as russian forces make advances in ukraine, president volodymyr zelensky signed new laws to boost army recruitment. under zelensky�*s new legislation, some prisoners will be allowed tojoin the military. they'll be released on parole to enlist in the army under special contracts. certain categories of prisoner — including rapists or convicts who have murdered two or more people — are not eligible. the new law also raises the penalty for men who ignore the draft. that fine is now 650 dollars. this comes as russia penetrates the border north of kharkiv, ukraine's second—largest city. president putin said moscow has no current plans to capture kharkiv, as russia is making its biggest terrioritial gains in 18 months. meanwhile as the war rages in ukraine, the nation's children continue to feel the impact. according to the ukrainian government, 546 children have died in the war. the un says the number of children killed in 2024 has increased by nearly 40% compared to 2023. and since the war began, 19,546 have been deported

notable that the ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has condemned the shooting, and everything wering is that this is indeed a serious attack. initial reports that it might not have been, that his condition was not life—threatening have been contradicted. the government has specifically said the conditions are life threatening. the change the original plan to take him to the capital, instead they took to this much smaller place because of the urgency of his injuries. i think you made an earlier suggestion, there was some kind of official failure of security perhaps that he was so exposed, and this is a man he wanted to be seen as a man of the people, which perhaps explains why he was out and about perhaps not surrounded by bodyguards. just looking at another report coming in, a post on the official facebook page of robert fico really confirming what we know, it says he has been shot multiple times, he is currently being transported to banska bystrica in a life—threatening situation, they are calling this an assassination attempt, which i guess at this stage it would obviously seem

president volodymyr zelensky visits kharkiv, ukraine's second—largest city that has come under relentlessy said the situation in the area "remained extremely difficult" and ukraine was moving reinforcement to kharkiv region to repel russian attacks. while in kharkiv, president zelensky said he chaired a meeting with top military commanders. let's speak to vitaliy shevchenko from bbc monitoring. tell us more about this visit by president zelensky to kharkiv along with members of his war cabinet? that is correct and it is a pretty brave thing to do given the intensity of russian attacks on this very important ukrainian city and what volodymyr zelensky said about the situation being extremely difficult but under control currently, just tells us how carefully he is trying to word his statements to the public. but the public in ukraine will know that kharkiv, the current focus of russian attacks, and when it comes to what has been going on there, we have heard reports about russian forces making marginal but important gains across the border and kharkiv is just one hour's drive away from the r

and infrastructure, oleksandr kubrakov is a person who was one of the closest associates of volodymyr zelenskyhe big construction began, and here he is. .. were fired, and it was suddenly not only for you and me, friends, but also for kubrakov himself, because kubrakov himself, who was summoned to a meeting of a committee, a specialized committee, in order to explain certain issues regarding his activities, he said that i will not come there, i did not have a conversation with the president, i did not have a conversation with the prime minister, what kubrakov wrote about his position on social networks. he writes that the resignation came as a surprise to him, but he was ready to report, i quote: i am always ready for an open dialogue and a detailed report on the work of the ministry in all areas under my responsibility, the leadership of the faction and the head of the government, denys shmyga, this decision is not with me. discussed, at the meeting of the faction and the profile committee, no was invited, says the former vice-prime minister. we had on the air... people's deputy of ukraine ol

ukraine plans to sign new security agreements in the near future - president of ukraine volodymyr zelensky announced. in the evening video message. we are preparing meetings and documents that will definitely become news in the coming weeks, new visits to ukraine by our partners, new security agreements for our state and life in europe in general. and, of course, we continue to prepare the actual start of negotiations with the european union in june. from our ukrainian side, all details will be worked out. 100% ukraine has fulfilled its obligations, and ukraine expects the same activity, effective activity from its partners. ukraine commemorates the day of remembrance and victory over nazism in the second world war 1939-1945 on may 8 years by memorial day, the espresso tv channel will launch a special 10 -year poppy memory project. during the day in ether the whole. will focus on the theme of the memory of the second world war, the role and place of ukrainians in it, parallels with the modern war and russian nazism. our guests, historians, sociologists and politicians will talk about it. w

