http://feed.informer.com/digests/PAZ5XAQQ1J/feeder Russia and Ukraine News Review Respective post owners and feed distributors Tue, 27 Nov 2018 05:28:04 -0500 Feed Informer http://feed.informer.com/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/26/mykola-solsky-ukraine-volodymyr-zelenskiy-europe-news World news: Ukraine | theguardian.com urn:uuid:ed473608-4fc7-95ff-db5c-0c4e3ed8d02d Fri, 26 Apr 2024 07:31:08 -0400 <p>Mykola Solskyi is first known minister under Volodymyr Zelenskiy to be named in a corruption case</p><p>France is working with Germany to convince their European partners to provide more air defence capacities to Kyiv, the French defence minister, <strong>Sebastien Lecornu</strong>, said today, Reuters reported.</p><p>“The advance of Russian forces west of Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast, has accelerated within the past week,” according to a British intelligence update.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/26/mykola-solsky-ukraine-volodymyr-zelenskiy-europe-news">Continue reading...</a> Europe Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy Lili Bayer in Brussels Photograph: Global Images Ukraine/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/26/mykola-solsky-ukraine-volodymyr-zelenskiy-europe-news World news: Ukraine | theguardian.com urn:uuid:3b7ea088-e5ca-cfe7-0723-d23b2de4f3e6 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 06:03:29 -0400 <p>Mykola Solskyi is first known minister under Volodymyr Zelenskiy to be named in a corruption case</p><p>France is working with Germany to convince their European partners to provide more air defence capacities to Kyiv, the French defence minister, <strong>Sebastien Lecornu</strong>, said today, Reuters reported.</p><p>“The advance of Russian forces west of Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast, has accelerated within the past week,” according to a British intelligence update.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/26/mykola-solsky-ukraine-volodymyr-zelenskiy-europe-news">Continue reading...</a> Europe Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy Lili Bayer in Brussels Photograph: Global Images Ukraine/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/26/antony-blinken-beijing-visiit-china-us-relations-foreign-minister-wang-yi Russia | The Guardian urn:uuid:0a25078c-4c8d-f173-6366-259328a0db8f Fri, 26 Apr 2024 05:25:43 -0400 <p>Wang Yi tells Antony Blinken ‘disruptions’ could arise amid threat of sanctions over China’s support for Russia’s defence industry</p><p>China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, has warned the US that the recent improvements in the two countries’ relations were being jeopardised by “disruptions” that could take them back to a “downward spiral” leading to rivalry, confrontation and even conflict.</p><p>Wang was speaking at the start of a meeting in Beijing with the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, at a time of renewed tension in the relations between the superpowers. The US, he said, should not step on China’s “red lines”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/26/antony-blinken-beijing-visiit-china-us-relations-foreign-minister-wang-yi">Continue reading...</a> US foreign policy US news China Antony Blinken Asia Pacific World news Xi Jinping Russia Julian Borger in Beijing Photograph: Mark Schiefelbein/Reuters https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/26/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war.html NYT > Russia urn:uuid:35ca0148-8a23-7786-1462-d1966c90223d Fri, 26 Apr 2024 05:01:52 -0400 As the war drags on, communities that were steadfast in their commitment to the war effort have been shaken by the unending violence on the front line. Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022) Draft and Recruitment (Military) Russia Ukraine Funerals and Memorials Monuments and Memorials (Structures) Bribery and Kickbacks Natalia Yermak and Brendan Hoffman https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/26/ukraines-agriculture-minister-detained-in-multimillion-dollar-corruption-probe World news: Ukraine | theguardian.com urn:uuid:d124697e-69f4-dfca-e454-755f9ba5f77b Fri, 26 Apr 2024 04:16:15 -0400 <p>Mykola Solskyi is accused of illegally seizing land worth more than $7m when he was the head of a major farming company and an MP</p><p>Ukraine’s agriculture minister, Mykola Solskyi, has been detained after being named a formal suspect in a multimillion dollar corruption inquiry.</p><p>Blighted by severe corruption scandals since the fall of the Soviet Union, Kyiv has pledged to bolster its anti-graft efforts as part of its bid for EU membership.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/26/ukraines-agriculture-minister-detained-in-multimillion-dollar-corruption-probe">Continue reading...</a> Ukraine Europe World news Agence France-Presse in Kyiv Photograph: Global Images Ukraine/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/26/ukraines-agriculture-minister-detained-in-multimillion-dollar-corruption-probe World news: Ukraine | theguardian.com urn:uuid:557a360f-0d8f-c0e7-6d98-f5489060ccf8 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 04:16:15 -0400 <p>Mykola Solskyi accused of illegally seizing land worth more than $7m when he was head of major farming firm and an MP</p><p>Ukraine’s agriculture minister, Mykola Solskyi, has been detained after being named as a formal suspect in a multimillion-dollar corruption inquiry.</p><p>Blighted by corruption scandals since the fall of the Soviet Union, Kyiv has pledged to bolster its anti-graft efforts as part of its bid for EU membership.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/26/ukraines-agriculture-minister-detained-in-multimillion-dollar-corruption-probe">Continue reading...</a> Ukraine Europe World news Agence France-Presse in Kyiv Photograph: Global Images Ukraine/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/apr/26/reparations-survivors-wartime-sexual-violence-by-russian-soldiers-ukraine-war-olena-zelenska World news: Ukraine | theguardian.com urn:uuid:d2e41fed-103d-4aca-9d7a-286694e48a85 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 00:00:31 -0400 <p>First payments to be made during an ongoing conflict is ‘important step towards restoring justice’, says first lady, Olena Zelenska </p><p>The first reparation payments are to be made in the next few weeks to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/03/all-wars-are-like-this-used-as-a-weapon-of-war-in-ukraine">survivors of wartime rape by Russian soldiers during the invasion of Ukraine</a>, in a move that Ukraine’s first lady, Olena Zelenska, called “an important step towards restoring justice”.