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Russia has suffered this week a number of defeats on the diplomatic front. In addition to the parade of expulsions of Russian diplomats from many countries around the world, Moscow was expelled from the UN Human Rights Council. The UN Security Council has rejected Russia’s attempts to convene a meeting to spread Kremlin's lies about the atrocities in Bucha. President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke at the Security Council, calling for reforms of the body and the United Nations as a whole to effectively counter aggressors, and offering UNSC members to watch a video from Bucha, a unique event in the body's…

The world community should realize that it is impossible to resume business as usual with Russia without prosecuting all those who made decisions on preparing, launching, and waging the war, who spread hostile narratives about Ukraine and other countries. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Turkey Vasyl Bodnar said during a panel discussion on topical issues raised by Russia’s war against Ukraine. The panel was organized by the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV) in Ankara, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. "An important question is what will happen next, what will be the future of Russia. Do you really…

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken coordinated the next steps to strengthen Ukraine and force Russian President Vladimir Putin into failure. Kuleba announced this on Twitter, Ukrinform reports. “Spoke with @SecBlinken at NATO HQ. Grateful to the U.S. for the ironclad diplomatic and military support of Ukraine, as well as its leadership in initiating, imposing and enforcing sanctions on Russia. Coordinated next big steps to strengthen Ukraine and force Putin into failure,” tweeted the foreign minister. Read also: Battle for Donbas to remind World War 2 - Kuleba As Ukrinform reported, on April 7,…

President Volodymyr Zelensky states that Ukraine will not agree to the status quo regarding the territories now occupied by the enemy, and will fight for all its cities, currently controlled by the Russians. He said this in an interview with India’s Republic Media Network, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. "In any case, we will fight for all these cities. Today, Odesa is completely Ukrainian, it’s not occupied. The most difficult situation is in Mariupol. But we will fight for all our cities until we restore our territorial integrity... We are ready to say today that the Russians must withdraw to the…

In the next six months, Ukraine would like to receive part of the Russian assets seized by the West to launch reconstruction of the country massively affected by Russian aggression. Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal spoke about it at a briefing on April 7, Ukrinform reports. "What’s worth mentioning today is the Fund for Reconstruction of Ukraine. A working group has been set up, which is already actively working in several areas. The first is the seizure of Russian assets in the West and transfer of these funds to Ukraine. There is simply no single procedure in the world to do…

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has called on allies to provide Ukraine with more weapons, beyond just defensive anti-tank and anti-craft arms. That’s according to Washington Post, Ukrinform reports. “Ukraine is fighting a defensive war, so this distinction between offensive and defensive weapons doesn’t actually have any real meaning,” Stoltenberg said. Read also: Time for NATO to change approach to Russia - British Foreign Office He said he had “urged allies to provide further support of many different types of systems, both light weapons but also heavier weapons.” As Ukrinform reported earlier, at a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg…

At a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels, Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba is discussing the stability of arms supplies to Ukraine and the Alliance's long-term decisions toward helping Ukraine achieve victory in the war unleashed by Russia. This was announced by the head of Ukrainian diplomacy on Twitter “Met with Secretary General @jensstoltenberg at NATO HQ in Brussels. I came here today to discuss three most important things: weapons, weapons, and weapons. Ukraine’s urgent needs, the sustainability of supplies, and long-term solutions which will help Ukraine to prevail,” Kuleba tweeted. Read also: Russia's war against…

The United States Senate has unanimously passed major legislation to revive a World War II-era program, allowing President Joe Biden to more efficiently send weapons and other supplies to Ukraine amid Russia’s bloody invasion. The relevant statement was made by Politico, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. The Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022, as it’s known, would expedite the transfer of critical military equipment and other critical supplies to Ukraine by cutting bureaucratic red tape. It allows for the de facto gifting of equipment, with provisions stipulating that recipient countries would repay the U.S. at a later date. Senators quickly…