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Cracks in Western wall of support for Ukraine emerge as Eastern Europe and US head toward elections

Sep. 23, 2023 00:06 AM EDT

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Once rock-solid, the support that Ukraine has gotten from its biggest backers for its fight against Russia is showing cracks. Political posturing in places like Poland and Slovakia, where a trade dispute with Ukraine has stirred tensions, and Republican...

Zelenskyy speaks before Canadian Parliament in his campaign to shore up support for Ukraine

Sep. 22, 2023 22:06 PM EDT

TORONTO (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Canada on Friday to stay with his country to victory as he went to the Canadian Parliament seeking to bolster support from Western allies for Ukraine’s war against the Russian invasion. Zelenskyy flew into Canada's...

A Ukrainian missile strikes the headquarters of Russia's navy in Crimea

Sep. 22, 2023 15:45 PM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine struck the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in a missile attack Friday that left a serviceman missing and the main building smoldering, according to military officials on both sides of the war and images from the scene in Crimea. The Russian...

Zelenskyy delivers upbeat message to US lawmakers on war progress as some Republican support softens

Sep. 21, 2023 21:52 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy worked to shore up U.S. support for Ukraine on a whirlwind visit to Washington on Thursday, delivering an upbeat message on the war's progress while facing new questions about the flow of American dollars that for 19 months have helped keep his...

Poland is done sending arms to Ukraine, Polish leader says as trade dispute escalates

Sep. 21, 2023 14:21 PM EDT

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's prime minister said his country is no longer sending arms to Ukraine as a trade dispute between the neighboring states escalates and his populist party faces pressure from the far right in the upcoming national election. Prime Minister Mateusz...

Russia strikes cities from east to west in Ukraine ahead of key Zelenskyy meetings in US

Sep. 21, 2023 11:56 AM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missiles and artillery pounded cities across Ukraine early Thursday, sparking fires, killing at least five people and trapping others under the rubble of destroyed buildings, authorities said, shortly after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy denounced Russia as a...

Ukraine, Russia and the tense UN encounter that almost happened — but didn't

Sep. 20, 2023 20:50 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — It was a moment the diplomatic world was watching for — but didn't get. In the end, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov avoided staring each other down Wednesday across the U.N. Security Council's famous...

Ukraine's president, at Security Council, lashes out at Russia but avoids face-to-face encounter

Sep. 20, 2023 19:01 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ukraine’s president accused Russia of waging “a criminal and unprovoked aggression” that undermines all norms of war and the U.N. charter Wednesday at a meeting of the U.N. Security Council. Volodomyr Zelenskyy also urged world leaders to strip Russia of its veto...

Biden and Brazil's Lula focus on workers' rights while publicly playing down differences

Sep. 20, 2023 18:47 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden and his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, played up their mutual affection for workers’ rights Wednesday as the leaders of the Western Hemisphere’s two largest democracies met in New York, steering clear in public about their differences on...

Grain spat drags Ukraine's ties with ally Poland to lowest point since start of Russian invasion

Sep. 20, 2023 12:38 PM EDT

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A dispute about whether Ukrainian grain should be allowed to enter the domestic markets of Poland and other European Union countries has pushed the tight relationship between Kyiv and Warsaw to its lowest point since Russia invaded Ukraine last year. Polish...