Zelensky receives Blinken: Use great friends and partners. The Ukrainian president congratulates Macron on his re-election. Uk secret services: Moscow will hold a fake referendum in Kherson
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Zelensky receives Blinken: Use great friends and partners
US Secretary of State and Defense Minister Blinken and Austin in a meeting with President Zelensky in Kiev, on the first official visit by senior US officials to Ukraine since the war with Russia two months ago. The “friendship and partnership” between Kiev and Washington are stronger than ever, says Zelensky
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Authorities, death toll in Donetsk rises to five
The toll of civilians killed yesterday during the Russian bombing of the Donetsk region rises to five, including the two girls aged 5 and 14. This was announced by the local authorities, cited by the Ukrinform agency. “While Orthodox Christians celebrated the resurrection of Christ, the Russians killed five people in the Donetsk region – the head of the regional military administration Pavlo Kyrylenko wrote on Telegram -. Among the victims are two girls from the village of Krasnohorivka, from the community of Ocheretyn. Three other people died in Novoselivka and Novomykhailivka ”. Kyrylenko added that Russian troops also fired on settlements in the communities of Avdiivka and Svitlodar. According to a report by local authorities, 266 civilians were killed and 840 wounded in the Donetsk region from 24 February to 24 April following the Russian attacks.
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UK services, Moscow will fake referendum in Kherson
Russia is planning to hold a fictional referendum in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson to justify its occupation, according to the UK’s defense intelligence service. The latest report from the British Ministry of Defense explains that the city holds the key to Russia’s goal of establishing a land bridge to the Crimean peninsula – annexed by Moscow in 2014 – and dominating southern Ukraine.