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08 March 2024 - Ukraine Special Weapons News
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Combat Operations
Ukraine
Russia
- Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 08 Mar 2024
- Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 08 Mar 2024
- Russia has 'no more red lines' for France, Medvedev warns Press TV 08 Mar 2024 -- Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has warned France that Moscow has "no more red lines" for the country after French President Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed unlimited support for Ukraine against Russia.
- Two People Killed, One Injured in Attack by Ukraine in Russia's Belgorod Region - Governor Sputnik 08 Mar 2024 -- Two people were killed and another one was injured as a result of an attack by Ukrainian drone on the village of Rozhdestvenka in Russia's Belgorod Region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, the regional governor, said on Friday.
- Ukraine Loses Over 2,860 Soldiers in Avdeyevka Outskirts in Past Week Sputnik 08 Mar 2024 -- Ukriane has lost more than 2,860 soldiers in the Avdeyevka vicinity, over the past week, the Russian Defense Ministry sad on Friday.
- Indians Lured by Fake Job Offers Face Dangers in Russian Army VOA 08 Mar 2024 -- When Mohammed Asfan, 30, left his home in Hyderabad last November, he told his family that he was going to Russia to work as an "army helper" and earn many times more than what he made as a salesman at a garment shop in the south Indian city.
United States
NATO
United Nations
- Update 215 - IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine IAEA 08 Mar 2024 -- The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Mariano Grossi, met Russian President Vladimir Putin this week as part of the IAEA's persistent efforts to help prevent a nuclear or radiological accident during the ongoing conflict.
- Ukraine war: Alarm raised in Security Council over civilian attacks UN News 08 Mar 2024 -- A recent sharp rise in deadly attacks against civilians in Ukraine and Russia, including by armed drones, run counter to international law and must end now, top UN officials told the Security Council on Friday afternoon.
- Ms. Lisa Doughten, OCHA Director of Financing and Partnerships, on behalf of Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Martin Griffiths, 8 March 2024 UNOCHA 08 Mar 2024
- Spike in Deadly Russian Attacks on Odesa, Other Ukrainian Cities Causing Immeasurable Suffering, Destruction, Top Political, Humanitarian Officials Tell Security Council UN Security Council 08 Mar 2024 -- The Ukrainian Black Sea port city of Odesa has become a frequent target of missile and drone attacks in recent days and weeks, with deadly consequences, a senior United Nations official told the Security Council today, as delegates condemned Moscow's intensified attacks against Ukrainian cities.
Foreign Reactions
- Sending NATO Troops to Ukraine Not Under Discussion - French Defense Minister Sputnik 08 Mar 2024 -- The issue of sending NATO troops to Ukraine is not under discussion now, French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Friday, adding that other options of assisting Kiev are being considered.
- The UK repeats its call to Russia to withdraw its troops, cease the bloodshed and end this senseless war: UK statement at the UN Security Council UK FCDO 08 Mar 2024 -- Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki at the UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine.
- UK National statement to IAEA Board of Governors, March 2024 UK FCDO 08 Mar 2024 -- Agenda Item 8: Nuclear Safety, Security and Safeguards in Ukraine.
- Minister of Climate and the Environment Mykkänen in KYIV: Finland will support Ukraine in mapping environmental damages and in reconstruction Finnish Government 08 Mar 2024 -- On Friday 8 March, Minister of Climate and the Environment Kai Mykkänen visited Kyiv at the invitation of Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine Ruslan Strilets. During the visit, he also met Oleksandr Kubrakov, Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration of Ukraine and Deputy Minister of Energy Svitlana Grynchuk.
- Krišjānis Kariņš: The West, by joining forces, must help Ukraine win the war against Russia Latvia MFA 08 Mar 2024 -- On 8 March 2024, in Vilnius, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Krišjānis Kariņš, met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, Stéphane Séjourné, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia, Margus Tsahkna, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Gabrielius Landsbergis, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, for a discussion on further assistance to Ukraine.
- China easing tensions for Ukraine vs US pursuing bloc politics Global Times 08 Mar 2024 -- Special Representative of the Chinese Government on Eurasian Affairs Li Hui concluded his visit to Ukraine on Thursday as part of the second round of shuttle diplomacy on the Ukraine crisis contributing to China's mediation efforts to cool down regional tensions. On the same day, the US provoked tensions by welcoming Sweden's official entry into NATO.
- Erdogan Says Turkey Ready To Host Peace Talks As Zelenskiy Insists On Road Map First RFE/RL 08 Mar 2024 -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan - standing next to visiting Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy - said his country is ready to host peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv and that it will "strongly contribute" to efforts to rebuild Ukraine after the war, which began in earnest with Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022.
- "We are ready to host a peace summit in which Russia will also participate" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 08 Mar 2024 -- Holding a joint press conference with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine, President Erdoğan said: "Since the beginning, we have made, and continue to make every contribution in our power for the termination of the war on the basis of negotiations. We are ready to host a peace summit in which Russia will also participate."
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