Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, during a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul, gave him a list of Crimean Tatars who have been subjected to Russian repression and are being held in Russian prisons to facilitate their release. “Thanks to Türkiye’s mediation, we have achieved significant humanitarian results. We are now counting on…
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British Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs David Cameron offered Germany an alternative for possible supplies of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine. According to his plan, Germany will transfer Taurus missiles to Great Britain, and London will in return transfer additional Storm Shadows to Ukraine, Cameron said in an interview with the…
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey is ready to host a peace summit with the participation of Russia. “From the very beginning, we have contributed to a negotiated end to the war. We are ready to host a peace summit, in which Russia will also be involved,” he said on Friday in Istanbul after…
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The U.S. Department of State and the German Marshall Fund USA (GMF) have announced the creation of a new project, the Ukraine Cities Partnership for Sustainable Urban Recovery (UCP), a new public–private partnership program that should help Ukrainians redesign and rebuild sustainable, inclusive and strong cities. According to the release, the U.S. State Department and…
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Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Natalia Kalmykova met with NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security Irene Felin and Head of the NATO Representative Office in Ukraine Karen McTear, the parties agreed to exchange experience, consultations and mutual assistance on the implementation of the principles of gender equality in the Forces…
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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has held meetings on defense production and international activities. “There was a report from the Ministry of Strategic Industries on our defense production, as well as relevant communication with partners. We are implementing the recently reached agreements on supplies and joint projects in the shortest possible time. I am grateful…
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China’s premier will no longer hold a news conference after the country’s annual legislative meeting, Beijing announced on Monday, ending a three-decades-long practice that had been an exceedingly rare opportunity for journalists to interact with top Chinese leaders. The decision, announced a day before the opening of this year’s legislative conclave, was to many observers…
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The Ukrainian government expects the resumption of large-scale privatization in 2024, part of which should be the sale of United Mining and Chemical Company, which mines titanium-containing ores, said Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. “We are working with the State Property Fund so that it is started and completed,” the head of government said at a…
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A week after the loss of the second A-50U airborne early warning and control aircraft, Russia has suspended flights of such aircraft in support of operations in Ukraine, British intelligence has said. “This is likely to continue whilst internal investigations take place surrounding the failure to protect another high value enabler, and how to mitigate…
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The United States has extended the period of stay of Ukrainian asylum seekers in the United States for up to two years. This applies to Ukrainians who are there on the basis of so-called humanitarian entry permits, the press service of the Ministry for the Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine said, citing Ambassador…
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