“Heavy weapons, tanks, planes, digging into our stockpiles, ramping up production, we have to do all of that.” The British Foreign Secretary on Wednesday 27 April called for increased deliveries of heavy weapons and aircraft to Ukraine, stressing that the time is right. “courage” against Russia. Calling Russian President Vladimir Putin “desperate rogue operator, who has no interest in international mores”Liz Truss called for “redouble our support for Ukraine”. Follow our live.
Antonio Guterres is traveling to Kyiv this Thursday. the Secretary General of the UN is expected in the suburbs of kyiv, in Boutcha, Irpin and Borodianka, theaters of abuses attributed to the Russian army by the Ukrainians. The UN chief arrived in Ukraine from Moscow where he pleaded with Vladimir Putin for a ceasefire “as soon as possible”.
The Canadian Parliament condemns a “genocide” against the Ukrainians. Canadian MPs passed a motion on Wednesday condemning the “acts of genocide against the Ukrainian people” led by Russia and recognizing that there are “clear and abundant evidence of systematic and massive war crimes and crimes against humanity”. Those “crimes” include torture, “mass atrocities in Ukrainian territories”the “forcible transfer of Ukrainian children to Russian territory”or even “large-scale cases of physical, mental abuse and rape”.
Zelensky favors suspension of EU tariffs. Brussels’ proposal to suspend for one year all customs duties on Ukrainian products imported into the EU “will allow us to support economic activity to the maximum in Ukraine and preserve our national production”, welcomed Volodymyr Zelensky in a video posted on Telegram. This proposal must still be approved by the European Parliament and the 27 member countries of the EU.