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VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY

Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 11, 2022
Dozens feared trapped after Russian strike on Ukraine apartment building
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, said the attack in the town of Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region was 'another terrorist attack.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 11, 2022
How Boris Johnson helped Ukraine with its weapons shopping
Britain's leadership will be at a point of transition as Russia is steadily gaining ground in what Moscow calls a 'special operation.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 8, 2022
Putin says Ukraine is heading for 'tragedy' as Kramatorsk prepares defense
The mayor of the Donetsk city of Kramatorsk said Russian forces had fired missiles at the city center in an air strike on Thursday and that at least one person was killed and six wounded.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 4, 2022
IOC President Thomas Bach says Ukrainian 'flag will fly high' at upcoming Olympics
Speaking during a visit to Kyiv to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Bach pledged to increase the amount of IOC funding for athletes from the war-torn nation.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 1, 2022
Missile kills 17 in Odesa after Ukraine retakes Snake Island
Ukraine said it had driven Russian forces off the island after an artillery and missile assault, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hailing the strategic win.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 28, 2022
Rescuers dig for survivors of Russian missile strike on Ukrainian shopping mall
Family members of the missing lined up at a hotel across the street where rescue workers had set up a base after the strike on the busy mall in Kremenchuk, southeast of Kyiv.
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WORLD
Jun 24, 2022
U.K. signals willingness to de-mine and help export grain from Ukraine
Russia's invasion of Ukraine and blockade of its Black Sea ports has prevented the country from exporting much of the more than 20 million metric tons of grain stored in its silos.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 22, 2022
Putin set to mark WWII anniversary as Russia pounds eastern Ukraine
June 22 is a significant date in Russia — the 'Day of Remembrance and Sorrow' — marking when Hitler's Nazi Germany forces invaded the Soviet Union in World War II.
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WORLD
Jun 11, 2022
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy calls for more international cooperation to prevent wars
In a virtual speech to the Shangri-La Dialogue security conference, the Ukrainian leader said the world “must always support diplomatic actions to forestall violence and war.”
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WORLD
Jun 8, 2022
Battle in Ukraine's east rages as Zelenskyy vows to retake territory
The dayslong battle for the industrial city has emerged as pivotal, with Russia focusing its offensive might in its effort to capture the surrounding region.
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WORLD / Politics
Jun 7, 2022
Ukraine cautious as Turkey and Russia push Black Sea grain deal
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government has offered military help to clear mines off the coast of Odesa and escort grain ships.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 6, 2022
Russia strikes Kyiv for first time in weeks as battle rages in east
Ukraine said the strike hit a rail car repair works, while Moscow said it had destroyed tanks sent by Eastern European countries to Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 5, 2022
Russia strikes Kyiv for first time in weeks; Ukraine touts counterattack in east
Explosions rock Ukrainian capital while both Kyiv and Moscow claim gains around city of Sievierodonetsk.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 3, 2022
As war rages into its 100th day, Russia now controls a fifth of Ukraine
Though battered, depleted and repulsed from their initial drive to capture the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, Russian troops have used their superior artillery power to make new gains.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 25, 2022
Russia seeks to put stranglehold on twin Ukrainian cities
Russia is attempting to seize Donetsk and Luhansk, two separatist-claimed provinces in Donbas, and trap Ukrainian forces in a pocket on the main eastern front.
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COMMENTARY / World
May 22, 2022
How the invasion of Ukraine could change the global map
The fate of Ukraine will shape how states around the world behave in their territorial disputes, especially where Western interests are involved.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 22, 2022
As Russia intensifies push for Donbas, Ukraine rules out cease-fire
With the war continuing, Russia's state gas company said it halted gas exports to Finland, which refused Moscow's demands to pay in rubles.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 18, 2022
Ukrainian holdouts in Mariupol surrender to an uncertain fate
The surrender directive, issued late Monday, made the soldiers prisoners and ended the most protracted battle so far of the nearly 3-month-old Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 15, 2022
Ukraine wages counteroffensive against Russian forces in east
The fight near the Russian-held town of Izium could prove a serious setback for Moscow's plans to capture the entire Donbas region.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 3, 2022
They fell deeply in love in Bucha. One Russian bullet ended it all.
Iryna Abramova has lost almost everything: her husband, her home, three of her four pets; her life savings, in cash, turned to ash.

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