</p><p>Up to 500 Ukrainian survivors of conflict-related sexual violence are being identified and awarded with interim reparations this year, including financial, medical and psychological support.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/apr/26/reparations-survivors-wartime-sexual-violence-by-russian-soldiers-ukraine-war-olena-zelenska">Continue reading...</a> Ukraine Global development Europe World news Sexual violence War crimes Law Women Society Rape and sexual assault Ending sexual violence in conflict Weronika Strzyżyńska Photograph: snapshot-photography/F Boillot/REX/Shutterstock https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/26/ukraine-war-briefing-kyiv-pulls-back-abrams-tanks-due-to-drone-raids-and-losses-says-us Russia | The Guardian urn:uuid:bb3156a2-4a59-05bf-f219-79c4c1288e90 Thu, 25 Apr 2024 20:38:17 -0400 <p>Pentagon says it will help Ukrainians to adopt tactics that use M1A1 tanks more effectively. What we know on day 793 </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/26/ukraine-war-briefing-kyiv-pulls-back-abrams-tanks-due-to-drone-raids-and-losses-says-us">Continue reading...</a> Ukraine Russia World news Europe Warren Murray with Guardian writers and agencies Photograph: Reuters/Alamy https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/25/world/europe/france-macron-far-right-eu.html NYT > Russia urn:uuid:20505580-e364-4624-71cc-4fe7e2f37a8c Thu, 25 Apr 2024 15:23:05 -0400 In a major speech, France’s president returned to a familiar theme, warning that “Our Europe is mortal” if it does not become more self-sufficient. Macron, Emmanuel (1977- ) France Europe European Parliament European Union Paris (France) University of Paris (Sorbonne) Elections Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022) National Rally (France) Russia Ukraine Roger Cohen and Aurelien Breeden https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/25/jeremy-corbyn-call-for-peace-plays-into-the-hands-of-anti-western-dictators World news: Ukraine | theguardian.com urn:uuid:c0b23eb8-9f26-0f54-a621-207460718107 Thu, 25 Apr 2024 13:31:26 -0400 <p>To support arms for Ukraine and defending Red Sea shipping is part of Labour’s anti-fascist tradition, writes <strong>Paul Mason</strong></p><p>Two years ago in Madrid, I watched Jeremy Corbyn launch a pan-European campaign to end arms supplies to Ukraine. As he did so, a friend in the Ukrainian army sent me a photo of the machine gun that he’d been issued with: it was made in 1944. If the west had not poured billions of pounds worth of arms and ammunition into Ukraine, its people would have been massacred and enslaved.</p><p>So forgive me if I describe Mr Corbyn’s call for “peace” as a meaningless abstraction (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/23/leaders-war-gaza-jeremy-corbyn">Our leaders seem determined to give war a chance. Their thirst for conflict endangers us all, 23 April</a>). The only peace Vladimir Putin is offering the Ukrainian people is that of the grave and, by campaigning to deprive them of weapons, Mr Corbyn is not helping.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/25/jeremy-corbyn-call-for-peace-plays-into-the-hands-of-anti-western-dictators">Continue reading...</a> Labour Jeremy Corbyn Politics Anti-war movement UK news Ukraine Israel-Gaza war Royal Navy Military Iran Guardian Staff Photograph: AS1 Jake Green/AP https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/25/ukrainian-men-abroad-share-your-views-on-poland-and-lithuanias-statements-on-conscription World news: Ukraine | theguardian.com urn:uuid:afb36b7f-21ff-a890-e16d-e2e7f343df55 Thu, 25 Apr 2024 12:53:48 -0400 <p>After Poland and Lithuania said they are prepared to help Ukrainian authorities return men subject to military conscription, we want to hear how you feel about it </p><p>Poland and Lithuania have pledged <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/25/poland-and-lithuania-pledge-to-help-kyiv-repatriate-ukrainians-subject-to-military-draft">to help Ukrainian authorities repatriate men subject to the military draft</a> after Kyiv announced it is ending consular services for such men who are abroad.</p><p>We would like to speak with Ukrainian men living abroad about their views on this development. Whether you left Ukraine following Russia’s full-scale invasion or years before that, we want to hear how you feel about the statements and Kyiv’s suspension of consular services for émigrés.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/25/ukrainian-men-abroad-share-your-views-on-poland-and-lithuanias-statements-on-conscription">Continue reading...</a> Ukraine Guardian community team Photograph: Anatolii Stepanov/AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/25/poland-and-lithuania-pledge-to-help-kyiv-repatriate-ukrainians-subject-to-military-draft World news: Ukraine | theguardian.com urn:uuid:452c495a-e07b-1946-1e7c-88ca5beb2412 Thu, 25 Apr 2024 12:28:22 -0400 <p>Strong rhetoric boosts Ukraine’s effort to reinforce frontlines, but mechanism by which émigrés could be sent back remains unclear</p><p>Poland and Lithuania have said they are prepared to help Ukrainian authorities return men subject to military conscription to the country, after Kyiv announced this week that it is suspending consular services for such men who are now abroad.</p><p>“We have suggested for a long time that we can help the Ukrainian side ensure that people subject to [compulsory] military service go to Ukraine,” Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, Poland’s defence minister, told the television channel Polsat, though he did not elaborate on what mechanisms could be used.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/25/poland-and-lithuania-pledge-to-help-kyiv-repatriate-ukrainians-subject-to-military-draft">Continue reading...</a> Ukraine Poland Lithuania Russia Europe World news Shaun Walker in Warsaw Photograph: Dominika Zarzycka/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/25/russia-ukraine-war-live-polish-foreign-minister-to-give-major-speech-amid-fears-over-russian-aggression World news: Ukraine | theguardian.com urn:uuid:b650cadc-db82-7499-fa7c-20e440fa23ba Thu, 25 Apr 2024 11:25:29 -0400 <p>Emmanuel Macron says Europe faces existential threat from Russian aggression and calls on continent to adopt ‘credible’ defence strategy. This live blog is closed</p><p><strong>Russia</strong> has vetoed a <strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/19/us-japan-nuclear-weapons-ban-space-un-war">UN security council</a></strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/19/us-japan-nuclear-weapons-ban-space-un-war"> resolution</a> calling on all nations to prevent a dangerous nuclear arms race in outer space, describing it as “a dirty spectacle”.