, that is, everyone, everyone, everyone who entered the parliament actually owes to volodymyr zelenskyromised new faces, and now we see that these new faces are not so new anymore, which turns out to be the expectation of diversification, that we can diversify the authorities, that new people will come and we will change everything, that this is not true, that there is a group of people in the office that decides who should be vice prime minister, who... should not be vice prime minister, they say that it seems that oleksandr kubrakov was quite active, he communicated with western embassies, in particular with the embassy of the united states of america, and some telegram channels over there tried to humiliate him quite actively for the last three or four days due to the fact that he goes to someone, tells something, they called him a snitch there, there were still some used concepts, i.e jargon, vulgar jargon. criminal tried to stick it to kubrakov. kubrakov resigned. and here the question is that no one explains anything, no one understands anything that happened. but i think that th

on may 20, 2019, former comedian and showman volodymyr zelensky became the president of ukraine after winning the election with record support, and this is the moment, the inauguration of zelensky. then the first thing he did was dissolve. supreme council, therefore, early parliamentary elections were held in ukraine soon. zelensky's servant of the people party entered the council, and a monomajority appeared there. fast-forward five years, a lot has changed, a full-scale war is going on, and this is how president zelensky evaluates his 5 years in office. my 5 years haven't ended yet, because of the martial law, they are continuing, i can't estimate. its activity, it seems to me that it is simply not very ethical. since the president has changed during this time, it is clear what the challenges of war are and the whole country had business. but when zelensky says that his five years of presidency are not over. even earlier , there were theories that it allegedly loses its legitimacy after may 20. first of all, it was talked about in russia, where similar theses have been promoted sinc

volodymyr zelensky has given a wide—ranging interview with french news agency afp.. he said russia held a major advantage with air defense systems, and cast doubt on french president emmanual macron�*s proposalfor a truce during the upcoming paris olympics. however, mrzelensky said, with certain terms, a truce isn't out of the realm of possibility. translation: we are not against a truce and we are not against the end of the war, but we want a fair end to the war and we are againstany a fair end to the war and we are against any truce that plays into the hands of the enemy. that's what we are against. it's clear why. enemy. that's what we are against. it's clearwhy. ijust don't want to let them take more of our territory. as russian forces make advances in ukraine, president volodymyr zelensky has signed new laws to boost army recruitment. under the new legislation, some prisoners will be allowed to join the military. they'll be released on parole to enlist under special contracts. certain prisoners, however — including rapists or convicts who have murdered two or m

the news that appeared just recently is the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelensky, as well as the of the united states of america, joe biden will sign a bilateral security agreement on the eve of the global peace summit, which will be held in switzerland in june, the financial times reports this with reference to its own sources, they say that a few days before the peace summit, biden and volodymyr zelensky will meet on the sidelines of a large meeting g7 in italy. and they will sign this bilateral security agreement, and i urge you to like this issue, leave comments, your thoughts below , and svoboda live will be back on the air already tomorrow. see you there, there are discounts, we present coco discounts of 20% for tizin in the pharmacies psyllanyk, bam and oskad. in the latest issue of the magazine ukraine, the main threats to the unity of society, find out how to prevent the enemy from discording us, in the special topic about demographic challenges, an exclusive conversation about the entire report. kapranov, corruption in landfills, a large-scale investigation of crimes ag

many people who understand, it’s difficult for them , and many people, like me , do not like volodymyr zelenskyt think about it, dear friends, then, well, okay, if zelensky is illegitimate in our country, then who are we here, well, we are the junta, then what russia constantly says, that... some illegitimate people, that this is a junta, that you don't need to talk to them about anything, you don't need to listen to them, you can to bomb, kill and do whatever you want with them, that's why it's a very dangerous story, and for the world it's a dangerous story, because there they will disperse it, and why, and where is the real democracy and so on, what would be the second part of the answer, this i said for the citizens of ukraine, who are watching us now, and now i have a piece of advice and a big request for president zelensky, yes, he is a legitimate president. but you simply cannot ignore these challenges, and he must clearly explain to the world why he is still a legitimate president, why there is no junta in ukraine, and the best the answer of the zelensky world would be if zelensky came

, this exile, and in the case of volodymyr zelensky and valery zaluzhny, this is essentiallyitical exile. someone received a cynicura, we know some people there who, unexpectedly, also never engaged in this, received ambassadorial positions, this once again speaks of the attitude towards the diplomatic service. you see, if we, as an ambassador to some country, great britain or germany, were to appoint the deputy commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine or the chief of the general staff, everyone would think that this is complete madness. well, as a person who did not make a career in armed forces, no, no, no, there are no military ranks, the last military rank is lieutenant, suddenly turns into a person who receives a position, in which there may be colonel generals, the people who hold these positions, they do not just hold them , they serve for years, they go through the barracks, you know, in order to become the wife of a general, so to speak, you have to marry a lieutenant, a well-known story... and then suddenly a person becomes a patron in command, well, when a

