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The war has now passed 100 days, with fighting mostly focused in the south and east of the Ukraine after Kremlin forces withdrew from Kyiv following their ...

Russian forces had been capturing more and more of Severodonetsk in recent days, so the Ukrainian recapture of a part of the city is notable should the claims be true. "The combined use of air and artillery strikes has been a key factor in Russia's recent tactical successes in the region." In its latest assessment of the conflict, UK intelligence says the combined use of air and artillery strikes in the Donbas has been a key factor in Russia's recent tactical successes in the region. The war has now passed 100 days, with fighting mostly focused in the south and east of the Ukraine after Kremlin forces withdrew from Kyiv following their failure to capture the capital city. Ukrainian troops have recaptured a portion of the city of Severodonetsk - a main focus of the Russian offensive and the site of heavy fighting - it is claimed. The war has now passed 100 days, with fighting mostly focused in the south and east of the Ukraine after Kremlin forces withdrew from Kyiv following their failure to capture the capital city.

Kyiv's mayor called the past few months “a time of courage and perseverance.” Analysts and officials say no end to the conflict is in sight.

He said that Russian forces maintained their grip on a highway that had acted as a conduit both for people seeking to flee the city as well as for incoming supplies. The United States, Britain and Germany all said this week they would supply Ukraine with missile systems that the government of President Volodymyr Zelensky had sought to offset Russia’s advantage in long-range artillery. Mr. Putin has even used the looming grain shortage to cast the United States and its allies in bad light, he said. António Guterres, secretary general of the United Nations, marked the 100th day of war in Ukraine by calling for a halt to violence, access for humanitarian aid and protection and evacuation of civilians. At the same time, Mr. Sall told Mr. Putin, whom he called his “dear friend Vladimir,” that Western sanctions on Russia had compounded Africa’s lack of access to grain — an argument Moscow has been making. The sooner the parties engage in good-faith diplomatic efforts to end this war, the better for the sake of Ukraine, Russia and the world,” said Mr. Guterres in a statement on Friday. He said the U.N. stands ready to help in those efforts. “If I leave, I will not be able to return to the village, I will not be able to look people in the eye.” In his nightly address, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine also used the 100th day of war as a way of focusing on how numbers have come to define the war: the number of those killed or wounded, or the number of attacks launched against the country. “I have fields and machines and diesel but I do not have the workers,” he said. He had previously said that most of the industrial city had been taken over by the Russians. Jens Stoltenberg, NATO’s secretary general, warned this past week that the conflict had become a “war of attrition” and advised allies to be prepared for “the long haul.” “They want to be eating grass,” he said as he walked down the stalls of his 35 dairy cows.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged U.S. cities such as Chicago, San Diego and Albany, N.Y., to cut “sister city” relationships in Russia. The ...

But Haidai struck a bullish note and called that timeline “completely unrealistic,” even as Moscow reportedly rushes more troops to the key eastern city. Western leaders are vulnerable to election cycles, and “he believes public opinion can flip in one day.” Elsewhere in Luhansk: Two Reuters journalists were injured and a driver was killed in an attack on their vehicle when they were traveling between Severodonetsk and the town of Rubizhne on a part of the road controlled by Russian forces. While Russian forces captured some 70 percent of this Ukrainian stronghold earlier in the week, Kyiv has managed to regain control over 20 percent of the city, he told local media. Though many Ukrainians resolved to stay and fight, several million men, women and children are now refugees in other countries. The funds, which were approved by a large majority in the lower house of Germany’s legislature, are intended to finance projects spanning several years. “What do those ties give to you? Back then, the aim of his message was clear: to show beyond all fear or doubt that he was committed to stay and fight. Sall later said on Twitter that the Kremlin expressed “readiness to facilitate Ukrainian wheat exports.” They sustained minor injuries, according to a Reuters spokesperson. More than 40 officers in Omurbekov’s unit were also added to the list. Ukrainian troops dove under their tank, screaming at Washington Post reporters to take cover with them.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian forces are withstanding the Russian onslaught around a key eastern city as Russian troops intensify attacks.

