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Zelenskyy invokes World War II, says ‘no compromises’ with Russia
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has delivered a defiant wartime message in Washington, DC, during which he thanked US leaders and “peculiar People” for supporting his nation’s battle towards Russia and reminded them that army help to Ukraine was not “charity” however an “funding” in a democratic world.
Invoking reminiscences of the USA’s victory over Nazi Germany in a key World Warfare II battle, Zelenskyy additionally stated there could possibly be “no compromises” in attempting to carry an finish to Russia’s warfare on his nation.
In his first journey exterior of Ukraine because the warfare started in February, Zelenskyy instructed a joint session of the US Senate and Home of Representatives on Wednesday that he hoped they’d proceed to help his nation’s warfare effort on a bipartisan foundation.
“Your cash shouldn’t be charity,” Zelenskyy stated in English, clad in his customary khaki fatigues.
“It’s an funding within the international safety and democracy,” he stated.
His bi-partisan attraction comes as Republicans are attributable to take the bulk within the US Home in January and when some within the occasion have voiced concern over the hovering ranges of help despatched to Kyiv.
The US has thus far despatched about $50bn in help to Kyiv, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken asserting one other $1.85bn in army support on Wednesday, together with the Patriot air defence system. The Patriot missile system is deemed to be some of the superior US air defence methods, providing safety towards attacking plane in addition to cruise and ballistic missiles.
Zelenskyy’s arrival was greeted with a number of raucous ovations within the Home’s almost full chamber the place members of Congress held up a big Ukrainian flag as he walked in. Most stood, cheered, applauded and plenty of shook Zelenskyy’s hand as he entered, with a number of sporting the colors of the Ukrainian flag, blue and yellow.
“It’s a nice honour for me to be on the US Congress and converse to you and all People. Towards all doom and gloom situations, Ukraine didn’t fall. Ukraine is alive and kicking,” he stated.
“We defeated Russia within the battle for the minds of the world,” he added.
Referencing former US President Franklin D Roosevelt, who served between 1933 and 1945, Zelenskky reminded his viewers of the hardships confronted by US forces who fought to liberate Europe from Nazi occupation throughout World Warfare II.
“Similar to the courageous American troopers, which held their strains and fought again Hitler’s forces through the Christmas of 1944, courageous Ukrainian troopers are doing the identical to Putin’s forces this Christmas,” he stated.
The Ukrainian chief was referring to the Battle of the Bulge, which started in December 1944, and was Hitler’s last vital try to push again the Allied forces. Poor climate hampered preliminary US efforts to halt the offensive, which result in many fatalities and threatened to divide the allies – who finally prevailed.
In a tweet, Zelenskyy stated Ukraine’s victory over Russia “may even be America’s victory”.
I thank @POTUS for the nice and cozy welcome and I deeply respect all of the help of the U.S. and the American individuals. I’m assured that collectively we can safe a greater, affluent and free future for each of our nations. Ukraine’s victory may even be America’s victory. pic.twitter.com/OhclRtwIJy
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) December 22, 2022
‘United defence’
US President Joe Biden welcomed Zelenskyy to the Oval Workplace earlier on Wednesday, saying the US and Ukraine would proceed to undertaking a “united defence” as Russia wages a “brutal assault on Ukraine’s proper to exist as a nation”.
Zelenskyy stated his go to demonstrated that the “scenario is beneath management, due to your help”.
Pressed on how Ukraine would attempt to carry an finish to the battle, Zelenskyy rejected Biden’s framing of a “simply peace”, saying: “For me as a president, ‘simply peace’ is not any compromises”.
He stated the warfare would finish as soon as Ukraine’s sovereignty, freedom and territorial integrity have been restored and it obtained “payback for all of the damages inflicted by Russian aggression”.
“There can’t be any ‘simply peace’ within the warfare that was imposed on us,” he added.
The extremely delicate journey takes place after 10 months of a brutal warfare that has seen tens of 1000’s of casualties on either side and devastation for Ukrainian civilians and their cities, cities and villages.
Zelenskyy’s go to is designed to reinvigorate help for his nation within the US and world wide, amid considerations that allies are rising weary of the pricey warfare and its disruption to international meals and power provides.
Biden stated Russia is “attempting to make use of winter as a weapon however Ukrainian individuals proceed to encourage the world”.
In a joint information convention, Biden stated Russian President Vladimir Putin has “no intention of stopping this merciless warfare”.
The 2 leaders appeared to share a heat rapport, laughing at one another’s feedback and patting one another on the again all through the go to, although Zelenskyy made clear he’ll proceed to press Biden and different Western leaders for extra army help.
He stated that after the Patriot system was up and operating, “we’ll ship one other sign to President Biden that we wish to get extra Patriots”.
“We’re within the warfare,” Zelenskyy added with a smile, as Biden chuckled on the direct request from the Ukrainian chief.
