Ukraine President says US sent weapons and ammo HAS started to arrive in Ukraine….
The Chiedf of NATO signals that with America kicking in it’s money and support?
NATO would increase its delievery of ammo…..
Polish farmers have stopped protesting against Ukraine exports and Polich imports…
The Ukraine conflict may have the EU seek to expand its membership…..
Ukraine troops are trying to hold their own against Russian attacks in the Donetsk region…Wait for the arrival of more weapons and ammo…
The two countries ARE still shooting drones and missiles at each other…
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The suspected murder of two Ukrainians by a Russian in southern Germany is being investigated for a possible political motive, prosecutors said on Monday. The public prosecutor’s office in Munich, responsible for investigating politically motivated crimes, has taken over the case because such a motive “cannot be ruled out”, a spokesperson told AFP.
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Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that vital US weapons were starting to arrive in Ukraine in small amounts and that the process needed to move faster as advancing Russian forces were trying to take advantage. The Ukrainian president told a joint press conference in Kyiv alongside visiting Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg that the situation on the battlefield directly depended on the speed of ammunition supplies to Ukraine.
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Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday that it was “not too late” for Ukraine to win the war, agreeing with president Volodymyr Zelenskiy that Kyiv needs more weapons. “Ukraine has been outgunned for months, forced to ration its ammunition … But it’s not too late for Ukraine to prevail,” he said.
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Stoltenberg also told Ukrainians on Monday that his Nato’s members had failed to live up to their promises of military aid in recent months.However, Stoltenberg said the flow of arms and ammunition would now increase. “The United States spent six months to agree a package and European allies have not delivered the ammunition we promised. But now I’m confident that things will change,” he said.
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The US secretary of state Antony Blinken said that the international coalition supporting Ukraine has meant that Vladimir Putin has failed in his ambition. Speaking at a World Economic Forum (WEF) gathering in Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, he said: “… the designs that Vladimir Putin had on Ukraine to begin with, to erase it from the map, to subsume it into Russia, that no longer exists. That’s failed.”
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At the WEF gathering in Riyadh on Monday, Blinken criticised China for supplying Russia’s defence industry, saying the Chinese can’t “have it both ways” in seeking an end to the conflict and better relations between China and Europe, while also providing goods that are building what Blinken termed “the greatest challenge to European security since the end of the cold war”.
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Polish farmers stopped protesting at the last blocked border crossing with Ukraine on Monday, Kyiv and Warsaw said, suspending a blockade that has dragged on for months and soured bilateral relations. Ukraine’s farm minister hailed “constructive work” by Poland to lift the blockade in a statement, saying negotiations with Warsaw and industry associations had not been easy but that “the main thing is that we have a result”. Trucks had started crossing the border in both directions on Monday morning, said Ukrainian border guard spokesperson Andriy Demchenko.
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Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine has given a fresh impetus to the European Union’s drive to admit more countries, the bloc’s chairman said on Monday. “Because of the war launched by Russia against Ukraine, there is a new impetus, a reinvigoration of the [EU] enlargement strategy,” said European Council president Charles Michel ahead of the 20th anniversary on Wednesday of the EU’s “big bang” enlargement.
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Michel also said that Kyiv would need special transition arrangements as it will need to rebuild after the war, while the EU would also have to tread carefully in fully opening up to Ukraine’s large population and food exports.
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Russian forces have taken the village of Semenivka in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, Russia’s defence ministry said on Monday. On Sunday, the ministry announced the capture of Novobakhmutivka, another village near Berdychi, which has become a focal point of fighting in recent days.
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Ukraine said on Monday it had foiled 55 Russian attacks in the eastern Donetsk region, a day after it admitted to a worsening situation on the frontline. The Ukrainian army said it had “repulsed 55 attacks” in several villages north and west of Novobakhmutivka. These included Ocheretyne, where heavy fighting was reported on Sunday.
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A 60-year-old man was killed on Monday when Russian forces attacked the village of Kizomys in the Kherson region, according to the Kyiv Independent. Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said that residential areas were targeted in the Russian attack on the village. The man reportedly died from severe injuries en route to the hospital.
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Russian forces launched attacks against 18 settlements of Kherson oblast over the past day, damaging five houses, a kindergarten, critical and transport infrastructure facilities, and an agricultural enterprise, reported the Kyiv Independent on Monday, citing local authority sources.
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Ruslan Stefanchuk, the speaker of Ukraine’s parliament said a group of lawmakers from the two chambers of the Polish parliament visited Ukraine on Monday. According to the Kyiv Independent, Stefanchuk met Polish members of the Ukraine-Poland Parliamentary Friendship Group to “discuss military aid for Kyiv and sanctions against Russia, among other topics”.
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Two Russian journalists were arrested by their government on “extremism” charges and ordered by courts there on Saturday to remain in custody pending investigation and trial on accusations of working for a group founded by the late Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny. Konstantin Gabov and Sergey Karelin both denied the charges for which they will be detained for a minimum of two months before any trials begin.
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Additionaly, a journalist for the Russian edition of Forbes magazine, Sergei Mingazov, was detained on charges of spreading false information about the Russian military, his lawyer said on Friday.
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Chinese president Xi Jinping is due to make a state visit to France on 6 and 7 May, Paris announced on Monday, with war in Ukraine and the Middle East expected to be high on the agenda. “Exchanges will focus on international crises, first and foremost the war in Ukraine and the situation in the Middle East, trade issues, scientific, cultural and sporting cooperation,” French president Emmanuel Macron’s office said in a statement…..
Apr 29, 2024 – ISW Press
Russian forces secured additional marginal tactical gains northwest and southwest of Avdiivka as of April 29, but have not made significant advances in the Avdiivka direction over the last 24 hours. Geolocated footage published on April 28 and 29 indicates that Russian forces advanced in western and northeastern Ocheretyne (northwest of Avdiivka), along the rail line to the northwestern outskirts of Ocheretyne, and in Netaylove (southwest of Avdiivka).