On Friday, the Russians “tried to surround the Ukrainian troops” in the city and neighboring Lysychansk, but were unsuccessful. The two had played a major role in planning the 2011 Safe Skies exercise in Ukraine and had grown close over years of shared training. 100 days of war: Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov assessed the results of the war in Ukraine, saying "certain results" have been achieved and work will continue until all goals are met. “They are really afraid that the success of our defenders will develop, and this can be done if the ammunition, weapons and reinforcements are provided in time. He said a missile strike that killed three people in the city on Tuesday had “pushed the citizens to leave.” The general staff of Ukraine's military said Friday that Russia is concentrating a force of up to 20 battalion tactical groups in the area. "The sooner the parties engage in good-faith diplomatic efforts to end this war, the better for the sake of Ukraine, Russia and the world." He said a missile strike that killed three people in the city on Tuesday had “pushed the citizens to leave.” The flow of traffic leaving the city is “increasing," he added. You can also become the people who choose to defend freedom and thus put an end to the history of tyranny,” Zelensky said. “Dozens of American cities maintain the so-called 'brotherhood' with the cities of the Russian Federation,” Zelensky said, including Chicago and Moscow. “What do these connections give you? The Russians “had previously managed to capture most of the city, but now our military has pushed them back.

Ukraine says it has recaptured a chunk of the factory city of Severodonetsk, the focus of Russia's offensive in Donbas.

But it said Russian forces had retreated after failed attempts to advance in the nearby town of Bakhmut and cut off access to Severodonetsk. The Ukrainian forces have fought back against the Russian advance in the eastern city of Severodonetsk recapturing one-fifth of the industrial city in the past couple of days, according to Serhiy Haidai, the governor of Luhansk province. Ukraine says it has recaptured a chunk of the factory city of Severodonetsk, the focus of a Russian offensive in the Donbas.

Ukraine said Saturday its forces were managing to push back against Russian troops in fierce fighting in Severodonetsk despite Russia "throwing all its ...

The war has sparked fears of a global food crisis -- Ukraine and Russia are among the top wheat exporters in the world. But Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said "certain results have been achieved", pointing to the "liberation" of some areas from what he called the "pro-Nazi armed forces of Ukraine". "Victory will be ours," he said in a video speech marking the 100th day of the war. Russia's defence ministry said it had struck a "deployment point for foreign mercenaries" in the village of Dachne in the Odessa region. "The Russian army, as we understand, is throwing all its power, all its reserves in this direction," said Gaiday, who on Friday claimed that Ukrainian troops had won back a fifth of the city. The press service of Ukraine's presidential office on Saturday said Russian attacks killed four civilians in the Lugansk region as a whole.

Ukraine has announced the deaths of four foreign military volunteers fighting Russian forces, whose invasion has spurred a wave of solidarity abroad including ...

Earlier this week, a ship left Mariupol for Russia with a cargo of metal. "I am convinced that it is France's role to be a mediating power." And then, believe me, the Russian infantry, they will just run," Mr Gaidai said. - Britain's defence ministry said that on the 100th day of Russia's invasion that Moscow failed to achieve its initial objectives to seize Kyiv and Ukrainian centres of government but was achieving tactical success in the Donbas "The increased use of unguided munitions has led to the widespread destruction of built-up areas in the Donbas and has almost certainly caused substantial collateral damage and civilian casualties," the ministry said in a tweet. - President Zelensky appeared with members of his government in a heartening video posted on social media to mark the100th day of the warin Ukraine on Friday It said Russia increased its use of tactical air to support its creeping advance, combining air strikes and massed artillery attacks to bring its firepower to bear as its operational focus has switched to the Donbas. In a TV broadcast, Serhiy Gaidai said the Ukrainian military continued to hold its positions inside the besieged factory city and was pushing back Russian forces in several locations. Russian forces are blowing up bridges across the Seversky Donets river to prevent Ukraine bringing in military reinforcements and delivering aid to civilians in the town of Severodonetsk, the governor of the Luhansk region said. A ship sent to load metal and ship it to Russia has entered the Ukrainian port of Mariupol, TASS news agency reported. The Russian leader met with Macky Sall, the head of the African Union and president of Senegal yesterday, who said he was "reassured" after talks with Putin on food shortages which threaten to hit Africa particularly hard. The cultural site, located in a predominantly Russian-speaking area, dates back to the 16th century and belongs to the Moscow Patriarchate.

