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Ukraine conflict - day 277: 'We cannot be broken,' says Zelenskyy as snow hits Kyiv
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife commemorate the 1930s famine in Ukraine. /Ukrainian Presidential Press/Reuters
Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife commemorate the 1930s famine in Ukraine. /Ukrainian Presidential Press/Reuters

Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife commemorate the 1930s famine in Ukraine. /Ukrainian Presidential Press/Reuters

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· President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed Ukraine would continue to resist Russian attacks, as the country marked the 90th anniversary of the Holodomor famine. "We cannot be broken," he said.

· Heavy snowfall was expected in Kyiv on Sunday with freezing temperatures, while millions who still live in and around the Ukrainian capital struggle with little electricity and heat. Grid operator Ukrenergo said electricity producers were able to cover only three-quarters of consumption needs.

· Zelenskyy hosted a summit in Kyiv with allied nations on Saturday to launch a plan to export $150 million worth of grain to countries most vulnerable to famine and drought. The 'Grain from Ukraine' initiative demonstrated global food security was "not just empty words," he said.

· European leaders renewed pledges of support to Ukraine as the country marked the anniversary of the Holodomor famine.

· Nine Russian prisoners of war were released as part of a prisoner exchange with Ukraine, according to Russian news agencies.

· At least 32 people in Kherson have been killed by Russian shelling since pro-Moscow forces pulled out two weeks ago, the head of Ukraine's police said. Russian forces completed their withdrawal from the city on November 11. 

· The price for Russian seaborne oil should be capped at between $30 and $40 per barrel, lower than the level that Group of Seven nations have proposed, Zelenskyy said.

· Russia will soon adopt a law barring foreigners from using Russian surrogate mothers, the speaker of the lower house of parliament said on Sunday, the nation's Mother's Day. Paid surrogacy is legal in Russia, but the practice has been criticized by religious groups as commercializing the birth of children.

The leaders (left to right) of Lithuania, Belgium, Ukraine, Hungary and Poland met for a Ukraine grain summit./ Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters
The leaders (left to right) of Lithuania, Belgium, Ukraine, Hungary and Poland met for a Ukraine grain summit./ Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters

The leaders (left to right) of Lithuania, Belgium, Ukraine, Hungary and Poland met for a Ukraine grain summit./ Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters

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Zelenskyy vows Ukraine will fight on

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy insisted Ukraine would continue to resist Russian attacks, as the country marked the 90th anniversary of the Holodomor famine that affected millions of people.

Several European leaders travelled to Ukraine to pledge support after weeks of Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy grid caused widespread power and water cuts as temperatures plunge with the onset of winter.

"Once they wanted to destroy us with hunger, now with darkness and cold," Zelenskyy said in a video posted on social media. But, he added: "We cannot be broken."

Zelenskyy said Ukraine had sent 12 million tons of food to the world market, including 2.5 million tons to countries suffering food crises of their own.

Leaders from Belgium, Lithuania, Hungary and Poland were in Kyiv on Saturday to commemorate the victims of the 1932-33 Holodomor - Ukrainian for "death by starvation".

The Polish and Lithuanian prime ministers were in Ukraine for talks, with reports suggesting discussions are likely to focus on a possible new wave of migration from Ukraine this winter.

Source(s): Reuters ,AFP

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