</p><p>The resolution, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/19/us-japan-nuclear-weapons-ban-space-un-war">sponsored by the </a><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/19/us-japan-nuclear-weapons-ban-space-un-war">United States</a></strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/19/us-japan-nuclear-weapons-ban-space-un-war"> and </a><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/19/us-japan-nuclear-weapons-ban-space-un-war">Japan</a></strong>, would have called on all countries not to develop or deploy nuclear arms or other weapons of mass destruction in space, which are already banned under a 1967 international treaty.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/25/russia-ukraine-war-live-polish-foreign-minister-to-give-major-speech-amid-fears-over-russian-aggression">Continue reading...</a> Ukraine World news Europe Amy Sedghi and Kevin Rawlinson Photograph: Accorsini Jeanne/ABACA/Rex/Shutterstock https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/25/russia-ukraine-war-live-polish-foreign-minister-to-give-major-speech-amid-fears-over-russian-aggression World news: Ukraine | theguardian.com urn:uuid:f500acf0-d572-d554-7894-3d2702c74a1f Thu, 25 Apr 2024 10:54:00 -0400 <p>Emmanuel Macron says Europe faces existential threat from Russian aggression and calls on continent to adopt ‘credible’ defence strategy</p><p><strong>Russia</strong> has vetoed a <strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/19/us-japan-nuclear-weapons-ban-space-un-war">UN security council</a></strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/19/us-japan-nuclear-weapons-ban-space-un-war"> resolution</a> calling on all nations to prevent a dangerous nuclear arms race in outer space, describing it as “a dirty spectacle”.</p><p>The resolution, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/19/us-japan-nuclear-weapons-ban-space-un-war">sponsored by the </a><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/19/us-japan-nuclear-weapons-ban-space-un-war">United States</a></strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/19/us-japan-nuclear-weapons-ban-space-un-war"> and </a><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/19/us-japan-nuclear-weapons-ban-space-un-war">Japan</a></strong>, would have called on all countries not to develop or deploy nuclear arms or other weapons of mass destruction in space, which are already banned under a 1967 international treaty.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/25/russia-ukraine-war-live-polish-foreign-minister-to-give-major-speech-amid-fears-over-russian-aggression">Continue reading...</a> Ukraine World news Europe Amy Sedghi Photograph: Accorsini Jeanne/ABACA/Rex/Shutterstock https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/25/macron-attacks-sending-migrants-to-africa-days-after-uk-passes-rwanda-bill World news: Ukraine | theguardian.com urn:uuid:efb6c08a-ffb5-b82f-0791-12c133e5c124 Thu, 25 Apr 2024 09:59:09 -0400 <p>Plan ‘betrayal’ of values, says French president in speech covering defence, Europe’s waning influence and negative effects of Brexit</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/25/europe-live-venice-residents-protest-visitor-charging-scheme-overtourism-cpac-viktor-orban">Europe live – latest updates</a></li></ul><p>Emmanuel Macron has criticised migration policies that involve sending migrants to African countries as “a betrayal of our [European] values”, just days after the UK government <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/22/rwanda-deportations-bill-passes-parliament-sunak">passed its Rwanda deportation bill.</a></p><p>The French president made the remarks in a wide-ranging speech on Thursday aimed at warning Europe against over-dependence on other countries for security and trade.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/25/macron-attacks-sending-migrants-to-africa-days-after-uk-passes-rwanda-bill">Continue reading...</a> Europe Emmanuel Macron Immigration and asylum World news Rwanda UK news Brexit European Union Ukraine Russia Jennifer Rankin in Brussels Photograph: Jeanne Accorsini/SIPA/REX/Shutterstock https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/25/macron-attacks-sending-migrants-to-africa-days-after-uk-passes-rwanda-bill Russia | The Guardian urn:uuid:8291409e-74da-72bf-c53d-7ff4d7073f97 Thu, 25 Apr 2024 09:59:09 -0400 <p>Such policies are ‘betrayal’ of values, says French president in speech covering defence and negative effects of Brexit</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/25/europe-live-venice-residents-protest-visitor-charging-scheme-overtourism-cpac-viktor-orban">Europe live – latest updates</a></li></ul><p>Emmanuel Macron has criticised migration policies that involve sending people to African countries as “a betrayal of our [European] values”, just days after the UK government <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/22/rwanda-deportations-bill-passes-parliament-sunak">passed its Rwanda deportation bill</a>.</p><p>The French president made the remarks in a wide-ranging speech on Thursday aimed at warning Europe against overdependence on other countries for security and trade.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/25/macron-attacks-sending-migrants-to-africa-days-after-uk-passes-rwanda-bill">Continue reading...</a> Europe Emmanuel Macron Immigration and asylum World news Rwanda UK news Brexit European Union Ukraine Russia Politics Jennifer Rankin in Brussels Photograph: Jeanne Accorsini/SIPA/REX/Shutterstock https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/24/world/europe/ukraine-aid-senate.html NYT > Russia urn:uuid:b60f272e-b236-34fc-0e37-a67527b94758 Thu, 25 Apr 2024 09:22:24 -0400 Weapons from the support package, considered “a lifeline” for Ukraine’s military, could be arriving on the battlefield within days. United States International Relations Foreign Aid Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022) Ukraine Russia United States National Broadcasting Co Senate Biden, Joseph R Jr Zelensky, Volodymyr Defense Department Democratic Party Republican Party Defense and Military Forces Lara Jakes https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/25/russia-ukraine-war-live-polish-foreign-minister-to-give-major-speech-amid-fears-over-russian-aggression World news: Ukraine | theguardian.com urn:uuid:d1ae40cb-0b9b-0975-2e62-2e6aa075194a Thu, 25 Apr 2024 08:40:23 -0400 <p>Alexander Lukashenko also said there could be an ‘apocalypse’ if Russia used nuclear weapons in retaliation for western actions.