The Russian invasion. The outside world's response

 

Zelenskyi and Cleverly. James Cleverly/Twitter. 

 

British Foreign Secretary in Kyiv - promises more support 

 

On Friday, British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly visited Kyiv. There he promised Ukrainian President Zelenskyy increased support, including ambulances and support for victims of sexual abuse by Russian soldiers, AFP reports. 

 

"President Zelensky, Britain supports you in action and not just in words. I made that promise to you today, and Britain will keep it," writes Cleverly on Twitter. 

 

It happens a week after the new British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visited Kyiv and promised 50 million pounds, equivalent to 630 million kroner, in military support. 

 

Cleverly also pledged three million pounds to rebuild infrastructure. James Cleverly onTwitter. 

 

on Twitter Merkel and Putin. Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP 

Merkel: Tried to act against Putin - did not have power 

 

As tensions over Ukraine rose, Angela Merkel tried to act against Putin – but by the end of her time in power, she had lost authority with the Russian president, and lacked the power to influence him. 

 

This is what the former German chancellor says in an interview with Der Spiegel, according to TT. 

 

- The feeling was very clear. When it comes to power politics, I was done. For Putin, only power counts. 

 

In 2021, the hope of influencing Putin was lost - "in terms of foreign policy, we didn't get a millimeter further," says Merkel. 

 

 

Damaged building in Kherson/Grieving Kherson residents. 

 

The Russian Invasion

 

The Battles Residents flee the attacks on liberated Kherson On Saturday, hundreds of residents formed kilometers long lines out of the recently liberated city of Kherson in southern Ukraine, AP reports. 

 

With pets, trailers and other belongings, they flee the intense Russian artillery shelling of recent days. 

 

- It is sad to leave your home. Now we are free, but we have to flee because artillery is being fired at, and residents are being killed, says Kherson resident Jevhen Jankov on his way out of town in a minibus. 

 

In the same vehicle is Svitlana Romanivna, who testifies to a "hellish nightmare" when their whole neighborhood was on fire. 

 

At least 15 people have been killed and 35 injured in this week's attacks on the city. 

 

The leaders at a press conference. Efrem Lukatsky / AP

 

Leaders on site in Kyiv to commemorate the Holodomor Today 

 

Leaders from Belgium, Poland, Hungary and Lithuania arrived on Saturday in Kyiv ahead of the commemoration of the 1932-1933 Holodomor famine, the Washington Post reports. 

 

During the Holodomor, which was caused by the policies of Soviet leader Josef Stalin, around four million people died in what the European Parliament calls a crime against humanity. 

 

On Saturday, the day before Remembrance Day, leaders attended a summit on food security in the Ukrainian capital. At a press conference afterward, President Zelenskyi explained the "Grain from Ukraine" program, which will send 60 ships with Ukrainian grain to famine-stricken areas in Africa. 

 

In a video speech at the summit, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg accused Russia of "using hunger as a weapon against Ukraine".