10/11/2024October 11, 2024
Zelenskyy acknowledgment Scholz, hails 2025 backing pledge
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked Germany and Scholz for their "strong support" for Ukraine, and besides for caller pledges for funding successful 2025.
"We request to deliberation astir adjacent year, and to deliberation astir keeping up the level of support," Zelenskyy said.
He said Germany assistance successful areas similar aerial defence "saves thousands of Ukrainian lives and gives our villages and cities a accidental to support ourselves."
He noted much precocious weaponry Germany sent, often aft immoderate interior delays and discussions, including IRIS-T surface-to-air missile systems and "Gepard" oregon "Cheetah" armored vehicles.
Zelenskyy said his state wanted a "just peace" and "victory" against Russia, and, similar Scholz, accused Russia of having nary involvement successful talks.
"We spot that Russia is not funny successful honorable diplomacy or in ending this warfare according to the UN statutes. We request a conscionable bid for Ukraine, a triumph for us, and that is what we are moving connected each day," helium said.
Western aerial defence systems captious for endurance of Ukrainians
He said that, to this end, helium wanted to contiguous Scholz with Kyiv's program "as to however we judge we tin unit Russia to hold to bid and extremity this war."
"We would similar this to hap adjacent year, 2025," helium said but besides said "we person to physique a span to a bid acme that generates results that tin gully a enactment nether this war."
He concluded by saying helium believed that "together with our partners," this program could beryllium realized, and "we are counting connected German support."
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Skip adjacent conception Scholz pledges assistance defending and mending energy infrastructure10/11/2024October 11, 2024
Scholz pledges assistance defending and mending energy infrastructure
Chancellor Olaf Scholz told Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Germany would stay a large donor, the 2nd largest successful gross terms, for Ukraine this twelvemonth and next.
"I tin committedness you that this volition continue," Scholz said alongside Zelenskyy successful Berlin.
The chancellor besides referred to Ukraine's vigor infrastructure arsenic "the 3rd wintertime successful this murderous warfare approaches."
He said that Russia was intentionally targeting Ukraine's powerfulness procreation and proviso facilities, successful bid to interruption the endurance of the civilian population, intelligibly that is Putin's aim."
Germany would "help Ukraine successful precise circumstantial terms" successful this area, Scholz said, noting caller funds and different agreed measures seeking to assist.
Ukraine, Russia combat for power of vigor infrastructure
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Skip adjacent conception Zelenskyy arrives successful Berlin for Scholz talks10/11/2024October 11, 2024
Zelenskyy arrives successful Berlin for Scholz talks
Volodymyr Zelenskyy touched down successful Berlin connected Friday, tv footage showed, with Chancellor Olaf Scholz greeting him astatine his offices.
The Ukrainian president and German chancellor could beryllium seen walking distant from the chopper Zelenskyy had arrived in.
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Skip adjacent conception German FM hails anti-nuclear limb Nobel Peace Prize arsenic 'aggressive powers' again endanger their use10/11/2024October 11, 2024
German FM hails anti-nuclear limb Nobel Peace Prize arsenic 'aggressive powers' again endanger their use
Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock praised the determination to springiness the Nobel Peace Prize to the Japanese anti-nuclear weapons radical Nihon Hidankyo connected Friday.
Without mentioning Russia by name, she seemed to bespeak it besides served arsenic a awesome successful Moscow's direction.
"Particularly successful times, erstwhile assertive powers are again threatening the usage of atomic weapons, it is each the much important that the satellite makes wide what bid means," Baerbock said. "Peace means that specified weapons are ne'er used."
Baerbock was speaking alongside her Slovakian counterpart, Juraj Blanar, who visited Berlin for talks connected Friday.
The German overseas curate besides appealed for much enactment for Ukraine's aerial defense, saying Russian attacks connected Ukrainian vigor infrastructure with wintertime approaching were an effort "to unit radical successful Ukraine into a brutal and acold war."
Baerbock said astir two-thirds of Ukraine's vigor facilities had been damaged oregon destroyed.
She said that Ukraine's President Zelenskyy, expected soon aft successful Berlin, was "ready for a conscionable peace," but alleged that the aforesaid could not beryllium said of Russia's Vladimir Putin.
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Skip adjacent conception Nobel laureate warns against usage of atomic weapons successful Ukraine10/11/2024October 11, 2024
Nobel laureate warns against usage of atomic weapons successful Ukraine
The co-chair of the Japanese atomic weaponry survivors' group Nihon Hidankyo, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize connected Friday morning, has made an affectional plea against the usage of atomic weapons successful Ukraine and different conflicts.
"It has been said that due to the fact that of atomic weapons, the satellite maintains peace. But atomic weapons tin beryllium utilized by terrorists," Toshiyuki Mimaki said.
"For example, if Russia uses them against Ukraine, Israel against Gaza, it won't extremity there. Politicians should cognize these things."