</p><p><strong>Russia</strong> has vetoed a <strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/19/us-japan-nuclear-weapons-ban-space-un-war">UN security council</a></strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/19/us-japan-nuclear-weapons-ban-space-un-war"> resolution</a> calling on all nations to prevent a dangerous nuclear arms race in outer space, describing it as “a dirty spectacle”.</p><p>The resolution, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/19/us-japan-nuclear-weapons-ban-space-un-war">sponsored by the </a><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/19/us-japan-nuclear-weapons-ban-space-un-war">United States</a></strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/19/us-japan-nuclear-weapons-ban-space-un-war"> and </a><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/19/us-japan-nuclear-weapons-ban-space-un-war">Japan</a></strong>, would have called on all countries not to develop or deploy nuclear arms or other weapons of mass destruction in space, which are already banned under a 1967 international treaty.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/25/russia-ukraine-war-live-polish-foreign-minister-to-give-major-speech-amid-fears-over-russian-aggression">Continue reading...</a> Ukraine World news Europe Amy Sedghi Photograph: Xinhua/Rex/Shutterstock https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/25/russia-ukraine-war-live-polish-foreign-minister-to-give-major-speech-amid-fears-over-russian-aggression World news: Ukraine | theguardian.com urn:uuid:45d290b4-a5bb-c361-f467-be2e0566cbfb Thu, 25 Apr 2024 06:31:56 -0400 <p>Alexander Lukashenko says Poland should not expect aggressive actions from Belarus but says battalions have been moved to west of country</p><p><strong>Russia</strong> has vetoed a <strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/19/us-japan-nuclear-weapons-ban-space-un-war">UN security council</a></strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/19/us-japan-nuclear-weapons-ban-space-un-war"> resolution</a> calling on all nations to prevent a dangerous nuclear arms race in outer space, describing it as “a dirty spectacle”.</p><p>The resolution, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/19/us-japan-nuclear-weapons-ban-space-un-war">sponsored by the </a><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/19/us-japan-nuclear-weapons-ban-space-un-war">United States</a></strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/19/us-japan-nuclear-weapons-ban-space-un-war"> and </a><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/19/us-japan-nuclear-weapons-ban-space-un-war">Japan</a></strong>, would have called on all countries not to develop or deploy nuclear arms or other weapons of mass destruction in space, which are already banned under a 1967 international treaty.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/25/russia-ukraine-war-live-polish-foreign-minister-to-give-major-speech-amid-fears-over-russian-aggression">Continue reading...</a> Ukraine World news Europe Amy Sedghi Photograph: Xinhua/Rex/Shutterstock https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/25/russia-ukraine-war-live-polish-foreign-minister-to-give-major-speech-amid-fears-over-russian-aggression World news: Ukraine | theguardian.com urn:uuid:ed062158-b3bb-6cc8-5f9c-6d648a57e7fb Thu, 25 Apr 2024 05:31:15 -0400 <p>Ukrainian president meets Jeremy Hunt and calls for sanctions against Russia to be tightened</p><p><strong>Russia</strong> has vetoed a <strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/19/us-japan-nuclear-weapons-ban-space-un-war">UN security council</a></strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/19/us-japan-nuclear-weapons-ban-space-un-war"> resolution</a> calling on all nations to prevent a dangerous nuclear arms race in outer space, describing it as “a dirty spectacle”.</p><p>The resolution, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/19/us-japan-nuclear-weapons-ban-space-un-war">sponsored by the </a><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/19/us-japan-nuclear-weapons-ban-space-un-war">United States</a></strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/19/us-japan-nuclear-weapons-ban-space-un-war"> and </a><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/19/us-japan-nuclear-weapons-ban-space-un-war">Japan</a></strong>, would have called on all countries not to develop or deploy nuclear arms or other weapons of mass destruction in space, which are already banned under a 1967 international treaty.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/25/russia-ukraine-war-live-polish-foreign-minister-to-give-major-speech-amid-fears-over-russian-aggression">Continue reading...</a> Ukraine World news Europe Amy Sedghi Photograph: HM Treasury/PA https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/25/russia-ukraine-war-live-polish-foreign-minister-to-give-major-speech-amid-fears-over-russian-aggression World news: Ukraine | theguardian.com urn:uuid:f6f32cc8-1712-832a-0546-c7542d8d7fd4 Thu, 25 Apr 2024 03:46:58 -0400 <p>Radek Sikorski to set out priorities of new government as fears grow that conflict could spread beyond Ukraine</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/25/russia-ukraine-war-live-polish-foreign-minister-to-give-major-speech-amid-fears-over-russian-aggression">Continue reading...</a> Ukraine World news Europe Amy Sedghi Photograph: Marco Cordone/ZUMA Press Wire Service/REX/Shutterstock https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/25/world/asia/blinken-china-united-states-thaw.html NYT > Russia urn:uuid:4c7cbbba-16e7-4e72-437b-ac5fced5fbca Thu, 25 Apr 2024 00:46:13 -0400 Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is in China this week as tensions have risen over trade, security, Russia’s war on Ukraine and the Middle East crisis. International Relations United States International Relations United States Politics and Government Israel-Gaza War (2023- ) Territorial Disputes United States Defense and Military Forces Palestinians TikTok (ByteDance) State Department Austin, Lloyd J III Biden, Joseph R Jr Blinken, Antony J Wang Yi Xi Jinping China East Asia Israel Iran Middle East South China Sea Ukraine Taiwan United States Russia Ana Swanson, David Pierson and Olivia Wang https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/apr/25/220-civilians-burkina-faso-human-rights-watch-killings-two-villages Russia | The Guardian urn:uuid:8a460a74-b49e-68cc-b62c-2e3040741c51 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 23:00:13 -0400 <p>Human Rights Watch demands investigation into killings in two villages just weeks after Russian troops fly in, amid intensifying conflict</p><p>Burkina Faso’s military summarily executed 223 civilians, including at least 56 children, in a single day in late February, according to an investigation into one of the worst abuses by the country’s armed forces for years.