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Missiles hit apartment block in Ukraine port city of Odesa
At least six people were killed including a three-month old baby in a missile strike on Ukraine's southern port city of Odesa on Saturday, the president's chief of staff Andriy Yermak said in an online post.
Ukraine's southern air command had earlier said that two missiles struck a military facility and two residential buildings in Odesa.
It comes as Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky announced he would meet Sunday in his nation's capital with the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, and the US secretary of defense, Lloyd Austin.
Speaking in a news conference, Mr Zelensky gave little detail about logistics of the encounter but said he expected concrete results — "not just presents or some kind of cakes, we are expecting specific things and specific weapons.
Oleksiy Arestovich, an advisor to the head of Ukraine’s presidential office, said on Saturday that Russian forces have resumed air strikes on Azovstal factory in Mariupol and were trying to storm it.
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Show latest update 1650769223 Blinken to visit Kyiv in highest level US official visit since war began, Zelensky says
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin will travel to Kyiv on Sunday, Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky announced.
Mr Blinken and Mr Austin will discuss the kinds of weapons that Ukraine needs to battle Russia’s renewed aggression in the east and south of the country, Mr Zelensky said at a news conference Saturday.
The visit will mark the highest level United States officials to visit since the Russian invasion began on 24 February.
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(AP)
Thomas Kingsley 24 April 2022 04:00
1650765623 President Zelensky thanks UK for training Ukrainian military on home soil
Volodymyr Zelensky has thanked the Prime Minister for currently training members of the Ukrainian military on UK soil.
Boris Johnson spoke to the Ukrainian president on Saturday afternoon for an update on Kyiv’s conflict with Russia, according to Downing Street.
Offering a readout of the phone call, a No 10 spokesman said: “President Zelensky thanked the Prime Minister for the training of Ukrainian military personnel currently taking place in the UK.”
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President Zelensky thanks UK for training Ukrainian military on home soil More than 20 soldiers arrived last week for training on 120 vehicles being supplied to Kyiv’s resistance.
Thomas Kingsley 24 April 2022 03:00
1650762023 Pictured: Odesa missile strike aftermath (via REUTERS)
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Thomas Kingsley 24 April 2022 02:00
1650758423 Russia warns it will deploy ‘Satan 2’ nuclear missiles ‘capable of hitting UK’ by the autumn
Russia has announced it will deploy its recently tested “Satan II” missile by the autumn, as tensions between Moscow and the west mount amid the Ukraine war.
The Kremlin announced the first test launch of its new, nuclear-capable Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system on Wednesday, with experts warning the warhead could target the UK as well as Europe and the US.
The Sarmat is capable of carrying 10 or more nuclear warheads and decoys, and of striking targets thousands of miles away in the United States or Europe.
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Thomas Kingsley 24 April 2022 01:00
1650754963 Mother killed with her baby in Odesa attack had posted about ‘new level of happiness’ after birth
A mother and her three-month old baby were among six people killed by a missile strike on Ukraine on Saturday,
The mother, named in local reports as Valerie Glodan, had posted on social media just a few weeks ago saying she had experienced a “new level of happiness” since the birth.
“These were the best 40 weeks ever. Our girl is 1 month old now. Daddy got her her first flowers. It’s a whole new level of happiness,” she wrote on Instagram.
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Emergency service workers extinguish fire after a missile strike in Odesa
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Sam Rkaina 24 April 2022 00:02
1650753900 Zelensky thanks Johnson for help with training troops
Volodymyr Zelensky has thanked the Prime Minister for currently training members of the Ukrainian military on UK soil.
Boris Johnson spoke to the Ukrainian president on Saturday afternoon for an update on Kyiv’s conflict with Russia, according to Downing Street.
Offering a readout of the phone call, a No 10 spokesman said: “President Zelensky thanked the Prime Minister for the training of Ukrainian military personnel currently taking place in the UK.”
It comes after Mr Johnson confirmed for the first time during his trade trip to India this week that Ukrainian forces were in the UK.
More than 20 soldiers arrived last week for training on the 120 armoured vehicles that are being supplied to the resistance against Moscow, the Government has said.
The talks came as Ukrainian officials said Russian forces had started attacking a steel plant in the battered city of Mariupol in an apparent bid to eliminate the last stand by Kyiv’s defenders.
Sam Rkaina 23 April 2022 23:45
1650751844 Russia warns it will deploy ‘Satan 2’ nuclear missiles ‘capable of hitting UK’ by autumn
Russia has announced it will deploy its recently tested “Satan II” missile by the autumn, as tensions between Moscow and the west mount amid the Ukraine war.
The Kremlin announced the first test launch of its new, nuclear-capable Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system on Wednesday, with experts warning the warhead could target the UK as well as Europe and the US.
The Sarmat is capable of carrying 10 or more nuclear warheads and decoys, and of striking targets thousands of miles away in the United States or Europe.
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A Satan missile at the former Soviet base in Pervomaysk
(Washington Post)
Sam Rkaina 23 April 2022 23:10
1650751716 UK warning over Russian plans ‘to conscript Ukraine civilians'
Ukraine has accused Putin’s forces of planning to conscript civilians from the Russian-occupied Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, the UK’s Ministry of Defence has said.
An MoD intelligence update on Twitter tonight said: “This would follow similar prior conscription practices in the Russian-occupied Donbas and Crimea.
“Article 51 of the Fourth Geneva Convention states “the Occupying Power may not compel protected persons to serve in its armed or auxiliary forces”, and “no pressure or propaganda which aims at securing voluntary enlistment is permitted”.
“Protected persons in this context includes civilians within occupied territories.
“Any enlistment of Ukrainian civilians into the Russian armed forces, even if presented by Russia as being voluntary or military service in accordance with Russian law, would constitute a violation of Article 51 of the Fourth Geneva Convention.”
Sam Rkaina 23 April 2022 23:08
1650746459 US Secretary of State Blinken to visit Kyiv on Sunday
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin will travel to Kyiv on Sunday, Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky announced.
Mr Blinken and Mr Austin will discuss the kinds of weapons that Ukraine needs to battle Russia’s renewed aggression in the east and south of the country, Mr Zelensky said at a news conference Saturday.
The visit will mark the highest level United States officials to visit since the Russian invasion began on 24 February.
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Antony Blinken is due to meet with President Zelensky
(AP)
Sam Rkaina 23 April 2022 21:40
1650744333 Two dead after Russian shelling in Kharkiv
Heavy shelling by Russian armed forces has killed two people and injured 19 in Kharkiv. A warehouse for steel goods caught fire, and some cars were wrecked in the attack.
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Aisha Rimi 23 April 2022 21:05
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