Putin will update Russia’s political and military elite on the Ukraine conflict. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KYIV - Russian President Vladimir Putin was due to make a speech on Tuesday setting out aims for the second year of his invasion of Ukraine, a day afterand on Tuesday will give a speech on how the United States has helped rally the world to support Ukraine and stress American support for Nato’s eastern flank.
Outside the cathedral, burned-out Russian tanks stand as a symbol of Moscow’s failed assault on the capital at the outset of its invasion, which began on Feb 24. Its forces swiftly reached Kyiv’s ramparts - only to be turned back by unexpectedly fierce resistance. Biden travelled to Ukraine’s capital by overnight train from Poland, arriving after roughly 10 hours at 8am on Monday, before returning there the same way, leaving just after 1pm , according to a White House pool report by a Wall Street Journal reporter.
The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Mr Josep Borrell, said the bloc would approve more sanctions before the anniversary of the conflict, which Russia says is a “special military operation” to defend Russian sovereignty.before Mr Biden’s departure, officials in Washington and Moscow said, apparently to avoid the risk of an attack on Kyiv while he was there.
Mr Putin will update Russia’s political and military elite on the Ukraine conflict, the biggest confrontation with the West since the depths of the Cold War, in a speech to members of both houses of Parliament on Tuesday. Moscow received its own signal of diplomatic support on Monday, with China’s top diplomat Wang Yi expected for talks. In public, China has remained neutral over the conflict despiteWashington has said in recent days it is concerned Beijing could begin supplying Moscow with arms. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said the United States was “in no position to make demands of China”.Ukraine says any diplomatic solution requires the withdrawal of Russian forces from its territory.
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