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Natalia Zinets
For Natalia Zinets's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 19, 2022
U.N. chief seeks to secure Ukraine nuclear plant and explore peace talks
Antonio Guterres said he is gravely concerned by circumstances at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant and called for military equipment and personnel to be withdrawn.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 1, 2022
Russian strikes kill Ukrainian owner of major grain exporter
The head of Nibulon — which specializes in the production and export of wheat, barley and corn, and has its own fleet and shipyard — was killed in the city of Mykolaiv.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 6, 2022
Russia strikes Kyiv for first time in weeks as battle rages in east
Ukraine said the strike hit a rail car repair works, while Moscow said it had destroyed tanks sent by Eastern European countries to Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 1, 2022
Pelosi meets Zelenskyy in Ukraine as Mariupol civilians leave besieged steel plant
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, meanwhile, became the latest Western official to visit Kyiv in a show of support for Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 14, 2022
Ruined port city of Mariupol could become Russia's first big win in Ukraine
The siege of the city has been the worst humanitarian catastrophe of the conflict, and has been described by Kyiv as a war crime.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 8, 2022
Ukraine says dozens killed in rocket strike on rail evacuation hub
Pavlo Kyrylenko, governor of the Donetsk region, said thousands of civilians had been at the station at the time the rockets struck, in what he described as a deliberate attack.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 6, 2022
Russian forces pound key cities as West prepares new sanctions
The besieged southern port of Mariupol has been under almost constant bombardment since the early days of the invasion that began on Feb. 24.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 16, 2022
Russian bombs continue to pound Ukraine cities despite signs of a compromise at peace talks
In a hint of a possible compromise, Zelenskyy said that Ukraine was prepared to accept security guarantees from the West that stop short of its long-term goal of joining NATO.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 25, 2022
Missiles hit Kyiv as Ukraine capital girds for Russian assault
Air raid sirens wailed over the capital of 3 million people, where some residents sheltered in underground metro stations.

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