![]() ![]() Some information for this story came from The Associated Press, Reuters and Agence France-Presse.The drone strike that killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri is a double-edged sword for President Joe Biden, both bolstering his claim that counterterrorism operations need not rely on U.S. Ukraine launched a criminal investigation Monday into military officers who organized a troop-honoring ceremony that was hit by a Russian missile, killing 19 soldiers in one of the deadliest single attacks reported by Ukrainian forces. It exploded when he opened it.Ĭhastyakov's 13-year-old son suffered serious injuries from the explosion. The Ukrainska Pravda online news outlet said a security source was told by Chastyakov's wife that the gift was a bottle of liquor in the form of a grenade that he had brought home. "An unknown explosive device went off in one of his presents." "My assistant and close friend, Major Hennady Chastyakov, was killed in tragic circumstances on his birthday in a family setting," General Valery Zaluzhnyi wrote on the Telegram messaging app. Ukraine’s commander in chief said Monday that his assistant, a major in rank, was killed in an explosion when he opened a booby-trapped birthday present that exploded. "The blocking of the roads to the border crossings between Poland and Ukraine … is a painful stab in the back of Ukraine, which is suffering Russian aggression,” Ukraine’s ambassador in Warsaw, Vasyl Zvarych, wrote on X. The truckers’ demands include reimposing restrictions on the number of Ukraine-registered trucks entering Poland and a ban on transport companies with capital from outside the European Union, among others. Local authorities said Polish truckers do not like that Ukrainian transport companies are exempt from seeking permits to cross the Polish border since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. In Poland, an EU country, Polish truckers blocked roads Monday to three border crossings with Ukraine, protesting what they see as government inaction over a loss of business to foreign competitors since Russia's war on Ukraine.įILE - Trucks wait for crossing the Ukraine-Poland border, at the checkpoint Rava-Ruska, Lviv region, Ukraine, April 17, 2023. The EU, which now has 27 member states, is also unwilling to take in a country that is at war. ![]() "I would say that the assessment would definitely be positive, because we have been in permanent contact with the European Commission, discussing the steps and negotiating the steps we managed to implement," Stefanishyna said.ĮU membership talks take years, as candidates must meet extensive legal and economic criteria before joining. It is expected that the report coming out Wednesday will signal the beginning of talks on Ukraine’s accession into the EU, starting in December. Stefanishyna said Kyiv has implemented all the reforms required of it. Ukraine is hoping to receive a "positive" European Union appraisal of its progress toward eventual EU membership, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna told Reuters on Monday. Kyiv Makes Reforms Ahead of EU Membership Talks Zelenskyy said it was crucial to focus on the military challenges Ukraine is facing as it tries to repel Russian forces occupying nearly one-fifth of its territory more than 20 months after launching a full-scale invasion in February 2022. “I believe that elections are not appropriate at this time." "We need to recognize that this is a time for defense, a time for battle, upon which the fate of the state and its people depend,” he said. ![]() He called for unity to avoid pointless political discussions. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday in his nightly video address it was “utterly irresponsible” to discuss holding elections in Ukraine during a time of war. Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Russia-installed governor of Sevastopol, said on Telegram that falling debris from a downed drone injured one person. Russian air defenses destroyed nine of the drones, while eight others were intercepted using electronic means, the ministry said. Russia’s defense ministry said Tuesday it thwarted attacks by Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea and the Crimean Peninsula. ![]()
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