Members phkrause Posted April 8, 2023 Author Members Share Posted April 8, 2023 US investigating whether Ukraine war documents were leaked WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has launched an investigation into the possible release of Pentagon documents that were posted on several social media sites and appear to detail U.S. and NATO aid to Ukraine, but may have been altered or used as part of a misinformation campaign. https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-war-documents-16d4f601b12c3080df1125cd0d723732 Zelenskyy boosts ties with Poland, warns of peril in Bakhmut WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy won new pledges of military and economic cooperation Wednesday on a state visit to staunch ally Poland, and he also said that Kyiv’s troops battling in the eastern city of Bakhmut could pull out if they face a threat of being encircled by Russian forces. https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-war-poland-zelenskyy-duda-8afc3249af0eadf3289434c53e7c1e33 In Ukraine, the grief-stricken bear the pain of war KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Mothers burying their sons, children burying their fathers. As the war in Ukraine enters its second year, men and women have been dying in droves on the front lines, fighting off Russia’s invasion of their country. https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-funerals-photos-1b045736c9dcf476c82d054740df181a Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted April 8, 2023 Author Members Share Posted April 8, 2023 Embodying a story of trauma and liberation, Ukrainian Jews celebrate Passover amid a new normal KYIV, Ukraine (JTA) — Yuliia Krainiakova fled her home in Kharkiv, Ukraine, after Russian troops invaded last year and made her way to Berlin, where she and her daughters settled for 10 months with the help of Jewish organizations. https://www.jta.org/2023/04/05/global/embodying-a-story-of-trauma-and-liberation-ukrainian-jews-celebrate-passover-amid-a-new-normal? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted April 11, 2023 Author Members Share Posted April 11, 2023 Ukraine wants India to play bigger role in ending war NEW DELHI (AP) — Ukraine wants India to play a bigger role in helping end Russia’s war, its deputy foreign minister said Tuesday during the first visit by a senior Ukrainian official to India since the war began last year. https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-india-bigger-role-ending-russia-war-e70cdefb6ae927d6f069e04b40fc5d0f Russian forces in Crimea brace for possible Ukraine assault KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Moscow-appointed leader of Crimea said Tuesday the region is on guard for what may be an impending Ukrainian counteroffensive. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-crimea-counteroffensive-be458725ad54042e7cbe15f10aaa56ee In Ukrainian village, a family lives under cloud of shelling BOHOYAVLENKA, Ukraine (AP) — In a small village in eastern Ukraine the sounds of war echo in the distance while 10-year old Khrystyna Ksenofontova plays. She pets the neighborhood cats, paints and, like everyone else here, hopes the fighting will end soon. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-family-front-line-6ca7ba23b30718569190b5643e847fba Russia hits illegally annexed Ukraine areas from ground, air KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces used ground- and air-fired missiles, rocket launchers and weaponized drones to bombard the provinces of Ukraine it has illegally annexed but doesn’t fully control, causing casualties, building damage and power outages Friday. https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-war-donetsk-bakhmut-bd3d091a34b7b28f64013f5ba708b86f Ukraine vows to hold on to Bakhmut despite Russian onslaught BAKHMUT, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian troops on Wednesday defended positions in Bakhmut in eastern Ukrain e amid a relentless push by Russian forces to capture a city that has been turned into a wasteland by seven months of fighting. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-bakhmut-wagner-069618f98e73e78c211d9b240b4cea82 Ukrainian forces shell Donetsk, officials say https://apnews.com/video/politics-moscow-donetsk-klavdia-rogova-national-83259bd26b2d4722b62271692c331cab Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted April 13, 2023 Author Members Share Posted April 13, 2023 Ukraine’s outrage grows over video seeming to show beheading KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine launched an investigation Wednesday into a gruesome video that purportedly shows the beheading of a Ukrainian soldier, in the latest accusation of atrocities said to have been committed by Russia since it invaded in February 2022. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-beheading-video-54d6dca30e5e326f6287a60602a8e5cb ps:If really true, how sad is it that putin now has to lower himself even lower to start beheading people just like a terrorist?? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted April 14, 2023 Author Members Share Posted April 14, 2023 Ukraine stands firm on Crimea, wants Russia out of all areas KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s foreign minister said Thursday his country won’t budge from its demand that Russia withdraw its forces from Crimea, as well as from other parts of Ukraine that Moscow illegally annexed more recently, for the war to end. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-crimea-grain-deal-black-sea-d30a2278dc91a3669bebaa57ceb80c5f? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted April 14, 2023 Author Members Share Posted April 14, 2023 China vows not to sell arms to any party in Ukraine war BEIJING (AP) — China won’t sell weapons to either side in the war in Ukraine, the country’s foreign minister said Friday, responding to Western concerns that Beijing could provide military assistance to Russia. https://apnews.com/article/china-taiwan-weapons-germany-ukraine-2a51d2c64c12fca75683d20fbafba475? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted April 19, 2023 Author Members Share Posted April 19, 2023 Slovakia hands over all 13 promised MiG fighter jets to Ukraine April 17 (Reuters) - Slovakia has handed over all 13 MiG-29 fighter jets it had pledged to Ukraine, the Slovak Defence Ministry said on Monday. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/slovakia-hands-over-all-13-promised-mig-fighter-jets-ukraine-2023-04-17/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted April 20, 2023 Author Members Share Posted April 20, 2023 U.S. ramps up making artillery shells for Ukraine https://apnews.com/video/business-aerospace-and-defense-industry-scranton-china-united-states-government-3b2fb212d7d3478bb5c7854d451977ec Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted April 22, 2023 Author Members Share Posted April 22, 2023 US to begin training Ukrainian troops on Abrams tank RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AP) — The United States will begin training Ukrainian forces on how to use and maintain Abrams tanks in the coming weeks, as it continues to speed up its effort to get them onto the battlefield as quickly as possible, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Friday. https://apnews.com/article/abrams-tanks-ukraine-training-war-russia-aid-6de94897aad37e6d30e744df0dad07bd Women’s soccer team plays to keep Mariupol in spotlight KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — In an empty stadium in Ukraine’s capital, a group of women soccer players draped in blue-and-yellow flags are getting ready for the match of the day. https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-mariupol-women-soccer-ff8954d3913c40fd5a421998712834c2 Polish volunteer mortally injured in Ukraine buried at home WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish volunteer who died of wounds sustained during a humanitarian mission in eastern Ukraine was buried in his home city in western Poland Friday. https://apnews.com/article/poland-volunteer-killed-ukraine-funeral-7c30378891e1223ad8a480ba793fd068 Minister: Ukraine will beat Russia in war of technologies KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As Ukrainian and Russian troops fight conventional battles on the front lines, Europe’s first major war of the internet age has also sparked a war of technology as both sides vie for the advantage with their drones and satellite communications. https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-war-drones-technology-fe5dae6a8faba0d46fa829a549592127 Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted April 23, 2023 Author Members Share Posted April 23, 2023 Russia’s air force accidentally bombs own city of Belgorod MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s military acknowledged that a bomb accidentally dropped by one of its warplanes caused a powerful blast in a Russian city not far from Ukraine’s border, injuring two and scaring local residents. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-belgorod-bomb-4c806ca6765e018ffccef16c233013a7? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted April 24, 2023 Author Members Share Posted April 24, 2023 Ukrainian troop positions spark counteroffensive speculation KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian military forces have successfully established positions on the eastern side of the Dnieper River, according to a new analysis, giving rise to speculation Sunday that the advances could be an early sign of Kyiv’s long-awaited spring counteroffensive. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-kherson-counteroffensive-offensive-29a3970be1b09e5dfb4cabbb8165dcce? Drones attack Sevastopol, crashed drone found near Moscow KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian-appointed authorities in Crimea said the military fended off a Ukrainian strike on a main naval base on Monday, while an exploding drone was also reportedly found in a forest near Moscow — attacks that come as Ukraine is believed to be preparing for a major counteroffensive. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-drone-crimea-moscow-a1931eabbc874939b0e08ec9a8b77038 After Russia bombs own city, explosive found at same site Seventeen apartment buildings were evacuated Saturday in a Russian city near the Ukrainian border after an explosive device was found at the site where a bomb accidentally dropped by a Russian warplane caused a powerful blast this week, authorities said. https://apnews.com/article/russia-belgorod-bomb-ukraine-diplomats-50c55c9305e121e940f6897cd440d1e1 UN chief and West berate Russia’s top diplomat over Ukraine UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief and representatives from Western nations berated Russia’s top diplomat as he chaired a U.N. meeting Monday, accusing Moscow of violating the U.N. Charter by attacking Ukraine and occupying part of its territory. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-un-charter-lavrov-05fd74f9df3e46a9e779efaee9f6147d Ukraine attacks continue amid Easter pleas for peace KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Weekend shelling by Russian forces killed at least seven civilians, Ukrainian officials reported Sunday as Pope Francis and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby used their traditional Easter messages to highlight the war in Ukraine and other conflicts around the world. https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-war-civilians-killed-fb915c5499afe9922c31a5e021310f01 Ukraine’s coal miners dig deep to power a nation at war DNIPROPETROVSK OBLAST, Ukraine (AP) — Deep underground in southeastern Ukraine, miners work around the clock extracting coal to power the country’s war effort and to provide civilians with light and heat. https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-war-russia-coal-power-mine-e65c7e5c411d214fc8fe4b5e70378538 Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted April 27, 2023 Author Members Share Posted April 27, 2023 Long days of gravediggers tell story of Ukraine's war dead KRYVYI RIH, Ukraine (AP) — The graves are dug in the morning. Four plots, each two meters deep in the section of a cemetery in a central Ukrainian city devoted to the nation’s fallen soldiers. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-gravediggers-f6ac6ae037cd62775d885814fc0edb3c? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted April 27, 2023 Author Members Share Posted April 27, 2023 Ukraine’s Zelenskyy upbeat after talk with China’s Xi KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping had a “long and meaningful” phone call Wednesday, their first known contact since Russia invaded Ukraine over a year ago, and Beijing appointed an envoy to pursue a “political settlement.” https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-chernobyl-anniversary-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-1000c89ffd069cc32a32c300ea6a51ae? China says it will send peace envoy to Ukraine BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a phone call on Wednesday that his government will send a peace envoy to Ukraine and other nations, state media said, after Beijing said it wants to act as mediator in Russia’s war with the country. https://apnews.com/article/china-ukraine-russia-ac231aec87246cca207c8bb48fd49f34? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted April 28, 2023 Author Members Share Posted April 28, 2023 Russian missile and drone attack in Ukraine kills 23 people UMAN, Ukraine (AP) — Russia fired more than 20 cruise missiles and two drones at Ukraine early Friday, killing at least 23 people, almost all of them when two missiles slammed into an apartment building in a terrifying nighttime attack, officials said. Three children were among the dead. https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-war-missile-attack-54c9ceec1418a0780aa0cee1427a540d? NATO: Ukraine allies sent 1,550 combat vehicles, 230 tanks KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — NATO allies and partner countries have delivered more than 98% of the combat vehicles promised to Ukraine during Russia’s invasion and war, the military alliance’s chief said Thursday, giving Kyiv a bigger punch as it contemplates launching a counteroffensive. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-nato-china-8a901ab7f56b3c16ea71914c5c5e9ea6? Analysis: China’s Ukraine plan mixes peace, self-interest BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping faces daunting obstacles if he is serious about trying to help end Russia’s 14-month-old war in Ukraine. https://apnews.com/article/china-russia-ukraine-envoy-0d2e546b5dcf099db0161f2ffa99bcb8 Why China is trying to mediate in Russia’s war with Ukraine BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping said Wednesday that Beijing will send an envoy to Ukraine to discuss a possible “political settlement” to Russia’s war with the country. https://apnews.com/article/china-russia-ukraine-2970bea530e821a4ed2155a8bcc23980 Ukraine ask pope’s help in getting children back from Russia ROME (AP) — Ukraine’s prime minister said he asked Pope Francis during a private Vatican audience Thursday to help facilitate the return of Ukrainian children who were forcibly taken to Russia. https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-pope-francis-russia-abducted-children-c2dedb2e8440aa458bfe3532d42a73b4 Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted May 1, 2023 Author Members Share Posted May 1, 2023 US says 20,000 Russians killed in Ukraine war since December WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Monday it now estimates that just since December Russia has suffered 100,000 casualties, including more than 20,000 killed, as Ukraine has rebuffed a heavy assault by Russian forces in eastern Ukraine. https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-bakhmut-russia-us-intelligence-wagner-206192775c2d685c8eaa73c3eab66fd5 Pope speaks of secret peace ‘mission,’ help for Ukraine kids ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday revealed that a secret peace “mission” in Russia’s war in Ukraine was under way, though he gave no details, and said the Vatican is willing to help facilitate the return of Ukrainian children taken to Russia during the war. https://apnews.com/article/vatican-ukraine-children-pope-russia-de15b149389f387aa64ee0923748a905 Relatives bury children killed in Russian missile attack UMAN, Ukraine (AP) — Relatives and friends cried next to coffins on Sunday as they buried children and others killed in a Russian missile attack on this central Ukrainian city, while fighting in the 14-month-long war claimed more lives elsewhere. https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-war-russia-funeral-missiles-fe7b517642efc39fab9a848dc93ac226 Russian official: Ukrainian drones strike Crimea oil depot KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A massive fire erupted at an oil depot in Crimea after it was hit by two of Ukraine’s drones, a Russia-appointed official there reported Saturday, the latest in a series of attacks on the annexed peninsula as Russia braces for an expected Ukrainian counteroffensive. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-crimea-drone-29218ed006a79c4b0629688ce4820cc8 Russian forces in Crimea brace for possible Ukraine assault KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Moscow-appointed leader of Crimea said Tuesday the region is on guard for what may be an impending Ukrainian counteroffensive. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-crimea-counteroffensive-be458725ad54042e7cbe15f10aaa56ee? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted May 2, 2023 Author Members Share Posted May 2, 2023 Ukrainian rescuers take action after Russian attacks https://apnews.com/video/ukraine-government-fires-military-technology-strikes-drones-aca1d97382364e908003c33c71054e7d Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted May 3, 2023 Author Members Share Posted May 3, 2023 Explosions rock Russian military headquarters in Zaporizhzhia Ukrainian reconnaissance officers identified the location of Russian military headquarters in the occupied village of Mykhailivka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, and Ukraine’s defence forces struck the headquarters. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/1/7400222/ Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted May 4, 2023 Author Members Share Posted May 4, 2023 Russia says it foiled an alleged attack on Kremlin, Putin MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities accused Ukraine on Wednesday of attempting to attack the Kremlin with two drones overnight in an effort to assassinate President Vladimir Putin. The Ukrainian government denied any involvement. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-drone-kremlin-moscow-c9c1bc382ce72cae66d19a0498f6aac0? Ukraine denies Russian claim Kyiv sent drones to hit Kremlin KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia claimed it foiled an attack by Ukrainian drones on the Kremlin early Wednesday, calling it an unsuccessful assassination attempt against President Vladimir Putin and promising retaliation for what it termed a “terrorist” act. The Ukrainian president denied it, saying: “We don’t attack Putin or Moscow.” https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-drone-attacks-ammunition-fc88f31f8bf5ebfbed4cad4d0173dfb5 US sending about $300 million in military aid to Ukraine WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is sending Ukraine about $300 million in additional military aid, including an enormous amount of artillery rounds, howitzers, air-to-ground rockets and ammunition as the launch of a spring offensive against Russian forces approaches, the Pentagon said Wednesday. https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-military-aid-russia-war-407c7609ade8ce2dc01cc614117504b8? Real or not, reported Kremlin drone attack unsettles Russia TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — As Russian officials tell it, two Ukrainian drones flew into the very heart of Moscow under the cover of darkness, reaching the Kremlin before they were shot down at the last minute. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-drones-kremlin-video-attack-putin-zelenskyy-4fc742f40c7bcdd112fe0dd15950f84f Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted May 7, 2023 Author Members Share Posted May 7, 2023 No love lost between Russian military and Wagner mercenaries A threat by the owner of private Russian military company Wagner on Friday to withdraw his fighters from the battle to seize an eastern Ukrainian city is another flareup in his dispute with Russia’s regular military over credit and tactics in the war. https://apnews.com/article/russia-wagner-prigozhin-ukraine-war-fa08125fb220b1bc49e6d12fe5a7159d? Wagner chief says mercenaries will leave Bakhmut, blasts Moscow Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin said he will withdraw his mercenaries from the embattled town of Bakhmut, Ukraine, saying his fighters are “doomed to senseless death” because Russia’s Defense Ministry is depriving them of ammunition. https://thehill.com/policy/defense/3989895-wagner-chief-says-mercenaries-will-leave-bakhmut-blasts-moscow/ Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted May 9, 2023 Author Members Share Posted May 9, 2023 Ukraine updates: Russia launches new wave of air strikes Russia launched a large-scale wave of strikes on Kyiv and across Ukraine sowing destruction and injuries, officials said early on Monday, as Moscow prepares for its Victory Day holiday. https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-updates-russia-launches-new-wave-of-air-strikes/a-65545220? Ukraine will now celebrate ‘Europe Day’ on Russia’s ‘Victory Day’ The Kyiv leader decreed that Ukraine will celebrate Europe Day May 9, the same day Russia celebrates the end of World War II. https://thehill.com/policy/international/3993959-ukraine-will-now-celebrate-europe-day-on-russias-victory-day/ Ukraine shoots down 35 drones over Kyiv; Russia cancels many Victory Day parades: Live updates A Russian air assault on Kyiv was swatted aside Monday when the Ukraine military shot down all 35 Iranian-made drones, but their fiery, shattered remnants injured residents and damaged vehicles, the Ukraine Air Force said. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2023/05/08/ukraine-russia-war-live-updates/70193798007/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted May 10, 2023 Author Members Share Posted May 10, 2023 Russian strike destroys Ukrainian Red Cross storage point with humanitarian air in Odesa Oblast As a result of the Russian attack on Odesa Oblast on Sunday, a storage point with humanitarian aid from the Ukrainian Red Cross has been destroyed, and the provision of aid has been suspended. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/8/7401164/ Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted May 13, 2023 Author Members Share Posted May 13, 2023 Ukraine strikes back in Bakhmut, as Russia wrangles with Wagner What happened in the 63rd week of Russia’s war in Ukraine? https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/11/ukraine-strikes-back-in-bakhmut-as-russia-wrangles-with-wagner? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted May 14, 2023 Author Members Share Posted May 14, 2023 Ukraine says it has retaken territory near embattled eastern city of Bakhmut KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian military commanders said Friday that their troops had recaptured more territory from Russian forces at the scene of the war’s longest and bloodiest battle, for the eastern city of Bakhmut, but it wasn’t clear if this marked the start of Kyiv’s long-expected counteroffensive. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-bakhmut-zelenskyy-wagner-prigozhin-4e99119fac2b0fb3ffcf95e5aa6ecf07? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted May 14, 2023 Author Members Share Posted May 14, 2023 Russia tried to destroy US-made Patriot system in Ukraine, officials say Russia tried to destroy a US-made Patriot air defense system in Ukraine last week with a hypersonic missile, two US officials told CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/12/politics/russia-patriot-missiles-ukraine/index.html? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted May 16, 2023 Author Members Share Posted May 16, 2023 Russia launches ‘exceptional’ air attack on Kyiv as Europe, China look to exert influence KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian air defenses, bolstered by sophisticated Western-supplied systems, thwarted an intense Russian air attack on Kyiv early Tuesday, shooting down all 18 missiles aimed at the capital, officials said. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-attack-kyiv-db14b569b86299a519df0d1e79dcad2c? UK pledges attack drones, more missiles as Ukraine’s Zelenskyy meets prime minister on European tour LONDON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pressed the British government at the end of a whirlwind European tour Monday to join a “fighter jet coalition” that would help strengthen his country’s aerial capabilities, but instead secured a commitment for attack drones and hundreds more missiles. https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-zelenskyy-uk-sunak-military-aid-fc6809548de37304fb311fc66ee7d0d0 Russia aims to obtain more attack drones from Iran after depleting stockpile, White House says WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Monday said Russia is looking to buy additional advanced attack drones from Iran for use in its war against Ukraine after using up most of the 400 drones it had previously purchased from Tehran. https://apnews.com/article/russia-iran-military-cooperation-d982dd3faf78fbb17dfc8b9c1cb9dae7 Zelenskyy’s European tour aimed to replenish Ukraine’s arsenal and build political support LONDON (AP) — Volodymyr Zelenskyy set off across Europe with a long shopping list. Ukraine’s president will head home with much of what he wanted — though not the Western fighter jets he seeks to defend against Russian air attacks. https://apnews.com/article/zelenskyy-europe-tour-weapons-jets-1cf0afe5bf3a3f5a51c5603aab2ccf5e European human rights summit to step up aid for Ukraine to counter Russian invasion BRUSSELS (AP) — At the conclusion of their previous Council of Europe summit, the 46 member states solemnly declared they would “bear witness to unprecedented pan-European unity.” https://apnews.com/article/europe-summit-ukraine-russia-macron-scholz-reykjavik-36d3cc47e53caef2cced4725ee766d4e Ukrainian president says counteroffensive won’t aim to attack Russian territory BERLIN (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that his country is preparing a counteroffensive designed to liberate areas occupied by Russia, not to attack Russian territory. https://apnews.com/article/germany-ukraine-zelenskyy-berlin-scholz-aachen-weapons-e62d69f1467bb584353fd0cdda43e62e South Korea’s president vows to expand non-lethal aid to Kyiv in meeting with Ukraine’s first lady SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed to expand the country’s non-lethal aid to Kyiv when he met with Ukraine’s first lady Tuesday in Seoul. https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-ukraine-yoon-zelenska-221f1b1bf0665cc2cb5b06071ee28003 Council of Europe summit in Iceland seeks to hold Russia to account for waging war in Ukraine REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Leaders from across the continent are laser-focused on holding Russia to account for its invasion of Ukraine and were poised to approve a system during their Council of Europe summit that would precisely establish the damages Moscow would have to pay to rebuild the nation. https://apnews.com/article/council-of-europe-summit-iceland-ukraine-aad7da4375cd8b71b5d4326d4b75fc0b Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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