Ukraine said Saturday that Russia was using all its available forces to capture the industrial city of Severodonetsk in a bid to control the entire eastern ...

"The situation in the region as a whole is extremely difficult. After failing to capture the capital Kyiv, Russian forces conducted several tactical draw downs to consolidate forces for a large-scale offensive on Donbas -- comprised of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions - and partially controlled by pro-Moscow separatists since 2014. Ukraine said Saturday that Russia was using all its available forces to capture the industrial city of Severodonetsk in a bid to control the entire eastern Donbas region.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian forces are withstanding the Russian onslaught around a key eastern city as Russian troops intensify attacks.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video messagethat Ukrainians have been defending their country for 100 days against Russian aggression and that "victory shall be ours." - 100 days of war: Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskovassessed the resultsof the war in Ukraine, saying "certain results" have been achieved and work will continue until all goals are met. US officials have in recent weeks been meeting regularly with their British and European counterparts to discuss potential frameworks for a ceasefire.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told a gathering of U.S. mayors on Friday that they should sever "sister city" ties with Russian cities. "We should not ...

But they allow Russia to say that it is not isolated, even after the start of this war." Because it is Russia that humiliates itself,” Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine’s minister of foreign affairs, wrote in a tweet Saturday. “We all better focus on how to put Russia in its place. "We should not let tyrants exploit their connections with the free world," Zelenskyy said, addressing the U.S. Conference of Mayors' annual meeting. But Russian forces continue to face challenges "establishing societal control over occupied territories," according to a June 3 analysis by the Institute for the Study of War. Ukrainian forces reclaimed 20% of city terrain that had been taken by Russian troops, he added later. ►Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this week that Russia now controls almost 20% of the country's territory. "I am convinced that it is France's role to be a mediating power." “Calls to avoid humiliation of Russia can only humiliate France and every other country that would call for it. EU leaders say the move means that around 90% of Russia’s oil exports to Europe will be blocked by year’s end. "What do those ties give to you? The hotel chain called the process to suspend operations in Russia “complex” and said it plans to “remain focused on taking care of our Russia-based associates.” Marriott also highlighted its efforts to support Ukraine, like offering lodging to Ukrainian refugees in neighboring countries and deploying disaster relief funds. With its focus on the Donbas, Russia has combined airstrikes and massed artillery fires to bring its “overwhelming firepower to bear” and support its “creeping advance” in that region.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian forces are withstanding the Russian onslaught around a key eastern city as Russian troops intensify attacks.

Such weapons tend to cause a higher number of civilian casualties. He added that Ukraine’s Donbas region is “simply devastated,” calling it “once one of the most powerful industrial centers in Europe.” “Russia has been able to increase its employment of tactical air to support its creeping advance, combining airstrikes and massed artillery fires to bring its overwhelming firepower to bear,” the ministry said in one its regular updates on the situation in Ukraine.

Russia's army says Ukrainian military units are withdrawing from the key city of Severodonetsk in eastern Ukraine. "Some units of the Ukrainian army, ...

