Ukraine's troops facing renewed Russian offensive in Kharkiv region
Zelenskyy attending Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on June 2, 2024
Zelenskyy urges support for peace summit scheduled for June 15 to 16 in Switzerland
Ukraine's troops are facing a challenging summer as Russian forces mount a renewed offensive, particularly in the Kharkiv region. In response, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been traveling the globe seeking help from countries by supplying weapons and cutting ties with Moscow. Recently, Zelenskyy attended the Shangri-La Dialogue security conference in Singapore on June 2, 2024. During his visit to Singapore, he urged attendees to support a peace summit scheduled for June 15 to 16 in Switzerland. Russian attacks against Ukrainian lines and missile attacks have intensified in recent months.
At the Shangri-La Dialogue, Zelenskyy participated in the seventh plenary session titled
Ukraine's troops are facing a difficult summer with Russian forces mounting a renewed offensive, particularly in the Kharkiv region.
Zelenskyy has been traveling the globe seeking help from countries by supplying weapons and cutting ties with Moscow.
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He previously addressed the Shangri-La summit remotely in June 2022 after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion.
Kyiv has been seeking meetings with China’s top officials to appeal for Beijing to send a top representative to the Ukraine peace summit, but China will not attend because Russia was not invited.
Zelenskyy plans to meet US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin during the conference.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is attending the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on June 2, 2024.
Zelenskyy will ask attendees to support a peace summit scheduled for Jun 15 to 16 in Switzerland.
Russian attacks against Ukrainian lines and missile attacks have intensified in recent months.
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Zelenskyy plans to meet US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin during the conference.
He will ask attendees to support a peace summit scheduled for Jun 15 to 16 in Switzerland.
The US approved $61 billion of weapons for Ukraine, some of which have already arrived there.
President Joe Biden assured Ukraine it could use US weapons to strike targets across the border in Russia that were being used to attack areas around Kharkiv.