this, and strangely enough, the essence of this attitude is their personal attitude towards volodymyr zelenskyvidual, they cannot find a simple thing that the question is not in therefore, whether they like zelenskyi or not, whether zelenskyi is effective from their point of view or not, the question is that this person is the bearer of the powers of the president of ukraine. that is , from the point of view of the country that wants to eliminate this ukrainian statehood, it must be physically destroyed, and i, if each of you who likes or dislikes zelensky puts himself in the place of vladimir putin, simply sits in his chair, then he is the first monster will give to eliminate zelensky, he himself will not even think for 120 seconds, because if zelensky eliminated, the acting president becomes the chairman of the verkhovna rada, who can also be killed, then it... the carousel begins, you see, the power of the government is no longer so obvious, the situation can be chaotic, mistrust of the acting chairman of the verkhovna rada "the connection may be greater than to the president, because no on

the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, repeated his appeal for more air defences.iv region since launching a renewed offensive across the border. let's go live to kyiv and speak to our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse. how cave very much bearing the brunt of moscow's renewed confidence, james. —— kharkiv. of moscow's renewed confidence, james. -- kharkiv.— of moscow's renewed confidence, james. -- kharkiv. absolutely, what we are getting _ james. -- kharkiv. absolutely, what we are getting told _ james. -- kharkiv. absolutely, what we are getting told at _ james. -- kharkiv. absolutely, what we are getting told at the _ james. -- kharkiv. absolutely, what we are getting told at the moment l james. -- kharkiv. absolutely, what| we are getting told at the moment by ukrainian commanders is that they are launching counterattacks in some areas. in short, they are claiming to be in control of this russian advance, but a russian advance its delays. they are contesting string of villages close to the enormous border ukraine shares with russia, and what that means for

the sbu alerted a group of russian fsb agents who were preparing to assassinate president volodymyr zelensky. spring exacerbation on ukraine came late, but with what scope the special services of square reported that russia allegedly planned to kill president zelensky at the hands of his guards. the underground network, an activity supervised by the fsb, included two colonels of the state security department, who leaked classified information in russia. the ukrainian media valued the life of their president at $50,000, claiming that this was exactly the amount the perpetrators of the murder should have received. which is completely absurd and doesn’t work leader of the country to the level of a mid-level businessman . the names of the detainees derkach and gug are also named; it is alleged that the latter is close to the head of the state security department, sergei rudi, and was supposed to find executors among zelensky’s guards. the task was to find people who would be able to block during... some kind of transition, or going out to an evening address in the office, or to the square in fro

the enemy was actively developing plans to eliminate president volodymyr zelensky. important task of the fsb agent network was to find executors among the military close to the president who could take the head of state hostage and later kill him. matthew scmidt — an associate professor of national security and political science at the university of new haven. thank you for being with us. it puts the focus on the security circle around president zelensky. how will as he protected?— as he protected? thank you for havin: as he protected? thank you for having me- _ as he protected? thank you for having me. he _ as he protected? thank you for having me. he is _ as he protected? thank you for having me. he is obviously - as he protected? thank you for| having me. he is obviously very as he protected? thank you for- having me. he is obviously very well protected and we know it is not to to security service, but the cia, british intelligence and probably the polls are looking for him outside of ukraine as well. it is art of outside of ukraine as well. it is part of the _ o

ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has fired the head of the department responsible for his personals after two of its officers were detained this week over an alleged assassination plot. the announcement did not state a reason for his dismissal or name a replacement. in the uk, more than 30 major criminals have beenjailed after a million pounds worth of cocaine was stolen from a violent organised crime group. the crime bosses wanted to murder the men they thought were responsible — but police had cracked their encrypted phone app and could see what they were planning. thousands of messages reveal how the so called huyton firm was trafficking huge quantities of drugs around the uk from its merseyside base. bronagh munro reports three masked men arrive outside a drug stash house in liverpool. a fourth is pretending to deliver a parcel. four minutes later, they escape with the huyton firm's cocaine. hello. two men in the house have been attacked with a machete and an axe. what injuries have you got, mate? just sit yourself down. you all right there, mate? yeah. a trail of blood leads t

president volodymyr zelensky has cancelled all upcoming foreign visits, as ukraine struggles to containrges georgia to withdraw its �*foreign influence law', as protesters threaten more demonstrations against it. a huge manhunt continues in france to find an escaped prisoner, after two prison officers were killed when an armed gang ambushed their van. the bbc has learned that more than 10 million litres of raw sewage were illegally pumped into windermere in the lake district earlier this year. hello, welcome to bbc news now. three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. the us secretary of state antony blinken has announced the release joe biden has

ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky says there's fierce fighting along a large part of the kharkivs it captured another four villages in the region — an area where russian troops had been pushed back nearly two years ago. since russia launched their surprise offensive two days ago, they claim to have taken nine villages altogether — something the bbc has not been able to verify. there have also been strikes on the russian side

. >> but ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky says more needs to be done to help his country's air defense. he says a time gap between the announcement of weapons packages and the actual delivery of those supplies is taking a toll on troops around kharkiv. >> it is important to make the implement of decisions and logistics more efficient. if we had already received two patriots for this region, it would have made a difference in the overall situation in the war . >> as russia advances, ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky is canceling all international events scheduled in the coming days in london. alex hogan ktvu, fox two news. the planning commission in half moon bay has approved a new housing development for senior farm workers. dozens attended last night's planning commission meeting that went well past midnight. a proposal to build a 40 unit, low income apartment complex for senior farm workers in downtown half moon bay has divided the community there. >> we have way too much going on down here. we have schools, churches, boys and girls club down here. it's just not the righ

ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky said over 200 people could have been inside the store when was attacked. and bangladesh braces for intense tropical cyclone, tens of thousands flee coastal villages for concrete storm shelters. the conservatives say they will bring back mandatory national service for 18—year—olds if they win the general election. national service for 18—year—olds if they win the general election. my name is francis bourgeois. i'm a railway enthusiast, and i use my social media to share my passion with the world. train horn blows. what a legend. i have 5.4 million followers in total. it's been a pretty wackyjourney. as the uk prepares to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the world's first passenger railway, i've taken on the challenge to travel from the southern coast of england... did your ears pop? ..to the northern coast of scotland. we just passed the highest point of the uk network. i've decided to only use trains made here. honks whistle. along the way, i'll cross some stunning landscapes and meet people whose lives have been transformed by the great britis

. >> durante un encuentro con el presidente ucraniano volodymyr zelensky, este le pidio a blinken elde misiles patriot a para defender la ciudad de kharkov, que esta siendo atacada por rusia. >> entretanto, aqui en estados unidos, finalmente el puente de baltimore fue derribado. >> fue derribado. >> la demolicion llega casi dos meses despues de aquel terrible choque que se cobro la vida de seis trabajadores, todos hispanos. >> miriam arias, ha sido un operativo complicado. >> cuentanos. >> sin duda nicole muy buenas tardes tenemos toda la informacion. >> fue una demolicion controlada y tambien planificada a detalle para evitar cualquier percance. >> este es un primer paso para reestablecer el acceso a uno de los puertos mas transitados de todo el pais. >> bueno, aqui les contamos como paso y ademas tenemos imagene que acaban de salir a la luz sobre el dia del accidente hace ya casi siete semanas. >> a traves de una explosion controlada, las autoridades derribaron el fragmento del puente francis scott key en baltimore que aun reposaba sobre el buque dali. >> la operacion fue planifica

so the yacht story is that volodymyr zelensky, the president of ukraine, took money that the us sent him for weapons, siphoned it off, and bought two luxury yachts. the story is completely false. but then researchers were like, where did this come from? jordan (voiceover): it came from a little website called dc weekly, which is from-- not actually here in washington, dc. dc weekly is allegedly run out of here, moscow. then the story spreads across the internet and makes its way-- to there. to [bleep] there! yep, it was shared by marjorie taylor greene and jd vance. there are people who would cut social security, throw our grandparents into poverty, why? so that one of zelensky's ministers can buy a bigger yacht. jordan (voiceover): meanwhile, military aid for ukraine hung in the balance. not another penny will go to ukraine. jordan (voiceover): congress eventually gave ukraine a whole lot of pennies, but aid was stalled for seven months. in that time, ukraine suffered tremendous battlefield losses. so people are actually dying because members of congress are parroting fake russian b

ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, says a deadly air strike on a crowded superstore is an act ofe than 30 others injured on saturday

ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky says there's fierce fighting along a large part of the kharkiv country. russia says it captured another four villages in the region — an area where russian troops had been pushed back nearly two years ago. since russia launched their surprise offensive two days ago, they claim to have taken nine villages altogether — something the bbc has not been able to verify. there have also been strikes on the russian side

as many as 200 shoppers, according to president volodymyr zelensky.g to western leaders once again for “sufficient air defenses." the u.s. passed a 61-billion-dollar aid package to ukraine last month, including $14 billion for arms. another separate strike on central kharkiv today also injuring 20 people. relentless strikes now hitting kharkiv almost daily as the war intensifies with russia's major new offensive northeast of the city. the biden administration is now reportedly debating whether to finally allow ukraine to use u.s.-supplied weapons to hit targets inside russia, something ukrainian officials are pleading for. >>> hundreds are feared dead after a landslide in the mountains of papua new guinea in the southwestern pacific. survivors using their hands to search through debris. efforts to reach the region have been hampered by rough terrain and damaged roads. residents are without food and water. president biden says the u.s. stands ready to assist with rescue efforts if requested. >>> fortson's apartment number. within seconds he was shot by

this is the main message of foreign visits volodymyr zelensky, which are scheduled for june, politicotes, citing its own sources. currently, the head of state plans to visit france and italy, the newspaper reports. zelensky will also call for the seizure of russian assets for military support and reconstruction of ukraine. minus one more russian attack aircraft, the ukrainian military shot down an enemy su-25 in the pokrovsk region of donetsk region. this was reported by the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine. there are currently no details. at the beginning of the full-scale invasion, russia had already lost 354 aircraft and 326 helicopters. in the day of heroes is still 1330. russian invaders were destroyed by ukrainian heroes, and in total , almost 498 thousand invaders died since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. also, our defenders burned 11 tanks, 27 bmps, 40 art systems, one anti-aircraft system and 75 units of enemy cars and special equipment during the day. one russian plane was also destroyed. the general staff reminds that the data are indicative. and to t

meanwhile , ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky announced the number of f16 fighter jets that ukraine can receive from belgium at 30 and said that for this year , belgium's financial support for our defense forces is 1 billion euros. european countries have gone to spain, belgium and portugal. thank you very much for your company. have a nice day, god bless you. greetings again to our dear compatriots , may you have a good day and continue to witness the progress today and tomorrow. we are almost in most parts of the country with an increase in temperature we expect that this trend of temperature increase will continue in these areas, moreover , now that i am at your service, it can almost be said that we are witnessing a stable atmosphere in most parts of the country, only permanent covers are visible in parts of the northwest of the country. the sky is reported to be cloudy in some parts of the northwest of the country, gradually in the next few hours, we expect rains to start in parts of the north of west azarbaijan province, as well as the provinces of east azarbaijan, arbid and a

ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, has cancelled a scheduled visit to spain later this week.ondent in kyiv, james waterhouse, on the reasons behind that trip�*s cancellation. all that we are hearing from the spanish side, sarah, is that it is because of internal events inside ukraine. so, not much in the way of detail on that statement, but i guess most of us can fill the gaps on what that means. this is a full—scale invasion, more than two and a half years on now, and it is going farfrom ukraine's way as ukrainian forces struggle to contain this north—eastern incursion by russian troops across the border. now, president zelensky, he is fairly relaxed about travelling abroad, he has grown in confidence in that sense. he is keen to appear at summits, not just in europe, notjust in the us, on favourable territory with western allies, but he is also keen to engage with the middle east, as well as the african continent. so it is a possible reflection ofjust how perilous a period this is for ukraine, with the front line growing in size and ukrainian troops being further stretched.

perhaps more optimistic about the fate of the head of russia than the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskymaybe i'm wrong, but i would still like to see him... on the dock and before the international criminal court, it's clear that it's not now, but there were also questions about some dictators. er, they thought they would get away with it, but they didn't. i, you know, think that there may be a scenario of his, such isolation, in one of his palaces, everything is also possible, but he has less and less opportunities to go somewhere outside of russia, that is , i think that he will really hold there and the authorities and hold on as long as possible. but i would not focus on such an approach, you understand, as a ukrainian, i share all these, our desires, and i hope that somewhere the right messages will be sent, and something will fly in in the right direction, black swans, but i would be satisfied with a stop to the war and a certain, i say, criminal investigation, or the isolation of this really person who... committed so many war crimes, brought so much pain and tragedies not only t

states during the great war, it is also still so invaluable, it obviously formats and makes volodymyr zelenskyompletely different politician and a completely different person, because it is understandable to lead the armed forces of ukraine, because he is the supreme commander of the armed forces of ukraine and ukraine in general during the war is quite difficult, of course zelensky himself.. . is now talking about the peace formula and this is the main issue that will be considered in 25 days in switzerland, the global peace summit will take place, but how did we actually approach this five-year anniversary of the president's inauguration. zelenskyi, with the fact that there is no conclusion of the constitutional court regarding the extension of president zelenskyi's powers, there is a political understanding of all political players. in ukraine, that these powers of the president should be extended, elections cannot be held now, elections of the president of ukraine cannot be held, and this is also a big question, why the constitutional court of ukraine did not adopt a legal document, which

