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Macron: at some point Zelensky will have to negotiate peace with Russia
French President Emmanuel Macron said that "at some point" the Ukrainian President and other representatives of Ukraine will have to negotiate peace with Russia.
"We, the Europeans, will also be at the negotiating table," Macron said, speaking to the French military in Romania. He noted that EU countries are helping Ukraine in repelling Russian aggression.
In addition, Macron repeated his earlier statement that Russia is also a part of the European continent.
Macron will also visit Moldova …
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Ukrainian Forces advancing towards Kherson
For the second week in a row, the Ukrainian military has tactical successes in advancing towards Kherson, which can develop into a full-fledged counteroffensive, said the adviser to the head of the Kherson regional administration Sergiy Khlan.
According to him, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have advanced another five kilometers from Tavriiske, which was liberated earlier.
"We are approaching Tomyna Balka, and this is 20 kilometers from Kherson, where the invaders are located. The fighting is …
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Kyiv: Russian aircraft avoid flying over Ukraine controlled territory
Russian aircraft have not flown into the territory controlled by Ukraine for about two months and are increasingly using "old" missiles, said the press secretary of the Ukrainian Air Yuri Ignat.
"Recently, Russia has shown a tendency to save these high-precision expensive missiles. The enemy is increasingly using Soviet types of missiles, such as the X-59 aircraft missile and the Kh-22 missile - one of the most destructive missiles," Ignat said.
The speaker of the Ukrainian Air Force said …
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Ukrainian military analyst: Russian offensive in Donbas has started losing steam
Military expert and reserve colonel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Oleh Zhdanov believes that by the end of June Russian troops will switch to trench warfare.
"In principle, today the intensity of the hostilities is decreasing. The Russians are trying to resume the offensive in certain areas around Severodonetsk, but this is not as powerful an offensive as it was at the beginning of last week, when the situation seemed almost critical for us, and the threat of encirclement was very big," …
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Kyiv: Ukraine began to prepare for Russian invasion last year
Adviser to the head of the Ukrainian Presidential Administration Mykhailo Podolyak said that Ukraine began to prepare for war last year, while weapons from the allies began to arrive only in January.
"If Ukraine did not prepare for war, why did the first Russian strikes fell on mock-up targets, all ammunition was spread out, and exercised were held in January and February ?" Podolyak wrote on Twitter, arguing that not only the Western intelligence was acting on the data about the Kremlin's …
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Putin: our goal is to ‘take back and strengthen’
At a meeting with young entrepreneurs in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the goal of modern Russia is to "take back and strengthen."
Putin compared the current situation with the events of the Northern War (1700-1721) between Russia and Sweden and stressed that Peter I did not take anything away from the neighboring country during this period, instead "he took it back."
"Peter I waged the Northern War for 21 years," Putin explained. - It would seem that he fought with …
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Huawei closing its stores in Russia
One of the world's largest telecommunications companies, Huawei, began to close its official stores in Russia, reports RIA Novosti, citing a source close to the company.
"The first store closed down in the Riviera shopping center in Moscow on February 28. Then the stores in Novokuznetsk, Ufa and Rostov-on-Don were closed. Thus, out of 19 official stores, only 15 continue to operate," RIA Novosti’s source said.
The source claims that the main reason for the closure is the shortage of products …
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Ukraine sends proposal to EU on the seventh package of anti-Russian sanctions
Ukraine has sent to the European Union its proposals for the seventh sanctions package against Russia, said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba during a press briefing.
According to Kuleba, Ukraine's proposal has 3 parts.
"The first direction is new sectoral sanctions in the field of energy, finance and trade. The second is a roadmap for new personal sanctions against Russian oligarchs, high-ranking officials and heads of state-owned companies. The third is the closure of already …
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Zelensky on war with Russia: We are not yet ready for a counteroffensive
Pushing Russian forces back to their pre-invasion positions would be a major temporary victory for Ukraine, but full sovereignty over Ukraine’s territory remains the ultimate goal, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in an interview with the Financial Times.
"We have fewer weapons and therefore are not able to move forward. We will suffer more losses and people are my priority," he said.
Zelensky stressed that victory must be achieved on the battlefield, but said he is open to talks …
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Russian Foreign Minister forced to cancel trip to Serbia after Eastern European countries close airspace
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was forced to cancel a planned trip to Serbia on Monday after three eastern European countries closed their airspace to his airplane.
Bulgaria, Montenegro and North Macedonia implemented the ban which prevented Lavrov from meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade. Moscow has condemned the move as “hostile”.
“If a visit by the Russian foreign minister to Serbia is seen in the West as something approaching a threat on a universal scale, …