Ukraine makes plea for more Patriot anti-missile units….
NATO celebrates 75 years in existence …..
It also wants to to put in place procedures to get past any problems that it could have if Donald Trump gets back into office….This since Trump IS out there that he has no use for the organiztion and like Russian President Putin more…
Kharkiv still has power outages from Russian missile attacks…
Democrats and Biden admin ARE working against some House RightWingNuts that do NOT want anymore aid to Ukraine as a favor to Trump….
British Foreign Sec repeats…There will be NO combat troops for ther Ukraine conflict
(Actually?…US , UK and other nations soliders are reported to are, and have been. in Ukraine in small non-combat roles from the start of the conflict)
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Nato foreign ministers met for a second day in Brussels, marking the 75th anniversary of the alliance’s founding.
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The ministers held talks with Dmytro Kuleba, the Ukrainian foreign minister.
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Kuleba stressed Ukraine’s call for more air defences. “Saving Ukrainian lives, saving Ukrainian economy, saving Ukrainian cities depends on the availability of Patriots and other air defence systems in Ukraine.
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He also emphasised that “providing Patriots depends on allies, they have plenty of them.”
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The Ukrainian minister also said he spoke with the American secretary of state, Antony Blinken, and “urged our American partners to find ways to provide additional ‘Patriot’ air defence systems as soon as possible.”
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The German foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, said that “we heard loud and clear what the foreign minister said” and that Berlin will ask allies to check if they can provide more air defences.
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Gabrielius Landsbergis, the Lithuanian foreign minister, has said that “without significant deliveries of weapons and real security guarantees the glorious narrative of unity and solidarity with Ukraine is wearing thin and rapidly approaching cynicism.”
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The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, also reiterated the need for air defences. “Strengthening Ukraine’s air defence capabilities directly translates into saving lives,” he said on social media.
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After the ministers’ meeting, Jens Stoltenberg, the Nato secretary-general, emphasised that more needs to be done to help Ukraine.
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Allies will now go back and look into their inventories to see if there’s any way to provide more air defence systems, Stoltenberg.
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The Nato chief also said allies should be able to establish a stronger, more robust framework for long-term support for Ukraine, so aid can continue on a more predictable basis.
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Kharkiv’s regional governor, Oleh Syniehubov, said that four people were killed and 12 were wounded in Russian drone attacks.
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Around 350,000 residents were without power in the Kharkiv region following the overnight drone attack, the Ukrainian energy ministry said.
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The French president, Emmanuel Macron, said that he had “no doubt” that Russia would target the Paris Olympics this summer…..
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Apr 4, 2024 – ISW Press
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Peskov claimed that NATO and Russia are in “direct confrontation,” likely as part of ongoing Kremlin efforts to intensify existing information operations meant to force the West into self-deterrence.