As per Putin’s orders, the Russian offensive in Donbass continues: after the conquest of Lugansk, the Russian army applies the same strategy also in Donetsk: incessant artillery fire and air raids to weaken the enemy before breaking through with troops in the inhabited centers. Massive bombing of Sloviansk. Russia has built two corridors in the Black Sea (where it strengthens the fleet), and in the Sea of Azov to facilitate the export of grain. NATO starts the process for the accession of Sweden and Finland, and Canada is the first country to ratify the request. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stopped the controversial decision, announced by the Kiev Ministry of Defense, to prevent men aged between 18 and 60 from leaving their residence without special permission from their military office of reference: “I will evaluate I on permits for those of military age “.
War Ukraine – Russia: what you need to know
Russian hackers: Ukrainian military 007 data published
The Russian hacker group RaHDit claims to have made public the personal data of thousands of secret agents of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense. This was reported by the Russian newspaper Kommersant. Cards with personal information have been posted on the Nemesis Group resource, indicating registration addresses, passport, telephone, individual identification numbers, e-mail addresses and locations of employees of the department. The authenticity of the data has not been officially confirmed. In the group’s Telegram channel, it is emphasized that the information was obtained due to the vulnerability of the GUR digital infrastructure. According to RaHDit members, Ukrainian intelligence “is directly involved in the development of nationalism, and their saboteurs threaten Russia”.
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EU, von der Leyen: “Enlargement does not damage unity”
“You, honorable Members, were the first to ask for a European perspective for Ukraine. This led to the historic decision to grant Ukraine candidate status. We can really be proud of this because our Union has been in the height of the moment “. This was stated by the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in her plenary speech at the European Parliament for the presentation of the Czech EU presidency. “We did exactly what Vàclav Havel reminded us in his speech which also provides the motto of your presidency. The united part of Europe would not be damaged if it expanded. Quite the opposite: in the long term, it would only be harmful if it did not. His words today sound like a prophecy, “he added.
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Latvia restores compulsory military service
Latvian Defense Minister Artis Pabriks said the Baltic state would restore compulsory military service, following growing tension with neighboring Russia over Moscow’s war in Ukraine. “Latvia’s current military system has reached its limit. Meanwhile we have no reason to think that Russia will change its behavior,” Pabriks told reporters. Latvia had revoked its compulsory military service a few years after joining the NATO defense alliance.
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Moscow replies to Kiev: let’s not attack our cities
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Ukraine’s claims that the Russian military would attack its own cities are lies. “In a word, they are lies. The facts are known, our defense ministry presents the facts on a daily basis,” Lavrov said, responding to a question from Tass during the press conference that followed an interview with Vietnamese counterpart Bui. Thanh Son.
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Kiev: Russian assault in the direction of Sloviansk repelled
The Ukrainian army repelled the assault of Russian troops near Dolyna, in the direction of Sloviansk, a city in eastern Ukraine considered by the Federation to be crucial after Lysychansk and Severodonotesk. This was stated by the Ukrainian General Staff in its morning report, quoted by Ukrinform. According to the Kiev army, the Federation military forces have been driven back near Dolyna. While heavy bombardments with mortars and artillery are underway along the line of contact in the directions of Avdiyivka, Kurakhiv, Novopavlivka and Zaporizhia.
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Gb: Russians advance 5 kilometers to Izyum in a week
“In the past week, Russian forces have likely advanced another 5km along the E40 main road from Izyum, in the face of the extremely determined Ukrainian resistance,” says the British Defense Ministry intelligence report in the daily update on Twitter. The battle for Sloviansk will likely be the next key challenge in the fight for Donbass as Russian forces draw closer and are 16 kilometers from the city of Donetsk, the report said.
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Zelensky: “Missile defenses across the country by the end of the year”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last night signaled his intention to deploy “basic” equipment against missile attacks throughout the territory of his country and asked for the “understanding” of Western allies to equip the country with the material. modern necessary for the purpose. “It is a primary task for our state – he says – to give Ukrainians basic security, basic protection against missile attacks already this year. But completing this task does not depend only on us, it also depends on understanding the our basic needs on the part of our allies, “Zelensky said in his daily message to the Ukrainian population.
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Lavrov calls for efforts to protect international law
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called on everyone to make efforts to protect international law since – he said – “the world is evolving in a complicated way”. Lavrov spoke at a meeting with his Vietnamese counterpart Bui Thanh Son in Hanoi.
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Donetsk governor invites 350,000 civilians to leave the region
The governor of the Donetsk region has urged the last remaining people in the area, an estimated 350 thousand, to leave the area. “The fate of the whole country will be decided by the Donetsk region. If there are fewer people, we will be able to focus more on our enemy and carry out our main tasks,” said Pavlo Kyrylenko.
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Media: Russian forces seize two foreign ships
Russian-backed separatists seized two foreign-flagged ships in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, claiming they are now “state-owned”. The Kyiv Independent reports, citing international media. This is the first such act against commercial shipping since the war began. The self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic informed two shipping companies that their vessels had been subject to “forcible appropriation of movable property with forced conversion into state ownership” without any compensation for the owners. These are the ‘Smarta’, flying the Liberian flag, and the ‘Blue Star’, flying the Panamanian flag. According to the UN’s International Maritime Organization (IMO), more than 80 foreign-flagged ships remain stranded in Ukrainian ports, many of which are under Russian control.
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Zelensky: “I’ll evaluate permits for those of military age”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky disagrees with the controversial decision, announced by the Kiev Ministry of Defense, to prevent men between the ages of 18 and 60 from leaving their residence without special permission from their military office of reference. The announcement caused much controversy in Ukraine, and Zelensky reacted by asking the Army Staff not to take such initiatives without consulting him in the future: “I will evaluate permits for those of military age”.
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Usa: Blinken will meet Wang at G20, but maybe not Lavrov
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will see her Chinese counterpart this week at the G20 Foreign Ministers Summit in Bali, Indonesia. The meeting will probably sharpen the differences regarding the position to be taken on Russia. The summit will be attended by the head of Russian diplomacy Sergey Lavrov who, for the first time in months, will be in the same room with Blinken following the breakdown of international relations following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The State Department has announced that Blinken will see Minister Wang Yi but did not want to say whether he will also meet with Lavrov. “The secretary – explained spokesman Ned Price – will be fully committed to the G20 but I will not say if there are plans to meet the Foreign Minister. Work. I can, however, tell you that the secretary will participate fully in this meeting that we consider a very precious meeting “.
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Born: Canada first to ratify Sweden-Finland request
Canada became the first NATO country to formally approve Sweden and Finland’s application for membership, following the Russian aggression of Ukraine. This was announced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, inviting the other allies to do the same quickly.
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