WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish Premier Mateusz Morawiecki went to Kyiv on Friday in a show of support to Ukraine in its fight against Russia, government spokesman Piotr Muller wrote on Twitter. Morawiecki and the Ukrainian prime minister laid flowers at the Wall of Remembrance of those who died for Ukraine, the Chancellery of the …
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark is “open” to the idea of sending fighter jets to Ukraine to help its war effort against the Russian invasion, the Danish defence minister said on Friday, according to state broadcaster DR. “I won’t rule out that at some point it may be necessary to look at the contribution of fighter …
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By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) – The world’s leading experts on influenza met this week to discuss the threat posed to humans by a strain of H5N1 avian flu that has caused record numbers of bird deaths around the world in recent months. The group of scientists, regulators and vaccine manufacturers meets twice a year …
By Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday that more talks between parliamentary groups were needed before lawmakers vote on the ratification of Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership bids which they will begin debating next Wednesday. Speaking on public radio, Orban said he had asked lawmakers of his nationalist …
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By Alexander Tanas CHISINAU (Reuters) -Moldova dismissed an accusation by Russia’s defence ministry on Thursday that Ukraine planned to invade the breakaway Moldovan region of Transdniestria after staging a false flag operation, and called for calm. The defence ministry said the purported plan by Ukraine – which borders Moldova – posed “a direct threat” to …
By Andrius Sytas and Janis Laizans VILNIUS (Reuters) – On Friday Ukraine will be commemorating not the first anniversary of the Russian invasion but a year of successful resistance, said Olena Zelenska, the wife of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Remotely addressing an anniversary event in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Thursday evening, Zelenska said that Ukraine had …
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By Pavel Polityuk and Yiming Woo KYIV/NEAR BAKHMUT (Reuters) -Ukraine said its forces had repelled Russian assaults along the length of the front line on Thursday on the eve of the war’s anniversary, as President Vladimir Putin, empty-handed after a bloody winter offensive, talked up Russia’s nuclear arsenal. After a series of strident speeches in …
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By Rod Nickel KHERSON, Ukraine (Reuters) – Vladyslav Antoniuk felt euphoric three months ago when he returned to his home city Kherson, the day Ukrainian troops rolled back in and jubilant residents waved blue and yellow flags in the main square to celebrate. The recapture of the only regional capital Russia had seized during its …
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By Steve Holland and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will meet virtually on Friday with G7 leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to mark the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and announce new sanctions against those aiding Russia’s war effort, the White House said. The same group came together …
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey will widen an investigation into building contractors suspected of violating safety standards following its devastating earthquake, the interior minister said, as the country stepped up housing plans for victims. Suleyman Soylu said 564 suspects had been identified so far, with 160 people formally arrested and many more still under investigation. “Our …
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