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Post by Admin on Jan 3, 2024 0:30:11 GMT
(CNN) Ukraine has announced that the first day of the new year will be a day of mourning. At the end of the year, Russia carried out a large-scale airstrike on the capital of Ukraine, Kiev, resulting in many casualties.
Ukraine's military told CNN that the Russian attack on December 29 was one of the largest airstrikes since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on the 1st that Russia would step up airstrikes against Ukraine. Putin claimed that the Russian military was using "high-precision weapons" to attack military targets.
From December 31st to January 1st, people across Ukraine ushered in the New Year with the sounds of air raid sirens and new Russian attacks.
Putin said Tuesday's attack was in retaliation for an attack by Ukrainian forces in Belgorod region that killed at least 25 people, according to Gladkov, the governor of Russia's Belgorod region.
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Post by Admin on Feb 5, 2024 0:17:13 GMT
TEHRAN (FNA)- Kiev does not keep “any secrets” from the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), President Vladimir Zelensky admitted. He made the remarks in an exclusive interview with CNN, aired on Monday, expressing “surprise” that his recent meeting with CIA Boss William Burns got into the media limelight.
“My communication with the CIA chief should always be behind the scenes. We discuss important things – what Ukraine needs and how Ukraine is prepared to act,” Zelensky stated.
Kiev remains in close cooperation with the American spy agency, Zelensky admitted, adding that the country virtually has no secrets from the CIA. Ukrainian spy agencies maintain contacts with the CIA, he added, without specifying the agencies in question.
“The situation is pretty straightforward. We have good relations with the CIA chief, and we are talking. I told him about all the important things related to the battlefield that we need,” Zelensky explained.
Media in America reported on Burns’ most recent visit of the to Kiev over the weekend. Apart from meeting Zelensky himself, the agency director was said to have also held talks with unspecified Ukrainian intelligence officials.
“Director Burns recently traveled to Ukraine, as he has done regularly since the beginning of Russia’s recent aggression more than a year ago,” an anonymous US official told CNN.
“As with other trips, the director met with his Ukrainian intelligence counterparts and President Zelensky, reaffirming the US commitment to sharing intelligence to help Ukraine defend against Russian aggression,” the source added.
Apart from acknowledging Kiev’s close ties with the CIA, Zelensky reiterated his war goals, once again pledging to conquer the Crimean Peninsula. Crimea split from Ukraine in the aftermath of the 2014 Maidan coup, voting overwhelmingly to rejoin Russia in a referendum.
“We cannot imagine Ukraine without Crimea. And while Crimea is under Russian occupation, it means only one thing: the war is not over yet,” Zelensky stressed, adding that any scenario without seizing Crimea from Russia would not count as a “victory” for the country.
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Post by Admin on Feb 25, 2024 15:20:02 GMT
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Post by Admin on Feb 25, 2024 19:24:07 GMT
"31,000 Ukrainian servicemen have died in this war. Not 300,000, not 150,000, but still, each and every loss is grievous for us," Zelensky stated.
The President added that the Russian army's death toll stands at 180,000, with up to 450,000 wounded.
"Of course, we have wounded. And there are those missing in action, but I won't give a number because there are inaccuracies. And there are tens of thousands of civilians dead in the occupied territories," the President noted.
This is the first occasion that the Ukrainian President has publicly confirmed the scale of casualties suffered by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In a recent interview with the American broadcaster Fox News, Zelensky asserted that the losses of the Russian army in the war in Ukraine were at least five times greater than those suffered by Ukraine.
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Post by Admin on Mar 12, 2024 12:06:52 GMT
Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church has caused controversy after calling on Ukraine to "have the courage to raise the white flag" as it faces the invasion of Russia.
[Image] The Pope's position revealed when he said, "Ukraine should raise the white flag"
Since a "white flag" generally means "surrender," the Ukrainian side strongly objected to the Pope's words. The Holy See, on the other hand, has defended itself by saying that it did not encourage surrender.
What exactly did the Pope say? Pope Francis made the controversial comment during an interview with Swiss broadcaster RSI. It was recorded in February and is scheduled to be broadcast on March 20th, but part of it was released on the 9th.
According to the Washington Post, the Pope was asked the following question by an interviewer:
“In Ukraine, some people are calling for the courage to surrender, for a white flag. But there are also those who say that would legitimize the stronger side. What do you think?”
In response, the Pope reportedly replied, ``I believe that the strongest people are those who look at the situation, think about the people, and have the courage to raise the white flag when negotiating.''
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