Description
Added on the 20/04/2022 16:44:24 - Copyright : Euronews EN
The Eiffel Tower lights up in blue and yellow, the colors of the Ukrainian flag, to mark the second anniversary of the Russian invasion. IMAGES
The first passenger train arrives in Kherson since Russian forces withdrew from the city on November 11. Arriving with a one hour delay, the train from Kyiv pulled in at ten o’clock as people waved flags from a bridge and relatives waited with flowers on the platform. IMAGES
People gather with their belongings outside of the train station in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv as Russia's invasion of the country enters its sixth day. IMAGES
Ukraine has shut down public transport, except for buses, leaving the train station in the capital Kiev almost empty. IMAGES
Sweden joining NATO shows Russian President Vladimir Putin "failed" in his Ukrainian war strategy of weakening the alliance, its chief Jens Stoltenberg says. The Kremlin's invasion not only prompted formerly non-aligned nations Sweden and Finland to come under NATO's defence umbrella, but now "Ukraine is closer to NATO membership than ever before," Stoltenberg adds. SOUNDBITE
NATO forces cross the Vistula River at Korzeniewo in Poland as part of the US-led defence alliance's Exercise Dragon 24, involving around 4,500 soldiers and almost 1,000 vehicles. Dragon 24 is itself part of Exercise Steadfast Defender 24, NATO's largest military exercise since the Cold War, which is designed to test its defences in the face of Russia's war on Ukraine. IMAGES
|
Support : Technical 
- Content 
- Editors 
