2023-08-21 23:38:17
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After Denmark, Greece. Volodymyr Zelensky continues his surprise tour in Europe. The Ukrainian president landed in Athens on Monday August 21, where he met Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. At the end of this interview, he announced that Greece had offered to train Ukrainian pilots to pilot the F-16 fighters that the country will soon receive. “Today we achieved an important result for the air coalition”, welcomed Volodymyr Zelensky. The head of state must participate in an informal dinner with European leaders, including Ursula von der Leyen.
The US Chief of Staff spoke with the Pope. Mark Milley visited the Vatican on Monday. The sovereign pontiff is “obviously very concerned about the hundreds of thousands of people who have been killed or injured and the innocent civilian lives that have been taken”Mark Milley told reporters aboard a US military plane, following the interview.
Russian Ambassador to Denmark condemns delivery of F-16s to Ukraine. “The fact that Denmark has decided to donate 19 F-16 aircraft to Ukraine leads to an escalation of the conflict”said Vladimir Barbin, in a press release sent to AFP. “By entrenching itself behind the idea that Ukraine must determine the terms of peace itself, Denmark seeks, through words and deeds, to leave Ukraine no choice but to continue the confrontation. military with Russia”says the diplomat.
“Russia will lose this war,” said the Ukrainian president in Copenhagen. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, visiting Denmark, spoke to the crowd gathered near Parliament in Copenhagen on Monday. Denmark has announced the upcoming delivery of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. These planes will be delivered gradually to kyiv: six towards the end of the year, eight next year and five the following year, according to the Danish Prime Minister.
Ukraine recaptured 3 km2 from the Russian forces in one week. Near Bakhmout, in the occupied east of the country, the Ukrainian army is eating away at the area occupied by Russia. But on the southern front, there was no “significant change”, announced Monday, August 21 the Deputy Minister of Defense.
Several Ukrainian drone attacks in Russia. Moscow says it thwarted these new attacks on Monday morning near Moscow and in the Kaluga region. They did not cause casualties, announced the Ministry of Defense.
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