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22.02.2024 16:31 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has been in power for almost 14 years, making him the European Union's longest-serving head of state. Critics at home and abroad say the 52-year-old has systematically tightened his grip on power by eroding democratic institutions and has long been a thorn in the side of European and NATO unity, threatening to block support for Ukraine and European Union

22.02.2024 16:31 At least 45,123 Russian troops have been killed since the start of Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine almost two years ago, according to research by journalists from Mediazona and the BBC's Russian Service who have established the deceased soldiers' identities.

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22.02.2024 16:31 Ukraine has lost up to 450 soldiers in the Avdeyevka area over the past 24 hours, the Russian Ministry of Defense said on Wednesday.

22.02.2024 16:31 Between 850 and 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers appear to have been captured or are unaccounted for during the Ukrainian retreat from Avdeyevka, a former Ukrainian stronghold north of the city of Donetsk, The New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing two Ukrainian soldiers.

22.02.2024 16:31 U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink said on February 20 that she is fully confident that Congress will approve additional funding for Ukraine but that it is not possible to predict when it will happen.

22.02.2024 16:31 U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink is reassuring Ukrainians that Washington intends to help them finish the job as the country enters another year of war against Russian invaders. Since the onset of Russia's full-scale assault on Feb. 24, 2022, Brink said the U.S. has earmarked billions of dollars to Ukraine's war effort, all under what she says is strict oversight.

22.02.2024 16:31 NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says the death of Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny and the first Russian gains on the battlefield in months should help focus the attention of NATO and its allies on the urgent need to support Ukraine.

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22.02.2024 16:31 Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant has lost the connection to its last back-up external power line, once again underlining the fragile nuclear safety and security situation at the site, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency said today.

22.02.2024 16:31 Peace in Ukraine still seems to be a distant prospect, but thousands of UN staff continue to support the population, even in frontline towns coming under daily attack.

22.02.2024 16:31 On 23 February, the Council of Europe will hold a ceremony to mark two years of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, followed by an extraordinary meeting of the Committee of Ministers .

22.02.2024 16:31 As Saturday will see the second anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Chinese strategists, economists and experts on international relations have recently given their reviews of the crisis. They have a series of key findings, including that Russia will not be defeated by Western sanctions and weapons, and the Russian economy could re-rise in the future; the war is likely to be a long-term conflict;

22.02.2024 16:31 Ambassador Neil Holland notes the environmental impacts of Russia's invasion that have had far-reaching consequences in Ukraine and beyond its borders.