Russia-Ukraine war live: Blinken on whistlestop European tour to shore up Ukraine support
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Wed, 29 May 2024 11:42:24 +0300

USs top diplomat visits Moldova as Macron says Ukraine should be able to use allies weapons to neutralise bases inside RussiaRussias human rights commissioner said on Wednesday that prisoner of war exchanges between Russia and Ukraine had been suspended for several months, the state TASS news agency said on Wednesday.TASS cited Tatyana Moskalova as blaming what she called Kyivs false demands.
There was no immediate comment from Ukraine.Polish security services have arrested a man suspected of trying to get photos of military vehicles crossing the border into Ukraine, a spokesperson said on Wednesday, the latest in a string of spy cases.
The 26yearold Ukrainian man was suspected of encouraging a Polish citizen to share the photos and take part in the activities of foreign intelligence against the Republic of Poland, the spokesperson said.Swedens energy and defence minister has announced 13.3bn krona 1bn in military support for Ukraine.Newlyappointed Russian defence minister, Andrei Belousov, has sent telegrams to Moscows forces in Ukraine thanking them for their battlefield progress, official army news outlet Zvezda reported on Wednesday.
Putin in May removed ally Sergei Shoigu as defence minister and replaced him with Belousov, an economist and former deputy prime minister, in a surprise move.The Nato secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, told the Economist that alliance members should let Ukraine strike deep into Russia with western weapons.
But the White House on Tuesday ruled out such a possibility for USsupplied weapons.
Theres no change to our policy at this point.
We dont encourage or enable the use of USsupplied weapons to strike inside Russia, said John Kirby, national security council spokesperson.Vladimir Putin warned of serious consequences if Russia is struck with western weapons repeating a pattern of routine but vague and unfulfilled threats towards Ukraines allies.
The Kremlin also gloated over persisting differences in the west we see that there is no consensus on this issue, regime spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told the Russian daily Izvestia.
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