2024-02-24 10:23:46
Russia will take “revenge” for the new Western sanctions, said former President Dmitri Medvedev this Saturday. In Moscow, arrests were made by the police during a gathering of wives of Russian soldiers mobilized in Ukraine. Follow the latest information on the conflict.
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Ukraine: two years of war
12:11
“WE WILL VANQUISH”
“We will win,” proclaimed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the second anniversary of the Russian invasion, in a video released Saturday by the presidency. “We are fighting for this. For 730 days in our lives. And we will win, on the best day of our lives,” he said from the Gostomel military airport, near Kiev, and scene of a battle key with the Russians in the first days of the invasion.
11:23
NEW MILITARY AID FROM THE UK
The United Kingdom announced a package of 245 million pounds sterling (287 million euros) to help Ukraine replenish its munitions and 8.5 million pounds (9.9 million euros) in humanitarian aid , two years following the start of the Russian invasion.
The military aid aims to “invigorate supply chains to produce the artillery ammunition that Ukraine urgently needs to increase its reserves,” the British Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
10:58
ARRESTS IN MOSCOW
This Saturday, which marks the 2nd anniversary of the Russian offensive in Ukraine, wives of Russian soldiers mobilized and demanding their return gathered in Moscow. Two independent Russian media reported that Russian police then made several arrests, including journalists, who came to cover this weekly meeting of the “Pout Domoï” movement (Path to Home, in Russian) near the flame of the unknown soldier at the shadow of the Kremlin.
10:23
MEDVEDEV CALLS FOR RUSSIAN VENGEANCE
The number two of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev vowed that his country would take revenge for Western sanctions, announced on the occasion of the second anniversary of the Russian offensive once morest Ukraine and the death of opponent Alexeï Navalny. “Let them (Westerners) all suffer there. We must remember that, we must take revenge on them wherever possible. They are our enemies,” wrote on Telegram l ex-Russian president, accustomed to warlike and threatening declarations.
10:21
TRIUMPHING RUSSIAN “DARKNESS”
Ukraine will triumph over Russian “darkness,” promised the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian armies, Oleksandr Syrsky, on the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of his country. “I am convinced that our victory is in unity. And it will undoubtedly be. Because light always triumphs over darkness!”, he declared on Telegram.
Two years ago, “when thousands of columns of Russian invaders entered Ukraine from all directions, when thousands of missiles and bombs fell on our country, no one in the world believed that we would hold “, the commander recalled. “No one believed in it, but Ukraine believed in it! It believed in it, accepted the battle and held out” once morest the much more powerful enemy, in this “biggest war in Europe since the Second World War “, continued Oleksandr Syrsky. “We are fighting for every meter of our territory,” he promised.
09:14
“DON’T LOSE HOPE”
“The situation on the battlefield remains extremely difficult,” NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg acknowledged in a recorded message to mark the second anniversary of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of the country. “President Putin’s goal of dominating Ukraine has not changed, there is no indication that he is preparing for peace,” he added.
“But we must not lose hope. Ukraine has repeatedly demonstrated its remarkable capabilities and fierce determination,” he insisted in this video posted on the NATO website.
08:43
TRUDEAU IN kyiv THIS SATURDAY
Canadian Trudeau in kyiv on the second anniversary of the Russian invasion, according to a spokesperson for Ukrainian Railways. “Allies are arriving in Kiev,” Oleksandr Shevchenko wrote on Facebook, posting a photo of Mr. Trudeau exiting the train at Kiev station, as well as that of the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, whose The arrival in Kiev had been announced a little earlier.
08:42
UKRAINE PROMISES TO TRIUMPH “DARKNESS”
Ukraine will triumph over Russian “darkness”, the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian armies promised on Saturday, the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of his country.
“I am convinced that our victory is in unity. And it will undoubtedly be. Because light always triumphs over darkness!” General Oleksandr Syrsky said on Telegram.
07:11
VON DER LEYEN SALUTES UKRAINIAN “RESISTANCE” AFTER TWO YEARS OF CONFLICT
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen welcomed “the extraordinary resistance of the Ukrainian people” Saturday upon his arrival in kyiv, two years to the day following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began.
“In kyiv to mark the anniversary of the second year of Russia’s war once morest Ukraine. And to celebrate the extraordinary resistance of the Ukrainian people”, Mrs von der Leyen said on social media. “More than ever, we firmly support Ukraine. Financially, economically, militarily, morally. Until the country is finally free.”
06:50
RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTER VISITS HIS TROOPS IN UKRAINE
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu visited his troops in Ukraine, the Russian army announced on Saturday, the second anniversary of the Moscow offensive.
“Today, in terms of balance of power, the advantage is on our side”, the minister told Russian soldiers from a command center. The army press release specifies that the minister had been informed that Russian forces had gone on the offensive following seizing the town of Avdiivka.
06:48
“PUTIN SHOULD NOT COUNT ON THE LASSITUDE OF EUROPEANS” AFFIRMS MACRON
French President Emmanuel Macron warned his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Saturday that France’s support for Ukraine would not “will not weaken” and that it was not necessary “not count” on a “weariness of Europeans”.
“Two years of war. Hit and bruised, but still standing. Ukraine is fighting for itself, for its ideals, for our Europe. Our commitment to its side will not weaken,” wrote Mr. Macron, in a posted message by the Élysée on the social network X on the occasion of the second anniversary of the Russian invasion.
“President Putin’s Russia must not count on any weariness among Europeans”, also warns the French presidency in a press release on X.
On the eve of the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of his country, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday called on kyiv’s Western allies to quickly deliver new air defense systems and combat aircraft.
“The most important thing is to unblock the skies. Air defense and (…) planes will contribute to this”he said at a press conference in Lviv, western Ukraine. “What is important is that all decisions (on aid deliveries, editor’s note) are taken on time. I think that is the priority”he added.
Weakened by the failure of its summer counter-offensive and a growing lack of ammunition and soldiers, the Ukrainian army faces an extremely difficult situation on the front, and had to resolve last week to cede the fortress town of ‘Avdiïvka in the East, following months of tough fighting with Russian forces.
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kyiv also sought support from the UN during a meeting of the UN General Assembly. “Unfortunately, Russia ignores the will of the world majority, continues its aggression, and continues to throw more and more men into the flames of war,” said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.
“Russia cannot ignore the voice of the majority of the world if we take a principled stand and act together”he added, calling on all member states to participate in a peace conference to be organized in Switzerland around President Volodymyr Zelensky’s ten-point peace formula.
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