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βοΈ93 countries supported the resolution of Ukraine and its European allies at the UN General Assembly. The USA, Russia, Hungary, and Israel voted against. China abstained.
The resolution calls Russia an aggressor country and demands the withdrawal of troops from the territory of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders
The UN also approved the American resolution without condemning Russian aggression, with Ukraine abstaining.
The US resolution βPath to Peaceβ was supported by 93 UN member states, eight voted against, and 73 abstained.
At the same time, the UN General Assembly rejected the Russian amendment βon the need to eliminate the root causes of the Ukrainian crisis.β 71 states voted against it, and 31 supported it.
βοΈPutin said that Russia is ready to cooperate with the United States on rare earth metals, particularly in the occupied part of the Donetsk region.
His words were quoted by TASS. Earlier, US President Donald Trump stated that the United States is interested in rare earth metals in Russian territories.
Additionally, the Russian President announced his readiness to supply two million tons of aluminum to the US market and suggested βthinking about joint work between Russia and the United States on aluminum production, for example, in the Krasnoyarsk Territory.β
The European Commission hopes to open three clusters of negotiations between Ukraine and the EU by the end of the Polish presidency in June, said European Commissioner for Enlargement, Marta Kos, at a joint meeting of the EC and the Cabinet of Ministers.
EU member states will not demand any natural resources from Ukraine in exchange for aid, said European Council President Antonio Costa in an interview with Ukrainian media.
I hope that President Zelenskyy will come to the Oval Office to sign the peace agreement, β US President Donald Trump said at a press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron.
Trump also stated that he is βhelping Ukraine like no one has before.β
βPutin told me he has no problem with deploying European troops in Ukraine as part of a peace deal,β Trump said.
Almost half of Ukraine's population (46%) has mental health problems due to war, says WHO
πͺπΊ The new EU initiative on military assistance to Ukraine, presented during the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting, received broad approval. However, its details will be discussed by EU leaders at an extraordinary summit on March 6, said EU foreign policy chief Kallas.
π¬π§ The UK will provide Ukraine with $5.6 billion in military aid this year. Prime Minister Starmer also announced the largest package of sanctions since the first days of the war against the Russian shadow fleet and Russian and Chinese companies supplying military components.
πͺπΈ Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez announced a billion euros in aid to Ukraine in 2025. He also announced the creation of a Ukrainian hub in the province of Alicante.
π³π΄ Norway will allocate 3.5 billion euros in 2025 to support Ukraine, including a billion for humanitarian support and 300 million for energy, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr StΓΈre said.
πΈπͺ Sweden will transfer another more than 100 million euros for air defense, Prime Minister Kristersson announced.
π©π° Denmark will provide Ukraine with about $285 million for weapons and ammunition, the government said in a statement.
Lithuania will soon deliver RBS-70 short-range air defense systems to Ukraine, announced President Gitanas NausΔda.
The RBS-70 helped the Defense Forces destroy a Russian Ka-52 in August 2023. The system has an air target engagement range of up to seven kilometers in the Mk 2 variant and up to nine kilometers in the RBS-70NG variant.
π¬π§ Britain has imposed the largest package of sanctions against Russia since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The British sanctions targeted:
β«οΈ 40 βshadow fleetβ vessels transporting Russian oil
β«οΈ 14 βnew kleptocrats,β some of whom head strategic sectors of the Russian economy
β«οΈ Foreign financial institutions supporting the Russian military machine, including the Kyrgyz Keremet Bank
β«οΈ North Korean Defense Minister No Kwan Chol and other North Korean senior officials involved in the deployment of DPRK military in Russia
β«οΈ Manufacturers and suppliers of machine tools, electronics, and dual-use goods for the Russian military, including microprocessors used in weapons systems
There is a risk that peace in Ukraine could be more dangerous than the current war, said Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.
Japan is expanding its medical assistance program for Ukrainian servicemen injured in combat, the Ministry of Defense of Japan announced.
In addition to the Central Hospital of the Self-Defense Forces, where Ukrainian servicemen have been undergoing rehabilitation since June 2023, the program now includes the hospital of the National Military Medical College of the Ministry of Defense of Japan.
The Irish government will transfer some of its outdated radars to protect cities in Ukraine, according to The Irish Times.
This is the Giraffe Mark IV radar, which has a detection range of up to 50 km and can track up to 20 targets simultaneously.
Ireland has seven such systems in service, of which, according to the publicationβs sources, at least three will be transferred.
Since February 24, 2022, in cooperation with the Defense Forces of Ukraine, 26,525 enemy air attack vehicles have been shot down, the Air Force reported.
These include:
β«οΈ370 aircraft
β«οΈ331 helicopters
β«οΈ40 Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles
β«οΈ95 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles
β«οΈ550 Kalibr cruise missiles
β«οΈ95 Iskander-K cruise missiles
β«οΈ1,801 Kh-101/Kh-55cm/Kh-555 cruise missiles
β«οΈ460 Kh-59/Kh-69 guided aircraft missiles
β«οΈ25 missiles of other types
β«οΈ14,286 Shahed attack UAVs
β«οΈand 6,900 reconnaissance UAVs.
Over three years, the Air Forceβs tactical aviation has carried out over 20,000 sorties: about 10,000 for fire suppression of the enemy and more than 12,000 for fighter air cover.
The Eiffel Tower in Paris and the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin were illuminated in the colors of the Ukrainian flag as a sign of solidarity.