![]() ![]() In a joint press conference with Zelenskiy on Friday morning, the Czech Republic’s prime minister Petr Fiala emphasised how much support his country had already given to Ukraine, and committed to sending more military helicopters and to aid the training of pilots on F16 fighter planes. ![]() But nevertheless, we are advancing, not retreating, like Russians,” Zelensky told reporters alongside Czech leader Petr Pavel. “The offensive is not fast, that’s a fact. ![]() Zelensky arrived in Prague as part of a diplomatic push for Ukraine to join Nato and woo allies for more weapons for its mounting pushback against Russia. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy admitted in Prague Thursday that Ukraine’s counteroffensive was “not fast” but said Kyiv’s troops were advancing. German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock told reporters at a climate conference in Vienna that her country would not support such a move. Transferring cluster bombs to Ukraine would inevitably cause long-term suffering for civilians, the group said. Human Rights Watch urged the US not to supply the cluster munitions to Ukraine, and called on Moscow and Kyiv to stop using the controversial weapons. Two US officials told Reuters that the Biden administration will announce a new Ukraine weapons aid package on Thursday that will include cluster munitions. The US is poised to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine, according to reports. On Friday morning emergency services announced they had ceased rescue operations. Lviv’s mayor, Andriy Sadovyi, called the attack the biggest so far of the war on civilian areas of Lviv. Russia has contested the claims.Īt least 10 people were killed after a Russian missile slammed into a residential building in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, far from the frontline of the war. “The defence forces continue to hold the initiative there, putting pressure on the enemy, conducting assault operations, advancing along the northern and southern flanks,” military spokesman Serhiy Cherevatyi told Ukrainian television. Ukrainian troops have advanced by more than a kilometre in the last day against Russian forces near the eastern city of Bakhmut, a military spokesperson said on Friday. ![]()
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