(02-06-2024, 02:31 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: Last month, Russia launched an offensive on Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, opening up a new front to the war. Ukrainian officials said, however, that fighting in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine blazed on or intensified following the start of cross-border attacks on Kharkiv.
Ukrainians finally got green light to proceed from U.S. Hours Later on Friday. U.S. supplies HIMARS Opened Fire, targeted Belgorod, attacks on base for Russian targeted Belgorod, a base for Russian attacks in northern Ukraine.
Zelenskiy arrives in Singapore for Shangri-La Dialogue. SINGAPORE, June 1(Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskiy arrived in Singapore for Shangri-La Dialogue conference on Saturday, where he planned to meet U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin & discuss support for his country in an address to delegates.
After arriving at conference venue in a motorcade amid heavy security, Zelenskiy said in a statement on social media platform X that he had come to gather support from Asia-Pacific region for peace summit planned for June 15-16 in Switzerland.
"Global security is impossible when world's largest country disregards recognised borders, international law, & U.N. Charter, resorts to hunger, darkness, nuclear blackmail," the statement said, referring to Russia, which invaded Ukraine in 2022.
Statement said Zelenskiy planned to hold several meetings, including with Singapore’s President Tharman Shanmugaratnam & PM Lawrence Wong, Timor-Leste President José Ramos-Horta, Austin, and Singaporean investors.
A U.S. official said Zelenskiy and Ukrainian Defence Minster Rustem Umerov would meet Austin "to discuss the current battlefield situation in Ukraine & to underscore U.S. commitment to ensuring Ukraine has what it needs to defend itself against ongoing Russian aggression".
The International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS), which organises security conference, said Zelenskiy would participate in a discussion session on Sunday entitled "Re-Imagining Solutions for Global Peace and Regional Stability".
Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that Russia is trying to disrupt the Switzerland peace summit, which he hopes will generate support for the withdrawal of Russian troops and the restoration of Ukraine's 1991 borders.
Reuters first reported his planned trip to Singapore on Friday. Its Zelenskiy's 2nd trip to Asia, In May 2023, he attended G7 meetings in Japan. As Ruzz
begun assaults against Ukrainian lines & stepped up missile attacks in recent weeks as troops have made gains in Ukraine's east & south, as Kyiv's allies accelerate shipments of munition & other arms. The Russia has not attended the Shangri-La Dialogue since the invasion.
US approved $61 billion aid to Ukraine, such as Patriot missiles & ATACMS precision ballistic missiles - already arrived. On U.S. President Joe Biden informed Ukraine it can use U.S. weapons to strike targets across the border into Russia that were being used to attack areas around Kharkiv, a city in Ukraine's northeast. Russian Putin has warned NATO members allowing Ukraine to fire their weapons into Russia & once again raised the risk of nuclear war.
Austin, spoke earlier on Saturday @Shangri-La Dialogue, his remarks support for Ukrainian forces pushing back against Russia's invasion for more than two years showed that countries around the world could rally in the face of aggression.
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