Biden stated it’s “vital for the American individuals, and for the world, to listen to immediately from you, Mr President, about Ukraine’s battle, and the necessity to proceed to face collectively by 2023″.
Zelenskyy’s arrival within the US comes simply days after he made a daring and harmful journey to what he referred to as the most well liked spot on the 1,300-kilometer (800-mile) entrance line of the warfare – town of Bakhmut in Ukraine’s contested Donetsk area.
Arriving there on Tuesday, Zelenskyy praised Ukrainian troops for his or her “braveness, resilience and power” as artillery boomed within the background.
Volodymyr Fesenko, head of the Kyiv-based Penta Heart think-tank, stated Zelenskyy’s US go to “ought to decide the course of the warfare – Zelenskyy for the primary time dared to go away Ukraine and is relying on having the ability to preserve, and presumably even strengthen, US army and financial help”.
Putin on Wednesday instructed his nation’s army leaders that Russia will obtain its said targets in Ukraine and use the fight expertise to strengthen its army. His defence minister, Sergei Shoigu, stated Russia’s army have to be expanded from the present 1 million to 1.5 million for the battle in Ukraine.
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Trudeau called out by steelworker who refuses to shake his hand during blunt exchange: 'Don't believe you'
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau got an earful during a photo op from a cash-strapped steelworker who told the leader his policies have left his family scratching to make ends meet.
Footage of the tense exchange in Sault Ste. Marie, a city in Ontario, which was obtained by CTV News, went viral. The unidentified worker spurned Trudeau’s offer of doughnuts to complain about high taxes, medical bills and giveaways to people he deemed “lazy.”
“The 25% tariffs we just brought in is going to help you out … that’s going to keep your job,” Trudeau told the man.
“What about the 40% taxes I am paying? And I don’t have a doctor,” the employee of Algoma Steel shot back.
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Trudeau responded by saying that a multimillion-dollar investment from the Canadian government meant the man would have a job “for many years to come.” The man responded by saying that he expected Trudeau to be voted out.
“That’s what elections are for,” said the Liberal Party leader, who stayed calm and collected during the exchange. “I look forward to everyone exercising the right to vote. … We are going to invest in you and your job.”
“I don’t believe you for a second,” the steelworker shot back.
The man also mentioned that he felt unemployed Canadians got better access to affordable health care than he did after Trudeau referenced an initiative to help hundreds of thousands of Canadians get dental care.
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“Probably like my neighbor who doesn’t go to work because she’s lazy?” the steelworker asked.
“You know what? Most Canadians try to stick up for each other, and that’s what we’ve got to keep doing,” Trudeau responded before wishing the man good luck. At the end, the laborer appeared to refuse a handshake from Trudeau.
The next federal election in Canada is set to take place on Oct. 20, 2025. Trudeau’s government has been scrutinized amid a cost-of-living crisis affecting the country, though Trudeau has remained optimistic.
“Inflation came down last month, beating out expectations,” the prime minister wrote in a Facebook post on July 17. “But, until Canadians can feel that relief in their wallets, at the grocery store, and on their mortgages, the job’s not done.”
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Justin Trudeau, Canada’s prime minister, center, is shown during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, not pictured, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, on Sept. 22, 2023. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Taiwan court orders release of ex-Taipei mayor arrested in corruption probe
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Taiwan People’s Party leader Ko Wen-je freed after court finds insufficient evidence to justify his detention.
A court in Taiwan has ordered the release of a former mayor and presidential candidate who was arrested over his alleged role in a corruption scandal, citing insufficient evidence for his detention.
Taipei District Court on Monday ruled that Ko Wen-je, a former mayor of Taipei and the leader of the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP), should go free after finding that prosecutors had failed to make the case for his detention.
The court said prosecutors had not met the standard of there being a “high possibility” Ko had committed a crime.
“It cannot be concluded that the defendant… knowingly violated the law,” the court said in its ruling.
Ko was arrested on Saturday as part of a probe into alleged corruption in the redevelopment of the Core Pacific City shopping centre in the Taiwanese capital.
Ko, who came third in January’s presidential election, told reporters outside court that there was “no evidence” of his involvement in the real estate scandal.
A surgeon by training, Ko entered politics in 2014 when he successfully ran for the mayorship of Taipei as an independent candidate.
Re-elected as mayor of Taipei in 2018, he founded the TPP the following year as a third force to challenge the dominance of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and China-leaning Kuomintang (KMT).
Under the TPP banner, Ko received about one-quarter of the vote in the last presidential election, which was won by the DPP’s William Lai Ching-te.
While the TPP has only eight legislators in Taiwan’s 113-seat parliament, the party has gained outsized influence as both the DPP and KMT lack a ruling majority.
Ko, who draws much of his support from young people, is widely seen as a contender for the next election in 2028, although his popularity has been dented by a separate campaign funds scandal.
On Thursday, Ko said he would take a three-month leave of absence from the TPP leadership to take responsibility for the misreporting of campaign money and the use of election subsidies to set up a personal office space.
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