where b it was clearly written that until the arrival of... the next president of ukraine, volodymyr zelensky is the president of ukraine. why am i talking about this, because the russian federation is quite aggressive in its policy regarding the legitimacy or illegitimacy of zelenskyi , the western media are raising questions about the fact that zelenskyi has already exhausted his powers and we need to talk to someone, show us who we should talk to about peace, how says putin. the answer is absolutely obvious, we point to volodymyr zelenskyi. volodymyr zelenskyi is the president of ukraine, whose legitimacy no ukrainian doubts. i do i hope that in the current situation we understand that a lot depends on the stability of our government and the legitimacy of the president of ukraine. therefore, it is obvious that all attempts by the russian federation to destabilize, including the situation in ukraine, will be unsuccessful, because we understand that... the independence of the ukrainian state is at stake, our freedom is at stake, the lives of millions of ukrainians are at stake. as i already

april 29 , nato secretary general jen stoltenberg arrived in kyiv for talks with president volodymyr zelenskyg discussed the state of the war and the future of support for ukraine. from nato. the two leaders discussed preparations for the july nato meeting in washington. also, according to the head of the north atlantic alliance, nato countries have already agreed on planning a broader role of the alliance in coordinating aid to ukraine. we will hear direct speech more support is on the way. mr. president. fell before the defense ministers of the nato countries at the nato council of ukraine a few days ago, where i chaired, and the members of the alliance clearly heard your call and they agreed to increase our support. i welcome the fact that the united states has already passed a major new package of more than $60 billion in aid, including critical anti-missile systems. hundreds of vehicles, thousands of missiles and millions of ammunition. germany will provide an additional patriot system. the netherlands is investing an additional four billion euros. other allies are also looking at what e

russian special services who were preparing an assassination attempt on ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskywell as the heads of the ukrainian special services, vasyl malyuk and kyril budanov. whether this attempt was planned on the day of putin's inauguration, we currently do not know, but we know about another sinister tradition of the russian dictator. on his birthday, he usually tries to kill someone from the russian opposition, this was already the case with the famous russian journalist politkovska, who was shot on the very day the birth of the dictator putin. on may 5, for the first time in 5 years, the leader of communist china , xi jinping, went on a european tour, visiting france, serbia and hungary. according to the spokesperson of the ministry of foreign affairs of china. this visit should give a new impetus to the peaceful development of the world. however, according to the experts of the financial times, the stops chosen by the chinese leader are quite understandable from beijing's point of view. the publication is convinced that, for strategic and economic reasons, china wants

it was, for example, previously with fico, yes, when all countries, including us, ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyressed concern and sympathy for what is happening in slovakia, the situation here is a bit different, as it were we should behave, how should we react and what do the signals from poland and messages from the eu mean? well, this, this once again brings us back to the reality of international relations, we have such. the simple question is whether we will build relations with the countries of the so-called global rooster, exclusively exclusively as this or that american administration will tell us whether we will have any independent communications, simply put, it is difficult for me to say whether we are currently having any talks at all with iran, whether we are having talks with china, and equal the diplomatic representation and the competence of the diplomats who work in these countries personally cause me a lot of concern, especially since we ourselves see on the example of zaluzhny how our diplomacy becomes a hostage of loyalty, not professionalism, without any resentment towards

ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, says a deadly air strike on a crowded superstore is an act ofussian madness�*. officials say at least six people were killed and more than 30 others injured on saturday when two glide bombs struck the diy store in ukraine's second city, kharkiv. an air raid warning sounded moments before explosions tore through the building, starting an intense fire. the ukrainian leader again urged western allies to send more air defences to ukraine. ukraine's military says the two glide bombs that hit kharkiv were among a0 that russia dropped on ukrainian army positions and civil infrastructure saturday. the ukrainian military says russian forces are continuing their offensive in the kharkiv region, with six attacks repelled by the ukrainian military. the bbc�*sjeremy bowen is in kharkiv — i spoke to him a short while ago. very good to have you with us. this airstrike took place on a crowded superstore there in ukraine's second largest city. what more can you tell us? it was mid—afternoon, it's the weekend, it was a pretty nice day so they were people buying s

