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14.06.2024 18:22 South Korea and Cuba announced on Wednesday that they have finalized plans to open embassies in Havana and Seoul, and will send diplomats within the week.

13.06.2024 17:20 A Russian ballistic missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Kryviy Rih on June 12 killed at least eight people and injured at least 21, including children, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said.

13.06.2024 17:20 A draft of a communiqué being worked on for the Ukraine peace summit in Switzerland this weekend says future peace negotiations should involve "representatives of all parties" in the conflict and follow agreements on nuclear security, food security, the return of prisoners of war and kidnapped children.

13.06.2024 17:20 U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy are set to sign a long-term defense and security agreement Thursday at the Group of Seven summit in Italy.

13.06.2024 17:20 U.S. President Joe Biden's recent comments signaling Ukraine is unlikely to become a NATO member during its war to repel invading Russian troops is not a change in Washington's position on the issue ahead of a key summit for the military alliance's leaders, a senior State Department diplomat told RFE/RL.

13.06.2024 17:20 NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says Hungary will not block support to Ukraine, though it will exercise its opt-out and not provide soldiers or funds the military alliance supplies to Kyiv as it battles to repel invading Russian forces.

13.06.2024 17:20 The UN is becoming increasingly concerned over falling levels of humanitarian funding for civilians across war-torn Ukraine, the head of the UN Development Programme told delegates to the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin on Wednesday.

13.06.2024 17:20 The first four of 50 new Armoured Combat Support Vehicles built by Canadian workers for donation to Ukraine are departing for Europe, where members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be trained in their use this summer. The first 10 of these vehicles being donated are the ACVS ambulance variant.

13.06.2024 17:20 On June 12 the Government approved the decision to transfer 14 units of M113 armored personnel carriers to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The shipment is estimated to reach Ukraine by the end of this week.

13.06.2024 17:20 The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Norway of AIM-120C-8 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles and related equipment for an estimated cost of $1.94 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today.

13.06.2024 17:20 As President Biden and Group of Seven Leaders prepare to meet this week in Italy, the U.S. Department of the Treasury is issuing sweeping new measures guided by G7 commitments to intensify the pressure on Russia for its continued cruel and unprovoked war against Ukraine. Today's actions ratchet up the risk of secondary sanctions for foreign financial institutions that deal with Russia's war

13.06.2024 17:20 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that Hamas has proposed "numerous changes" to a cease-fire deal on the table and that some are workable, and some are not.

13.06.2024 17:20 Israeli authorities are responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the military operations and attacks in Gaza since 7 October 2023, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, said in a new report today.

13.06.2024 17:20 Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has defended police actions taken on June 12 against demonstrators outside parliament where he was participating in a regular question period that saw him indicate Armenia would withdraw completely from the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization .

13.06.2024 17:20 Protesters in Georgia have vowed to continue anti-government demonstrations driven largely by the so-called "foreign agent" law that took effect last week.