Ukraine remains the most mined country in the world. Nearly one-third of Ukraine's territory, approximately 174,000 square kilometers, had been mined since Russia began its full-scale invasion of the country in February 2022.
The phone call comes as Moscow once again rejected a 30-day ceasefire, with Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova claiming that a ceasefire would give "Kyiv a break to restore its military potential and continue its confrontation with Russia."
Flight MH17 departed from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport en-route to Kuala Lumpur International Airport on July 17, 2014. Three hours into the flight, the Boeing-777 was shot down by Russian proxy forces using a Buk surface-to-air missile above Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast.
"I am grateful for the support and the readiness at the highest level to promote diplomacy," President Volodymyr Zelensky said of the phone conservation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. "We share the same view on the need for a ceasefire."
The convictions mark a significant development in Britain's efforts to counter Russian intelligence operations amid heightened tensions stemming from Moscow's war against Ukraine and repeated Kremlin threats toward Kyiv's allies.
According to the Verkhovna Rada's website, Ukraine completed the ratification of the U.S.-Ukraine minerals agreement on May 12. President Volodymyr Zelensky signed the deal.
"I myself have heard relatives talking: our village is being attacked, let's roll the car out of the garage, maybe they will shell it — at least we will get money. The car is old, we can't sell it," Belgorod Oblast Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.
The new tranche brings total recent EU defense support for Ukraine to 3.3 billion euros ($3.6 billion), marking a significant expansion of European efforts to boost Kyiv's defense industry.
Illustrative photo: Odesa on the Black Sea in the early morning on Feb. 24, 2024 (Kay Nietfeld/picture alliance via Getty Images)
A Russian attack on the port of Odesa killed five people, Navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk told Ukrainian media outlets on March 6.
"Investigative actions are underway, all the circumstances of another war crime (carried out) by Russia are being established," Pletenchuk said, according to Ukrainska Pravda.
The total number is still being determined, Pletenchuk said, as cited by NV.
The air raid alert sounded at around 10:40 a.m. local time, after which a loud explosion was heard, according to local reports.
President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed earlier in the afternoon that Russia had launched a missile at the city and there were casualties.
"We saw this strike today. You see who we are dealing with, they don't care where they hit," he told reporters, referring to the fact that the attack took place as Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was visiting the city.
Mitsotakis said that he was being given a tour of the port of Odesa by Zelensky and his staff when he heard the air raid siren.
"Shortly after, as we were getting into our cars, we heard a big explosion," Mitsotakis said.
Mitsotakis went on to visitthe nine-story building that was damaged in a Russian drone attack on March 2. The attack killed 12 people, including five children.
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