This is Beirut, 2024-12-08 04:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday insisted at a meeting with US President-elect Donald Trump that any settlement with Russia after its invasion of Ukraine had to be "just", as fears grow in Kyiv on the position of the incoming administration. President Emmanuel Macron hosted three-way talks with Zelensky and Trump at the Elysee ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-06 09:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Europe's new Vega-C rocket launched Thursday from French Guiana and put a satellite into orbit in its first takeoff since a failed flight two years ago. After two days of delays, the rocket -- crucial to Europe's autonomy in reaching space -- took off without problems, carrying the Sentinel-1C satellite for the European Union's Copernicus Earth ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-06 05:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday said he hoped Ukraine's allies took "seriously" Moscow's recent use of a hypersonic missile in the conflict there, and warned that Russia was ready to use "any means" to defend itself. The United States and its allies "must understand that we would be ready to use ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-04 21:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Russia and Ukraine will send their foreign ministers to Malta this week for a summit of the OSCE, officials said Wednesday, in one of the few events attended by both countries since Moscow's Ukraine offensive began. The trip marks Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's first to an EU member since the start of the conflict in February 2022, and ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-04 14:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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NATO chief Mark Rutte said Wednesday that Russia was giving support to North Korea's missile and nuclear programmes in exchange for Pyongyang sending troops to fight in the war with Ukraine. He urged NATO members to send enough arms to Ukraine to change the course of the conflict as Russian forces make gains along the frontline. "In return for ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-03 13:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Ukraine insisted Tuesday that NATO membership was the only "real guarantee" for its security as foreign ministers from the alliance looked set to rebuff Kyiv's push for an invite ahead of Donald Trump's return to the US presidency. Trump has vowed to press for a quick deal to end Russia's war, leaving Kyiv scrambling to position itself ahead of ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-01 10:41 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The EU's new top diplomat Kaja Kallas and head of the European Council Antonio Costa arrived in Kyiv Sunday in a symbolic show of support for Ukraine on their first day in office. "We came to give a clear message that we stand with Ukraine, and we continue to give our full support," Costa told media outlets including AFP ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-28 19:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The European Union on Thursday confirmed it would give Ukraine 18.1 billion euros ($19 billion) as part of a bigger G7 loan backed by profits from frozen Russian assets. The Group of Seven advanced economies last month finalised an agreement on a $50 billion loan to Kyiv to help prop up the country as it struggles to fight back against Moscow's ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-28 18:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday threatened to strike "decision-making centres" in Kyiv with Russia's new hypersonic missile, hours after Moscow pummelled Ukraine's energy grid in an attack that left a million people without power. Russia fired more than 90 missiles and around 100 drones during the barrage, Kyiv said, in ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-28 12:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Russia's army on Thursday launched a massive attack on Ukraine's energy sector, forcing emergency power outages as temperatures dropped to freezing across the country. Ukraine's energy grid has been heavily targeted since Russia invaded in February 2022, with Kyiv accusing Moscow of "terror" tactics by trying to plunge ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-27 20:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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US President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he was nominating retired general Keith Kellogg -- an alum of his first term and a staunch loyalist -- as his Ukraine envoy, charged with ending the two-and-a-half-year Russian invasion. "I am very pleased to nominate General Keith Kellogg to serve as Assistant to the President and Special ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-27 14:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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European lawmakers on Wednesday gave Ursula von der Leyen's new executive team the green light to start work, as the EU chief warned there was "no time to waste" to boost the bloc's defenses and competitiveness. From supporting Kyiv against Russia's invasion to war in the Middle East, China's economic rivalry and the imminent return of Donald ...