itself.While talk about the Nord Stream pipelines has seemed to have calmed down in recent months, it has been a key focal point during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Four months on, none of the three separate investigations by Denmark, Germany and Sweden have said publicly who they believe was responsible. Ukrainian forces are unlikely to be able to recapture Crimea from Russian troops in the near future, senior US defence officials have said, according toThe news outlet reported that four defence department officials told House Armed Services Committee lawmakers in a classified briefing that the Pentagon doesn't believe Ukraine has – or will have – the ability to force Russian troops out of the peninsula.
According to Sergei Lavrov, Moscow's forces would react to the delivery of longer-range Western weapons by trying to push Ukrainian forces further away from its borders. In an interview on state TV, Mr Lavrov added that everybody would like the conflict in Ukraine to end, but the West's support for Kyiv was playing an important role in how Russia approaches the campaign. Four Russian diplomats have seen their diplomatic immunity removed by Austria.
"The other two are at the permanent mission to the UN in Vienna and acted in a way incompatible with the headquarters agreement between the UN and Austria." EU officials start arriving in Kyiv with promises of more military, financial and political aid expected "It is a very strong signal that we are in Kyiv during the war. It's a signal to the Ukrainian people. It's a signal to Russia. It's a signal to the world," said one senior EU official.Today will see top members of the EU's executive European Commission meet their Ukrainian counterparts, followed by a meeting between Ms von der Leyen, the chairman of the 27 EU national leaders, Charles Michel, and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday.
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