The countrys president. The organisation earlier set a deadline of sunday to reinstate deposed president , mohamed bazoum. A delegation from the bloc visited niger thursday but failed to meet coup leaders, or mr bazoum. Video has emerged purporting to show a Sea Drone Driving into the side of a Russian Naval vessel in the black sea. The bbc has not yet verified this video, but the footage appears to show a drone hitting the side of the large ship. The video was released by the Ukrainian Security services. But Russias Defense Ministry says it repelled an attack, not admitting to any damage. Heres our correspondent in kyiv james waterhouse. Unlike these drone attacks weve seen deep inside russia, around moscow, for example, kyiv seems more willing to admit to being behind these strikes using sea drones on the black sea, or sea of azov. And sources at the Security Service have told us that they successfully damaged a major landing ship at the port of novorossiysk, which is on the russian
presidential rival, donald trump, mr biden flatly rejected isolationism. he said the rangers who fought in normandy 80 years ago would undoubtedly want the us to stand up to vladimir putin s aggression in europe. well, i m here to tell you that with them gone, the wind we hear coming off this ocean will not fade it will grow louder. as we gather here today, it s notjust to honour those who showed such remarkable bravery on that day, june 6, 1944, it s to listen to the echoes of their voices, to hear them, because they are summoning us, and they re summoning us now. they ask us what will we do? they re not asking us to scale these cliffs, but they re asking us to stay true to what america stands for. they re not asking us to give or risk our lives, but they are asking us to care for others and our country more than ourselves. they re not asking us to do theirjob. they re asking us to do our job, to protect freedom in our time, to defend democracy, to stand up to aggression a
they re not asking us to do theirjob. they re asking us to do our job, to protect freedom in our time, to defend democracy, to stand up to aggression abroad and at home, to be part of something bigger than ourselves. president biden was speaking soon after meeting ukrainian president voldymyr zelensky. mr biden assured him that america would never waver in its support for ukraine. it was the first time the two met since december. president biden apologised to president zelensky for his country s long delay in approving a new military aid package to kyiv. president biden also said he s approved a further $200 million in assistance to reconstruct ukraine s electricity grid, which is the target of constant russian bombardment. french president emmanual macron also pledged extra help for ukraine in the form of ammunition following talks with his ukrainain counterpart in paris on friday. president macron reiterated his promise
moment that led the eventual defeat of nazi germany and the liberation of europe. the war in ukraine loomed over d day commemorations on thursday, where president zelensky and western leaders paid tribute to world war ii veterans. ukraine s president shared an emotional moment with one of those veterans. take a listen. (laughter) you are the saviour of the people. i have got tears in my eyes. as d day commemorations wrap up, i spoke tojovita neliupsiene, the european union s ambassador to the united states. we are remembering these past few days, d day, the strong transatlantic alliance, the ending of world war ii. in those commemorations, are we seeing an effort to reaffirm the transatlantic relationship? of course. we listen to the speeches of president macron, president biden and president zelensky, as well, and we see that our commitment to each other s security
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