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Representative image (Image: AP) Ukraine said Russia had started creating a military strike force aimed at President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's hometown of Kryvyi Rih, as NATO moved closer to the most significant expansion of the alliance in decades as it responds to the invasion of Ukraine. The U.S. Senate and the Italian parliament both approved onWednesday Finland and Sweden's accession to the 30-member North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). Under NATO membership, which must be ratified by all 30 member states, an attack on one member is an attack against all. "This historic vote sends an important signal of thesustained, bipartisan U.S. commitment to NATO, and to ensuringour Alliance is prepared to meet the challenges of today andtomorrow," U.S. President Joe Biden said in a statement. Russia, which invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, has repeatedly warned Finland and Sweden against joining NATO. NATO's 30 allies signed the accession protocol last month, allowing them to join … [Read more...] about Ukraine warns of new Russian offensive; Sweden, Finland move closer to joining NATO

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres shake hands after a joint news conference following their meeting in Lviv, Ukraine August 18, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich KYIV — The U.N. chief and the presidents of Turkey and Ukraine have discussed ways to end the war started by Russia and secure Europe’s largest nuclear power station, as Russia and Ukraine traded accusations of new shelling near the plant. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told reporters after talks in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday he was gravely concerned about circumstances at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant and called for military equipment and personnel to be withdrawn. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he, Guterres and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed building on a recent positive atmosphere to revive peace negotiations with Russia that took place in Istanbul in March. In a deal brokered by the United Nations and … [Read more...] about Leaders of Ukraine, UN seek to secure Russian-held nuclear plant

Firefighters work at the site of a House of Culture hit by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, August 18, 2022. REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova KHARKIV, Ukraine — A total of 17 people were killed and 42 were injured in two separate Russian attacks on the major northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, the regional governor said on Thursday. Three civilians were killed and 17 wounded in a pre-dawn rocket strike on Thursday, the local emergency service said. That followed a Russian attack on Kharkiv on Wednesday, in which the emergencies service initially said 12 people were killed. Governor Oleh Synehubov said more bodies had been discovered as rescuers picked their way through destroyed houses. “As of now, 17 people have died in Kharkiv … and 42 people have been injured,” he wrote on Telegram, describing the attacks as “an act of terrorism”. Synehubov also said two people were killed on Thursday in a rocket attack on the town of Krasnohrad … [Read more...] about Total of 17 dead in two attacks on Ukrainian city of Kharkiv – official

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Dispatches from Ukraine, provided by Forbes Ukraine’s editorial team. As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues and the war rages on, reliable sources of information are critical. Forbes Ukraine’s reporters gather information and provide updates on the situation. Thursday, August 18. Day 176. By Dmytro Aksyonov Kharkiv. Throughout the night of August 17, Russian forces conducted one of the largest rocket strikes on the Kharkiv region since the start of the war, leading to at least 17 civilian deaths, including that of an 11-year old child, and 42 injuries, including three children, according to Kharkiv Governor Oleh Synyehubov. Synyehubov says that the attacks targeted a residential building and a dormitory in the city of Kharkiv proper, and that Russian forces also shelled the city of Krasnohrad in the region, destroying multiple private houses. Mykolaiv. Russian forces have continued to shell the … [Read more...] about Thursday, August 18. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Dispatches from Ukraine, provided by Forbes Ukraine’s editorial team. As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues and the war rages on, reliable sources of information are critical. Forbes Ukraine’s reporters gather information and provide updates on the situation. Wednesday, August 17. Day 175. By Dmytro Aksyonov Odesa. A Russian rocket strike on the settlement of Zatoka in the Odesa region injured four civilians, all of whom have been hospitalized and are in stable condition. The attack also damaged seven resort facilities and at least 15 private buildings, according to the SES of Ukraine. Russian forces conducted multiple rocket strikes on a railway bridge in Zatoka earlier in the war, which was used as a supply route by the Ukrainian armed forces. Kharkiv. A missile attack on Kharkiv killed seven, including an 11-year old child, and wounded sixteen people , according to Ihor Terekhov, the mayor … [Read more...] about Wednesday, August 17. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine

FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a joint press conference with the Kosovo President at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, on March 1, 2022. | PHOTO: Adem ALTAN / AFP Lviv, Ukraine — Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Thursday of a nuclear disaster in Ukraine during his first face-to-face talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky since Russia’s invasion began, echoing pleas from the UN’s chief. A flare-up in fighting around Europe’s largest nuclear facility in Russian-controlled southern Ukraine has sparked urgent warnings from world leaders and UN chief Antonio Guterres cautioned during talks with Erdogan that any damage to the plant would be akin to “suicide”. “We are worried. We don’t want another Chernobyl,” Erdogan said during a press conference in the eastern city of Lviv, during which he also assured the Ukrainian leader that Ankara was a firm ally. “While continuing our efforts to find a solution, we remain on the side of our … [Read more...] about Erdogan warns of ‘another Chernobyl’ after talks in Ukraine

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy (right) meeting UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (right) in Lviv, Ukraine on Aug 18, 2022. - A + A LVIV (Aug 18): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said after talks on Thursday with visiting UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that the UN must ensure the security of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant occupied by Russian forces. He said he and Guterres, meeting in the western city of Lviv, had discussed a UN-brokered deal aimed at easing a worsening global food crisis, and agreed that coordination of efforts under it to ensure Ukrainian exports should continue. "Particular attention was paid to the topic of Russia's nuclear blackmail at the Zaporizhzhia NPP. This deliberate terror on the part of the aggressor can have global catastrophic consequences for the whole world," Zelenskiy wrote on the Telegram messaging app. "Therefore, the UN must ensure the security of this strategic object, its demilitarisation, … [Read more...] about UN must ensure security of Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Ukraine’s Zelenskiy says

Reuters Jakarta   ● Fri, August 19, 2022 2022-08-19 11:45 0 fbd44abf30fca00c6a042b692b174be8 2 Asia and Pacific Indonesia,bali,summit,Xi-Jinping,Vladimir-Putin,Jokowi,Andi-Widjajanto,Lemhanas Free Chinese and Russian leaders Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin will attend the G20 summit  in Bali this November, a longtime adviser to the President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said on Friday. Andi Widjajanto, former cabinet secretary and unofficial adviser to the President, told Reuters the two leaders would join the summit. "Jokowi told me that Xi and Putin are both planning to attend in Bali," Andi, who heads the National Resilience Institute, told Reuters . On Thursday, Jokowi told Bloomberg News that both leaders had given him their assurances. The Presidential officials did not respond to requests for confirmation of the report. The Chinese foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. A Kremlin spokesperson declined to … [Read more...] about Xi, Putin to attend G20 summit in Bali this November

The FBI was reportedly seeking documents President Donald Trump believed would exonerate him from Russian collusion claims and other election-related charges when agents raided his Mar-a-Lago residence, anonymous intelligence officials told Newsweek. The FBI collected all of the documents that were government property and used concerns about classified documents to justify the raid , but agents were looking for Trump’s personal stash containing documents related to Russian collusion accusations against him, fearing that he would “weaponize” them, Newsweek reported . One former Trump official said he may have planned to use the documents to help in a presidential run in the coming term. “Trump was particularly interested in matters related to the Russia hoax and the wrong-doings of the deep state,” the official told the outlet, adding that he may have intended to use the documents in a 2024 presidential campaign. “I think he felt, and I agree, that these are facts that the … [Read more...] about REPORT: FBI Was After Documents Trump Believed Would ‘Exonerate’ Him From Russia Conspiracy

Writer Sam Harris said any “left-wing conspiracy” to prevent former President Donald Trump’s reelection is “warranted” during an interview released Wednesday. Harris claimed Hunter Biden’s alleged corruption is incomparable to Trump’s, arguing his laptop does “not stack up” to Trump University . The writer then called any attempt to prevent Trump from reentering the Oval Office “justifiable.” “Hunter Biden literally could have had the corpses of children in his basement, I would not have cared,” he began. “There’s nothing, it’s Hunter Biden, it’s not Joe Biden. Whatever the scope of Joe Biden’s corruption is…it is infinitesimal compared to the corruption we know Trump is involved in. It’s like a firefly to the sun.” “It doesn’t even stack up to Trump University. Trump University, as a story, is worse than anything that could be in Hunter Biden’s laptop, in my view,” Harris continued. “Now that doesn’t answer the people who say ‘it’s still completely unfair to not have looked … [Read more...] about Famous Writer Argues The ‘Left-Wing Conspiracy’ To Take Out Trump Was ‘Warranted’