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He says he is so far unable to say how many aircraft Ukraine will receive but is confident it will get them. Mr Zelenskyy says it is important for Ukraine to have pilot training and for their pilots to be 'as educated as possible, and as trained and experienced as possible, with huge experience to decrease this process of training' on the new F-16s. We are really grateful to the United States of America.' 'We really have been working for a long time politically with our partners to get the desired outcome of the strengthening of our skies,' Mr Zelenskyy says. Speaking at a news conference at the G7, Volodymyr Zelenskyy turns to the commitment from the US and allies to provide F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine soon. Meanwhile, the White House accused Lula of parroting Russian and Chinese propaganda.

'I want to find a third alternative (to solve the conflict), which is the construction of peace,' he told a news conference in Lisbon. He said his aim was to 'build a way to bring both of them (Russia and Ukraine) to the table'. Lula previously drew criticism after saying he did not want to 'please anyone' with his views about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, after provoking criticism in the West for suggesting Kyiv shared the blame for the war. The Ukrainian leader met an array of world leaders on the sidelines of the summit in the city of Hiroshima over the weekend on a trip seen as part of a push to court the 'Global South' as Kyiv fends off Russia's war. Volodymyr Zelenskyy played down the fact he did not meet Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the Brazilian president, on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Japan, saying it was likely because of scheduling.Īsked if he was disappointed the meeting did not happen, he drew laughs from reporters when he said, smirking: 'I think it disappointed him.' I cannot share with you the technical details of what is happening with our warriors.' I clearly understand what is happening in Bakhmut. Responding to a reporter's question about the status of the city, Mr Zelenskyy said: 'Bakhmut is not occupied by the Russian Federation as of today.' The US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima at the end of the Second World War in 1945, killing tens of thousands of people.Įarlier, Mr Zelenskyy said Russian forces were not occupying Bakhmut, casting doubt on Moscow's claims that the eastern Ukrainian city had fallen. He described the comparison of the two cities as 'symbolism', and said: 'But we can see where we are now. 'There is no understanding of where the street is and where the house used to be. He added 'all of the buildings have been ruined'. 'Let me be sincere, that pictures of the ruined Hiroshima promenade really remind me of Bakhmut and other similar settlements in Ukraine.' In a statement earlier today, the defence ministry restated its claim that Russian forces had finished 'liberating' Bakhmut and gave most of the credit to Wagner's assault units for the result while saying that its own aviation and artillery units had helped.ĭuring his address at the G7 summit in Hiroshima today, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said photographs of the destruction of the city in the Second World War reminded him of Bakhmut and other destroyed Ukrainian cities. In the same message, Prigozhin praised individual Russian army units, while restating long-standing criticism of the leadership of Russia's defence ministry, which he has accused of hampering the war effort via incompetence. Wagner fighters have long spearheaded Russia's campaign to take the city, taking heavy losses in the process.

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Referring to Bakhmut by its Soviet-era name.Īs we reported earlier, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has denied Russia has taken full control of Bakhmut and says its forces have partly encircled the city. In a voice message published by his press service on Telegram, Yevgeny Prigozhin said: 'During the taking of Artyomovsk, practically no one from the army helped us', The founder of Russia's Wagner mercenary force has played down the role of the regular Russian army in capturing Bakhmut, the east Ukrainian city that Moscow claimed to have taken a day earlier.

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