Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres have discussed the issue of ending Russia's nuclear blackmail and restoring the safety and security of Ukrainian nuclear power plants.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that together with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, they supported the need to extend the Black Sea Grain Initiative.
About 16 million Ukrainians arrived in the European Union in 2022, and 11 million of them later returned to Ukraine, whereas another 1 million people left for other countries, and about four million refugees remained on EU territory.
Ukraine's Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov has said that Ukraine has nothing to do with explosions at the Nord Stream gas pipelines, adding that all details of the incident will be established during an official investigation.
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has said that due to the war in Ukraine, the economic outlook for Russia beyond 2023 is “quite devastating.”
At a meeting of EU defense ministers in Sweden, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said that a total of 9,000 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will undergo training in Germany by the end of the year.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has congratulated all Ukrainian women on International Women's Day and expressed gratitude to all the wives, mothers and those who are currently defending Ukraine.
The top military leadership of Ukraine, the United States, Great Britain, Poland, and NATO discussed continued arms supplies to Ukraine and the strengthening of the embattled nation’s air defense.
The U.S. has received no intelligence that could confirm Belarus’s readiness to take direct part in hostilities in Ukraine, but at the same time the regime of Alexander Lukashenko keeps providing the country’s territory as a bridgehead for the Russian forces.
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal of Ukraine discussed with the leadership of the International Development Association projects to support Ukraine, including work on a special program for the country’s recovery.
The behavior and unacceptable statements by Belarus dictator Alexander Lukashenko testify to the hysteria growing in both Belarus and Russia. As they realize it is impossible to defeat Ukraine on the battlefield, they try to promote “Plan B” in an attempt to strike a truce deal similar to the Minsk Agreement.