</p><p>The mass killings have been linked to a widening military campaign to tackle jihadist violence and happened weeks after Russian troops <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/russian-troops-deploy-burkina-faso-2024-01-25/">landed</a> in the west African country to help improve security.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/apr/25/220-civilians-burkina-faso-human-rights-watch-killings-two-villages">Continue reading...</a> Global development Conflict and arms Burkina Faso Africa World news Russia Mark Townsend Photograph: Luc Gnago/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2024/apr/25/what-ukraine-now-needs-to-change-the-course-of-the-war-podcast Russia | The Guardian urn:uuid:b3c861c1-2ddd-86a2-5ab3-597ec671b436 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 22:00:12 -0400 <p>Ukraine has been granted a multibillion-dollar lifeline in military aid. But it will need more than that to prevail in the conflict with Russia. Dan Sabbagh in Kyiv and Shaun Walker report</p><p>After months of political wrangling in the House of Representatives, the US Congress finally approved a bill this week that will grant $61bn of military aid to Ukraine.</p><p>As the Guardian’s defence editor, <strong>Dan Sabbagh, </strong>tells <strong>Michael Safi, </strong>it has been welcomed with relief and gratitude in Kyiv. Ukraine’s forces have spent recent weeks being comprehensively outgunned on the battlefield, and Russia has gained the upper hand in parts of the east of the country.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2024/apr/25/what-ukraine-now-needs-to-change-the-course-of-the-war-podcast">Continue reading...</a> Ukraine Russia US foreign policy US news World news Presented by Michael Safi with Dan Sabbagh and Shaun Walker; produced by Alex Atack and Rudi Zygadlo; executive producer Phil Maynard Photograph: Yakiv Liashenko/AP https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/us/politics/ukraine-new-american-technology.html NYT > Russia urn:uuid:0c733ecf-521d-ebfd-8e45-0d50594af8ae Wed, 24 Apr 2024 21:29:18 -0400 Project Maven was meant to revolutionize modern warfare. But the conflict in Ukraine has underscored how difficult it is to get 21st-century data into 19th-century trenches. Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022) Ukraine Defense and Military Forces Drones (Pilotless Planes) Artificial Intelligence Defense Contracts Google Inc Russia United States Defense and Military Forces audio-neutral-informative David E. Sanger https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/25/russia-vetos-un-resolution-nuclear-weapons-space-arms-race Russia | The Guardian urn:uuid:7a7df75d-558b-b46a-eda8-fff1c2876575 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 21:14:29 -0400 <p>Moscow described the security council resolution, which would have called on countries not to deploy weapons of mass destruction in outer space, a ‘dirty spectacle’</p><p>Russia has vetoed a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/19/us-japan-nuclear-weapons-ban-space-un-war">UN security council resolution</a> calling on all nations to prevent a dangerous nuclear arms race in outer space, describing it as “a dirty spectacle”.</p><p>The resolution, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/19/us-japan-nuclear-weapons-ban-space-un-war">sponsored by the United States and Japan</a>, would have called on all countries not to develop or deploy nuclear arms or other weapons of mass destruction in space, which are already banned under a 1967 international treaty.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/25/russia-vetos-un-resolution-nuclear-weapons-space-arms-race">Continue reading...</a> United Nations Nuclear weapons Russia US news Japan World news Guardian staff and agencies Photograph: Eduardo Muñoz/AP https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/world/europe/russia-evan-gershkovich-appeal.html NYT > Russia urn:uuid:d001d28e-4034-d138-ad59-8a4524435281 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 20:57:53 -0400 Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter, has been held for more than a year, awaiting trial on spying charges that he, his publisher and the United States vehemently reject. Gershkovich, Evan Wall Street Journal United States International Relations Decisions and Verdicts News and News Media Espionage and Intelligence Services Newspapers Freedom of the Press Political Prisoners Russia United States Ivan Nechepurenko https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/24/world/europe/images-ukraine-war-third-year.html NYT > Russia urn:uuid:fec2dce3-dd84-186c-05d8-7094102a0c91 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 20:56:39 -0400 A photographic chronicle of the third year of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022) Defense and Military Forces Russia Ukraine vis-photo internal-truncator https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/25/ukraine-war-briefing-long-range-atacms-already-hitting-russian-forces World news: Ukraine | theguardian.com urn:uuid:9c945348-2b5e-e538-3537-e28fa069bd79 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 20:31:49 -0400 <p>Joe Biden gave missiles to Ukraine under prior funding, after the US reportedly warned Russia against using long-range missiles in Ukraine. What we know on day 792</p><p><strong>Atacms long-ranges missiles</strong> capable of hitting targets 300km away <strong>had already arrived in Ukraine</strong> this month at the president’s direction, <strong>before the US security package was passed by Congress</strong> on Wednesday, the state department has said. Vedant Patel, a state department spokesperson, explained that the weapons were <strong>part of a March aid package for Ukraine</strong> – not the one just approved by Congress and signed by Joe Biden. “We did not announce this at the onset in order to maintain operational security for Ukraine at their request.”