2024-07-10 03:26:15
At the three-day NATO summit in Washington, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy intends to fight for strong decisions regarding the strengthening of Ukrainian air defenses and the delivery of additional F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, which continues to face Russian aggression. According to Reuters, Zelenskyy said this after arriving in Washington. We watch the events in Ukraine online.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi. | Photo: Reuters
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21:24
Zelenskyy will meet with US President Joe Biden on Thursday, the spokeswoman of the White House said.
20:54
The head of NATO said today that the allies are increasingly focusing on joint production and procurement of weapons. As an example, he cited the aforementioned contract for the purchase of Stinger missiles, which the alliance agency signed on behalf of several unspecified countries.
20:29
White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan today outlined a series of measures aimed at strengthening support for Ukraine from the United States and other member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. This is reported by the Reuters agency.
20:29
White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan today outlined a series of measures aimed at strengthening support for Ukraine from the United States and other member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. This is reported by the Reuters agency.
20:04
At least 23 NATO countries will spend two percent of GDP or more on defense this year, Stoltenberg said. Starmer said Britain would spend 2.5 percent in the future.
20:04
NATO today signed a contract for the purchase of Stinger anti-aircraft missiles worth $700 million for several member states, Stoltenberg said.
19:53
At the three-day summit of the North Atlantic Alliance in Washington, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy intends to fight for strong decisions regarding the strengthening of Ukrainian air defense and the supply of additional F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. According to Reuters, Zelenskyy said this after arriving in Washington today.
“Today the NATO summit begins… We are fighting for additional security guarantees for Ukraine, and these are weapons, finance and political support,” Zelenskyy said in a video on the Telegram platform.
19:53
At the three-day summit of the North Atlantic Alliance in Washington, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy intends to fight for the enforcement of strong decisions regarding the strengthening of Ukrainian air defense and the supply of additional F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. According to Reuters, Zelenskyy said this after arriving in Washington today.
“Today the NATO summit begins… We are fighting for additional security guarantees for Ukraine, and these are weapons, finance and political support,” Zelenskyy said in a video on the Telegram platform.
19:22
Representatives of the United Nations, the United States and France sharply criticized Russia at the UN Security Council meeting for Monday’s strikes on Ukrainian cities, in which more than 40 people were killed.
19:12
Czech President Petr Pavel spoke today with Mike Rogers, chairman of the defense committee of the US House of Representatives, about the war in Ukraine, defense spending and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit, which begins in Washington.
Pavel told journalists after a series of meetings, during a stop at Václav Havel’s bench in Georgetown.
18:03
In a statement today, the Russian embassy in Prague denied that Moscow attacked civilian targets in Kyiv on Monday and accused the Czech government of spreading anti-Russian narratives.
According to the Ukrainian authorities, more than four dozen people, including four children, were killed in the Russian attack, and almost two hundred people were injured.
17:39
Doggett highlighted that the Czech Republic was one of the first countries to help Ukraine after the Russian invasion in February 2022. He praised how the country took care of Ukrainian refugees and the Czech ammunition initiative to secure artillery ammunition from countries outside the European Union. According to Doggett, the Czech Republic may be small in size, but it has a positive influence on Europe in terms of supporting Ukraine.
17:38
Chairman of the Czech Club in Congress, member of the House of Representatives, Lloyd Doggett, praised Czech aid to Ukraine attacked by Russia during a meeting with President Petr Pavlo. In his opening speech, Pavel also recalled his first visit to Washington. About ten congressmen attended the meeting.
16:58
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi flew to Washington, where the three-day summit of the North Atlantic Alliance begins, which will discuss, among other things, Ukraine.
16:46
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jan Lipavský (Pirates), today summoned the Russian ambassador to the Czech Republic, Alexander Zmejevsky, to the Černín Palace due to Monday’s Russian airstrike on Ukrainian cities. “The killers who attack children in the hospital are the waste of humanity. He was instructed to deal with it in Moscow,” said Lipavský when the ambassador was summoned. According to diplomacy, the Czech Republic also sought to have its representative comment on the attack at today’s meeting of the UN Security Council, but Russia did not allow the appearance.
16:09
Members of the Slovak and Ukrainian governments should meet for a joint meeting in Ukraine this autumn. The preliminary deadline was set for the second half of September or the beginning of October. He informed the office of the Slovak government after a phone call between Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico and his Ukrainian colleague Denys Šmyhal.
15:13
German medic and ex-soldier Caspar Grosse was looking for another adventure after leaving the army, so he joined an elite group of foreign soldiers fighting for Ukraine. But instead of adventure, he left the unit with evidence of the executions of prisoners of war. International agreements consider this a war crime.
15:12
Russian air defenses destroyed 38 drones launched by Ukraine overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry said today. The Reuters agency and the Ukrainska Pravda server write, citing their unnamed sources, that the Ukrainian secret services SBU and HUR carried out a strike using drones on the Achtubinsk military airport in the Astrakhan region, an oil refinery in the Volgograd region and an electricity substation in the Rostov region.
13:46
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin began negotiations on strengthening the strategic partnership in Moscow today, AFP reported. Putin praised India’s efforts to find a peaceful solution to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Delhi has never openly condemned Russian military aggression in Ukraine.
In connection with Monday’s Russian attack on a children’s hospital in Kyiv, Modi said that the death of innocent children, whether in war or a terrorist attack, is always “very painful.” According to him, the solution to the war in Ukraine cannot be found on the “battlefield”, but through peace talks.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi described Modi’s visit to Moscow as a disappointment and a “devastating blow to peace efforts” in Ukraine.
12:59
Russian officials and actors in the information space are trying to deny Moscow’s responsibility for Monday’s strike on Kyiv’s Ochmatdyt Children’s Hospital. In its latest analysis of the development of the fighting in Ukraine, the American Institute for the Study of War wrote this, according to which the Russians make false claims about the missiles involved and the state of the hospital, contrary to the available facts.
12:14
“Analysis of the video footage and assessment at the scene of the incident indicate a high probability that the children’s hospital suffered a direct hit,” said Danielle Bell, head of the UN mission monitoring human rights in Ukraine. According to her, the rocket that hit the hospital in Kyiv was apparently launched by Russia.
11.44
On the front near Kharkiv, Ukrainian soldiers are once again facing attacks dubbed “mass attacks”. The Russians send up to hundreds of their men into battle up to five times a day. According to the Ukrainians, the main goal is to find out where their fire equipment is located and to try to exhaust the units of the attacked country.
11.42
The Kremlin insists that Russian forces did not hit a hospital in Kyiv during Monday’s strike on Ukrainian targets, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. He reiterated that Moscow does not attack civilian targets. According to Russian agencies, he was referring to a claim by the Russian Defense Ministry on Monday that the damage was caused by the fall of a Ukrainian air defense missile. Peskov did not provide evidence, the Reuters agency noted. Ukraine’s secret service SBU earlier said the children’s hospital was hit by a Russian Ch-101 cruise missile.
11.41
A children’s hospital in Kyiv was most likely directly hit by a Russian missile on Monday, the UN monitoring mission said based on its analysis.
11:40
Dear readers, welcome to the new online broadcast on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. All older information can be found here.
Zahraničí, Reuters, ČTK
Updated 9 hours ago
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