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muriel_volestrangler

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Thu May 4, 2023, 03:37 AM May 2023

Ukraine war: Zelensky visits The Hague after new strikes in Ukraine

Source: BBC

Explosions have been heard in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, a day after Russia accused Ukraine of carrying out a drone attack on the Kremlin.

Attacks were also reported in Zaporizhzhia and Odesa in the south.

The air strikes come as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is due to speak at The Hague as part of an unexpected visit to the Netherlands.

He will also visit the International Criminal Court, which is investigating alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine.

Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65478242



He's gone there from Finland, where he met Nordic leaders (and Finland is now, of course, in NATO, thanks to Russia's invasion). The ICC is a good thing for him, rather than something that Putin has to avoid.
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Ukraine war: Zelensky visits The Hague after new strikes in Ukraine (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler May 2023 OP
Slava Ukraini! Thank you for the update. niyad May 2023 #1
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