Ukraine on Wednesday received Patriot air defence systems, Kyiv's Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov informed through Twitter, saying the Ukrainian skies have now become more "secure."
Civilian infrastructure has been hit as Russia launched a drone attack on Ukraine's Odesa on Wednesday, Al Jazeera reported referring to the local authorities.
China might pretend to be neutral, yet it is anything but, for Xi has deliberately hitched his chariot to Russia's warhorses. The dictatorial Chinese leader refuses to criticize Putin's bloody invasion of Ukraine and instead accuses the USA and NATO of prolonging it.
Manturov said, "Relations between Russia and India continue progressively developing in all directions. In 2022, despite negative external factors, positive dynamics in the Russian-Indian trade prevailed."
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby in response told reporters: "In this case, Brazil is parroting Russian and Chinese propaganda without at all looking at the facts."
However, since the start of the war on February 24, Xi has not spoken to Zelenskyy, despite the latter's repeated requests. And the "sound and stable" relationship they touted seems like a distant memory, reported NYT.
Germany's Federal Minister for the Environment and Consumer Protection and a Green Party member, Steffi Lemke, said that the position of the country is "clear". Nuclear energy is not green nor sustainable energy, she added.
In an effort to support its farmers, who claim they are losing a lot of money as a result of an oversupply of Ukrainian grain on the market, the Polish government announced it will temporarily forbid grain and other food imports from Ukraine, according to Al Jazeera.
Taking an exit from atomic power, Germany is set to shut down its last three nuclear reactors in order to manage the energy crisis caused by the Ukraine conflict, Al Jazeera reported.
On March 30, 2023, the United States and over twenty international partners adopted a nonbinding Code of Conduct outlining its commitment to using export control tools to address serious human rights concerns.
At least 8 people have been killed in a Russian missile strike on Friday that hit a residential area in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk, Al Jazeera reported citing authorities.