Zelensky says China trying to undermine Ukraine peace summit
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Donald Trump has offered to “settle the war” in Ukraine started by Vladimir Putin as he suggested Russia would have never attacked its smaller neighbour if the US had a “real president” in the office.
“Before I take office on 20 January, I’ll have that war settled,” he said at the first presidential debate with Joe Biden.
However, Mr Biden called Mr Putin a “war criminal” and warned that if Russia is allowed to succeed, the Russian president would not stop at Kyiv. “He wants all of Ukraine. That’s what he wants,” Mr Biden said. “He’s killed thousands and thousands of people,” the US president said.
Mr Putin was repeatedly referenced by both US presidential candidates during Thursday’s election debate as they vied to show who was tougher on foreign policy. “Go ahead, let Putin go in and control Ukraine, and then move on to Poland and other places. See what happens then. He has no idea what the hell he’s talking about,” Mr Biden said of Mr Trump.
This comes as Ukraine’s military said its forces had forced Russian troops out of a district in the town of Chasiv Yar on the war’s eastern front seen as Moscow’s next target in its slow advance through the area.
Key pointsUkrainians held prisoner for years in Russia return to Kyiv
Alexander Butler29 June 2024 08:47
Civilians released from captivity in Russia and Belarus, says Zelensky
President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that 10 people, all civilians, were handed back to Ukraine as part of an exchange of detainees after several years of captivity in Russia and its ally Belarus.
“We managed to bring back 10 more of our people from Russian captivity, despite all the difficulties,” Zelensky wrote on the Telegram messaging app.
He thanked a team dedicated to securing the release of the captives, including the Vatican.
Ukrainian officials said the return of the civilians was part of an exchange of prisoners of war conducted earlier this week under which each side handed back 90 detainees.
Russia did not comment and Ukraine made no mention of any release of Russians in captivity.
Among those brought back was Nariman Dzhelyal, deputy head of the assembly of the ethnic Crimean Tatar community, seized by Russian occupation forces in 2021, seven years after Moscow annexed the Crimean peninsula.
Also freed were two eastern rite Catholic priests captured by Russian forces in the occupied port of Berdiansk on the Sea of Azov.
Five of those liberated had been held in ex-Soviet Belarus, Moscow’s closest ally, which allowed the Kremlin to use its territory to help launch the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
Jane Dalton29 June 2024 06:55
Ukraine strikes hamper Russian drones, MoD says
Jane Dalton29 June 2024 05:25
More Americans are ending up in Russian jails. Prospects for their release are unclear
One was a journalist on a reporting trip. Another was attending a wedding. Yet another was a dual national returning to visit family.
All are U.S. citizens now behind bars in Russia on various charges.
Arrests of Americans in Russia are increasingly common with relations sinking to Cold War lows. Washington accuses Moscow of using U.S. citizens as bargaining chips, but Russia insists they all broke the law.
Jane Dalton29 June 2024 03:40
Zelensky hopes for second peace summit
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and Slovenian president Natasa Pirc Musar visited a memorial in Kyiv to Ukrainian soldiers killed in the war.
The pair discussed plans for a second peace summit, similar to the one held earlier this month in Switzerland, and a bilateral security agreement.
Jane Dalton29 June 2024 02:05
Putin hints at restarting production of intermediate-range missiles
Russian president Vladimir Putin has called for the resumption of production in Russia of intermediate-range missiles that were banned under a now-scrapped treaty with the United States.
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty, which banned ground-based missiles with a range of 500-5,500 km (310-3,410 miles), was regarded as an arms -control landmark when then-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and US president Ronald Reagan signed it in the 1980s.
The United States withdrew from the treaty in 2019, citing Russian violations.
“We need to start production of these strike systems and then, based on the actual situation, make decisions about where – if necessary to ensure our safety – to place them,” Mr Putin said at a meeting of Russia’s national security council.
Jane Dalton29 June 2024 00:30
Top international court issues arrest warrants for senior Russian officials over alleged war crimes
Former Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu, a close ally of Vladimir Putin, and military chief General Valery Gerasimov have been accused of “directing attacks at civilian objects”, “causing excessive incidental harm to civilians or damage to civilian objects”, and perpetrating the crime against humanity of “inhumane acts”.
Jane Dalton28 June 2024 23:00
Russia accused of flashing violent Ukraine war images on children’s TV channels
Ukraine, in its complaint to the ITU on 3 June, recorded at least 11 cases of interference in the last three months affecting dozens of Ukrainian television programmes, the report added. ITU is a specialized agency of the UN responsible for matters related to information and communication technologies.
Maryam Zakir-Hussain28 June 2024 21:30
Bulgarian president declines government proposal to lead delegation to NATO summit
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has turned down a government proposal to lead the country’s delegation to NATO’s July summit in Washington, D.C., saying he was not consulted while it worked out the official position of the country and its commitments regarding the war in Ukraine, his press office said Thursday.
The decision comes on the heels of heated debates between pro-Russian and pro-Western parties in Bulgaria about whether Radev, as the commander-in-chief of the military, should represent the country at the NATO summit.
Maryam Zakir-Hussain28 June 2024 20:30
Dagestan, in southern Russia, has a history of violence. Why does it keeps happening?
Over the years, Russia‘s southern republic of Dagestan, located in the North Caucasus region, has been beset by extremist violence. This weekend, there was more bloodshed.
Officials say five gunmen in the regional capital of Makhachkala and the city of Derbent opened fire at Orthodox churches and two synagogues, as well as a police post, killing at least 20 people before being slain by authorities.
The large-scale and coordinated assault raises difficult questions for the Russian authorities about continued security lapses, especially after an attack claimed by an affiliate of the Islamic State group at a Moscow-area concert hall in March killed 145 people.
Maryam Zakir-Hussain28 June 2024 19:30
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