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Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy returns with little help from the West: What went wrong?
Fp Explainers •The West lined up behind Ukraine at the start of the war. But 21 months later, its support has become complicated, especially when it comes to spending government money. On Friday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy returned home without the billions of dollars in aid requested from the US and the EU
FirstUp: Xi Jinping in Vietnam, COP28 ends... The big developments today
Fp Explainers •Chinese president Xi is visiting Vietnam for the first time in six years and US president Joe Biden is hosting Volodymyr Zelenskyy amid a push for Congress to approve more aid to Ukraine. The crucial COP28 climate summit in Dubai will conclude today
Explained: The controversy surrounding Nazi veteran that has forced Canada speaker to quit
Fp Explainers •Canada is embroiled in a controversy because it celebrated a Ukrainian veteran who fought for the Nazis during World War II. The speaker has resigned due to growing pressure, Poland raised the possibility of seeking the veteran's extradition, while Russia accused Ukrainian leaders of being neo-Nazis
Ukraine war: Russian forces 'committed to reinforcing their tactical offensive effort in Bakhmut'
Fp Staff •Russia's reinforcements to Bakhmut suggest that its forces are continuing to concentrate offensive capabilities there despite an assessed wider effort to reprioritise operations to prepare for potential Ukrainian counteroffensives
From pistols to cruise missiles: How Western weaponry supplied to Ukraine has evolved during the war
Fp Explainers •Since Russia invaded Ukraine 15 months ago, the West has delivered ever more powerful weapons to Kyiv to help it defend its territory and recapture lost ground. A look back at how the type of weaponry supplied evolved over the course of the war
France pledges more military aid for Ukraine after Zelenskyy makes surprise Paris visit to meet Macron
Fp Staff •Emmanuel Macron of France and Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine held a three-hour meeting in the French presidential Elysee Palace. The meeting was kept secret until the Ukrainian leader arrived in Paris from Germany aboard a French government plane to continue his extensive European tour
Russia will be defeated like Nazism was, says Ukraine President Zelenskyy
•Zelenskyy also announced that he had submitted a Bill to parliament to formally commemorate World War II in Ukraine on May 8 and celebrate Europe Day on 9 May
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy requests Mexico’s help to organize summit with Latin America
Fp Staff •The call comes in the wake of the controversy surrounding remarks made by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who stated last week in China that Washington should cease 'encouraging' the conflict and that the EU and the US 'need to start talking about peace'
Putin, Zelenskyy aim to fortify soldiers' determination, visit troops in several regions
Fp Staff •The trips, which took place on various days and in several regions, aimed to fortify soldiers' determination as the war nears its 14th month and Kyiv gets ready for a potential counteroffensive with weaponry supplied by the West
Ukraine puts up brave front, calls leaked counteroffensive documents 'photoshopped', but US mum
Ajeyo Basu •Mykhailo Podolyak an advisor of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a statement on social media that the supposedly leaked data contained a "very large amount of fictitious information", adding that it was a desperate effort by Russia to regain the initiative in the war