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Zelensky slams “absurd” stance, more weapons from France and Germany, more aid from Norway and news about F-16 training. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (C) poses for an official family photo with the participants of the NATO Summit in Vilnius on July 11, 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / POOL / AFP) NATO leaders met Tuesday […]

“There seems to be no will either to give Ukraine an invitation to NATO or to make it a member of the Alliance,” wrote Zelensky on Twitter. “Indecision is a weakness.” By Euronews  with Agencies   •  Updated: 11/07/2023 – 17:24 Ukraine’s president hit out on Tuesday at what he called NATO’s “absurd” refusal to offer his country a timetable for joining the […]

An eastern African bloc called on Monday for a regional summit to consider deploying troops into Sudan to protect civilians, after nearly three months of violence between the army and a paramilitary faction. A tuk-tuk (motorized rickshaw) and a motorcycle move along a road past a branch of the Central Bank of Sudan in the country’s eastern […]

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is holding a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson ahead of the critical NATO summit to take place Tuesday. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson shake hands next to NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg prior to their meeting, on the eve […]

Ukraine has been forced to do battle with less equipment than it needs because of the caution of its international partners, said Mark Carleton-Smith, the U.K.’s former top military commander, during his visit to Kyiv. British former chief of the General Staff Mark Alexander Popham Carleton-Smith speaks during the commemoration ceremony at the Martyrs’ Memorial […]

Recent incidents involving harassment of mayors indicate that hardcore groups are becoming emboldened.France’s top intelligence official warned on Sunday of the “very worrying resurgence” of violent actions by the ultra-right since the spring. By Euronews  with AFP  •  Updated: 09/07/2023 – “Since the spring, we have witnessed a very worrying resurgence of violent actions and intimidation by the ultra-right, […]

The Kremlin on Saturday slammed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s decision to repatriate several Ukrainian commanders who should have remained in Turkey until the end of the conflict under a deal.   Commanders of Ukrainian forces who held Mariupol’s resistance in the city’s Azovstal steel plant hug their relatives in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv […]

July 8, 2023 (KHARTOUM) – On Saturday, a series of airstrikes by the Sudanese army on the neighbourhoods of Omdurman resulted in the tragic loss of at least 22 lives, with numerous others sustaining injuries. Sudanese army chopper attacks RSF positions in Khartoum on April 22, 2023 Over the past few days, the Sudanese army […]

Russia denounces the soldiers’ return, accusing Kyiv and Ankara of violating a prisoner exchange deal under which the men were to remain in Turkey until the end of the war. mUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, centre, and other officials pose for a picture with commanders of defenders of the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol […]

Long sought by Ukraine, cluster bombs are weapons that open in the air, releasing submunitions, or bomblets, that are dispersed over a large area and are intended to wreak destruction on multiple targets at once. By Euronews  •  Updated: 07/07/2023 – 14:36 US President Joe Biden officially approved the provision of cluster munitions to Ukraine on Friday. The […]