"The situation in the region as a whole is extremely difficult. Before the war, it drew thousands of pilgrims a year. "I wanted to say something to Ukraine, to stay strong, because the war is still there," says Swiatek who has worn a ribbon in the colours of the Ukraine flag on her cap throughout the tournament. Russia continues "to prove its inability to be part of the civilised world," he says in the statement condemning the attack. "The flames completely engulfed the main church of the monastery," a statement adds. Ukraine says Russia is using all its available forces to capture Severodonetsk in a bid to control the entire eastern Donbas region.

Ukraine said it had recaptured a chunk of the factory city of Sievierodonetsk, the focus of a Russian offensive to take the eastern Donbas region, ...

The war has had a devastating impact on the global economy, especially for poor food-importing countries. But it said Russian forces had retreated after failed attempts to advance in the nearby town of Bakhmut and cut off access to Sievierodonetsk. While Ukraine's resistance has forced Putin to narrow his immediate goal to conquering the entire Donbas region, Ukrainian officials said he remains intent on subduing the whole country. And then, believe me, the Russian infantry, they will just run,” said Gaidai. Moscow says the Western weapons will pour “fuel on the fire,” but will not change the course of what it calls a “special military operation” to disarm Ukraine and rid it of dangerous nationalists. Ukraine said it had recaptured a chunk of the factory city of Sievierodonetsk, the focus of a Russian offensive to take the eastern Donbas region, and could hold it for up to two weeks as fighting raged on Saturday.

Kyiv, Moscow both claim gains around Sievierodonetsk · Macron says it's important not to humiliate Russia · Kyiv rejects Macron's offer to mediate.

"Right now, our soldiers have pushed them back, (the Russians) are suffering huge casualties," Gaidai said in a live TV broadcast. That is why we must stop Russia and restrain it in the future." "Because it is Russia that humiliates itself. Moscow has said the Western weapons will pour "fuel on the fire," but will not change the course of what it calls a "special military operation" to disarm Ukraine and rid it of nationalists. We all better focus on how to put Russia in its place. This will bring peace and save lives."

The eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk, near the border between Luhansk and Donetsk, has emerged as a focal point of Russia's war in Ukraine in recent ...

The weapons: Ukraine is making use of weapons such as Javelin antitank missiles and Switchblade “kamikaze” drones, provided by the United States and other allies. Putin has described Russians and Ukrainians as “one people” and sought to undermine the idea of Ukrainian nationhood. Severodonetsk is one of the last cities standing in the way of Russia controlling the region. The fight: A slowly regenerating Russian army is making incremental gains in eastern Ukraine against valiant but underequipped Ukrainian forces. But Haidai struck a bullish note and called that timeline “completely unrealistic,” even as Moscow reportedly rushes more troops to the key eastern city. Russia will gain a ruined city, with the stench of corpses filling the summer air. The battle for Severodonetsk is a continuation of the struggle that began with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2014. Haidai told local media Friday that Ukrainian forces had managed to regain control over 20 percent of the city. Russia has been trying to cut off Ukrainian troops there from their supply lines to the west. Russian forces pushed past the line of contact to capture almost all of Luhansk in recent months. The Donbas region is known as Ukraine’s industrial center, and Severodonetsk contains several factories as well as the Azot chemical plant, one of Ukraine’s largest manufacturers of nitrogen fertilizers. Fierce fighting continues to rage there as Ukrainian troops seek to prevent Russia from seizing the entire city.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Reinforced Russian troops backed by airstrikes pummeled a portion of eastern Ukraine on Saturday, blowing up bridges and shelling ...

