{"id":157491,"date":"2023-05-15T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mediaintel.asia\/?p=918295"},"modified":"2023-05-15T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T00:00:00","slug":"russia-ukraine-war-live-sunak-compares-zelensky-to-churchill-as-leaders-meet-at-chequers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/2023\/05\/15\/russia-ukraine-war-live-sunak-compares-zelensky-to-churchill-as-leaders-meet-at-chequers\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia-Ukraine war live: Sunak compares Zelensky to Churchill as leaders meet at Chequers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak shakes hands with Ukraine's President, Volodymyr Zelensky, as he greets him on his arrival at Chequers - Carl Court\/Getty Images Europe
\nRishi Sunak compared Volodymyr Zelensky to Winston Churchill as the two leaders met at Chequers for \"substantive negotiations\" on Britain's support for Ukraine.
\nMr Sunak told the Ukrainian leader: \u201cYou are actually the first foreign leader that I have had the privilege of welcoming here as Prime Minister and there is a lot of great history here.
\n\"In fact this room that we are standing in, Winston Churchill made many of his famous speeches in World War Two from this room and in the same way today your leadership, your country's bravery and fortitude are an inspiration to us all.
\n\"I look forward to us discussing what more we can do to support you and your country.\"
\nNo 10 said Mr Sunak would confirm the provision of hundreds of air defence missiles and new long-range attack drones for Ukraine. Last week, Britain became the first country to start supplying Ukraine with long-range cruise missiles.
\n10:31 AM
\nUkraine cannot rule out the grain deal ending on May 18, says foreign ministry
\nUkraine cannot rule out that the Black Sea grain deal will not be extended and that it will come to an end on May 18, a foreign ministry official has said.
\nOlha Trofimtseva, an ambassador at large for the Ukrainian foreign ministry, told a briefing that Ukraine was receiving conflicting signals about the future of the deal brokered in July 2022, which allows the safe export of Ukrainian grain.
\nRussia has repeatedly called the future of the deal into question and has threatened to walk away from the initiative on May 18 unless obstacles to its own exports of grain and agricultural products.
\nMs Trofimtseva said that the situation surrounding the deal is uncertain, and that no additional negotiations were planned for this week.
\nLast week, talks were being held in Turkey - which had helped broker the deal - concerning the initiative, involving Ukrainian, Russian, Turkish and United Nations officials.
\n10:04 AM
\nNATO should make a decision on Ukraine membership in July, says Zelensky
\nPresident Zelensky has appealed to NATO to make a \u201cpositive political decision\u201d on Ukraine\u2019s membership bid to be part of the alliance in July.
\nStory continues
\nIn a video address to the Copenhagen Democracy Summit, Mr Zelensky said: \u201cIt is time to remove the biggest security uncertainty in Europe \u2014 that is, to approve a positive political decision on (Ukrainian) membership in NATO.
\n\"This is worth doing at the July summit already. This will be a timely signal.\"
\n09:41 AM
\nPictured: PM welcomes Zelensky to UK
\nRishi Sunak and Volodymyr Zelensky embrace as Zelensky lands near the Prime Minister's country residence Chequers in Buckinghamshire
\n09:28 AM
\nTwo missiles damage former military aviation school in Luhansk, claim Russian-backed officials
\nRussian state news agency TASS is reporting that two missiles launched by Ukrainian forces have hit an administrative building of a former military aviation school for navigators in Luhansk.
\nOne of the floors of the building was damaged, Russian-backed senator of the region Darya Lantratova said on Monday.
\nMs Lantratova wrote on Telegram on Monday that the fourth floor of the former school was damaged.
\nOn Monday morning, Russian-backed politician and former envoy for the Luhansk region in Moscow Rodion Miroshnik told TASS of two explosions in the bus station district of Luhansk. Mr Miroshnik had pointed out that the target of the strike could have been the territory of the former military aviation school.
\nThe claims have not been independently verified.
\n09:18 AM
\nVolodymyr Zelensky \u2018wanted Ukraine to occupy Russian villages\u2019
\nVolodymyr Zelensky raised the possibility of Ukrainian troops occupying Russian villages, according to leaked US intelligence, James Kilner reports.
\nQuoting fresh details from a Pentagon intelligence leak earlier this year, The Washington Post reported that Mr Zelensky has been far more hawkish about attacking Russia than previously thought.
\nTo receive long-range weapons from the West, including British Storm Shadow cruise missiles that were fired for the first time in Ukraine this weekend, Mr Zelensky has vowed not to attack Russia.
\nRead more on this story here.
\n09:06 AM
\nUkrainian advances in Bakhmut 'first success' in operation to defend city
\nThe commander of the Ukrainian ground forces has hailed the advance in Bakhmut as the \u201cfirst success\u201d in the operation to take back the city.
\nOleksandr Syrskyi said: \u201cThe advance of our troops in the Bakhmut direction is the first success of the offensive in the course of the operation to defend Bakhmut.
\n\"The last few days have shown that we can move forward and destroy the enemy even in such extremely difficult conditions.
