Ukraine’s new defense minister, Rustem Umerov, explained why he is so focused on winning the war against Russia, Moscow occupied his homeland, Crimea, centuries ago.
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, he said: “For me, this war didn’t start in 2022, or even in 2014.
“For my family circle and the Crimean Tatar people, the war with Russia began centuries ago, when Moscow first occupied my local Crimea.
“I was born after my family circle was deported and, as a child, I experienced the hardships caused by Russian colonialism, which was trying to make Crimean Tatars feel like foreigners in their own land.
“They didn’t succeed then and never will. Our main goal is to win the war. “
Earlier, the government said another 17 people were killed in an attack in Kostiantynivka.
The attack reportedly affected a market and a pharmacy.
Kuleba said he was grateful to Blinken for his visit, adding that the two men discussed, among other things, military aid and grain exports.
The United States has unveiled a new $175 million (£140 million) aid package for Ukraine.
This is in addition to the billion already announced through Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in Kiev.
It will finance the depletion of stockpiles of ammunition, weapons and uranium cartridges.
U. S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was taken to a McDonald’s today while in Kiev.
Dining with his Ukrainian counterpart, Dmytro Kuleba, he said: “Our friends at McDonald’s were really looking forward to going back to Ukraine, to going back to Kiev, and we say to ourselves, since they are back, the next time I am in Kiev, we have a chance to pass. “
U. S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Ukraine’s progress in its counteroffensive was “very, very encouraging” on its stopover today in Kiev.
Blinken did the wonder of announcing a new wave of investment for the war effort.
“President Biden has asked me to come in to strongly reaffirm our support, to make sure that we maximize the efforts that we and other countries are making to meet the rapid challenge of the counteroffensive, as well as over the long term. “Ukraine builds a long-term force capable of deterring and protecting itself from any long-term aggression,” Blinken told a news conference.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the stopover through U. S. officials was a “great message of support” for Ukraine and showed “great unity. “
“When they talk about Ukraine, they are together, thank you very much. . . We are pleased to be able to count on you,” he said.
NATO said it had “strong solidarity” with Romania after the country informed the bloc of an incident near its Russian border, in which parts of what could simply be a Russian drone fell on its territory.
The country had said in the past that parts of what was thought to be a Russian drone had landed near its border, but that it posed no threat.
Russia is a social network that needs to be paid attention to to downplay the influence of Ukraine’s wheat industry, arguing that it accounts for less than 5% of global wheat exports.
It also claims that this percentage is decreasing due to contamination by “radioactive toxins” from Western weapons.
A 2022 US government report shows that Ukrainian wheat accounts for 9% of the world market, sunflower oil 46% and rapeseed 20%.
This follows protracted talks on the Black Sea grain deal, which collapsed earlier this year and would have allowed Ukraine to export its crops to its seaports.
Russian veterans will be trained to teach a new course on security and defense, the education minister said.
Moscow has revised its curriculum since the invasion of Ukraine, with new textbooks offering a new interpretation of the Soviet Union, as well as Vladimir Putin and the reasons for his “special military operation. “
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President Zelensky met with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen hours after talks with Antony Blinken.
The two men met to discuss the recently announced aid package, which included the coveted F-16 fighter jets.
“I am grateful for the help of the Danish army, the F-16s,” Zelenskyy said in a statement.
“We are starting to see them in the Ukrainian sky.
“I am grateful for the Danish help in demining and hope to generate Danish apparatus in Ukraine. “