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Ukraine leader pushes for more arms; US officials to visit
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Ukraine leader pushes for more arms; US officials to visit
By David Keyton, The Associated Press
Apr 24, 09:32 AM
A part of a destroyed tank and a burned vehicle sit in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (Alexei Alexandrov/AP)
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s leader petitioned for more powerful Western weapons as he prepared to meet with top U.S. officials in the war-torn country’s capital Sunday and Russian forces concentrated their attacks on the east, including trying to dislodge the last Ukrainian troops holding out in the battered port city of Mariupol.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the planned visit by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin during a lengthy Saturday night news conference held in a Kyiv subway station. The White House has not commented.
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Ukraine leader pushes for more arms; US officials to visit
By David Keyton, The Associated Press
Apr 24, 09:32 AM
A part of a destroyed tank and a burned vehicle sit in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (Alexei Alexandrov/AP)
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s leader petitioned for more powerful Western weapons as he prepared to meet with top U.S. officials in the war-torn country’s capital Sunday and Russian forces concentrated their attacks on the east, including trying to dislodge the last Ukrainian troops holding out in the battered port city of Mariupol.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the planned visit by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin during a lengthy Saturday night news conference held in a Kyiv subway station. The White House has not commented.
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Ukraine leader pushes for more arms; US officials to visit
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL ..."Speaking Sunday from the ancient St. Sophia Cathedral, Zelenskyy, who is Jewish, highlighted the allegorical significance of the occasion to a nation wracked by nearly two months of war.
“The great holiday today gives us great hope and unwavering faith that light will overcome darkness, good will overcome evil, life will overcome death, and therefore Ukraine will surely win!” he said.
A men holds military helmet with traditional cakes and painted eggs as Ukrainian priest blesses believers during Easter celebration in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Apr. 24, 2022. (Efrem Lukatsky/AP)
Still, the war cast a shadow over celebrations. Residents of rural villages battered by the war approached the day with some cautious defiance.
“How do I feel? Very nervous. Everyone is nervous,” Olena Koptyl said as she prepared her Easter bread in the northern village of Ivanivka, where Russian tanks still littered the roads. “The Easter holiday doesn’t bring any joy. I’m crying a lot. We cannot forget how we lived.”...
“The great holiday today gives us great hope and unwavering faith that light will overcome darkness, good will overcome evil, life will overcome death, and therefore Ukraine will surely win!” he said.
A men holds military helmet with traditional cakes and painted eggs as Ukrainian priest blesses believers during Easter celebration in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Apr. 24, 2022. (Efrem Lukatsky/AP)
Still, the war cast a shadow over celebrations. Residents of rural villages battered by the war approached the day with some cautious defiance.
“How do I feel? Very nervous. Everyone is nervous,” Olena Koptyl said as she prepared her Easter bread in the northern village of Ivanivka, where Russian tanks still littered the roads. “The Easter holiday doesn’t bring any joy. I’m crying a lot. We cannot forget how we lived.”...
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Like ASAP. Lets get them what they need so the Ukrainian people can defend themselves.
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