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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Seeks Military Aid From S.Korea
Date: April 11, 2022
By Josh Smith and Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday asked Seoul for any military aid it could provide as he said Russia could only be forced to make peace. Speaking in a video address to South Korean lawmakers, Zelenskiy said his country needed more help, including weapons, if it is...
N.Korea Celebrates 10 Years of Kim Jong Un as Top Party Leader
Date: April 11, 2022
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea praised Kim Jong Un’s leadership in developing nuclear weapons, touted his political achievements, and unveiled new portraits and exhibitions to celebrate his 10 years in charge of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK). Kim is considered to have assumed power when he was named supreme commander...
U.N. Shifts Aid East in Ukraine, Plans Convoys to Rebel Areas
Date: April 8, 2022
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. humanitarian office (OCHA) is moving aid eastwards in Ukraine and plans aid convoys to the rebel regions of Luhansk and Donetsk next week as fighting shifts, a spokesperson told a press briefing on Friday. “We have in our planning convoys to go there I understand already next week....
Ukraine President Calls for More Russia Sanctions, Invokes Greek Battle Cry
Date: April 7, 2022
ATHENS (Reuters) -Ukraine’s president urged Europe to take a stronger stand against Russia in a video address to Greece’s parliament on Thursday that invoked the battle cry of 19th century Greek patriots in the Black Sea port of Odesa. Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Mariupol, another port on Ukraine’s coast where thousands of ethic Greeks live, had...
Eastern Ukraine Town Empties as Residents Fear New Russian Assault
Date: April 6, 2022
By Vitalii Hnidyi DERHACHI, Ukraine (Reuters) – Dragging trolleys and clutching plastic bags with their meagre belongings, residents of the northeastern Ukrainian town of Derhachi, near the border with Russia, boarded buses on Wednesday to be evacuated as fears of a Russian assault grew. Since pulling back from outside the capital Kyiv last week, Russian...
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Tells U.N. ‘accountability Must Be Inevitable’
Date: April 5, 2022
By Michelle Nichols, Humeyra Pamuk and Doina Chiacu UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the United Nations Security Council that “accountability must be inevitable” for Russia as he accused Russian troops of committing “the most terrible war crimes” since World War Two. Zelenskiy showed a short video of burned, bloodied and mutilated bodies,...