By Jonathan Saul (Reuters) Russian-backed separatists have seized two foreign-flagged ships in the eastern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, saying they are now “state property,” in the first such moves…
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Overview of U.S. Security Assistance to Ukraine
The following is the June 6, 2022, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, U.S. Security Assistance to Ukraine.
From the report
The United States has been a leading provider of security assistance to Ukraine, both before and after Russia renewed its invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. From 2014, when Russia first invaded Ukraine, through June 1, 2022, the United States has provided more than $7.3 billion in security assistance “to help Ukraine preserve its territorial integrity,...
https://news.usni.org/2022/06/07/overview-of-u-s-security-assistance-to-ukraine
Ukraine Will Make ‘No Deals’ To Cede Territory to End War With Russia, Says Ambassador
UK MoD’s Ukraine Conflict Map on March 31, 2022
Ukrainian leaders will make “no deals” for peace that cede territory to Russia, as the nation is braced for a long war lasting into next winter, Ukraine’s United Nations ambassador said on Wednesday.
“It’s a matter of principle” not to accept new boundaries between Ukraine and Russia, Sergiy Kyslytsya said at an event at The Washington Post.
He called former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger’s suggestion that such a concession could lead to peace...
Ship To Take Metal From Mariupol To Russia; Kyiv Decries Looting
May 28 (Reuters) – A ship has entered the Ukrainian port of Mariupol for the first time since Russia completed its capture of the city to load metal and ship it east…
https://gcaptain.com/ship-to-take-metal-from-mariupol-to-russia-kyiv-decries-looting/
Turkish Ship Standing By To Aid In Sea Evacuation For Wounded Ukrainians
By Orhan Coskun, Jonathan Spicer and Can Sezer ISTANBUL, May 14 (Reuters) – NATO member Turkey has proposed carrying out a sea evacuation of wounded fighters holed up in a steel works…
https://gcaptain.com/turkish-ship-aid-sea-evacuation-wounded-ukrainians/
‘More Ugliness’ Coming For Ukraine, Says Former Top NATO Commander
A street in Mariupol Ukraine from the Facebook page of the 36th Marine Brigade on April 7, 2022.
A “whole lot more ugliness” for the Ukrainian people and countryside is likely to unfold over the coming weeks as Moscow concentrates forces and long-range artillery in the Donbas and near the Sea of Azov and Black Sea, a former top commander for NATO said Monday.
Retired Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove said, “there can be no rush to do business as usual with Russia,” in light of its continued attacks...
https://news.usni.org/2022/05/02/more-ugliness-coming-for-ukraine-says-former-top-nato-commander
Ukraine Formally Closes Captured Ports Of Mariupol, Berdiansk, and Skadovsk
by Pavel Polityuk (Reuters Ukraine has formally closed its four Black and Azov sea ports, which Russian forces have captured, the Ukrainian agriculture ministry said on Monday. The Azov Sea…
https://gcaptain.com/ukraine-closes-ports-mariupol-berdiansk-skadovsk/
U.S. Missiles Sent to Ukraine Aren’t Easily Replaced, Panel Tells Senate
U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry – West, fire an M98A2 Javelin guided missile system during a field-fire demonstration as part of the Anti-Tank Missileman Course at Range 204B on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 22, 2020. ITB trains, develops and certifies Marines as riflemen, as well as their primary military occupational specialty within the infantry field, before sending them to join the Fleet Marine Force. US Marine Corps...
Ukrainian Ambassador to U.S. Calls For ‘All the Weapons We Can Get’ As Russian Invasion Continues
A street in Mariupol Ukraine from the Facebook page of the 36th Marine Brigade on April 7, 2022.
The Ukrainian ambassador to the United States said her priorities are seeking “all the weapons we can get,” as Russia’s invasion enters the third month.
Oksana Markarova, speaking in a Washington Post online forum Friday, said, “we don’t ask for boots on the ground.” Even though the initial invasion stalled, “the enemy doesn’t stop.”
She said the war “is becoming more brutal” more than seven weeks into...
Prince Albert catches coronavirus a second time
Thursday, April 14, 2022
Prince Albert catches coronavirus a second time
HSH Prince Albert has tested positive for coronavirus just hours before he was due to fly to New York…
Automobile Club puts paid to F1 rumours
Rumours have been swirling for some time about Monaco losing its famous Formula 1 Grand Prix to make room for new races…
No plain sailing for oligarch yachts On Wednesday, April 13, the Netherlands seized a further six yachts believed to be linked to Russian...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/14/prince-albert-catches-coronavirus-a-second-time/