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Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Events In Brief || Nuclear War, France Further Military Aid

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Russian Foreign Ministry speaks out against nuclear war The Russian Foreign Ministry has declared that it wants to prevent a nuclear war. The risks of a nuclear war should be kept to a minimum, a ministry official said, according to the Russian agency Tass. In particular, any armed conflict between nuclear powers must be prevented, Vladimir Yermakov, head of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Division, is quoted as saying. Russia follows the agreements of the nuclear powers represented in the UN Security Council to prevent a nuclear war. Russian President Vladimir Putin has in connection with the war against Ukrainerepeatedly threatened to use the country's nuclear weapons. France announces further military aid French President Emmanuel Macron has promised his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy further military and humanitarian support in a telephone call. Macron wants to work to restore Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, the Elysée Palace said. According to thi

Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Events In Brief || 200 Tanks, Ports Closed For Russian Ships, 1,200 Bodies, NATO Plans Military Exercises, EU Funds For Refugees, G20 Summit, Russian Submarine Under Attack

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Poland to deliver more than 200 tanks Ukraine will receive more than 200 Soviet T-72 tanks from Poland. This was reported by the Polish news agency IAR, citing government agencies. Most of the tanks have already crossed the border and are on Ukrainian territory. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked Poland and the Polish people "for the unprecedented support of Ukraine and Ukrainians," he said, according to Polish broadcaster TVN24 refugees from Ukraine. Norway closes ports for Russian ships In future, Russian ships will no longer be allowed to dock at Norwegian ports. The only exception to this are fishing trawlers, as the Norwegian government announced in Oslo.  Norway is once again following the example set by the EU. With a time delay, the country had joined almost all EU sanctions against Russia. 1,200 bodies  around Kiev Ukraine speaks of 1,200 bodies around Kiev Since the beginning of the war, 1,187 people have been found dead in the area around the Ukrainian

Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Russia Wants To Secede From The Kherson Region

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The rulers installed by Russia want to detach the Cherson region from Ukraine. Already on Sunday they want to introduce the ruble as a means of payment. The rulers installed by Russia in the southern Ukrainian region of Cherson want to permanently separate the region from the Ukrainian state. Russia claims that the Ukrainian leadership is dominated by "Nazis". There is no evidence for that. Kirill Stremusov from the pro-Moscow administration said there would be no referendum on the status of the southern Ukrainian region. The government in Kiev had warned that Russia was planning a referendum on independence in the Kherson region along the lines of the eastern Ukrainian separatist regions of Donetsk and Luhansk. Russia has occupied the area almost completely for weeks. In the city of the same name, Cherson, there are repeated protests against the occupying forces. Russia widens attacks, according to Ukraine According to the General Staff in Kyiv, the invaders have significant

Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Kiev's Devastated Suburbs, Destroyed Western Weapons & US-Russia Exchange Prisoners

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Russian soldiers had advanced close to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. They brought death and destruction. Within days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine beginning on February 24, Russian forces pushed into the Kyiv suburbs. They were supposed to take the capital, but met the determined resistance of the Ukrainians. The offensive was quickly stopped, but the Russians left behind devastated villages, small towns and Kiev suburbs. According to the region's police chief, more than 1,000 bodies have been found in the Kyiv region since the withdrawal. The discovery of hundreds of bodies, some buried in mass graves, in Hostomel, Irpin, Bucha and Borodjanka northwest of the capital had caused international outrage. Since then, the residents of the region have been busy assessing the damage and doing clean-up work. Russian army claims to have destroyed western weapons Ukraine has stored weapons from the US and Europe in warehouses on the compound near the city of Zaporizhia, Russia said. Th