— Pope Francis said he needs he needs to wait for the “right moment” to go to Ukraine. A Ukrainian refugee who was in a group of children visiting the Vatican asked the pontiff if he would go to his homeland. I must find the right moment to do it.” The pope said he would discuss the issue next week when Ukrainian government representatives visit the Vatican. Francis told the boy he thinks a lot about the children in Ukraine and has a desire to go there. — Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said in an interview published Saturday that Russia is suffering significantly fewer military casualties compared with the first six weeks of the war. Since Russian forces left the region in early April, Ukrainian authorities have been collecting the dead, exhuming bodies from mass graves and collecting evidence for possible war crimes investigations and prosecutions. Odesa is home to Ukraine’s largest seaport and therefore vital to the country’s ability to ship grain and other commodities. Reflecting the close combat, Russian and Ukrainian military officers blamed each other for a fire that destroyed the main church at the Sviatohirsk monastery, one of Ukraine’s holiest Orthodox Christian sites. The lower figures might make Russian commanders “think that they are fighting successfully,” the website Meduza quoted Podolyak as saying. Russian strikes killed four people, including a mother and child, in the nearby village of Hirske, Haidai said. The ministry warned that after launching so many guided missiles, Russia was employing unguided missiles that have “almost certainly caused substantial collateral damage and civilian casualties.” In recent days Russian forces have focused on capturing Sievierodonetsk, which had a prewar population of about 100,000. ... We all better focus on how to put Russia in its place.

Ukraine said Saturday its forces were managing to push back against Russian troops in fierce fighting in Severodonetsk despite Russia "throwing all its ...

The war has sparked fears of a global food crisis -- Ukraine and Russia are among the top wheat exporters in the world. But Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said "certain results have been achieved", pointing to the "liberation" of some areas from what he called the "pro-Nazi armed forces of Ukraine". "Victory will be ours," he said in a video speech marking the 100th day of the war. Russia's defence ministry said it had struck a "deployment point for foreign mercenaries" in the village of Dachne in the Odessa region. "The Russian army, as we understand, is throwing all its power, all its reserves in this direction," said Gaiday, who on Friday claimed that Ukrainian troops had won back a fifth of the city. The press service of Ukraine's presidential office on Saturday said Russian attacks killed four civilians in the Lugansk region as a whole.

Ukrainian forces push back in Sievierodonetsk and Kyiv rebukes Emmanuel Macron for saying Russia must not be humiliated.

“Those responsible for war crimes – including direct perpetrators and those who ordered them – must face justice,” the embassy tweeted on Saturday. A famous monastery in eastern Ukraine, Svyatohirsk Lavra, caught fire after it was hit by Russian shelling. However, some Russian officials have said forces could be tried or executed. We all better focus on how to put Russia in its place. Because it is Russia that humiliates itself. Kyiv has rebuked the French president, Emmanuel Macron, forsaying it was important not to “humiliate Russia”. The Ukrainian foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, tweeted in response: “Calls to avoid humiliation of Russia can only humiliate France and every other country that would call for it.

Russia also escalated attacks in Donetsk, the other province that makes up the Donbas, the Ukrainian military said as the war reached its 101st day. Reflecting ...

I must find the right moment to do it.” The pope said he would discuss the issue next week when Ukrainian government representatives visit the Vatican. Francis told the boy he thinks a lot about the children in Ukraine and has a desire to go there. — Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said in an interview published Saturday that Russia is suffering significantly fewer military casualties compared with the first six weeks of the war. — Pope Francis said he needs to wait for the “right moment” to go to Ukraine. A Ukrainian refugee who was in a group of children visiting the Vatican asked the pontiff if he would go to his homeland. Since Russian forces left the region in early April, Ukrainian authorities have been collecting the dead, exhuming bodies from mass graves and collecting evidence for possible war crimes investigations and prosecutions. Reflecting the close combat, Russian and Ukrainian military officers blamed each other for a fire that destroyed a 1912 wooden church at the Sviatohirsk monastery, one of Ukraine's holiest Orthodox Christian sites. The lower figures might make Russian commanders “think that they are fighting successfully,” the website Meduza quoted Podolyak as saying. Odesa is home to Ukraine's largest seaport and therefore vital to the country's ability to ship grain and other commodities. Russian strikes killed four people, including a mother and child, in the nearby village of Hirske, Haidai said. The ministry warned that after launching so many guided missiles, Russia was employing unguided missiles that have “almost certainly caused substantial collateral damage and civilian casualties.” In recent days Russian forces have focused on capturing Sievierodonetsk, which had a prewar population of about 100,000. ... We all better focus on how to put Russia in its place.

