Newly-appointed U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget A. Brink and Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova visited Borodyanka, one of the settlements outside Kyiv that have witnessed heinous atrocities by Russian occupation forces.
Ukraine needs simplified and accelerated arms supply procedures, Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov told a panel on military assistance within the GLOBSEC-2022 International Security Forum in Bratislava.
The Ukrainian rocket and artillery units have destroyed Russia’s self-propelled howitzer Msta-S and advanced armored personnel carrier BTR-82A in southern Ukraine.
Ukraine is ready to create the necessary conditions for the resumption of exports from the port of Odesa and is looking for a solution together with the UN and partners so that Russia cannot use this for an attack.
It is Ukraine, which is resisting Russian armed aggression, that will determine the ways of achieving peace on its territory, while the U.S. will help the country in this regard.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has reaffirmed Germany’s continued support for Ukraine, including with weapons because "Putin can’t be stopped by words."
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has called on international companies to resume operations in Ukraine and promised maximum support on the part of the government.
Over 100 days since the Russian invasion started, Ukraine has stopped the ‘second army of the world’, liberated some of its territories, and continues to give a decent rebuff to the occupiers.
The European Union has officially suspended all duties on imports coming into the EU market from Ukraine to boost Ukraine’s economy affected by the Russian aggression.