Summary of news
- President of Ukraine asks allies for help in war against Russia.
- Ukrainian leader says Putin will attack other countries if not defeated.
- Zelenskyy spoke at the Munich Security Conference.
More than 13,000 Ukrainian soldiers died in the war against Russia HANDOUT / AFP 2/17/2023
Ukrainian President Volodmir Zelenskyy urged his allies in a video for the Munich Security Conference on Friday to “speed up” aid to Ukraine, which was occupied by Russian forces nearly a year ago.
“We must speed up. Speed to finalize our agreements, speed of delivery to strengthen our struggle, speed of decisions to limit Russia’s potential. There is no alternative to speed, because life depends on it,” he said .
In his message to the heads of state and government gathered at the meeting in Germany, Zelenskyi emphasized that “there is no alternative to Ukraine’s victory”.
“There is no alternative to Ukrainian victory… There is no alternative to Ukraine in the EU (European Union). There is no alternative to Ukraine in NATO,” he stressed.
Russian President Vladimir Putin “is trying to buy time for his aggression, counting on the fatigue of the parties,” Zelenskyy added.
“It is clear that Ukraine will not be their last leg. It will continue (its offensive) in other states of the former Soviet bloc,” he said.
Unreleased images show the wreckage of the Titanic, taken in 1986 and only now released
The Titanic sank more than a century ago, in April 1912. Since then, the wreck of the symbolic ship has fascinated deepsea explorers
In 1986, a group of scientists managed to get close to the ship and took videos and pictures that have only now been published, some 36 years later.
They used HOVs (Human Occupied Vehicles) and smaller, unmanned submarines to reach the wreck, which lies 3km deep in the frigid waters of the North Atlantic.
During 11 dives in July 1986, footage was captured by cameras on a manned submersible and a small remotecontrolled vessel maneuvering in a confined space.
The Titanic was considered unsinkable when built and was the largest operational transatlantic ship at the time, but on April 14, 1912, on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York, she collided with an iceberg in the Atlantic.
More than 1,500 people died in the sinking, shocking the world and sparking outrage over the lack of lifeboats on board.