GLOBALink | Putin, Bennett discuss Ukraine over phone

STORY: Putin, Bennett discuss Ukraine over phone DATELINE: May 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: various of street view in UkraineSTANDUP (English): CHEN QIANG, Xinhua correspondentSOUNDBITE (English): Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary-General STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): CHEN QIANG, Xinhua correspondent "Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Thursday to discuss the Ukrainian situation. The leaders paid special attention to humanitarian issues, including the evacuation of civilians held by militants of nationalist battalions from the Azovstal steel plant, the Kremlin said in a statement. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday that he had separate conversations with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Zelensky tweeted that he discussed future joint international legal events and the issues of defensive support for Ukraine at th

Russia destroys warehouses storing foreign weapons in Ukraine: spokesperson

STORY: Russia destroys warehouses storing foreign weapons in Ukraine: spokesperson DATELINE: April 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: POLITICS/MILITARY SHOTLIST: various of street view in UkraineSTANDUP (English): CHEN QIANG, Xinhua correspondentvarious of street view in Russia STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): CHEN QIANG, Xinhua correspondent "The Russian army has destroyed warehouses storing foreign weapons at Ukraine's Zaporozhye aluminum plant, Russia's Defense Ministry said Wednesday. The Russian armed forces used high-precision sea-based Kalibr missiles to destroy "hangars, with a large batch of foreign weapons and ammunition supplied by the United States and European countries," ministry spokesperson Konashenkov said during a briefing. The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement Wednesday that Russia has imposed personal sanctions against 287 British parliament members in a retaliatory move, in response to the decision of the British government to impose sanctions against 3