</p><p><strong>Ukraine has begun using the long-range Atacms</strong>, bombing a Russian military airfield in Crimea last week and Russian forces in another occupied area in recent days, two US officials have told the Associated Press on condition of anonymity. One of them said the Biden administration previously warned Russia that if it used long-range ballistic missiles in Ukraine, Washington would provide the same capability to the Ukrainians. Russia has since done so.</p><p>Separately, Adm Christopher Grady, vice-chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, told the Associated Press that long-range weapons would <strong>help Ukraine take out Russian logistics and troop concentrations behind the frontlines</strong>. He explained how the decision to supply them was considered carefully and at length. “I think the time is right, and the boss [Biden] made the decision the time is right to provide these based on where the fight is right now.”</p><p>Ukraine’s foreign minister has <strong>praised US politicians for approving the long-delayed $61bn military aid package for Ukraine</strong>, but said western allies needed to recognise that <strong>“the era of peace in Europe is over”</strong> and that Kyiv would inevitably need more help to fight off Russia, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/24/west-defence-era-of-peace-in-europe-over-ukraine-dmytro-kuleba">Dan Sabbagh and Luke Harding write from Kyiv.</a></p><p>Ukraine has <strong>stopped issuing new passports at offices abroad to some military-aged male citizens</strong>, according to legislation published on Wednesday, as part of measures to push them to return home amid manpower shortages in the army. The announcement came a day after the suspension of consular services for men aged 18 to 60 living abroad until the new law on mobilisation is implemented. Ukraine’s foreign ministry said the passport suspension applied only to new applications and that any requests previously submitted would be honoured.</p><p>In Warsaw, Poland, <strong>hundreds of Ukrainians crowded outside a closed </strong><strong>passport office</strong><strong> </strong>in a confused scene. There was anger among those who felt they were being unfairly targeted. “This is a fight against people who are fleeing the army,” said Maksym, a 38-year-old truck driver. “We are not asked on what grounds we went abroad … Why am I a draft dodger if I went abroad legally?” Ukraine’s ambassador to Poland, Vasyl Zvarych, told AFP that “all applications submitted to the consular offices of Ukraine <strong>before </strong><strong>April 23</strong><strong> … will be processed in full</strong> and passport documents will be issued to such people”.</p><p>Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said a group of Ukrainian children were “in Qatar for medical, mental, and social recovery”, after <strong>Russia claimed an exchange of displaced children was taking place</strong>. “All of them had previously been forcibly deported to Russia, but thanks to our friendly Qatar’s mediation efforts, they have been released,” said Zelenskiy, <strong>without addressing Russia’s claim that 48 children were involved in an exchange</strong>. Russia’s children’s rights commissioner, <strong>Maria </strong><strong>Lvov</strong><strong>a-Belova, who is wanted for war crimes by the international criminal court</strong>, claimed Russia was handing over 29 children to Ukraine and 19 were going to Russia.</p><p><strong>Ukrainian drones attacked oil facilities in western Russia, defence sources in Kyiv confirmed on Wednesday. </strong>Officials in the western Russian regions of Smolensk and Lipetsk first announced the attacks, blaming Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles for starting fires at energy sites. <strong>Another drone attack targeted the Lipetsk region further south, which houses metallurgical and pharmaceutical sites</strong>, governor Igor Artamonov said. <strong>Russian forces hit a Ukrainian drone production facility and a Ukrainian army fuel depot</strong>, Russia’s defence ministry said on Wednesday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/25/ukraine-war-briefing-long-range-atacms-already-hitting-russian-forces">Continue reading...</a> Ukraine Russia World news Warren Murray with Guardian writers and agencies Photograph: John Hamilton/AP https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/us/politics/aid-bill-ukraine-israel-taiwan.html NYT > Russia urn:uuid:7b316c63-5b57-b511-e7bd-5e25821dd515 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 19:46:11 -0400 Assistance for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan is paired with legislation to impose fresh rounds of sanctions on Iran and Russia and a measure that could lead to a ban on TikTok in the United States. United States International Relations Foreign Aid China Israel Gaza Strip Russia Taiwan Ukraine Israel-Gaza War (2023- ) Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022) Defense and Military Forces Defense Department TikTok (ByteDance) Senate House of Representatives Republican Party Democratic Party Robert Jimison https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/24/evan-gershkovich-appeal-russia Russia | The Guardian urn:uuid:b60b944a-64f4-7a29-b993-7137f0420233 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 15:50:45 -0400 <p>Wall Street Journal reporter, held since March 2023 on espionage allegations, to remain in Russian jail for at least two more months</p><p>The American journalist Evan Gershkovich, who <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/04/us-journalist-arrested-in-moscow-meets-his-lawyers-for-first-time">was arrested</a> over a year ago in Russia, will remain in jail for at least two more months after a Moscow court rejected his appeal against his detention.</p><p>Gershkovich, a 32-year-old reporter for the Wall Street Journal, has <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/29/evan-gershkovich-russia-prison-wsj-reporter">been held</a> in the Lefortovo prison on the outskirts of Moscow since March last year on allegations by the Russian authorities of espionage while on a reporting trip in the city of Ekaterinburg.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/24/evan-gershkovich-appeal-russia">Continue reading...