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Nato Membership Action Plan.The world has another chance to put an end to this insanity by accepting Ukraine’s membership application to Nato. Let’s unite for our shared peace,” Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence stated on September 30.
NATO has started working on Ukraine’s application to join the alliance.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiyy announced Friday that Ukraine was applying under an accelerated procedure to become a member of the security alliance. According to the alliance’s policy, all 30 NATO allies must agree on the decision regarding Ukraine’s application for accelerated NATO membership, said NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg. In the last two days, it has become known that nine presidents from NATO countries support Ukraine's membership and have called for increased military assistance. Furthermore, nine presidents from nine NATO countries in Central and Eastern Europe issued a joint statement on Sunday condemning Russia's annexation of Ukrainian territories and calling on NATO to significantly increase military assistance to Ukraine.
Zelenskiyy turns to BlackRock for advice on attracting money to Ukraine.
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskiyy, and Larry Fink, the CEO of BlackRock, the world's largest investment company, discussed how BlackRock's financial market consulting department can advise the Ukrainian government, without charge, on the creation of a Recovery Fund to support the Ukrainian economy, the President's Office reported. This assistance may include services such as consultation on the structure, investment process, management, and use of the fund's income. The Recovery Fund's purpose is to attract public and private investors to help Ukraine's economy recover. Zelenskiyy emphasized that Ukraine is interested in attracting global capital, which will create new jobs and stimulate economic development.
Erdogan: 'Lands which were invaded will be returned to Ukraine.' Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told PBS Newshour that Russian President Vladimir Putin is willing to talk to Ukraine after Kyiv's lighting counteroffensive pushed Russian troops out of Kharkiv Oblast.
Ukraine has liberated 8,500 square kilometres in Kharkiv Oblast between September 6 and 15. According to Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar, Ukraine's military has liberated about 388 settlements where about 150,000 people had lived under Russian occupation.
Danilov: Russian losses 9 to 10 times higher than Ukrainian losses during counteroffensive. Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksii Danilov made the statement during an interview with Ukraine's Channel 24. Danilov also said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are breaking military stereotypes and surprising foreign partners with the quality of their work.
Almost all bodies exhumed from mass burial site in Izium ‘show signs of violent death.’ Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov said that among the bodies exhumed from the mass burial site on Sept. 15, 99% showed signs of violent death. “There are several bodies with their hands tied behind their backs, and one person is buried with a rope around the neck,” he said. “Obviously, these people were tortured and executed,” he added. The mass
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