DIRECT. War in Ukraine: Helping Ukrainians ‘until they win’ remains ‘moral imperative’ for London

In Dnipro, they paid tribute to the beloved and respected boxing coach

On Tuesday there were hundreds of them in Dnipro to pay tribute to the memory of Mikhail Korenovsky, the Ukrainian boxing coach who was killed on Saturday in his home gutted by a Russian missile. “I will remember him as an open and honest person, always ready to help,” testifies Artem Biryukov, one of his students, during this farewell ceremony. There are many bouquets, including a wreath of blue and yellow flowers, the colors of the Ukrainian flag.

Bakhmut is still under bombs

“The enemy is concentrating his efforts mainly on offensive operations in Bakhmut. The offensive of the occupying forces on Avdiivka was not successful,” the General Staff of Ukraine said on Tuesday evening, reporting on numerous Russian shelling of the Donetsk region. “There’s Verdun,” said Ivan, a Ukrainian military paramedic, referring to that horrific World War I battle between French and Germans in eastern France.

Helping Ukraine is a ‘moral imperative’, according to London

British Foreign Secretary James Cleverley justifies sending tanks to Ukraine to help the country “push back” the Russians in the east and south of the country, while the US has hinted that new US military aid is just around the corner. “The message we send to (Russian President Vladimir) Putin (…) is that we are committed to protecting the Ukrainians until they win,” he said during a trip to Washington, referring to the “moral imperative” .

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