</a> Evan Gershkovich Russia US news World news Espionage Wall Street Journal Media Newspapers Coral Murphy Marcos Photograph: Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty Images https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/24/us/us-ukraine-russia-missiles.html NYT > Russia urn:uuid:66cab71e-fa94-ba7c-8154-4216f210251a Wed, 24 Apr 2024 15:44:50 -0400 Ukrainian forces for the first time used a longer-range version of weapons known as ATACMS, striking an airfield in Crimea and Russian troops in southeastern Ukraine. United States International Relations Defense and Military Forces Missiles and Missile Defense Systems Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022) Arms Trade Foreign Aid Cluster Munitions Biden, Joseph R Jr Russia Eric Schmitt https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/24/us/politics/nato-exercise-russia-ukraine.html NYT > Russia urn:uuid:6251bfc3-796a-8cbe-c3a4-b439b626eb63 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 15:02:46 -0400 The alliance’s largest exercises offer a preview of what the opening of a Great Power conflict could look like. How it ends is a different story. Defense and Military Forces Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022) United States International Relations United States Defense and Military Forces Nuclear Weapons North Atlantic Treaty Organization Putin, Vladimir V Suwalki (Poland) Ukraine Russia Eastern Europe Germany internal-truncator Helene Cooper https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/24/biden-signs-foreign-aid-ukraine-israel World news: Ukraine | theguardian.com urn:uuid:96aaf499-8959-4158-384f-d5d0fce4dada Wed, 24 Apr 2024 12:49:38 -0400 <p>President says legislation is ‘going to make the world safer’ after months of congressional gridlock threatened support for Kyiv</p><p>Joe Biden has signed into law a bill that rushes $95bn in foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, a bipartisan legislative victory he hailed as a “good day for world peace” after months of congressional gridlock threatened Washington’s support for Kyiv in its fight to repel Russia’s invasion.</p><p>The Senate <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/24/biden-foreign-aid-bill">overwhelmingly passed</a> the measure in a 79 -18 vote late on Tuesday night, after the package won similarly lopsided approval in the Republican controlled House, despite months of resistance from an isolationist bloc of hardline conservatives opposed to helping Ukraine.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/24/biden-signs-foreign-aid-ukraine-israel">Continue reading...</a> Joe Biden US foreign policy US politics Ukraine US news Israel Taiwan Palestinian territories World news Middle East and north Africa Europe Asia Pacific Lauren Gambino in Washington Photograph: Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/24/russian-priest-who-led-navalny-memorial-services-is-demoted Russia | The Guardian urn:uuid:7fc338d2-d755-319a-872a-cdc35be3653d Wed, 24 Apr 2024 12:09:35 -0400 <p>Dmitry Safronov is suspended from leading services and ordered to serve three years of ‘penance’</p><p>A Russian priest who presided over a memorial for the opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been suspended from leading services and ordered to serve three years of “penance”, as persecution of people associated with Navalny has continued even after his death.</p><p>Dmitry Safronov had read several memorial services, called <em>panikhida</em> in Russian, at Navalny’s grave and led a service last month to mark 40 days <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/26/vladimir-putin-had-alexei-navalny-killed-to-thwart-prisoner-swap-allies-claim">since his death </a>at a remote penal colony above the Arctic Circle.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/24/russian-priest-who-led-navalny-memorial-services-is-demoted">Continue reading...</a> Russia Alexei Navalny Europe World news Andrew Roth Photograph: John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/24/russia-ukraine-war-live-us-biden-senate-zelenskiy-aid Russia | The Guardian urn:uuid:0c77a1c1-3842-26df-5b57-1efc7a042eac Wed, 24 Apr 2024 11:07:07 -0400 <p>Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Europe must continue to step up its support for Kyiv even after the approval of US Senate’s aid package</p><p>Here are some of the latest images on the newswires:</p><p><strong>Ukraine</strong>’s <strong>SBU security service</strong> drones struck two <strong>Rosneft-owned oil depots</strong> in <strong>Russia</strong>’s <strong>Smolensk</strong> region in an overnight attack, according to a source in Ukrainian intelligence reports Reuters.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/24/russia-ukraine-war-live-us-biden-senate-zelenskiy-aid">Continue reading...</a> Ukraine Europe World news Joe Biden Volodymyr Zelenskiy Russia Amy Sedghi (now) and Lili Bayer (earlier) Photograph: Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2024/apr/24/fire-engulfs-russian-oil-deposits-in-smolensk-region-video Russia | The Guardian urn:uuid:6eb4ed24-3f89-ce3d-b0e6-b63c67479b42 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 10:49:51 -0400 <p>A huge fire has broken out at a fuel and energy facility in Smolensk, Russia, which the governor of the western region said happened after a drone attack launched by Ukraine.</p><p>Satellite images provided by Nasa's fire monitor confirm that two fires broke out in the area of the oil depot near the village of Yartsevo.</p><p>Ukraine's national security service said the drone struck two Russian state-owned oil depots in the western region</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/24/russia-ukraine-war-live-us-biden-senate-zelenskiy-aid">Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates</a></p></li></ul> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2024/apr/24/fire-engulfs-russian-oil-deposits-in-smolensk-region-video">Continue reading...</a> Russia Ukraine World news Photograph: Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/24/russia-ukraine-war-live-us-biden-senate-zelenskiy-aid World news: Ukraine | theguardian.com urn:uuid:c443f8e0-3eba-5075-167e-4955ac2c2e09 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 10:29:22 -0400 <p>Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Europe must continue to step up its support for Kyiv even after the approval of US Senate’s aid package</p><p>Here are some of the latest images on the newswires:</p><p><strong>Ukraine</strong>’s <strong>SBU security service</strong> drones struck two <strong>Rosneft-owned oil depots</strong> in <strong>Russia</strong>’s <strong>Smolensk</strong> region in an overnight attack, according to a source in Ukrainian intelligence reports Reuters.