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while President Vladimir Zalinski of
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Ukraine was on midair to South Africa on
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Wednesday President Vladimir Putin led
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Russia engaged the Ukrainian capital Kev
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like never before since the full-scale
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war began on February 24th 2022 with
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disastrous murderous rainy air
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bombardments causing 10 deaths and over
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80 people injured with military
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intelligence suggesting that President
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Vladimir Putin may have launched the
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massive attacks on the Ukrainian capital
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as a calcul related distraction to
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President Vladimir Zalinski over his
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visit to South Africa where Zalinski had
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planned to meet with representatives of
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civil political and student communities
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from different Africa countries a
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continent it appears Russia has built
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tighter relations within recent years in
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the struggle for geopolitical supremacy
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against its rivals in the world powers
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like the US and France which Africa
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countries like Sagal Chad Mali Bikina
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Faso Ivory Coast Niger had cut military
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ties with France and expelled its troops
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and some of the Africa countries like
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Chad and Niger have also expelled US
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troops and cut military ties with the
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White house and they all including South
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Africa have moved closer to Russia but
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since June 2023 when South Africa
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President Siril Ramaposa led an African
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leaders peace mission to Ukraine and
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Russia where they both met with Zilinski
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and Putin after the failed peace
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initiative Ukraine has stepped up its
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relations in the Africa continent by
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sharing technological and military
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experience with African nations donating
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grains opening additional embassies in
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the Africa continent with Ivory Coast
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and Democratic Republic of Congo DRC c
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already established out of the 10 new
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embassies pledged in 2023 which
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President Vladimir Zalinski said in
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December 2023 that one of Ukraine's
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foreign policy priorities for 2024 is
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continuing to develop ties with African
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countries as Moscow seeks to expand its
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influence on the continent zalinski
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shortly after arriving in South Africa
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early morning on Thursday night said he
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will cut short his visit in South Africa
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and return home due to the Russia air
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bombardments from Wednesday night till
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Thursday morning in Kev zalinski still
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held a planned meeting with the South
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African president Siril Ramosa at the
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government's union buildings in Ptoria
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shortly after arriving in South Africa
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Zalinski tweeted on his ex social media
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handle that we are preparing for
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important meetings in South Africa with
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President Siril Ramosa and
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representatives of political civil and
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student communities of African countries
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condemning Russia attacks on Kev
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Zilinski said "It is an honor for me to
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be in the Republic of South Africa today
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on my first visit this morning our
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country endured another Russian attack a
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massive one with over 200 aerial threats
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missiles including ballistic ones and
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attack drones unfortunately there have
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been destructions and losses in our
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capital and other cities over 80 people
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have been wounded in these strikes
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tragically there are fatalities in Kev
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among those killed were a brother and
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sister the young man was 21 and the
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young woman was 19 my condolences to all
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those who have lost their loved ones
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rescue operations are still ongoing
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because of this Russian attack I have
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decided to shorten the program of my
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visit to South Africa however our
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Minister for Foreign Affairs remains
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here as a sign of our respect and to
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carry out all the meetings that were
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scheduled we are grateful for the
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respect shown to Ukraine for the support
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and for the shared sense the sense that
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this war must be brought to an end as
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soon as possible today President Siril
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Ramosa and I discussed the importance of
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uniting global efforts as fully as
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possible now to apply the necessary
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pressure on Russia pressure for the sake
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of peace we also spoke about the
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opportunities within the G20 framework
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south Africa currently holds the G20
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presidency and the role of the group of
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20 can be significantly greater in
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defending human life earlier Zalinski
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said it has been 44 days since Ukraine
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agreed to a full ceasefire and a halt to
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strikes this was a proposal from the
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United States and it has been 44 days of
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Russia continuing to kill our people and
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evading tough pressure and
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accountability for its actions it is
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extremely important that everyone around
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the world sees and understands what is
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really happening nearly 70 missiles
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including ballistic ones and about 150