Donbas. Russian forces attacked four settlements in Donbas with Tochka-U ballistic missiles on June 4. Sumy. Russia fired six missiles at the Sumy region on ...

Russian forces are facing a shortage of drones, the Ukrainian General Staff reported earlier. Ukraine will treat the incident as a war crime and premeditated murder. Later it was rebuilt to be burned by the Russian army,” Zelensky said. About 300 people, including 60 children, were sheltering in the monastery, Zelensky said. Four international fighters from France, Germany, Australia and the Netherlands were killed in Ukraine on Saturday. They volunteered to go to Ukraine during the war to join the country’s International Legion of Defense. Mykolaiv. Three people were killed and four others were injured after Russian forces fired at residential areas of Mykolaiv on Saturday. Three buildings were damaged in the attack.

But the old Kremlin playbook, accusing the West of plans to gobble up Russia, is working so far. Denis Volkov of independent polling agency Levada-Center said ...

In the years to come we will be living in poverty and we will be hated again like the fascists in Germany in World War II — like we are the new fascists.” The weapons: Ukraine is making use of weapons such as Javelin antitank missiles and Switchblade “kamikaze” drones, provided by the United States and other allies. But Haidai struck a bullish note and called that timeline “completely unrealistic,” even as Moscow reportedly rushes more troops to the key eastern city. But 43-year-old Andrei from Moscow sees the war as “God’s plan” and believes Russians are willing to make sacrifices to see it through. “Right now we don’t feel any meaningful impact from sanctions,” he added, although many of his friends in IT have fled for Armenia and elsewhere, and he can no longer afford to buy a beloved MacBook computer. We want to get back to normal life,’” he said. “I think the majority of Russians still honestly believe that this is going on with military success, or at least this is what people want to believe," Yudin said. He added: "The more-educated people who are more informed and tend to consume information from different sources are not that certain about that. They’re saying, ‘We didn’t start this war and now we have to pay.’” “People explain that a significant part of the world is against us and it’s only Putin who hopes to hold onto Russia, otherwise we would be eaten up completely. “I want to be able to watch Western movies on Netflix and shop at Uniqlo. I want to travel to Europe on affordable and reliable airlines. She succeeded in changing the minds of a few friends and relatives who supported the war.

Kyiv saw the worst missile attack in weeks as civilian and military infrastructure were targeted in a Russian attack. One person has been injured. Russia's ...

- Finland and Sweden joining NATO would put Russia in a difficult military position in the Baltic Sea, top US General Mark Milley said in Stockholm before a military exercise. - Kyiv saw the worst missile attack in weeks as civilian and military infrastructure were targeted in a Russian attack. - Ukrainian forces havecounterattackedin Severodonetsk in eastern Ukraine, the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence said, as the regional governor, Serhiy Haidai, said Russian forces have lost ground and the city is now split in half between Ukrainian and Russian forces.

Explosions hit Kyiv. Ukraine regained ground in Severodonetsk. Kyiv rebuked French President Emmanuel Macron.