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/24/russia-ukraine-war-live-us-biden-senate-zelenskiy-aid">Continue reading...</a> Ukraine Europe World news Joe Biden Volodymyr Zelenskiy Russia Amy Sedghi (now) and Lili Bayer (earlier) Photograph: Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/24/biden-foreign-aid-bill World news: Ukraine | theguardian.com urn:uuid:7f7a480b-5849-c97f-9823-cc7612880768 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 09:50:24 -0400 <p>The $95bn package allots funds to Israel, Taiwan and Ukraine, which desperately needs munitions for its war with Russia</p><p>Joe Biden praised congressional leaders and lawmakers for what he called an effort “to answer history’s call at this critical inflection point” after the US Senate voted resoundingly in a bipartisan majority on Tuesday to approve $95bn in aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.</p><p>The Senate passed the bill in a sweeping 79 to 18 vote, after similarly lopsided approval in the House last weekend. The president, who had pushed Congress for months to deliver the foreign aid measure, said he would sign it into law on Wednesday and immediately begin the process of sending badly needed weapons to Ukraine as early as this week.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/24/biden-foreign-aid-bill">Continue reading...</a> US Congress House of Representatives US Senate US foreign policy Israel Gaza Ukraine US news Middle East and north Africa US politics Lauren Gambino and Joan E Greve in Washington Photograph: ABACA/REX/Shutterstock https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/24/russia-ukraine-war-live-us-biden-senate-zelenskiy-aid World news: Ukraine | theguardian.com urn:uuid:9b74cc6f-5bc0-701f-632e-073fa12c35e4 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 09:33:09 -0400 <p>Olaf Scholz said Europe must continue to step up its help for Ukraine even after the approval of the US aid package, but made clear that he’s sticking to his refusal to send Taurus long-range cruise missiles to Kyiv</p><p>Here are some of the latest images on the newswires:</p><p><strong>Ukraine</strong>’s <strong>SBU security service</strong> drones struck two <strong>Rosneft-owned oil depots</strong> in <strong>Russia</strong>’s <strong>Smolensk</strong> region in an overnight attack, according to a source in Ukrainian intelligence reports Reuters.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/24/russia-ukraine-war-live-us-biden-senate-zelenskiy-aid">Continue reading...</a> Ukraine Europe World news Joe Biden Volodymyr Zelenskiy Russia Amy Sedghi (now) and Lili Bayer (earlier) Photograph: Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/24/russia-ukraine-war-live-us-biden-senate-zelenskiy-aid Russia | The Guardian urn:uuid:c4109d14-296b-2a81-e884-5380e17a9d42 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 09:03:27 -0400 <p>Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Nato military exercises near the Russian borders are “provocative in nature”. The warning came as the US Senate approved wartime aid for Ukraine</p><p>Here are some of the latest images on the newswires:</p><p><strong>Ukraine</strong>’s <strong>SBU security service</strong> drones struck two <strong>Rosneft-owned oil depots</strong> in <strong>Russia</strong>’s <strong>Smolensk</strong> region in an overnight attack, according to a source in Ukrainian intelligence reports Reuters.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/24/russia-ukraine-war-live-us-biden-senate-zelenskiy-aid">Continue reading...</a> Ukraine Europe World news Joe Biden Volodymyr Zelenskiy Russia Amy Sedghi Photograph: Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/24/west-defence-era-of-peace-in-europe-over-ukraine-dmytro-kuleba Russia | The Guardian urn:uuid:66b44b6b-d742-a87e-ae49-ff819b92a1b8 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 08:43:36 -0400 <p>Exclusive: Dmytro Kuleba hails US aid package but says allies need to increase arms production to help fight Russia</p><p>Ukraine’s foreign minister has enthusiastically praised US politicians for approving a long-delayed <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/23/senate-aid-bill-ukraine-israel-taiwan">$61bn military aid package</a> for Ukraine, but cautioned that fresh supplies would not immediately turn the tide on the battlefield.</p><p>“Hallelujah,” Dmytro Kuleba said when asked for his reaction to Tuesday’s final vote by the US Senate. He said it had been “my belief that we would have a positive outcome”, based in part on the cultivation of religious conservatives, but the west had to “realise the era of peace in Europe is over” and build its defence industry.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/24/west-defence-era-of-peace-in-europe-over-ukraine-dmytro-kuleba">Continue reading...</a> Ukraine Russia Europe World news Dan Sabbagh and Luke Harding in Kyiv Photograph: Johanna Geron/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/24/west-defence-era-of-peace-in-europe-over-ukraine-dmytro-kuleba Russia | The Guardian urn:uuid:2bf7dabc-752c-abfb-46c3-4690d48b1664 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 08:43:36 -0400 <p>Exclusive: Ukraine foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba hails US aid package but says allies need to increase arms production to help fight Russia</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/24/russia-ukraine-war-live-us-biden-senate-zelenskiy-aid">Ukraine war – live updates</a></li></ul><p>Ukraine’s foreign minister has enthusiastically praised US politicians for approving a long-delayed <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/23/senate-aid-bill-ukraine-israel-taiwan">$61bn military aid package</a> for Ukraine, but said western allies needed to recognise that “the era of peace in Europe is over” and that Kyiv will inevitably need more help to fight off Russia.</p><p>“Hallelujah,” Dmytro Kuleba said when asked for his reaction to Tuesday’s final vote by the US Senate. He said it had been “my belief that we would have a positive outcome”, based in part on the cultivation of religious conservatives, but the west needed to build its defence industry further.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/24/west-defence-era-of-peace-in-europe-over-ukraine-dmytro-kuleba">Continue reading...</a> Ukraine Russia Europe World news Dan Sabbagh and Luke Harding in Kyiv Photograph: Wojtek Radwański/AFP/Getty Images