The world has drastically changed as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Already, millions of people have left. The foundations of a new Iron Curtain are being set. As the military fight intensifies, civilian losses rise, and the amount of evidence of horrifying war crimes grows, an economic struggle intensifies.
So, what we know about the Russia-Ukraine war on day 120 of the invasion? Here are the summary for you:
Following a favorable proposal from the European Commission last Friday, EU leaders will decide today whether to award Ukraine candidate status. EU leaders in Brussels are poised to approve off on last week’s recommendation by the European Commission, the EU executive.
According to a report by the Russian news outlet Tass, Moroccan Saadoun Brahim and British residents Sean Pinner and Aiden Aslin are preparing an appeal against their death sentences. According to Tass, Pinner's attorney Yulia Tserkovnikova stated, "In the interests of our clients, my colleagues and I am preparing the whole language of the appeal against the conviction." The prisoners were virtually being held as hostages, one MP claimed, according to British authorities who called the trial a "sham." The men contend that because they served in the Ukrainian military, they should be covered by the Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War.
In its most recent daily operations report, the Russian Ministry of Defense asserts that at least 650 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed in the last 24 hours. It states that it "destroyed 49 tanks with gasoline for military equipment of the armed forces of Ukraine, as well as up to 50 multiple launch rocket systems stationed in the hangars" and that "the adversary continues to suffer huge casualties."
According to British intelligence, Russian forces are steadily pushing around the edges, applying more pressure to the Lysychansk-Sievierodonetsk enclave. According to the most recent UK ministry of defence estimate, Russian soldiers have "very probable" moved over 5km since June 19 into the southern approaches of the Donbas city of Lysychansk.
According to regional governor Serhiy Gaidai, Ukrainian forces may need to withdraw from the crucial frontline city of Lysychansk to prevent being encircled after Russian forces gained two towns to the city's south. "Our headquarters could order that the troops evacuate to different positions in order to avoid encirclement," he stated. Their fire may be seen from every part of Lysychansk. The city is really unsafe.
According to Volodymyr Zelenskiy, president of Ukraine, Russian forces are seeking to obliterate cities in the eastern Donbas region in a similar fashion to how they did it in Mariupol. The occupiers' aim in this regard remains unchanged; they want to gradually destroy the entire Donbas, Zelenskiy stated in his nightly address. Entire. They want to transform any city into Mariupol with Lysychansk, Slovyansk, and Kramatorsk. damaged in every way.
According to a statement from the Ukrainian armed forces, three cruise missiles struck the port city of Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine today, and two more missiles were shot down by air defenses near the city of Odesa.
Russia is allegedly using cluster munitions in the area, according to Valentyn Reznichenko, the governor of Dnipropetrovsk.
The first of what may be dozens of such cases, Ukraine is set to have a preliminary hearing in its first trial of a Russian soldier accused of raping a Ukrainian woman during Russia's invasion. According to court documents, the defendant, 32-year-old Mikhail Romanov, who is not currently detained by Ukrainian authorities and will be tried in absentia, is charged with murdering a civilian in the Kyiv capital region on March 9 and then repeatedly raping the victim's wife.
Sergei Shoigu, Russia's minister of defense, has stated that urgent collaborative action is needed between Russia and Belarus to strengthen their defense capabilities and "raise the battle readiness of military groupings and the unified regional air defense system."
The grain situation in Ukraine needs to be resolved by world leaders within the next month, according to UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, or else there could be "devastating consequences" for the entire planet.
In response to Turkey's announcement that it was looking into Kyiv's accusations and would not permit any such grain to be taken into Turkey, the Kremlin maintained its claim that Russia has not stolen any grain from Ukraine. Turkey is taking the charges seriously, according to Mevlüt Avuşolu, the foreign minister of Turkey.
The new "Himars" multiple launch rocket system, or MLRS, that the US is donating has arrived in Ukraine. The delivery of the precision-guided missile launchers was announced on Twitter by Ukraine's defense minister. Oleksii Reznikov reported that "Himars have landed in Ukraine." "The Russian occupants will have a sweltering summer. And for some of them, the final one.
Micheál Martin, the taoiseach of Ireland, has criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin for his "wholly evil" actions, claiming that he has "weaponized" food, energy, and migration as part of his military strategy.
Gitanas Nauseda, the president of Lithuania, stated that in order for his nation to accommodate a substantially bigger contingent of NATO troops, defense spending must increase to 3% of GDP.
With over half of the EU's 27 member states now facing reductions in their Russian gas imports, the European Union and Norway have decided to work together to provide additional gas from western Europe's largest producer to the EU's 27 member states.
On Wednesday, dramatic video from Russia showed what appeared to be a drone crashing into an oil refinery and creating an explosion, possibly in the course of an attack within Russian territory. In an embarrassing breach of Russia's air defense systems, video posted on social media showed the unmanned aerial vehicle crashing into the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery in the Rostov region.
According to the mayor of the area, residents and employees of a nuclear power station in the city of Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine are being kidnapped by Russian occupiers. "Unknown whereabouts of some. According to mayor Dmytro Orlov, the remainder are living in appalling conditions and are subjected to physical and psychological abuse as well as electric shock torture.
The local Donetsk news agency said that shelling had severely damaged a television tower in the city of Donetsk, which is controlled by Ukrainian separatists, and that broadcasting had been halted. According to the agency, the Petrovskiy television center is still standing but some of its equipment has been damaged and some has been removed.
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