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Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev on Friday vowed his country would be victorious in its Ukraine offensive and was ready to fight until the Polish border to counter “threats”.
“Victory will be achieved,” Medvedev said on Telegram, “This is why it is so important to reach all the goals of the special military operation. To push back the borders of the threats against our country as far as possible, even if this is to the borders of Poland”.
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NATO on Friday declared itself “resolute” in its support of Ukraine and said, “Russia’s efforts to break the resolve of the brave people of Ukraine are failing”.
In a statement issued one year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, NATO also said that Russia must “immediately” end its “illegal war” which was impacting global food and energy supplies, and demanded Moscow answer for its “war crimes”.
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not reach his aims in Ukraine, a year after Moscow’s troops invaded the country.
“The earlier the Russian president realises that he will not reach his imperialistic goal, the bigger the chance that the war will end soon. Putin has it in his hands. He can end this war,” said Scholz.
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday hailed his nation and its people for fighting back against Russia over the past year and vowed victory on the one-year anniversary of the war.
Zelenskyy described it as a “furious year of invincibility” in a statement released on social media.
“Its main result is that we endured. We were not defeated. And we will do everything to gain victory this year!”
“Ukraine has inspired the world. Ukraine has united the world,” Zelenskyy said, hailing cities that have become bywords for alleged Russian war crimes like Bucha, Irpin and Mariupol as “capitals of invincibility.”
“We will never rest until the Russian murderers face deserved punishment”.
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The war in Ukraine entered its second year on Friday with no end in sight, a defiant President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowing “we will defeat everyone” and global leaders set to impose new sanctions on Russia and countries supporting its war effort.
In a video message, Zelenskyy said: “…we are strong. We are ready for anything. We will defeat everyone.”
“This is how it began on February 24, 2022,” he said, sitting behind a desk and recalling how he addressed Ukrainians a year ago as the world reeled from Russia’s act of war.
“The longest day of our lives. The most difficult day in our recent history. We woke up early and haven’t slept since.”
Zelenskyy described 2022 as a year of resilience, courage, pain, and unity.
“Its main conclusion is that we have survived. We had not been defeated. And we will do everything to win this year!”
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Germany will support Ukraine “as strongly and as long as necessary”, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday, the one-year anniversary of the full-scale invasion of the country by Russia.
“What impresses us all very much – that is the determination and courage of the Ukrainians, how they defend their freedom,” Scholz said in a video message marking the anniversary.
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Britain marked the one-year anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine by issuing more sanctions against Russia, including export bans on every item it has used on the battlefield.
The Foreign Office said on Friday the internationally coordinated sanctions and trade measures would target aircraft parts, radio equipment and electronic components.
It will also target more Russian executives including those at the nuclear power plant Rosatom and others who work at defence groups and Russian banks.
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Australia has quietly expelled a large Russian spy ring whose members were posing as diplomats, a newspaper reported Friday after Australia’s main security agency revealed a major counterespionage success.
The spy ring comprised purported embassy and consular staff as well as other operatives using deep-cover identities, The Sydney Morning Herald reported, citing unnamed sources with knowledge of the operation.
The Australian Security Intelligence Organization, the nation’s main domestic spy agency, revealed on Tuesday it had “detected and disrupted a major spy network.” ASIO has not named the country responsible.
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One year into Russia’s war against Ukraine, China is offering a 12-point proposal to end the fighting.
The proposal follows China’s recent announcement that it is trying to act as a mediator in the war that has re-energized Western alliances viewed by Beijing and Moscow as rivals. China’s top diplomat indicated that the plan was coming at a security conference this week in Munich, Germany.
With its release, President Xi Jinping’s government is reiterating China’s claim to being neutral, despite blocking efforts at the United Nations to condemn the invasion. The document echoes Russian complaints that Western governments are to blame for the 24 February 2022 invasion and criticizes sanctions on Russia.
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President Emmanuel Macron on Friday reiterated France’s support for Ukraine on the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion.
“People of Ukraine, France stands by your side. To solidarity. To victory. To peace”, Macron tweeted.
People of Ukraine,France stands by your sideTo solidarity. To victory. To peace.