#NORWAY: PM. Pledges Aid to Ukraine Through 2030

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Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre stated during a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Reykjavik that Norway intends to increase its aid to Ukraine, "both financial and on the battlefield." The aid, already approved through 2027, will likely be soon be extended through 2030 by an act of Parliament, he said.

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BREAKING: #JAPAN: Prime Minister Visits Ukraine

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Prime Minister Fumio Kishida haa to made a surprise visit to Kyiv for a face-to-face meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The Japanese Foreign Ministry announced that Kishida would meet with Zelenskyy on today in the Ukrainian capital and then visit neighboring Poland tomorrow for talks with President Andrej Duda.

Kishida is scheduled to return to Japan on Thursday.

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#UKRAINE: Pres. Dissolves Parliament, Calls For July Elections

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Ukraine's newly elected president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has signed a decree disbanding the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament and calling for new elections.

Zelensky, a TV actor who was overwhelmingly elected on an anti-establishment platform, said he used the "extremely low trust" in parliament by the public- 4% in polling - as the "main argument" for dissolving the body.

Under the document, the early parliamentary elections shall be held on Sunday, July 21, 2019

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#UKRAINE: Voters Elect Inexperienced TV Comedian Their New President In Landslide Rebuke Of Incumbent Poroshenko

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A Ukrainian comedian and TV actor known for playing a president on TV has been elected president in real life - and in a landslide result that defeated the incumbent.

Volodymyr Zelensky took more than 73% with incumbent Pres. Petro Poroshenko trailing far behind, with only 24%. "I will never let you down," Zelensky told celebrating supporters. Poroshenko, who admitted defeat after the first exit polls were published, has said he will not be leaving politics. He said the president elect, who is only 41 and has zero experience in politics, is too inexperienced to stand up to Russia effectively, as Ukraine battles a Russia-backed civil war in its eastern regions.

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