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Biden says no NATO membership amid war as more taxes go to Ukraine
Jul 11, 2023 13:52Ukraine keeps asking for NATO membership, but the West is divided over the country’s accession to the military alliance. The US is opposed to the move. Washington, however, continues to send dozens of billions in military aid to Kiev.
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Zelensky slams 'absurd' lack of timeline for Ukraine's NATO entry
Jul 11, 2023 13:47Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has hit out at NATO allies for their uncertainty to accept his country to the bloc, as several members, including the United States, have expressed reservations about admitting Kiev to the military alliance.
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Ukraine steps up mercenary recruitment to conceal losses, treats them like ‘cannon fodder’: Russia
Jul 11, 2023 12:12Ukraine has stepped up its recruitment of mercenaries from across the globe in efforts to conceal the catastrophic losses of its military forces in the raging war against Russia, Moscow’s Defense Ministry has declared in an official statement.
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Top Russian diplomats blast US, NATO over Ukraine aims
Jul 11, 2023 09:53Senior Russian diplomats have lashed out at the US for pushing a massive publicity campaign to win public support for any “anti-Russia decisions” at the NATO summit currently underway in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius.
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Ukraine one key step closer to NATO membership amid Lithuania summit
Jul 11, 2023 05:14Ukraine has taken a key step toward becoming a member of NATO after a high hurdle in its way to accession was lifted during the current two-day summit of the US-led military alliance in Lithuania.
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China warns US against sending cluster munitions to Ukraine
Jul 10, 2023 11:09China says the US decision to send banned cluster munitions to Ukraine could "trigger humanitarian problems."
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Biden: Ukraine cannot join NATO due to war, lagging in democratization
Jul 10, 2023 09:48US President Joe Biden has ruled out Ukraine’s membership in the US-led NATO military alliance, citing its raging war with Russia as well as the country’s failure to meet other qualifications, including “democratization.”
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Russia says US admitting 'war crime' by justifying cluster bomb delivery to Kiev
Jul 10, 2023 05:11Russia’s envoy to Washington has blasted US justification for delivering globally-banned cluster bombs to Ukraine by predicting more civilian casualties in the raging conflict by the Russian side, slamming the twisted analogy to the US confessing to “war crimes.”
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Canada, Sweden, Ukraine, UK pursue ‘political objectives’ by referring flight case to ICJ: Iran
Jul 10, 2023 03:15Iran has said Canada, Sweden, Ukraine, and Britain have failed to live by their own stated commitment to resolving the row over the accidental downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane in 2020 through diplomatic channels by referring the case to the World Court.
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US determined to drag, complicate Ukraine war with cluster munitions delivery: Tehran
Jul 09, 2023 05:31Tehran has lambasted the US administration’s decision to deliver advanced cluster munitions to Ukraine, saying the move attests to Washington’s resolve to prolong and complicate the war in the former Soviet republic.