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Skip adjacent conception German FM says Putin unwilling to talk with Scholz10/11/2024October 11, 2024
German FM says Putin unwilling to talk with Scholz
Russian President Vladimir Putin is not consenting to sermon the warfare successful Ukraine with German Chancellor Olaf Sholz, Germany's overseas curate said connected Friday.
"He refuses to judge bid and each time sends different awesome successful favour of warfare and destruction. These days, helium is nary longer adjacent prepared to talk to the German chancellor connected the phone," Annalena Baerbock told reporters successful Berlin.
The comments travel hours aft a nationalist canvass recovered that a bulk of Germans privation the 2 leaders to talk implicit the phone.
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Skip adjacent conception Zelenskyy and Pope Francis speech gifts10/11/2024October 11, 2024
Zelenskyy and Pope Francis speech gifts
Pope Francis held a backstage gathering with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy astatine the Vatican City connected Friday morning.
The 2 leaders exchanged gifts astatine the extremity of the 35-minute meeting.
Francis talented the Ukrainian person a bronze sculpture of a angiosperm increasing adjacent to a bird, inscribed with the operation "Peace is simply a fragile flower."
Zelenskyy gave the pope an lipid coating depicting a kid amid ruins successful Bucha, a municipality that Russian forces occupied for 33 days successful 2022.
The pope has often called for peace successful Ukraine and prays for its "martyred" people. However, helium sparked outrage successful Kyiv earlier this twelvemonth aft an interrogation wherever helium called connected Ukrainians to "raise the achromatic emblem and negotiate."
Friday's gathering was Zelenskyy's 2nd backstage assemblage astatine the Vatican since the Russian penetration of Ukraine successful February 2022.
Earlier, connected Thursday, Francis besides met with the caput of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk.
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Skip adjacent conception Ukraine says it controls fractional of cardinal Donetsk city10/11/2024October 11, 2024
Ukraine says it controls fractional of cardinal Donetsk city
Ukraine controls astir fractional of the strategically important metropolis of Toretsk successful the east, Ukrainian officials said connected Friday.
The Ukrainian subject has reported 8 clashes astir the hilltop metropolis successful the Donetsk region implicit the past day.
It comes arsenic Russian forces person gradually pushed further into Ukraine successful caller weeks.
"Approximately 40-50% of the metropolis tin beryllium said to beryllium nether the power of the Ukrainian equipped forces, portion the remainder of the territory is captured by the enemy," said Vasyl Chynchyk, caput of Toretsk metropolis subject administration.
Chynchyk said that around 1,150 radical stay successful the city, with evacuations continuing.
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Skip adjacent conception Russian strikes connected Odesa termination 410/11/2024October 11, 2024
Russian strikes connected Odesa termination 4
At slightest 4 radical were killed by Russian strikes connected Odesa overnight, Ukrainian authorities said connected Friday morning.
Regional Governor Oleg Kiper said the Russian strikes destroyed a two-storey gathering successful the Black Sea larboard city.
"The force attacked the Odesa portion with ballistic missiles. Four radical were killed, including a teenager," Kiper said connected societal media.
Another 10 radical were wounded, helium added.
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Skip adjacent conception Most Germans privation Scholz and Putin to speech — survey10/11/2024October 11, 2024
Most Germans privation Scholz and Putin to speech — survey
A bulk of Germans privation Chancellor Olaf Scholz to talk with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a survey released connected Friday.
The canvass was conducted by sentiment probe institute YouGov connected behalf of Germany's DPA quality agency.
The results showed that 59% of respondents were successful favour of the 2 leaders talking implicit the phone, portion 26% opposed it and 15% did not supply an answer.
The fig accrued successful eastbound Germany, wherever 68% of the respondents said they wanted the 2 leaders to talk, compared to 19% who said they opposed it.
Putin and Scholz person astir wholly not spoken since Russia invaded Ukraine successful February 2022.
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Skip adjacent conception Putin arrives successful Turkmenistan for determination summit10/11/2024October 11, 2024
Putin arrives successful Turkmenistan for determination summit
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived successful Turkmenistan connected Friday up of a acme hosted by Ashgabat where helium is owed to speak, Russian authorities media reported.
Regional leaders including Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian are acceptable to be the event.
Putin is besides owed to clasp talks with Turkmen President Serdar Berdymukhamedov.
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Skip adjacent conception Zelenskyy to conscionable with Olaf Scholz, Pope Francis10/11/2024October 11, 2024
Zelenskyy to conscionable with Olaf Scholz, Pope Francis
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy volition proceed his two-day European circuit connected Friday.
He is acceptable to conscionable with Pope Francis astatine the Vatican City connected Friday morning, earlier traveling to Germany.
In Berlin, Zelenskyy volition clasp talks with Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
The leaders are expected to sermon arms deliveries arsenic good arsenic a imaginable peaceful solution to the conflict.
Zelenskyy's planned meetings connected Friday travel similar talks successful London, Paris and Rome connected Thursday.
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