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Four European Union leaders say they support fast-tracking Ukraine becoming an official candidate to join the bloc. That came as the leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Romania visited Kyiv on Thursday. French President Emmanuel Macron told a news conference that the leaders "are doing everything so that Ukraine alone can decide its fate. Macron also promised six more powerful truck-mounted artillery guns.
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Standing by gutted, burnt-out buildings, Macron, Scholz, Draghi looked stern as they listened to a Ukrainian official explaining what had happened there
He denounced the barbarism of the attacks that devastated the town, and praised the courage of residents of Irpin and other Kyiv region towns who held back Russians forces from attacking the capital.
The leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Romania arrived in Kyiv in an apparent show of collective European support for Ukraine as it tries to resist Russia's invasion
The Russian military said it used long-range missiles Wednesday to destroy a depot in the western Lviv region of Ukraine where ammunition for NATO-supplied weapons was stored
Canadian Defence Minister Anita Anand has announced that Canada will provide Ukraine with 10 replacement barrels to enable the sustainment of M777 howitzer artillery guns
The agriculture sector has so far suffered losses of $4.292 billion because of the invasion
The first aircraft is likely to be inducted by first half of 2023
The aid is expected to include anti-ship missile launchers, howitzers, and more rounds for the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems
In a telephonic conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, Xi said, "All parties concerned must take a responsible stance, thus promoting the correct settlement of the Ukraine crisis"
Macron said a message of support must be sent to Ukraine before EU heads of state and government have to make important decisions at their Brussels meeting
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he had discussed defence cooperation with Canadian PM Justin Trudeau
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has affected access to food on a global level and could deal a blow to the crop harvest in 2023, which is a "major concern" of the Rome-based UN FAO has said
More than three months into the so-called "special military operation," the Kremlin has made no official announcement about how it sees the future of the territories it has grabbed
Ukraine's Black Sea ports are blocked by mines to protect the shoreline from attack by Russia's navy, which is also bottling up shipments
The US Open will allow tennis players from Russia and Belarus to compete this year despite the ongoing war in Ukraine, which prompted Wimbledon to ban those athletes
The leaders of seven NATO nations from across Europe pledged their support Tuesday for Sweden and Finland's bids to join the alliance and for providing more heavy weapons to help Ukraine battle Russia
Russian troops were "trying to gain a foothold in the central part of city", the Ukrainian military said on Tuesday in its daily roundup of the conflict in various parts of the country