About 90 countries and international organisations have confirmed their participation at event in Switzerland over the weekend.
In this handout photograph taken and released by Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on Feb 24, 2024, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a ceremony marking the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in Hostomel, Kyiv region. this weekend, where Kyiv is hoping to shore up international support for its proposals and to pave the way for an end to the war with Russia on its terms.
United States President Joe Biden will not be in attendance due to his schedule, and will instead be sending Vice President Kamala Harris and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan. Muraviev said tapping into the resource sets a precedent that has the potential to undermine investors’ confidence in western financial institutions if such assets could be seized and used.
“Given that the Russians have survived a tsunami of sanctions, it's not going to be a massive dramatic turnaround for Moscow this time,” he said.In the past few months, attacks knocked out more than half the country’s power generating capacity, and a ground offensive in the northeast broke open a new war front.
“The war that we have here is not only our Ukrainian war, and I hope that it will become more and more obvious for western politicians that it affects the whole of Europe, and maybe the whole world. Because the bad guys are observing how the US and other countries react,” said a Kyiv resident who only wanted to be known as Alina.
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