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Pentagon Chief Calls for Additional Patriot Systems for Ukraine

par This Is Beirut, 30/04 20:30 - Reading : less than a minute

Ukraine United States Volodymyr Zelensky

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Tuesday that he has been encouraging countries with Patriot missile systems to donate them to Ukraine, which appealed for more of the air defense batteries. "There are countries that have Patriots, and so what we're doing is continuing to engage those countries," Austin told a House Armed Services ...

Macron Warns 'Mortal' Europe Needs Stronger Defense

par This Is Beirut, 25/04 15:36 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Emmanuel Macron Europe This is Beirut Ukraine

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday warned that Europe faces an existential threat from Russian aggression, calling on the continent to adopt a "credible" defense strategy less dependent on the United States. He described Russia's behavior after its invasion of Ukraine as "uninhibited" and said it was no longer clear where Moscow's ...

Russia, Ukraine to Exchange Displaced Children After Rare Talks

par This Is Beirut, 24/04 19:44 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Russia and Ukraine agreed in a Qatari-brokered deal to exchange almost 50 children displaced by Moscow's invasion, the Kremlin's children's rights commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova announced in Doha on Wednesday. Moscow has been accused of forcibly taking Ukrainian children into Russian territory during its full-scale offensive, with Lvova-Belova ...

Blinken Visits China to Manage Tensions but Increase Pressure

par This Is Beirut, 24/04 14:27 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

This is Beirut Ukraine USA

US Secretary of State Blinken visited China on Wednesday, as the US seeks to increase pressure over Ukraine and Fentanyl, while simultaneously managing tensions ahead of November's upcoming election. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken returned Wednesday to China on his second visit in one year, as the United States ramps up pressure on its ...

Blinken to Return to China with Message on Russia Support

par This Is Beirut, 20/04 22:09 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Antony Blinken Ukraine US Secretary of State

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make his second visit to China in less than a year next week, with Chinese support for Russia against Ukraine expected to be the main topic. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will pay his second visit in less than a year to China next week, hoping to use easing tension to press Beijing to curb wartime ...

US House Passes Bills to Aid Ukraine, Bolster Taiwan

par This Is Beirut, 20/04 22:01 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Israel Tik Tok Ukraine US Congress

The US House of Representatives approved a major aid package on Saturday for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, as well as a possible ban on the social network TikTok. Lawmakers in the US House of Representatives quickly passed legislation on Saturday to provide aid to Ukraine and Israel and bolster Taiwan, while also threatening a ban on TikTok if it ...

NATO Countries to Procure Ukraine With Air Defenses

par This Is Beirut, 19/04 19:32 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Europe Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky

NATO countries agreed to give Ukraine more air defenses after desperate pleas from Kyiv for advanced systems to shoot down Russian attacks, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday. "NATO defense ministers have agreed to step up and provide further military support, including more air defense," Stoltenberg said after virtual talks with ...

G7 Hears Calls for 'Critical' Ukraine Aid

par This Is Beirut, 18/04 23:03 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Antony Blinken Ukraine United States

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told a G7 meeting Thursday that Ukraine had an "urgent, critical need for more air defense", as Kyiv's foreign minister pressed allies for more Patriot systems. Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven developed nations, including US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, are gathering on the Italian island of ...

Russia Strikes Historic Ukrainian City, Inflicting Dozens of Casualties

par This Is Beirut, 17/04 19:14 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Ukraine United States Volodymyr Zelensky

Russian missiles struck Chernigiv on Wednesday, a historic city in Ukraine, inflicting many casualties. Ukrainian authorities have been urgently appealing to western allies, namely the United States, for additional military support, as the US Congress is set to discuss the aid bill to Ukraine on Saturday. Three Russian missiles crashed into ...

Germany Send its Third Patriot Air Defense System to Ukraine

par This Is Beirut, 13/04 17:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Germany will send an additional Patriot air defense system to Ukraine to bolster its hard-pressed military and help it fend off increased Russian aerial attacks, Berlin said Saturday. "Russian terror against Ukrainian cities and the country's infrastructure is causing immeasurable suffering," said German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, ...

Ukraine: Situation on Eastern Front "Deteriorated Significantly"

par This Is Beirut, 13/04 11:16 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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"The situation on the eastern front has deteriorated significantly in recent days" in the face of a heightened Russian offensive, Ukraine's commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrsky said Saturday. Syrsky, who took over as commander-in-chief in February after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky fired his popular predecessor, Valery Zaluzhny, said ...

Putin Aims to Demilitarize Ukraine with Energy Strikes

par This Is Beirut, 11/04 23:23 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Ukraine Vladimir Putin Volodymyr Zelensky

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said that recent airstrikes on Ukraine's energy grid, which have caused huge blackouts, are part of the Kremlin's "demilitarization" of its neighbor. His comments came after Moscow launched a barrage of aerial attacks on Thursday, targeting energy facilities across Ukraine. "We assume that in this way ...

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