the very fact that volodymyr zelensky decided to go to spain, and we remember that this visit was postponed due to the situation in kharkiv region. with from the point of view of the ukrainian military command means that the situation is difficult, but controlled, so in the coming days we do not expect significant negative developments, which actually allowed zelensky to go. currently, there is no doubt that the russians will occupy kharkiv, that's for sure, the russians want to advance, they want to attack the city with firepower. we must remember that this is, unfortunately, air terror, so it is extremely important now to strengthen air defenses, but as of now the russians do not have enough and martial skill to take control of kharkiv, but only to make the stay there unbearable, and the city unlivable . through airstrikes. if we talk about today's visit of president zelensky, spain is a very important country from the point of view of capabilities and economy. ukraine appreciates the help of spain, appreciates the military exercises organized by it. the spaniards taught the ukrainian mil

weapons that could be produced in ukraine, why they are not produced, but in the rhetoric of volodymyr zelenskyuite often there are complaints about western partners, but there is no analysis the situation with the ukrainian military-industrial complex, or? can ukraine in some way cover those needs which are necessary for ukraine and whether ukraine could cover these needs during the last two years so that it does not happen. just a statement that in russia, there are 10,000 more s300 missiles than in ukraine. well, first of all, no one compared the number of missiles between us and them. the number of our missiles is a military secret. and as for that, well, let's remember that both on the eve of the great war and during the war, no one from the state leadership seriously dealt with the economy. i'm not saying it's not fulfilling. of the law on mobilization, and there is the first point - this is the transition of ukraine's economy to functioning under martial law conditions, this has not been implemented, the mobilization plan has not been worked out so far, a huge number of ukrainian enterpr

the capital at that moment, when she was giving a press conference together with president volodymyr zelensky, but at the same time we know. that in the kremlin on red square today was pabedobesiya day, and actually about victory day, yes, about its correct interpretation, about the losses suffered by ukrainians in this second world war, we will talk in more detail with olesya isayuk, historian, member scientist of the council of the liberation movement research center, a research associate of the national museum of the türmanskyi memorial. mrs. olesya, we welcome you to our airwaves and glory to ukraine. glory to heroes. to begin with, let's take a look at the story of our colleagues about the losses, according to various data, from 50 to 75 million people died during the second world war, among them from 8 to 10 million ukrainians, who won in the second world war and why ukrainians were not directly involved in the destruction nazism, i suggest you look further. we remember, we win, memorial day and'. victory over by nazism - the symbolic day of the surrender of germany and the end of the w

former chairman of the verkhovna rada of ukraine, we will talk with them about who and why volodymyr zelenskyted in... russia, and actually what is behind this, is the russian federation trying to do everything in the current situation to in order to delegitimize president zelenskyi, after may 20, 2024, 5 years from the day of president zelenskyi's inauguration, what can and should the ukrainian state do in the current situation, in what way should it to convince their western partners? not to recognize the powers of putin, whose inauguration, by the way, will take place tomorrow, may 7, and many more topics for conversations with mr. razumkov, with maria. ionov and let's talk about the threats made today by the ministry of foreign affairs of the russian federation, they summoned two ambassadors in russia, france and great britain, and stated that if their weapons are used on the territory of ukraine and will be struck on the territory of the russian federation , then in return they will receive, and not only on objects that are located on the territory of the ukrainian state, as well as outs

president volodymyr zelensky met with the minister of foreign affairs of great britain david cameron. this was reported in the president's office. meeting took place in kyiv. the leader discussed the situation at the front and the new aid package from great britain, which was announced last week. let me remind you, to him. the last package is also important because it is the largest arms donation package that we are giving, the £3 billion package, it is not just this year, we will do it next year, and the second year, after as long as it takes, and for the preparation of your vyyaks and for... the entire implementation of the security agreement. we want to show that multi-year packages are what we have to show our countries. this is the future, putin must understand that we will support as much as necessary. the embassy of ukraine is investigating the circumstances of the murder of a ukrainian in hungary. this was reported in the press service of the ministry of foreign affairs. let me remind you that two days ago , a 48-year-old man died of stab wounds. a ukrainian, previously suspec

ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky says his country only has about a quarter of the amount of air are due to arrive sometime this yearfrom european donor countries, and ukrainian pilots are currently being trained. let's speak to our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse in kyiv.

