Zelensky Assures That ATACMS Long-range Missiles "will Help Accelerate The Liberation Of Ukraine"

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Podoliak affirms that China seeks to be “much more global” and make Russia look “insignificant”

The main advisor to the Presidency of Ukraine, Mijailo Podoliakstated this Friday that China is not necessarily seeking to get closer to Russia, but rather to become “much more global” and make its partner look “insignificant, problematic and without reputation.”

“It wants to be more global and currently it is already much more global than Russia. China is playing the long game. They want to dominate not only the global economic space, but also the political one,” Podoliak theorized on Ukrainian television.

“China has its own vision of what it needs from Russia. I wouldn’t say that Beijing is getting closer to the Kremlin. China is interested in making Russia look like it currently is, insignificant, problematic and without reputation,” he said.

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Kazakhstan denies that prohibiting the export of a hundred goods to Russia is related to sanctions

Kazakhstan denied this Friday that the recent ban on exporting a hundred technological goods to prevent them from being used irregularly for military purposes is related to the sanctions imposed in retaliation for the invasion of Ukraine.

The Ministry of Commerce has described as “incorrect” the information that appeared in the media this Thursday in which it was stated that Astana prohibited the export of up to a total of 106 types of goods, including drones, chips and other technological devices.

“The regulation of trade relations between Kazakhstan and Russia occurs in full compliance with the provisions of the Eurasian Economic Union Treaty. No export bans were established of any products to Russia in relation to the sanctions against it,” the statement clarifies.

12:58

Kyiv announces massive Russian casualties in Avdivka on day of visit to Zaluzhni front

Nearly 900 Russian soldiers were killed or wounded during Thursday’s day on the Avdivka front in eastern Ukraine, where Ukrainian troops also destroyed or damaged around fifty tanks and more than a hundred armored vehicles, according to today’s report. of the Kyiv General Staff. These Russian casualties occurred on the same day that the head of the Ukrainian Army, Valeri Zaluzhni, visited the Ukrainian troops in the Avdivka area. “Despite everything, our soldiers continue to repel attacks heroically, destroying enemy personnel and equipment,” Zaluzhni said during his meeting with the military.

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Kyiv supports Biden’s message: democratic “unity” to defeat Hamas and Putin

Kyiv today supported the speech given by US President Joe Biden from the Oval Office, endorsing his main thesis: that the Kremlin and the Islamist organization Hamas represent a common threat that the world can only defeat with unity and firmness. “Hamas and Putin really have a lot in common,” the head of the Ukrainian presidential office, Andrí Yermak, wrote early this morning on his Telegram account, echoing what Biden had stated hours earlier. “They both want to destroy democracy, destroy nations as a path to genocide,” Yermak added.