EU foreign ministers to meet in Kyiv

European Union FMs to meet in Kyiv on Monday for the first time as bloc’s foreign policy chief says “Ukraine’s future lies within the EU”.
Russian shelling of Ukraine’s southern region of Kherson overnight killed at least one person and injured six, including two children, according to regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin.EU’s support for Ukraine ‘not only continues, but increases’
The European Union is determined to continue, and to increase, its support for Ukraine, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Sunday.

“Our support to Ukraine not only continues, but increases, or at least by the time being, the provision on the table shows that we want to continue increasing it,” Borrell said in a news conference before an unprecedented meeting with the bloc’s foreign ministers in Kyiv scheduled to take place on Monday.

Brussels’s military support for Ukraine has reached 25 billion euros ($26.4 billion), Borrell said, adding that altogether, military, civilian and humanitarian aid has reached 85 billion euros ($89.8 billion).

Such an amount is “the highest in the world, and we are proud of it and we know how important it is”, he said.What else is happening around the world?
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Donald Trump will attend court in New York for the start of a civil trial in a case on Monday.
In Australia, early voting has begun in some parts for a landmark referendum on creating an Indigenous body that can advise Parliament.
At least 10 people have been killed and dozens injured after the roof of a church collapsed in Mexico.
A huge fire that erupted at a police complex in Egypt has wounded at least 38 people.
Families of those who died in the Kanjuruhan Stadium disaster in Malang, Indonesia, a year ago have marked the anniversary of the tragedy.Volunteers help to remove mines, unexploded weapons scattered across Ukraine warzone
Volunteers from the charitable fund, Demining of Ukraine, and Postup have been working in recent days to help remove mines and unexploded weapons and projectiles that are scattered across the country since the invasion of Russia in February 2022.

According to an April 2023 article published by the UN OCHA, Ukraine is now one of the world’s most heavily mine-contaminated countries.

As of September 10, 2023, a total of 989 casualties were reported to have been caused by mine-related incidents and similar explosions, according to Statista.com.

On Friday, Switzerland’s Federal Council approved an estimated $109.57 million package to help demine parts of Ukraine – a gargantuan task that could last years beyond the end of war.

According to an estimate by the World Bank, Ukraine needs at least $37 billion to clear the country of explosive ordnance.‘Historic meeting’: EU top diplomats meet in Kyiv
Foreign ministers from the European Union have arrived in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, for the first ever meeting of all 27 members’ top diplomats outside the European bloc.

“We are convening a historic meeting of EU Foreign Ministers here in Ukraine, candidate country and future member of the EU,” said Josep Borrell said on X.

“Ukraine’s future lies within the EU,” he said in a separate message.