Month: September 2023

Письменник Курков пояснив, чому не відмовляється від дискусій із уродженкою Росії

Міжнародний фестиваль авторів у канадському місті Торонто анонсував подію від PEN Canada та мовника CBC. У дискусії разом виступлять український письменник Андрій Курков, російсько-американська письменниця Маша Гессен, канадська письменниця Маргарет Етвуд …

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Russian Attack Near Ukraine’s Eastern Front Injures 13

A Russian attack on a town west of Donetsk close to Ukraine’s eastern front injured 13 people, a local official said early Friday in Ukraine. Two airstrikes on the town caused a fire, Roman Padun, administrative head of the town of Kurakhove, told public broadcaster Suspilne. On Thursday, the Ukrainian military said its forces had hit a Russian air base in Crimea, which a Russian-installed official on the annexed peninsula disputed. Meanwhile, Ukrainian officials said Thursday that Russian forces carried out aerial attacks on multiple cities overnight, killing at least two people. Ukraine’s military described the Russian action as a …

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Zelenskyy to US Lawmakers: Ukraine Will Lose War Without US Aid

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made an urgent plea Thursday to U.S. lawmakers on Capitol Hill, telling them that without a new tranche of funding to combat Russian aggression, Ukraine will lose the war. The White House requested $24 billion in supplemental funding for Ukraine earlier this year. But there is growing Republican concern about providing U.S. aid to Ukraine, combined with broader difficulties passing either a short-term continuing resolution or a full 2024 budget funding the U.S. government past a September 30 deadline. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer summed up the meeting with Zelenskyy, telling the members, “If we don’t …

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Poland Says No New Weapons for Ukraine, as US Plays Down Dispute 

Washington said Thursday that Poland remained a close ally of Ukraine, after Warsaw said it would no longer provide Kyiv with weapons amid an escalating dispute over food imports. At a press briefing Thursday, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan played down the dispute. “When I read the headlines this morning, I was of course concerned and had questions. But I’ve subsequently seen the Polish government spokesman come out to clarify that in fact Poland’s provision of equipment, including things like Polish-manufactured Howitzers, is continuing and that Poland continues to stand behind Ukraine,” Sullivan said. Weapons transfers Questioned about …

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Бондаренко: після атаки РФ у Черкасах під завалами ще можуть перебувати люди

Після ранкової атаки РФ у Черкасах під завалами ще можуть перебувати люди, заявив в коментарі Радіо Свобода міський голова Анатолій Бондаренко. «Ми не знаємо, що може бути під завалами. Коли закінчиться ліквідація, тоді ми зможемо сказати, чи були жертви. Деяких людей, чиї автомобілі стоять, не можуть знайти. Можливо, вони там. Зараз працює відповідна служба, розшукують», – розповів він. За його словами, 10 людей зараз перебувають в лікарні, двоє – у критичному стані. Раніше у МВС повідомили, що за медичною допомогою у Черкасах звернулися одинадцять людей. На місцях влучань продовжують працювати працівники поліції, Державної служби з надзвичайних ситуацій (ДСНС) та психологи. Вранці …

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UK Prosecutors Authorize Five People to Be Charged with Spying for Russia

British prosecutors said on Thursday they had authorized charges to be brought against five Bulgarian nationals accused of spying for Russia for almost three years. The three men and two women are accused of “conspiring to collect information intended to be directly or indirectly useful to an enemy” between Aug. 30, 2020 and Feb. 8, 2023, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said. The alleged spies were named as Orlin Roussev, 45, Bizer Dzhambazov, 41, Katrin Ivanova, 31, Ivan Stoyanov, 31, and Vanya Gaberova, 29, all Bulgarian nationals who lived in London and Norfolk. They are due to appear at Westminster …

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Bank of England Joins US Fed in Avoiding Another Interest Rate Hike After Inflation Declines

The Bank of England has paused nearly two years of interest rate increases after a surprising fall in U.K. inflation eased concerns about the pace of price rises. In a development Thursday that few predicted just two days ago, the central bank kept its main interest rate unchanged at a 15-year high of 5.25%. It comes to the relief of millions of homeowners who are facing higher mortgage rates.  The decision was split, with four of the nine members of the Monetary Policy Committee voting for a hike. Central banks worldwide appear to be near the end of an aggressive …

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Russia-NKorea Ties: Will Putin-Kim Bromance Last?

Warming relations between North Korea and Russia could last as long as the war in Ukraine continues, making Pyongyang either disposable or expandable to Moscow, depending on its need for ammunition and interest in overturning the U.S.-led international order, experts said. As U.S. President Joe Biden called on global leaders to support Ukraine at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un returned home after his six-day trip to Russia, during which he pledged to provide “full and unconditional support” for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine. Kim arrived in Pyongyang in his private train …

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Russian Aerial Attacks Hit Multiple Ukrainian Regions

Ukrainian officials said Thursday that Russian forces carried out aerial attacks on multiple cities overnight, killing at least two people. Ukraine’s military described the Russian action as a “massive missile attack on the civilian infrastructure of a number of regions.” Oleksandr Prokudin, the regional governor of Kherson, said a Russian strike hit a residential building, killing two people and injuring five others. Sergiy Popko, the head of Kyiv’s military administration, said on Telegram that debris fell on the Ukrainian capital after air defenses shot down Russian missiles. Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said seven people were injured and several buildings were …

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