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attack drones unfortunately there is
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significant destruction rescue
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operations are ongoing and the rubble of
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residential buildings is being cleared
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as of this moment over 80 people have
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been injured across Ukraine everyone is
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receiving the necessary assistance
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regrettably nine people have been killed
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in Kev my condolences go out to their
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families and loved ones there was a
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report from the military command i
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instructed the Minister of Defense of
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Ukraine to immediately contact our
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partners regarding our requests to
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strengthen air defenses today I will
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brief President Ramosa of South Africa
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who currently holds the G20 presidency
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on the situation and our need to
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intensify global diplomatic efforts the
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strikes must be stopped immediately and
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unconditionally we also count on support
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in humanitarian matters in the return of
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our prisoners and Ukrainian children
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abducted by Russia i am cancelling part
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of the program for this visit and will
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return to Ukraine immediately after the
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meeting with the president of South
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Africa the foreign minister of Ukraine
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will hold all the necessary meetings in
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South Africa to fully inform the
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country's political and civil society
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leaders about the situation i am
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grateful to everyone around the world
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who stands with Ukraine and supports our
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people meanwhile President Donald Trump
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of the United States US on Thursday
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called on Vladimir Putin to halt attacks
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on Ukraine in a rare rebuke of the
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Russian leader after Moscow fired a
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barrage of missiles and drones at Kev
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killing at least 10 in the deadliest
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attack on the capital in months the
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direct appeal to Putin came after
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Ukrainian President Vladimir Zalinski
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urged his allies to put Russia under
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more pressure to halt its invasion i am
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not happy with the Russian strikes on
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Kev Trump said on social media not
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necessary and very bad timing vladimir
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stop he said let's get the peace deal
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done trump's envoy Steve Wickoff is due
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in Russia this week where he is expected
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to hold talks with Putin on a possible
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deal his fourth since Trump returned to
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the White House in January ukraine has
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been battered with aerial attacks
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throughout Russia's three-year invasion
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but deadly strikes on Keev better
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protected by air defenses than other
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cities are less common according to AFP
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the attacks threw more doubt on already
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fraud US efforts to push Russia and
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Ukraine to agree to a ceasefire with
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Trump having lashed out at Zalinski this
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week for not being willing to accept
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Russian occupation of Crimea annexed by
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Moscow in 2014 "we do everything that
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our partners have proposed only what
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contradicts our legislation and the
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constitution we cannot do," Zalinski
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told reporters in South Africa in
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response to a question about Crimea
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zalinski also questioned whether Kee's
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allies were themselves doing enough to
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force Putin to agree to a full and
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unconditional ceasefire "i don't see any
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strong pressure on Russia or any new
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sanctions packages against Russia's
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aggression," Zalinski said highlighting
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that Trump had previously warned of
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repercussions if Moscow did not agree to
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pause the fighting the strikes must be
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stopped immediately and unconditionally
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Zalinski said calling Thursday morning's
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aerial assault one of the most
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sophisticated most brazen of the entire
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war loud blasts sounded over the
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Ukrainian capital at around 1:00 a.m
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2,200 GMT after air raid sirens rang out
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across Kev AFP journalists on the ground
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said rescuers on Thursday afternoon said
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10 people were killed and 90 injured
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russia said it had targeted Ukraine's
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defense industry including plants that
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produced rocket fuel and gunpowder AFP
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reported we had reported that the
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Ukranian president Wadomir Zalinski has
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accused China government led by
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President Xi Jinping of helping Russia
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by thus allegedly sending the country's
9:04
weapon production workers to Russia to
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be producing gunpowder artillery among
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other military weapons the enemy
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neighboring country Russia under
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President Vladimir Putin are using to
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attack and destroy Ukraine this Zalinski
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confirmed that Russia attacked Khakiv
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with ballistic missiles as Christians
9:22
set to mark this year Good Friday which
9:25
do held the celebration of Easter just
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as the United States government through
9:29
the office of the Secretary of State
9:31
marco Rubio also on Friday said that if
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the war in Ukraine can't be stopped the
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US will move on because the US is not
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the cause of the war and the North
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America country has been helping Ukraine
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since the start of the war 3 years ago
