Three planes carrying residents evacuated from the Russian-controlled Ukrainian town of Oleshky landed on Saturday at the Gomel airport in Belarus, reports said.
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reports → carry → Belarus
The evacuees, wishing to leave for Ukraine, travelled by bus via the Crimean peninsula to the Russian town of Anapa before flying to Belarus and will proceed to Ukraine via a border crossing, Belta state news agency said.
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agency → wish → crossing
Starving and exhausted residents were evacuated by bus as part of a joint relief operation by the opposing sides, the first of its kind in four years and eight months of war.
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residents → evacuate → war
Meanwhile, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed the sale of 500 Patriot PAC-3 missiles to Kyiv while warning that the deliveries could take years.
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deliveries → welcome → years
He said the stockpiles were needed now to counter mounting Russian ballistic missile attacks as the war approaches yet another winter.
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war → say → winter
The US State Department on Friday approved the sale of 500 Patriot missiles to Ukraine for an estimated £1.5 billion in one of the Trump administration’s most significant steps yet to supply defensive weapons to Kyiv.
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Department → approve → Kyiv
Humanitarian convoy ready for Oleshky
A humanitarian convoy for the stricken city of Oleshky has been set up in a nearby town.
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convoy → stricken → town
It includes 25 buses, ambulances and other vehicles for the aid mission, a Ukrainian official said.
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official → include → mission
“We are bringing humanitarian aid to the local residents of the city of Oleshky,” Dmytro Lubinets, Ukraine's ombudsman and chief negotiator, said.
“Our main task is to ensure that this aid reaches every person who needs it.
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who → bring → it
We pay special attention to the elderly, people with disabilities.”
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We → pay → disabilities
Zelensky berates Russia for continued attacks
Fighting continued elsewhere, however.
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Fighting → berate → attacks
Russia’s Defense Ministry said air defences downed more than 1,000 Ukrainian drones overnight, while Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched ballistic and other missiles, along with scores of drones.
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Russia → say → drones
A Russian drone attack on a town in northeast Ukraine has left one woman dead and eight people injured, Ukraine’s emergency services said Friday.
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services → leave → woman
The strike occurred in the Sumy region in the town of Shostka, near Ukraine’s border with Russia.
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strike → occur → Russia
The agency said rescue efforts were hampered by repeated air raid alerts.
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efforts → say → alerts
In his nightly address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of stepping up attacks designed to make ordinary Ukrainians suffer during another winter.
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Ukrainians → accuse → winter
He did not mention the aid mission.
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He → mention → mission
“The Russians have not taken a single step toward de-escalation in the energy sector and continue terrorist strikes on our cities,” he said.
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he → take → cities
“We will respond accordingly and justly.”
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We → respond → ?
Zelensky's office also announced sanctions on individuals and entities involved in developing Russia’s Rassvet satellite communications system, which Kyiv says Moscow is scaling up for military purposes.
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Moscow → announce → purposes
Evacuated Oleshky residents begin long journey out of the war-ravaged region
Evacuees from Russian-occupied Oleshky began the long journey out of the war-ravaged region in bus convoys Friday, on the fourth day of the most significant truce since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine 4½ years ago.
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Evacuees → evacuate → Ukraine
The estimated 2,000 remaining residents in the city of Oleshky were offered the choice of traveling to Ukrainian- or Russian-held territory, or remaining in the city with replenished food and medical supplies.
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residents → estimate → food
Officials in Kyiv said the evacuated residents bound for Ukraine were traveling to the city of Anapa in southern Russia from where they would fly to Belarus before crossing the border into northern Ukraine.
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they → say → Ukraine
The shortest route from Oleshky to Anapa is about 450 kilometers (280 miles) through Russian-held Crimea.
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route → hold → Crimea
Russia’s ombudswoman and lead representative on the mission, Yana Lantratova said buses also transported Oleshky residents who want to live in Russia.
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who → say → Russia
Russia and Ukraine have not specified how many people chose to leave the city, but US first lady Melania Trump, whom the White House said helped broker the localized truce, posted on social media Friday that the convoy could safely evacuate more than 750 people.
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After the convoys left Oleshky, Dmytro Lubinets, Ukraine’s ombudsman and chief negotiator, described the aid mission as “unique” and said he hoped the same model could be used to help other communities stranded by the war in Ukraine.
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Russia’s last independent newspaper critical of Putin's war in Ukraine shut down
Russia’s flagship independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta announced that it was closing.
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it → shut → Ukraine
It said it had been “killed” by state pressure after years of repression targeting its journalists whose reporting was critical of the Kremlin and its Ukraine war, AFP reported.
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AFP → say → Kremlin
Novaya Gazeta was one of the last outlets to openly criticise Russia’s offensive.
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The paper’s Nobel Prize-winning founder Dmitry Muratov told AFP the closure was “part of a giant military campaign being waged by the Russian Federation”.
‘We all know you are the aggressor’ in Ukraine, Miliband tells Russian envoy
Ed Miliband has told his Russian counterpart that “we all know you are the aggressor” in the Ukraine conflict, as he highlighted the killing of innocent civilians.
Confronting Sergei Lavrov directly at the G20 summit in Atlanta, Georgia, the Foreign Secretary also said Moscow was “not winning this war” because of the “courage of the Ukrainian people” and the solidarity of its allies.
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Zelensky praises US over Patriot missile deal but warns against delays
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has welcomed the US approval of the sale of 500 Patriot PAC-3 missiles to Kyiv while warning that the deliveries could take years.
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deliveries → praise → years
Zelensky has said that the stockpiles were needed now to counter mounting Russian ballistic missile attacks as the war approaches yet another winter.
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war → say → winter
He urged the US and its partners to provide interceptors from existing stockpiles.
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The US state department yesterday said it had approved the sale of 500 Patriot PAC-3 missiles to Ukraine for an estimated $2.1bn.
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it → say → 2.1bn
However, delayed missile deliveries have added to Ukraine's tensions with the US after president Donald Trump announced a diesel deal with Russia and criticised the Ukrainian president.
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Trump → delay → president
Zelensky praised the “strong decision" but added: "It has been stipulated that deliveries may begin ONLY IN A FEW YEARS."
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"Right now, the Russians are attacking our energy infrastructure every single day."
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Russians → attack → infrastructure
Three planes carrying residents evacuated from Oleshky arrive in Belarus
Three planes carrying residents evacuated from the Russian-controlled Ukrainian town of Oleshky landed at Gomel airport in Belarus, the Belta state news agency reported on Saturday.
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agency → carry → Saturday
The evacuees, wishing to leave for Ukraine, travelled by bus via the Crimean peninsula to the Russian town of Anapa before flying to Belarus and will proceed to Ukraine via a border crossing, Belta said.
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Belta → wish → crossing
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