The Institute for the Study of War said Ukraine appears to be having some success slowing Russia’s advances and its defenses “remain strong.” Severodonetsk is one of the last cities standing in the way of Russia controlling the entire Luhansk region. The weapons: Ukraine is making use of weapons such as Javelin antitank missiles and Switchblade “kamikaze” drones, provided by the United States and other allies. Severodonetsk: Ukrainian forces are regaining land and now control about half of this city, according to the governor of the Luhansk region, Serhiy Haidai. Russian forces had captured about 70 percent last week. Elsewhere in Luhansk: Haidai countered a Friday assessment by Britain’s Defense Ministry that Russian forces would probably control all of the heavily contested Luhansk region in the next two weeks. In March, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church said a bomb fell near a bridge and blasted the facility, breaking windows. Kirill has been a supporter of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the invasion. Russia’s Defense Ministry, meanwhile, said in a Telegram post that Ukrainian forces are suffering “critical losses” in the fight for Severodonetsk and are retreating. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said recently that Ukraine is losing up to 100 soldiers daily in the conflict. “It controls the eastern part of the city.” The conflict has raised tensions between the Ukrainian and the Russian Orthodox churches. The monastery is part of the Svyatogorsk Lavra, a sacred site along the Siversky Donets river. An intense street-by-street fight continues for territory in the key eastern city of Severodonetsk and surrounding areas, where Kyiv’s forces said they have regained ground.

Ukraine condemned President Emmanuel Macron's call not to “humiliate” Russia as the war grinds to a stalemate in the east. Kyiv's mayor said the capital was ...

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church, he continued, “is still considered in Moscow to be connected with the Russian Orthodox Church. Even this does not stop the Russian army.” Mr. Zelensky then called on the hierarchy of the church, which has supported the war against Ukraine, to issue a “clear condemnation” of the aggression. In the past, the alliance had to make compromises about where to concentrate troops, headquarters and command and control to provide the best advantage. Ukrainian flags flapped in the wind as the three coffins were brought to a section reserved for soldiers who have been killed in combat since 2014. Starting this Tuesday, I'll embark on a multi-stop, international trip to help advance a number of key U.S. defense priorities and partnerships around the world. In the early days of the war, there was fighting and airstrikes throughout the country, including around the capital, Kyiv. Now that the war has surpassed 100 days, most of the fighting and shelling is taking place in the far eastern regions of the country. The murkiest part of Wagner’s Sudan drive is in Darfur, a region riven by conflict and rich in uranium. The U.N. Charter does not provide any rights for terrorists, and Unesco is not a place for barbarians.” Since 2016, the United States has imposed no fewer than seven rounds of sanctions on Mr. Prigozhin and his network, and the F.B.I. is offering a $250,000 reward for information leading to his arrest. A Sudanese YouTube personality known only as “the fox” has attracted large audiences with videos that purport to lift the lid on Wagner’s activities. In eastern Sudan, Wagner is supporting the Kremlin’s push to build a naval base on the Red Sea to host its nuclear-powered warships. Ukraine’s state nuclear power company, Energoatom, said that one of the missiles headed for Kyiv “flew at a critically low altitude” over the South Ukraine nuclear power plant. In an interview with the state-run Rossiya TV network, excerpts of which were published on Sunday. Mr. Putin was asked about the U.S. announcement that it would supply Ukraine with a more sophisticated rocket system that can strike targets some 50 miles away.

Ukraine says President Emmanuel Macron's comments about not humiliating Russia 'can only humiliate France'.

We all better focus on how to put Russia in its place. We all better focus on how to put Russia in its place. Because it is Russia that humiliates itself. Kuleba responded on Twitter: “Calls to avoid humiliation of Russia can only humiliate France and every other country that would call for it. They amounted to 100 hours’ worth, he added, which were “at the request of” Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said bluntly the comments “can only humiliate France”.

Moscow claims missile attack destroyed tanks supplied by European countries as Kyiv demands more sanctions.

