#US announces new Ukraine package as Pentagon chief visits Kyiv

#US announces new Ukraine package as Pentagon chief visits Kyiv

The U.S. on Monday released a new $100 million aid package for Ukraine, announcing more artillery rounds and anti-aircraft munitions as Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made a surprise visit to Kyiv. The package includes 155 millimeter artillery shells, Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, small arms ammunition and Javelin and AT-4 launchers. Austin said at a Monday press…

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#Russian commission says ruling party won most votes in occupied Ukraine regions in disputed elections

#Russian commission says ruling party won most votes in occupied Ukraine regions in disputed elections

Russia’s Central Election Commission said Monday the country’s ruling party has won the most votes in elections in occupied Ukrainian regions, elections that Kyiv and international observers dismiss as complete shams. The voting for Russian-installed legislatures in the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions and on the Crimean Peninsula began last week and ended on…

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#What Xi and Putin want to gain from their joint meeting

#What Xi and Putin want to gain from their joint meeting

What Xi and Putin want to gain from their joint meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to travel to Moscow next week to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin – his first visit to Russia since Kremlin troops invaded Ukraine.   The March 20 to 22 visit, also Xi’s first foreign trip since winning a third term…

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#Russian missile attack hits infrastructure in Kyiv: officials

#Russian missile attack hits infrastructure in Kyiv: officials

“Russian missile attack hits infrastructure in Kyiv: officials” A Russian missile attack hit critical infrastructure in Kyiv on Saturday morning and explosions rang out in the Dniprovskiy district of the Ukrainian capital, a senior presidential official and other officials said. Reuters journalists heard a series of explosions in Kyiv before an air raid siren sounded…

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#Russia launches attack on Kyiv for first time in weeks

#Russia launches attack on Kyiv for first time in weeks

“Russia launches attack on Kyiv for first time in weeks” KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces launched a missile attack on the Kyiv area for the first time in weeks Thursday and pounded the northern Chernihiv region as well, in what Ukraine said was revenge for standing up to the Kremlin. Ukrainian officials, meanwhile, announced a…

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