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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday in Kyiv following talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Guterres is set to visit Bucha and Irpin, in the Kyiv region, where Russian atrocities are alleged to have occurred. Follow FRANCE 24’s liveblog for all the latest. All times are in Paris time [GMT+2].
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8:25am: Biden set to pledge support for Ukraine against ‘Russia’s brutal war’
US President Joe Biden is set to deliver remarks later today on US “support for Ukrainians defending their country and their freedom against Russia’s brutal war,” the White House said.
Biden’s address comes a day after Russian President Putin warned of lightning-fast retaliation if countries interfere in Ukraine. Addressing lawmakers in St Petersburg on Wednesday, Putin warned that, “If someone intends to intervene in the ongoing events from the outside, and create strategic threats for Russia that are unacceptable to us, they should know that our retaliatory strikes will be lightning-fast.”
7:24am: Russia’s Black Sea fleet retains ability to strike Ukraine: UK
Russia’s Black Sea fleet retains the ability to strike Ukrainian and coastal targets, despite the loss of its landing ship Saratov and the cruiser Moskva, according to Britain’s defence ministry.
About 20 Russian Navy vessels, including submarines, are in the Black Sea operational zone, the ministry said on Twitter..
“The Bosphorus Strait remains closed to all non-Turkish warships, rendering Russia unable to replace its lost cruiser Moskva in the Black Sea,” it added in the regular bulletin.
7:11am: Guterres arrives in Ukraine to try to ‘secure evacuations’
Following his trip to Moscow earlier this week, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has arrived in Ukraine, where he is expected to push for humanitarian corridors and work on coordinated approach to try…
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