\n\"We are fighting with fewer resources than the enemy. At the same time, we manage to destroy its plans.\u201d
\nUkrainian deputy defence minister Hanna Malyar had said on Sunday that forces had captured ten Russian positions near the eastern city.
\n08:38 AM
\nTop Chinese envoy to visit Ukraine and Russia this week
\nTop Chinese special envoy Li Hui will begin his tour of Ukraine, Russia and other European countries on Monday, in a trip aimed at discussing a \u201cpolitical settlement\u201d to the Ukraine crisis, according to Beijing.
\nThe special representative for Eurasian affairs and former ambassador to Russia is also expected to visit Poland, France and Germany, China's foreign ministry confirmed on Friday.
\nIn a daily briefing, spokesman for the foreign ministry Wang Wenbin said: \u201cThe visit...is a testament to China's efforts towards promoting peace talks, and fully demonstrates China's firm commitment to peace.\u201d
\nLi Hui, China's special representative for Eurasian affairs, (R) sat with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (L) during his time as ambassador to Moscow in 2015. - RIA Novosti\/REUTERS
\n08:22 AM
\nUkraine captures 10 Russian positions near Bakhmut
\nUkraine\u2019s military said it has captured 10 Russian positions near Bakhmut as it stepped up its counteroffensive around the besieged city, James Kilner reports.
\nEarlier, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Kremlin\u2019s Wagner mercenary group, confirmed that Ukrainian forces had captured land on the Russian southern flank and there was a rare admission from the Russian military that two senior officers had been killed.
\n\u201cToday, our units have captured more than 10 enemy positions in the northern and southern outskirts of Bakhmut,\u201d Ganna Malyar, the Ukrainian deputy defence minister, said on social media.
\nRead more on this story here.
\n08:10 AM
\nLatest MoD update
\nIn its latest daily intelligence update, the UK Ministry of Defence has said that several drones struck Russia' Seshcha Airbase, which is located 150km north of the border with Ukraine.
\nThe airbase is a hub for Russia's Military Transport Aviation, which \"has played a major role in enabling Russia's invasion of Ukraine.\", according to the ministry.
\nLatest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 15 May 2023.
\nFind out more about Defence Intelligence's use of language: https:\/\/t.co\/MGwmuNjs6P
\n🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com\/Y1CpyDzOTN \u2014 Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 (@DefenceHQ) May 15, 2023
\n08:03 AM
\nRussia's plans in Bakhmut remain unchanged, says Ukrainian defence minister
\nRussia\u2019s plans to capture Bakhmut remain unchanged and new assault forces are being deployed to the city\u2019s outskirts, Ukraine\u2019s deputy defence minister has said.
\nIn a statement uploaded onto Telegram, Hanna Malyar said: \u201cIn Bakhmut and on the outskirts, everything is difficult now. Very.
\n\u201cDespite everything, our troops managed to advance for several days.\u201d
\n07:56 AM
\nZelensky lands in UK for 'substantive negotiations'
\nUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is travelling to the UK today to meet with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for \u201csubstantive negotiations\u201d, the president said.
\nDowning Street confirmed that Mr Zelensky had already arrived in the UK and would be heading to Chequers to meet Mr Sunak.
\nMr Zelensky wrote on Twitter on Monday morning: \"Today \u2013 London. The UK is a leader when it comes to expanding our capabilities on the ground and in the air. This cooperation will continue today.\u201d
\n\"I will meet my friend Rishi. We will conduct substantive negotiations face-to-face and in delegations.\"
\nToday \u2013 London. The UK is a leader when it comes to expanding our capabilities on the ground and in the air. This cooperation will continue today. I will meet my friend Rishi. We will conduct substantive negotiations face-to-face and in delegations. \u2014 \u0412\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043c\u0438\u0440 \u0417\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 (@ZelenskyyUa) May 15, 2023
\n07:54 AM
\nFrance to send 'tens of armoured vehicles and light tanks' to Ukraine
\nFrance has announced that it is to send tens more light tanks and armoured vehicles to Ukraine, and will train soldiers to use them.
\nThe announcement came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky flew to Paris late on Sunday and joined French President Emmanuel Macron for a dinner at the Elysee Palace.
\nPresident Volodymyr Zelensky is welcomed by France's President Emmanuel Macron upon his arrival at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris - McMay Steve\/ABACA\/Shutterstock\/Shutterstock
\nIn a joint statement released on Monday, the pair said: \u201cIn the coming weeks, France will train and equip several battalions with tens of armoured vehicles and light tanks including AMX-10RC.\u201d
\nMr Zelensky called for fresh sanctions against Russia, and France said it would focus its efforts \u201cin supporting Ukraine\u2019s air defence capabilities in order to defend its population against Russian strikes.\u201d
\nThe statement added: \u201cUkraine and France agree on the need to increase collective pressure on Russia through further sanctions to weaken Russia's ability to continue its illegal war of aggression.\"<\/p>\n

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak shakes hands with Ukraine's President, Volodymyr Zelensky, as he greets him on his arrival at Chequers – Carl Court\/Getty Images Europe
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