Correction: This post has been updated to correct the amount of the air defense package. It is worth $60 million. 14 hr 2 min agoUK prime minister visits Kyiv to show support for UkraineFrom Kareem Khadder in Kyiv and Niamh Kennedy in LondonUK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Saturday, November 19. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office/AP)British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is in Kyiv to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a show of support for the country in his first visit since becoming UK leader.
Allegations of summary executions of people hors de combat should be promptly, fully and effectively investigated, and any perpetrators held to account. "A statement from Russia’s Defense Ministry denounced what it said was “the deliberate and methodical killing of more than ten immobilized Russian servicemen … by direct shots to the head, ” alleging it was the latest war crime committed by Ukraine in the war. CNN has reached out to the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ General Staff for comment on the video clips twice in a 24-hour period but has yet to receive a reply. A spokesman with Ukraine’s 80th airborne brigade told CNN that the drone footage had been shot by the brigade’s air reconnaissance unit. Asked to verify whether the Ukrainian soldiers in the clip were also members of his brigade, the spokesman would only say he did not recognize any of the men in the clip.
It echoes verbatim a declaration from the Group of 20 (G20) leaders summit in Bali earlier this week. “Most members strongly condemned the war in Ukraine and stressed it is causing immense human suffering and exacerbating existing fragilities in the global economy, ” the document said, adding that there were differing “assessments” on the situation within the group. Discussions within the summits aside, the week has also shown Putin – who it is believed launched his invasion in a bid to restore Russia’s supposed former glory – as increasingly isolated, with the Russian leader hunkered down in Moscow and unwilling even to face counterparts at major global meetings.
"Since the first days of the war, Ukraine and the UK have been the strongest of allies. During today's meeting, we discussed the most important issues both for our countries and for global security, " Zelensky said in the post. "Together we are stronger, and we will achieve the desired results, " the Ukrainian president added.
(Ukrainian Presidential Press Office/AP)UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced a $60 million air defense package for Ukraine during his first visit to Kyiv on Saturday, according to Downing Street. During his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Sunak "confirmed that the UK will provide a major new package of air defense to help protect Ukrainian civilians and critical national infrastructure from an intense barrage of Russian strikes, " according to a Downing Street press release. "The £50 million package of defense aid comprises 125 anti-aircraft guns and technology to counter deadly Iranian-supplied drones, including dozens of radars and anti-drone electronic warfare capability, " the statement continued.
“The Prime Minister is in Ukraine today for his first visit to Kyiv to meet President Zelenskyy and confirm continued UK support, ” a Downing Street spokesperson said. A CNN crew in Kyiv earlier spotted Sunak and Zelensky on Saturday during the visit, while they were touring an outdoor square. Zelensky posted a video on his official Telegram channel of him receiving Sunak in a snowy Kyiv.
“He doesn’t want to be this toxic guy, ” Gabuev said. And even among countries who have not taken a hardline against Russia, there are signs of lost patience, if not with Russia itself, than against the knock-on effects of its aggression. Strained energy, issues of food security and spiraling global inflation are now squeezing economies the world over. Keep reading here. 12 hr 55 min agoUS secretary of defense warns about possible nuclear proliferation: "Putin’s fellow autocrats are watching"From CNN's Sarah Fortinksy US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a press conference in Washington, DC, on November 16.
We also have some very necessary decisions – we agreed on them today, " Zelensky said. 11 hr 11 min agoUkraine begins voluntary evacuations from Kherson and Mykolaiv regions, according to officialsFrom CNN's Mariya Knight in AtlantaUkraine’s government will pay for all costs related to voluntary evacuations from areas of the southern Kherson and Mykolaiv regions that have been liberated from Russian forces, according to a Ukrainian official. There are several issues in the liberated areas as winter approaches, according to Minister of Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories Iryna Vereshchuk, who spoke at a briefing with Ukrainian media Saturday in Mykolaiv. A large amount of territory in southern Ukraine suffered extensive damage to infrastructure after Ukrainian forces took it back, making it hard for the local residents to survive without electricity, heat and water supply.
What appear to be pools of blood are clearly visible in several places. CNN has been unable to verify exactly what happened in the first video clip, and it is unclear exactly what happened in the period that elapsed between the first clip and the filming of the drone footage. Marta Hurtado, a spokesperson for the United Nations Human Rights Office, said, according to Reuters: "We are aware of the videos and we are looking into them.
During his surprise visit to the Ukrainian capital, Sunak laid flowers at a memorial for Ukraine's war dead and lit a candle at a memorial for victims of the 1930s Holodomor famine, according to the statement. The prime minister also met with Ukrainian first responders who recounted their "harrowing work" rescuing survivors from the rubble and fighting fires caused by Russian airstrikes and mortar attacks. "It is deeply humbling to be in Kyiv today and to have the opportunity to meet those who are doing so much, and paying so high a price, to defend the principles of sovereignty and democracy, ” Sunak said, according to the statement. He expressed his pride that the UK has "stood with Ukraine from the very beginning, " saying his visit signified the UK's commitment to "continue to stand with Ukraine, as it fights to end this barbarous war and deliver a just peace. "In addition to the air defense package, Sunak also committed $14 million (12 million pounds) in funding for the World Food Programme's Ukraine response as well as $5 million (4 million pounds) for the International Organization for Migration's Ukraine response.
A fear of potential political maneuvers against him should he leave the capital, an obsession with personal security and a desire to avoid scenes of confrontation at the summits – especially as Russia faces heavy losses in the battlefield – were all likely calculations that went into Putin’s decision, according to Alexander Gabuev, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Meanwhile, he may not want to turn unwanted attention on the handful of nations that have remained friendly to Russia, for example India and China, whose leaders Putin saw in a regional summit in Uzbekistan in September.
These are atrocities, ” he said. “The tragic and troubling explosion in Poland this week reminded the whole world of the recklessness of Putin’s war of choice, " he added, referring to a missile that fell in Poland near the Ukraine border, killing two people. Some background: While NATO, the US and Poland said the missile was most likely fired by Ukrainian forces defending their country against a barrage of Russian strikes, officials have said Russia bears ultimate responsibility due to Moscow's continued attacks on Ukraine. 14 hr 3 min agoUK PM announces $60 million air defense package for Ukraine during visit to Kyiv From CNN's Niamh Kennedy in London UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Saturday, November 19.
12 — the date the video first appeared online — or in the days immediately preceding it. The village was only declared liberated from Russian control in an announcement by the Luhansk region military administration on Nov. 13. The edited video purports to show captured Russian soldiers in an act of surrender, with several men lying on the ground on their fronts with their hands over their heads.
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