US President Joe Biden has ruled out sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, despite renewed calls from Ukrainian officials for air support. This comes as a huge blow to Kyiv’s push to secure the combat aircraft just a week after Washington and Berlin agreed to supply it with tanks.
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Moscow's and Kyiv’s forces remain locked in combat in eastern Ukraine as warring sides size up their needs for renewed military pushes in the coming weeks.
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Germany will not send fighter jets to Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday, as Kyiv increased calls for more advanced weapons from the West to help repel Russia's invasion. He further warned against a bidding war among western allies over military aid to Ukraine.
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Ex UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has claimed that Vladimir Putin threatened to Kill him with a missile in a call ahead of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Putin had reportedly told Johnson, "I don't want to hurt you, but with a missile, it would only take a minute" in an "extraordinary" conversation which took place in February after he had visited Kyiv."
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The announcement comes one day after the United States and Germany both announced they are sending battle tanks to Ukraine, the first stage of a coordinated effort by the West to provide dozens of the heavy weapons to help Kyiv as Russia's invasion enters its 12th month.
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The UN cultural agency, UNESCO, said on Wednesday that it had designated the historic centre of the Ukrainian city of Odesa, as a World Heritage in Danger site.
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Russia launched fresh waves of missile attacks across Ukraine on Saturday, killing at least 12 people in a strike on an apartment block in the eastern city of Dnipro. A number of other cities, including Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odesa, were also hit.
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Odesa has removed a statue of eighteenth-century Russian empress Catherine the Great from public display as part of a drive to de-Russify Ukraine's cities.
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Residents describe their fears Russian artillery may hit Europe's biggest nuclear power station with devastating consequence for Ukraine and "everywhere the wind would blow".
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Wave of High-Ranking, Ukrainian Officials Resign, Amid Corruption Crackdown.
'Newsweek' reports that a number of high-profile
Ukrainian officials have stepped down
amid a nationwide anti-corruption crackdown. .
Kyrylo Tymoshenko, Ukraine's deputy head of the
presidential office, asked to be relieved of his duties after
previously facing criticism for his use of expensive cars.
Kyrylo Tymoshenko, Ukraine's deputy head of the
presidential office, asked to be relieved of his duties after
previously facing criticism for his use of expensive cars.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry confirmed that
deputy defense minister Vyacheslav Shapovalov
would also be resigning from his post.
According to the Defense Ministry, Shapovalov had , "asked to be released in order not to create threats to the stable
support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as a result of the campaign
of accusations related to the procurement of food services.".
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
is grateful to Vyacheslav Shapovalov
for his team and efficient work and is
sure that the information waves will
subside and justice will be achieved, Ukrainian Defense Ministry, via 'Newsweek'.
Deputy prosecutor Oleksiy Symonenko has
also been dismissed from his post.
On January 22, President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed
that corruption in Ukraine would be addressed, stating , "there will be no return to what used to be in the past." .
According to Ukraine's cabinet minister, Oleg Nemchinov,
three more ministers will also be leaving their posts,
including the country's deputy social policy minister.
In addition to these resignations, Nemchinov said that
governors from the Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv,
Sumy and Kherson regions have also left their positions.
In addition to these resignations, Nemchinov said that
governors from the Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv,
Sumy and Kherson regions have also left their positions.
In addition to these resignations, Nemchinov said that
governors from the Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv,
Sumy and Kherson regions have also left their positions
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