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Ukraine wants aid, NATO support from US Secretary of State Antony Blinkens visit SECTIONS Last Updated: May 06, 2021, 04:19 PM IST Share Synopsis Earlier this week, Kuleba said Ukraine is worried about Russias announcement last month that it was redeploying warships from its Caspian flotilla to the Sea of Azov, an extension of the Black Sea that borders Ukraine and Russia. New York Times Related US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with his Ukrainian counterpart in Kyiv Thursday, telling hi...

US aims to mediate Russia-Ukraine conflict Germany and France have acted as peace brokers between Russia and Ukraine for years. Now, US President Joe Biden has thrown his hat into the ring as well. The conflict between Ukrainian and pro-Russian troops has simmered in eastern Ukraine for years There are new signs of hope in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin has signaled that he is not averse to a summit meeting with US President Joe Biden this summer. Russ...

Transatlantic Take May 5, 2021 Bruno LétéSenior Fellow, Security and Defense The recent military escalation by Russia along its border with Ukraine has been a strong reminder to the rest of Europe and the United States that the conflict in Donbas, where Russian-back separatists still control considerable territory, is far from frozen and could become a major security crisis at any moment. Since Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea and military intervention in eastern Ukraine, France and Ge...

View of Russian military aircraft at Saki Airbase, Crimea, April 16, 2021. [Photo/Agencies] The United States has not only been more frequently interacting with Ukraine since President Joe Biden assumed office in January but has also stressed that it strongly supports Ukraines sovereignty and territorial integrity. And while the US condemned Russias "invasion" of the Crimea Peninsula and role in the Donbass region, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed the Ukraine Security Partnershi...

Russian defence chief Sergei Shoigu scoffs at Western warnings on Ukraine SECTIONS Last Updated: Apr 28, 2021, 01:51 PM IST Share Synopsis The recent Russian troop buildup near Ukraine worried the West, which strongly urged the Kremlin to withdraw its forces. Shoigu, who ordered the drawdown on Thursday after massive drills, scoffed at the Western calls as inappropriate. Reuters US Coast Guard Legend-class national security cutter USCGC Hamilton (WMSL 753) sets sail in the Bosphorus, on its way...

Zelensky calls for expansion of Normandy format by involving U.S., Canada, UK – FT 2 min read President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky speaks in favor of expanding the number of participants in the Normandy format to resolve the situation in Donbas (Ukraine, Germany, France and the Russian Federation) by attracting the United States, Canada and the UK, Ukrainian president said in an interview with the Financial Times. The FT reported that Zelensky called for the expansion of the Norman...

The G7 foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, The United Kingdom and the United States, as well as the High Representative of the EU, have stated that they “are united in our condemnation of Russia’s continued actions to undermine Ukraine’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence.” Before the fall of the Berlin Wall and the dissolution of the Soviet Union two years later, the Black Sea was an almost entirely Soviet-controlled body of water that was share...

April 21, 2021 | Press Releases WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Chris Murphy (D-CT), both members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Wednesday applauded passage of the Ukraine Security Partnership Act of 2021 (S. 814), which included their bipartisan amendment to provide $50 million in non-military assistance to Ukraine. “This amendment provides critical support for Ukraine at an important time as Russian troops continue to flow to Ukraine’s easter...

on social media Head of the President’s Office Andriy Yermak met with the ambassadors of the G7 countries and informed them about the security situation in Donbas and along Ukraine’s borders, the presidential press service said. “First of all, Andriy Yermak informed the diplomats about the security situation in Donbas and near the borders of Ukraine, as well as about the progress of negotiations on ending the war and establishing peace, including at the level of political advi...

Ukrainian servicemen ride armored personnel carriers at the artillery range near the village of Divychky, Kyiv region, Ukraine. Photo: home for heroes / Shutterstock It has been seven years since the illegal annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and initiation of the conflict in eastern Ukraine, which according to official UN data has thus far claimed more than 14,000 lives and left approximately 3,4 million people in need of humanitarian assistance and protection services. Despite the...