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Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed legislation authorizing $61 billion in military aid for Ukraine, with the Pentagon announcing just moments later that desperately-needed air defense and artillery munitions were being sent to Kyiv. The legislation -- which also includes aid for Israel and Taiwan and a potential ban on TikTok -- comes after months of delay that saw Ukrainian forces run short of ammunition and suffer battlefield setbacks. "I just signed into law the national security package that was passed by the House of Representatives this weekend, and by the Sen...
AFP
Le sort des civils gazaoui et ukrainiens est au cœur du rapport annuel d'Amnesty International. L'ONG pointe notamment du doigt le mépris du droit par Israël et la Russie. Ces six derniers mois, les États-Unis auraient protégé les autorités israéliennes de tout examen liés à leurs multiples infractions commises dans la bande Gaza. La secrétaire générale d'Amnesty International évoque un ordre mondial hérité de 1945, "au bord de la rupture", selon ses termes. "Le niveau de violation que nous avons observé est sans précédent. Nous l'avons constaté à Gaza au cours des six derniers mois, avec un n...
Euronews (French)
The world is witnessing a near-breakdown of international law, Amnesty International has warned in its annual report. Pointing to flagrant rule-breaking in Gaza and Ukraine, a proliferation of armed conflict, the rise of authoritarianism and huge rights violations in Sudan, Ethiopia and Myanmar, the human rights organisation said the most powerful governments must shoulder much of the blame. The report's authors write that the US, Russia and China together have led a global disregard for international rules and values enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, with civilians in co...
Euronews (English)
More Patriot air defense systems are on their way to Ukraine "for sure," Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak said on April 24. Ukraine is facing a shortage of air defense systems amid an uptick in Russian attacks on population centers and energy infrastructure. Speaking on national television, Yermak said Kyiv was "talking with many partners, primarily the U.S." about securing more of the badly needed systems and referred to recent news of German efforts to convince Washington to send more. "I can tell you for sure – there will be more Patriots. For us, the secondary issue is where t...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
More Patriot air defense systems are on their way to Ukraine "for sure," Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak said on April 24. Ukraine is facing a shortage of air defense systems amid an uptick in Russian attacks on population centers and energy infrastructure. Speaking on national television, Yermak said Kyiv was "talking with many partners, primarily the U.S." about securing more of the badly needed systems and referred to recent news of German efforts to convince Washington to send more. "I can tell you for sure – there will be more Patriots. For us, the secondary issue is where t...
Kyiv Independent
More Patriot air defense systems are on their way to Ukraine "for sure," Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak said on April 24. Ukraine is facing a shortage of air defense systems amid an uptick in Russian attacks on population centers and energy infrastructure. Speaking on national television, Yermak said Kyiv was "talking with many partners, primarily the U.S." about securing more of the badly needed systems and referred to recent news of German efforts to convince Washington to send more. "I can tell you for sure – there will be more Patriots. For us, the secondary issue is where t...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
A second tranche of EU macro-financial assistance totaling 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion) has been given to Ukraine, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on April 24. The EU approved the four-year Ukraine Facility in February, allocating 33 billion euros ($35 billion) in loans and 17 billion euros ($18 billion) in grants. The first tranche of 4.5 billion euros ($4.8 billion) was given to Ukraine on March 20. "Ukraine is carrying a heavy burden on its shoulders for all of us. Today, we disburse an additional (1.5 billion euros), under the (50 billion euros) Ukraine Facility...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
A second tranche of EU macro-financial assistance totaling 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion) has been given to Ukraine, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on April 24. The EU approved the four-year Ukraine Facility in February, allocating 33 billion euros ($35 billion) in loans and 17 billion euros ($18 billion) in grants. The first tranche of 4.5 billion euros ($4.8 billion) was given to Ukraine on March 20. "Ukraine is carrying a heavy burden on its shoulders for all of us. Today, we disburse an additional (1.5 billion euros), under the (50 billion euros) Ukraine Facility...
Kyiv Independent
A second tranche of EU macro-financial assistance totaling 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion) has been given to Ukraine, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on April 24. The EU approved the four-year Ukraine Facility in February, allocating 33 billion euros ($35 billion) in loans and 17 billion euros ($18 billion) in grants. The first tranche of 4.5 billion euros ($4.8 billion) was given to Ukraine on March 20. "Ukraine is carrying a heavy burden on its shoulders for all of us. Today, we disburse an additional (1.5 billion euros), under the (50 billion euros) Ukraine Facility...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, supported in the first reading on April 24 a bill strengthening the state's oversight over the gambling business, lawmaker Oleksii Honcharenko said. The negative social impacts of gambling are increasingly becoming a topic of public discussion as a petition demanding restrictions on online gambling reached the president's table in March. The bill, which was backed by 272 lawmakers in today's vote, was submitted already back in May 2023. It has to pass the second reading and be signed by the president before becoming law. The bill proposes to abolish th...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
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