"Rory was our son and we will miss him enormously. Those who fought alongside Rory speak of 'a truly brave and courageous man who could have left at any time but chose not to'. "He had a long-standing interest in eastern Europe, in travel and in learning new languages, including Russian. "Rory was never political but he had a deep sense of right and wrong and an inability to turn the other way in the face of injustice. "Though we are deeply saddened at his death, we are enormously proud of his courage and determination and his selflessness in immediately enlisting to support Ukraine. His father Rob said: "Rory was a private young man of drive, purpose and conviction. The Mason family learnt of Rory's death from the Department of Foreign Affairs, which is providing consular assistance. Rory Mason, 23, died as a Ukrainian armed forces serviceman while fighting in the International Legion for the Defence of Ukraine near the Russian border. "To take on Russia and other authoritarian regimes, free democracies need strong economies."Īn Irishman has been killed while fighting in Ukraine, his family has confirmed. "Ukraine can win, Ukraine must win, and Ukraine will win. "We will stand with our Ukrainian friends however long it takes. She added: "They are proposing to pay in Ukrainian lives for the illusion of peace. "We should not give in to those who want a deal which trades away Ukrainian land." "Putin's illegal annexation of Ukrainian territory is just the latest act in his campaign to subvert democracy and violate international law. PM Truss said: "We are dealing with the global economic crisis caused by Covid and by Putin's appalling war in Ukraine. The Tesla boss had posted a Twitter poll with his suggestions for ending Russia's invasion, asking his 107.7 million followers to vote on ideas that included ceding territory to Russia, prompting a furious response from Ukraine. She argued Britain needed a strong economy to take on Russian and other authoritarian regimes and added that peace deals - such as one suggested by Elon Musk - that involved giving up Ukrainian land to Russia should be resisted. In her keynote Tory conference speech, PM Liz Truss said Putin's "illegal" annexation of Ukrainian territories was his latest attempt to subvert democracy and break international law. "We proceed from the fact that the situation will be stabilised, we will be able to calmly develop these territories," Mr Putin said in televised remarks. In the face of military humiliation, the Russian president vowed to stabilise the situation, stopping short of acknowledging the challenges Moscow faces in asserting control. The liberation of formerly Russian-occupied land in Luhansk means Russia now does not have full control over any of the four territories illegally annexed by Mr Putin. "The de-occupation of the Luhansk region has already officially started," Serhiy Haidai, the regional government of Luhansk, wrote on the Telegram messaging app, but did not reveal the name of the liberated territories. Ukrainian troops have started liberating eastern Luhansk, the region’s top official said on Wednesday, as Vladimir Putin for the first time publicly acknowledged military setbacks in the annexed territories.įootage shared online appeared to show Kyiv’s forces raising a Ukrainian flag in Hrekivka, a village just over the border from the Kharkiv Oblast, the scene of a lightning counter-offensive that recaptured vast swathes of land.
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