07 May 2024 - Ukraine Special Weapons News

Ukraine Says It Thwarted Russian Plan To Kill Zelenskiy, Top Officials RFE/RL 07 May 2024 -- Ukraine's SBU security service said it "thwarted" an assassination attempt against President Volodymyr Zelenskiy by a network of five Ukrainian agents linked to Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), the successor agency to the Soviet-era KGB.
Ukraine thwarts Zelenskyy assassination plot by Russia, says Kyiv counterintelligence VOA 07 May 2024 -- Ukrainian counterintelligence investigators said Tuesday that they thwarted a plan by Russian agents to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other high-level officials.

Ukraine's Total Military Casualties in Donetsk Reach Up to 1,165 in Past Day - MoD Sputnik 07 May 2024 -- The Ukrainian armed forces suffered up to 1,165 military casualties in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) in the past 24 hours as a result of operations by the Russian armed forces, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Tuesday.

Statement on Ukraine from the OPCW Spokesperson OPCW 07 May 2024 -- The Secretariat of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has been monitoring the situation on the territory of Ukraine since the start of the war in February 2022 in relation to allegations of use of toxic chemicals as weapons.

Germany backs EU proposal to use frozen Russian assets to finance arms for Ukraine Press TV 07 May 2024 -- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says the revenue accrued from Russian assets frozen by the European Union should be allocated for weapons purchases for Ukraine.

Minister for Europe calls out Russian attempts to erase Ukrainian culture, during UK-German forum for cultural co-operation UK FCDO 07 May 2024 -- London plays host to the UK-Germany Cultural Commission for the first time in over 30 years, and Minister for Europe emphasises culture's role in Ukraine war

New Danish humanitarian support package to ensure urgent and life-saving emergency relief for the most vulnerable Ukrainians Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark 07 May 2024 -- More than two years after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, nearly 15 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, according to the UN. This represents about 40% of the population still in Ukraine.

Ukraine also remains a priority for the coming years - Baiba Braže notes at the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council (Development) Latvia MFA 07 May 2024 -- On 7 May 2024 in Brussels, Belgium, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baiba Braže, took part in the meeting of the European Union Foreign Affairs Council in its development configuration, which focused on the situation in Ukraine and the Ukraine Plan.

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