Defense leaders from literally all over the world will be there to discuss the ongoing crisis in Ukraine in the wake of Russia's unprovoked invasion. It is also difficult in Lysychansk, Marinka, Kurakhove, and other cities and communities of Donbas. Constant air strikes, artillery, and rocket attacks. So the Premier League, and the first and second professional divisions, and women’s championship.” By today’s morning, the total number of various Russian missiles used against Ukraine is already 2,503.” Finally, I'll go to Brussels, Belgium 🇧🇪 to host the next in-person Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting. “There are currently no dead from missile strikes on infrastructure,” Klitschko said. “Russian troops again fired at the border areas of the Sumy region, Mykolaiv, cities, and people of the Zaporizhia region, and Kharkiv region,” Zelenskyy said in his evening address. “So we took the decision … [to] resume the Ukrainian championship in August,” Pavelko said through a translator. “It’s probable that was the missile that was fired in the direction of Kyiv,” the operator of the Pivdennoukrainska plant, also called the South Ukraine Nuclear Plant, said in a post on the Telegram messaging app. Serhiy Haidai, the governor of the Luhansk region where Severodonetsk is located, says control of the city is split in half between Ukrainian and Russian forces. “The strikes hit what they are saying is a repair centre but in the past when Russian missiles have hit areas like this whether it was in Kyiv or elsewhere in the country they have said they were targeting what they consider to be military targets,” Basravi said. - He says street fighting is continuing in the city of Severodonetsk, where the situation remains “extremely difficult”.

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that his forces would strike new targets if the US supplied long-range missiles to Ukraine, according to Russian ...

“Therefore, a huge amount of forces, everything they had, all reserves — everything is used to accomplish these two tasks.” Air strikes were also carried out on four areas, regional officials said. On Saturday, the Sloviansk city military administration said hundreds of people were fleeing Sloviansk every day, with evacuation numbers almost doubling this week.

The attack on Kyiv is the first since Russia turned its military focus to the east and south of Ukraine.

Moscow instead claimed its own forces were making gains in the city. “The city is now, more or less, divided in half.” “Services are already working on site.”

Powerful blasts felt in Ukraine's capital, says mayor Vitaly Klitschko; foreign minister angry at Macron's comment that Russia must not be 'humiliated'

Recent weeks have seen Russia focus its destructive might mainly on frontlines in the east and south, although Moscow occasionally strikes elsewhere in what it calls a campaign to degrade Ukraine’s military infrastructure and block Western arms shipments. If such missiles were supplied, “we will strike at those targets which we have not yet been hitting”, said Putin, who is believed to be closely involved in military decision-making. Nato’s reluctance to seize the initiative, rather than passively reacting to Russian actions, is unfathomable, too. Nato has the muscle and means. “We have soul but we don’t have the arms. The city is 10kms from the frontline. They have the arms but no spirit or motivation. They said more than 40 people had been living permanently in the building but no information on casualties was provided. Armoured personnel carriers, ammunition trucks and ambulances could be seen on the roads, as well as battered civilian vehicles painted in military green. In eastern Ukraine there was intense fighting on Sunday all across the Donbas frontline. If such missiles were supplied, “we will strike at those targets which we have not yet been hitting”, said Putin, who is believed to be closely involved in military decision-making. Most of the soldiers brought in for treatment were suffering from shrapnel wounds, they said, with relatively few bullet injuries.

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Sunday that Moscow would strike new targets if the US supplied long-range missiles to Ukraine, according to Russian ...

“Therefore, a huge amount of forces, everything they had, all reserves — everything is used to accomplish these two tasks.” Air strikes were also carried out on four areas, regional officials said. On Saturday, the Sloviansk city military administration said hundreds of people were fleeing Sloviansk every day, with evacuation numbers almost doubling this week.

The war has turned into a slugfest of dueling artillery, with heavy losses by both Russian and Ukrainian forces, and now a Ukrainian offensive to retake ...

"They couldn't even turn the things on to tell whether they worked," he said. "And when they finally retake those pieces of Ukraine that are currently occupied, they're going to find nothing left." Or are they giving them enough to actually take back lost territory?" "I'm not sure that he would look in the mirror and say, you know, this hasn't gone well at all," Petraeus replied. "They have made grinding, costly, but substantial gains," he said. The battle for Ukraine has turned into a slugfest of dueling artillery.