Defense ministers and senior military officials from more than 40 countries are meeting in Germany on Friday to discuss additional aid for Ukraine as Kyiv continues to press for advanced military equipment ahead of an expected Russian counteroffensive.
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President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed Mexican lawmakers on Thursday, drawing Mexico, which has said little publicly about Russia's invasion, into the global discussion of the war.
"Ukrainians and Mexicans hurt equally when we see innocent lives taken by cruel violence, where true peace could reign," he said.
A haunting picture of a pregnant woman being rescued from a Mariupol maternity hospital that had been hit by shelling was honored with the World Press Photo of the Year award. The photograph, taken by Evgeniy Maloletka, ended up on the front pages of newspapers and websites around the world.