Kyiv (AFP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday urged Western countries to send long-range missiles and jets to the war-torn country to help repel Russian forces after the United States announced it would send Abrams tanks to Ukraine and said he hopes this is a big reversal.
Russia says giving Odesa UNESCO status ‘politically motivated’
Moscow on Wednesday decried a “politically motivated” decision by UNESCO to add the historic centre of Ukraine’s port city of Odesa to its World Heritage List.
The foreign ministry accused a group of Western countries of pushing through a “politically motivated” decision in violation of the standard procedures. “It was prepared hastily, without respecting the current high standards of UNESCO,” the foreign ministry said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday he wanted the West to send long-range missiles and jets to his war-torn country to help repel Russian troops.
“We must also open deliveries of long-range missiles to Ukraine, it is important — we must expand our cooperation in artillery,” Zelensky said, also adding Ukraine needed jets. “It’s a dream and it’s a job.The British government announced on Thursday that it would send tanks to Ukraine at the end of March. Britain’s announcement came after French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna arrived in Odessa and met with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kleva amid a wave of Russian strikes sweeping across Ukraine.Â
US imposes sanctions on Chinese firms for supporting Russian military operations
The US on Thursday imposed sanctions on a Chinese company that allegedly provided satellite imagery of Ukraine to help the Russian mercenary group Wagner.
The Treasury and State Departments have announced a series of actions officially designating the Wagner Group as a transnational criminal organization.
“The new sanctions will further hinder the ability to arm the Kremlin’s war machine, which has waged a war of aggression against Ukraine and caused ruthless death and destruction,” Foreign Minister Antony Blinken said in a statement. said.
Targeted companies included the Changsha Tianyi Institute of Space Science and Technology, a Chinese company that the Ministry of Finance said provided satellite imagery of Ukraine to the Wagner Group.The British government announced on Thursday that it would send tanks to Ukraine at the end of March. Britain’s announcement came after French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna arrived in Odessa and met with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kleva amid a wave of Russian strikes sweeping across Ukraine.Â
US imposes sanctions on Chinese firms for supporting Russian military operations
The US on Thursday imposed sanctions on a Chinese company that allegedly provided satellite imagery of Ukraine to help the Russian mercenary group Wagner.
The Treasury and State Departments have announced a series of actions officially designating the Wagner Group as a transnational criminal organization.
“The new sanctions will further hinder the ability to arm the Kremlin’s war machine, which has waged a war of aggression against Ukraine and caused ruthless death and destruction,” Foreign Minister Antony Blinken said in a statement said.
Targeted companies included the Changsha Tianyi Institute of Space Science and Technology, a Chinese company that the Ministry of Finance said provided satellite imagery of Ukraine to the Wagner Group.
