Russia-Ukraine war LIVE | Ukrainian and Western officials aim to unite a broad coalition behind the Kyiv government- including major countries that have decided not to give Ukraine military aid or impose sanctions on Russia in order to increase diplomatic pressure on Moscow.

Jun 30, 2023 11:13 PM

Russia-Ukraine war LIVE | Zelenskyy eyes to win over Latin America through Spain's EU presidency

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hopes to use Spain's rotating EU presidency to try to "gain influence" in Latin America, where several countries have opposed Kyiv's efforts to retake territory occupied by Russia, the president told Spanish media.

Jun 30, 2023 10:39 PM

Russia-Ukraine war LIVE | In Moscow, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill who is a supporter of the war met with Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, the Vatican envoy for seeking peace between Russia and Ukraine.

Kirill said “It is very important that the Christian communities of East and West take part in the process of reconciliation,” according to a video circulated by the Russian church. (Reuters)

Jun 30, 2023 10:27 PM

Russia-Ukraine war LIVE | "If the Black Sea Initiative ceases to operates, we will provide grain deliveries of a comparable or larger size to the poorest countries at our own expense, free of charge," Lavrov said.

Between 2018 and 2020, Africa imported $3.7 billion in wheat (32% of total African wheat imports) from Russia and another $1.4 billion from Ukraine (12% of total African wheat imports), according to the United Nations.(Reuters)

Jun 30, 2023 9:53 PM

Russia-Ukraine war LIVE | Russia grain export to poor nations to contiue: Lavrov

Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that Russia saw no reason to extend the Black Sea grain deal beyond July 17 because the West had acted in such an "outrageous" way over the agreement, but assured poor countries that Russian grain exports would continue.

Jun 30, 2023 9:35 PM

Russia-Ukraine war LIVE | A devasted mother bids farewell to fourteen-year-olds Anna and Yuliia Aksenchenko were among 12 people who were killed when a Russian missile hit a pizza restaurant in the eastern city on Tuesday evening. They had been in the vicinity of the restaurant during the attack. (Reuters)

Jun 30, 2023 9:04 PM

Russia-Ukraine war LIVE | Zelenskyy orders military officials to strengthen Northern military sector

Zelenskyy asked top military commanders on Friday to strengthen Ukraine's northern military sector after the Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin arrived in Ukraine's northern border Belarus.

"The decision...is for Commander-in-Chief (Valeriy) Zaluzhnyi and 'North' commander (Serhiy) Naev to implement a set of measures to strengthen this direction," Zelenskiy said on the Telegram messaging app. (Reuters)

Jun 30, 2023 8:20 PM

Russia-Ukraine war LIVE | Zelenskyy meets former US Vice President Pence

Zelenskyy met former US Vice President Mike Pence who visited Kyiv. “We appreciate that both major U.S. parties, the Republican and Democratic, remain united in their support for Ukraine. And, of course, we feel the strong support of the people of the United States,” Zelenskyy told Pence, according to the presidential website.

Pence, who is in favour of US support to Ukraine, is running for the 2024 Republican nomination for president. (AP)

Jun 30, 2023 7:29 PM

Russia-Ukraine war LIVE | Two killed in Kherson region in a Russian strike

The governor of the Kherson region, Oleksandr Prokudin, said two people were killed in the region’s capital in a Russian strike that hit residences, a medical facility and a school where residents were lined up to receive humanitarian aid. While, another person was killed in a morning strike on the village of Bilzoerka. (AP)

Jun 30, 2023 6:54 PM

Russia-Ukraine war LIVE | Zeleskyy and Thunberg discuss objectives of the environmental working group

The environmental working group would be evaluating the environmental damage caused from the war, formulating mechanisms to hold Russia accountable, and undertaking efforts to restore Ukraine’s ecology, as per an AP report. During the environmental working group meeting with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, Greta Thunberg said “They (Russian forces) are deliberately targeting the environment and people’s livelihoods and homes. And therefore also destroying lives. Because this is after all a matter of people.”

Jun 30, 2023 6:20 PM

Russia-Ukraine war LIVE | Zelenskyy meets Greta Thunberg and other prominent European figures

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday met Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg, former Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Margot Wallström, European Parliament Vice President Heidi Hautala, and former Irish President Mary Robinson who look forward to forming a working group to address ecological damage from the 16-month-old Russian invasion.

Jun 30, 2023 5:51 PM

Russia-Ukraine war LIVE | Trump says aborted mutiny 'somewhat weakened' Putin

In an exclusive interview with Reuters, former US President Donald Trump said that the aborted mutiny by Wagners' forces "somewhat weakened" President Vladimir Putin and the Russian forces.

“You could say that he’s [Putin] still there, he’s still strong, but he certainly has been I would say somewhat weakened at least in the minds of a lot of people,” he told Reuters in a telephone interview on Thursday.

Jun 30, 2023 5:16 PM

Russia-Ukraine war LIVE updates | Supreme Court of Norway claims Puttin ally's son violated law, flew drone over Arctic

Norway’s top court on Friday ruled that the son of a Russian businessman close to President Vladimir Putin violated a law that bars Russians from flying drones when he flew drones over the Arctic last year.

Andrey Yakunin, who holds both a Russian and a British passport and who lives in Italy, was arrested in Hammerfest, in Arctic Norway, on Oct. 17, after he had sailed around the Arctic Archipelago of Svalbard and along the coast of Norway. (AP)

Jun 30, 2023 4:26 PM

Russia-Ukraine war LIVE | Lavrov, asked about failed mutiny aftermath, says Russia always emerges stronger from trouble

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, asked about Russia's stability in the aftermath of a failed mercenary mutiny, said on Friday that his country has always emerged stronger and more resilient from any difficulties.

Lavrov, who was speaking at a news conference, said the reaction of many Western officials to Saturday's aborted mutiny by Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin - who had said that the facade of Russian power had cracked - showed indirectly that the same officials were at war with Moscow. (Reuters)

Jun 30, 2023 3:43 PM

Russia-Ukraine war updates LIVE | World Bank to give $1.5 billion to Ukraine to support recovery and reconstruction, says PM Denys Shmyhal

The Ukraine PM on the Telegram messaging app said the funds will be provided to the country with guarantees from the Japanese government as well as channeled to support economic development and social security.

Jun 30, 2023 3:06 PM

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