Month: June 2023

Latest in Ukraine: Deadly Russian Missile Attack Hits Kyiv

 Latest Developments:     Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanks United States for new $300 million aid package that includes air defense systems and ammunition.  U.S. announces temporary suspension of tariffs on Ukrainian steel has been extended for one year.  U.N. expresses concerns about repeated attacks on health facilities in Ukraine.  Ukrainian officials said Thursday a Russian missile attack targeted Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, killing at least three people and injuring 10 others.  The Ukrainian military said it intercepted all 10 short-range missiles fire by Russia.  Kyiv officials said debris from the missiles damaged apartment buildings, a medical clinic and a water pipeline.  Russia …

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Russia Evacuates Children After Shelling Near Ukraine Border

Russia said it was evacuating hundreds of children from villages because of intensifying shelling in the border region of Belgorod, where the situation was deemed alarming by the Kremlin. More than a year into its invasion of Ukraine, Russia is now seeing stepped-up attacks on its soil, including an unprecedented incursion last week in the southern region of Belgorod and a drone attack on Moscow on Tuesday. Authorities began evacuating children from the border districts of Shebekino and Graivoron, regional Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Telegram. Gladkov said the first 300 evacuated children will be taken to Voronezh, a city …

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Georgia Treads a Cautious Line Between EU Dreams, Russia

Amid fresh strikes on Kyiv and as Ukraine readies its counteroffensive against Russia, another former Soviet republic is watching closely. In 2008, Georgia waged a brief war against Moscow and pro-Russian separatists, losing its breakaway region of South Ossetia, and another, Abkhazia. Now, as Georgia’s population looks firmly westward, some accuse its government of leaning towards Moscow — risking Georgian hopes to join the European Union. Lisa Bryant reports from the capital Tbilisi and near the border of South Ossetia. …

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Далекобійні снаряди, додаткові системи ППО та F-16: Залужний розповів, про що говорив із генералом США Міллі

Під час бесіди йшлося, зокрема, про важливість «працювати над посиленням протиповітряної оборони України за рахунок додаткових систем та винищувачів F-16» …

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