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“The Ukrainian and EU negotiating teams finalized the text of the security agreement and agreed to sign it in the near future,” the Ukrainian presidency said in a statement.
The two countries have been allies since North Korea's founding after World War II, and have drawn even closer after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 isolated Putin on the global stage.
The Ukrainian military said in a briefing late Tuesday that Russia had "intensified" its assaults near Toretsk and "launched five assault operations at once", targeting surrounding towns and villages.
The suspect took photos of Ukrainian positions in the Kharkiv region under orders from a woman posing as a Russian journalist who worked as the liaison between the man and Russian intelligence.
The two internationally isolated leaders signed a new "strategic partnership" deal during the trip, Putin's first to the nuclear-armed North since 2000.
Despite more than two years of Western punitive measures, Russia is still getting its hands on prohibited goods, with the help of cunning businesses that go to great lengths to dodge the embargo.
The Big Meet, Kyiv’s top networking organization, will host its next event at the InterContinental on Friday, June 21, with proceeds helping Ukrainian children fighting cancer.
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