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ZELENSKY: ONE MORE YEAR: You could see the urgency in his face and hear it in his voice, even when it came through a translator. In an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a desperate plea for the United States not to cut military aid before Ukraine can develop the capacity to make or buy more of its own weapons and ammunition.
But with the war raging along an 800-mile front, now is not the time to pull back, Markarova argued. “We do need ammunition. We do need air defense,” she said. “Right now, all the eyes are on U.S. Congress because we need the continuation of that. We already run out of some of the programs. We completely utilized them.”
“We have great success in the Black Sea, even after Russia blocked the Black Sea,” Zelensky said. ”They blocked the Black Sea. Now we really defeated it … Russian fleet, been destroyed by our ammunition. And now Russia doesn't control the fleet … That was a signal that we can manage this war even against such a terrorist organization like Kremlin.”
Zelensky said Russian President Vladimir Putin is delighted that the attention of the world has been diverted by Israel’s campaign against Hamas. “Russia is very happy with this war,” he said. “They don't count how many children were killed there … they just want to divide the world, to take focus from Ukraine to another war.”
HAPPENING TODAY: Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up his weekend of shuttle diplomacy in Ankara, Turkey, today, where he met with Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, the last stop on his travels in an attempt to gain support for “humanitarian pauses” to get aid to Palestinian civilians in Gaza and facilitate safe passage out of the northern combat zone.
Israel insists it is doing everything it can to limit civilian casualties and that Hamas’s use of human shields is the cause of most of the deaths. “We did identify a terrorist threat inside those ambulances,” said IDF spokesman Maj. Doron Spielman. “We know, and this is not a new thing. Since 2014, Hamas has been taking ambulances and hiding their terrorists inside of them, making the most cynical use of important medical assets for their own terror use. It is extremely difficult to fight against.”
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11 a.m. — Washington Institute for Near East Policy virtual forum:"The Hamas-Israel War One Month On," with Dennis Ross, WINEP counselor; Zohar Palti, WINEP fellow; Hanin Ghaddar, WINEP senior fellow; and Ghaith al-Omari, WINEP senior fellow https://washingtoninstitute-org.zoom.us/webinar/register 10 a.m. 1957 E St. NW — George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs discussion:"NATO's Strategic Challenges," with Supreme Allied Commander Transformation Gen. Phillippe Lavigne https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/natos_strategic_challenges
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7 p.m. — New America virtual discussion:"Will Putin be Prosecuted for War Crimes?: The Future of Investigations into International Law Violations in Ukraine," with former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues David Scheffer, professor of practice at Arizona State University's Future Security Initiative https://www.newamerica.org/future-security/events/online
9 a.m. — Wilson Center's Asia Program virtual discussion:"A Half Decade of Indo-Pacific Strategies: Assessing U.S.
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