improve, american and so-called czech munitions seem to be partially on the front, at least volodymyr zelenskys, for the first time in two years of war, the armed forces have enough artillery shells and none of the brigades complains about the shortage of bc, this is also confirmed by nato officials. the russians do not have the necessary number of troops to make a strategic breakthrough in the kharkiv region. moreover, they do not have the skills and capabilities for this. allies have accelerated large shipments of aid to ukraine after the us approved an aid package armed forces they are now sending a huge amount of ammunition, a huge amount of short-range air defense systems and a significant amount of armored vehicles to ukraine. the enemy also senses the arrival of long-range weapons. on the night of may 14-15, the military-important belbek airfield, near occupied sevastopol, was attacked by atakams missiles twice a day. later, satellite images also appeared on the network, from which it is possible to draw conclusions about the losses of the russians, which are at least three military air

everything somehow does not fit into a not too comforting formula, and the president of ukraine volodymyr zelensky additionally emphasized the importance of the presence of the heads of states, who really determine, but we will also not underestimate the importance of the presence of our europeans. partners, mr. ambassador, please tell me what decisions can be made, what the presence or absence of the chinese will mean, and in general, how will we be with russian aggression, because taking into account previous experience, for example, g7, g20 and so on, very strong paper declarations were adopted, which were later backed up with money and backed up, i don’t know where additional military aid, but, but, but, you have the floor, and i... like every high-level international forum, and with the participation of the first persons, influential states, and this event is now being prepared by experts, it is always done in all cases, experts already in one form or another, be it face-to-face or be it online, agree with one or another wording, in this case the summit is a lot of soap. that depends on what

in his easter address, ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky urged ukrainians to be united and calledave been forced to leave their homes in brazil after devastating floods tore through the southern state, of rio grande do sul. the state's governor says the devastation is unprecedented. jon donnison has more. much of brazil's most southerly state is under water. roads turned into rivers and tens of thousands of people forced to flee their homes. translation: now, when i'm being rescued, i feel relieved. but it's terrifying because we saw the water rise in an absurd way. it rose at a very high speed. after a week of storms and heavy rain, at least 500,000 people are without power and clean water. translation: i need a lot of help - a lot. l we have nowhere to sleep and nothing to eat. we have nothing. and the very young are being impacted, too. this tiny baby had to be winched to safety by helicopter. many of those who died were killed by landslides and at least two people lost their lives when the floods caused an explosion at a petrol station in port alegre. president lula da silva v

ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky has sacked the head of the guards responsible for his personaltwo colonels were arrested earlier this week over the scheme, linked to russia. a general strike against austerity measures in argentina has brought most of the country to a halt. schools, banks and shops in the capital, buenos aires, were shut and train and metro services suspended. unions said the strike was a wake—up call to the argentinian president, javier milei, urging him to review some of the cuts to subsidies and social programmes. a section of the m25 motorway around london will be fully closed for only the second time in its history from this evening as part of a £317 million upgrade. the work being carried out over the weekend is aimed at improving traffic flow and reducing pollution. drivers are being warned they could receive penalty charges if they don't follow official diversion routes. finally, justin bieber has announced he's going to be a father. he and his wife — the model hayley beiber — are expecting their first child. the couple tied the knot in a secret ceremony

volodymyr zelensky was interrupted by the sounds of the siren.er the completion of the air alert, the leader of the european parliament spoke in the verkhovna rada. the politician assured that ukraine will be in the eu and added that the members of the association are working on the 14th package of sanctions against putin and his allies. the next day, friday , the leader of slovakia suzana chaputova came to kyiv. she remarked that she had come with good news of help. country from slovakia. according to the ukrainian media, it is about more than 4 million euros collected by the slovaks, which will be used to purchase artillery pieces for our army. volodymyr. informed the president of slovakia about needs for weapons and emphasized that not all partners promptly fulfill agreements on the supply of weapons. as a woman from one of those ten countries, who clearly remembers all the painful reforms and the long process of integration. i can tell you that... it will not be easy, but i am sure that with the commitment you are showing and the record pace

as russian forces make advances in ukraine, president volodymyr zelensky has signed new laws to boostllowed tojoin the military. they'll be released on parole to enlist under special contracts. certain prisoners, however — including rapists or convicts who have murdered two or more people — are not eligible. the new law also raises the penalty for men who ignore the draft. that fine is now 650 dollars. it comes amid heavy fighting in the north—east of ukraine. while president putin has said he had no plans to capture the second largest city, kharkiv, russia is making its biggest terrioritial gains there in 18 months. our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, sent this special report from the front line. near the village of lyptsi, the russians are closing in. the fire from a recent rocket attack near a ukrainian position. we are told to immediately head to a bunker. taking shelter, recently arrived ukrainian reinforcements. a week ago, they were fighting elsewhere on the front. andrei tells me the situation is dynamic and tense. from a drone feed, they are nervously watching and wait