Russian army launched attacks On a number of targets that appeared related to the transportation of military equipment in Ukraine. These included three railway power substations damaged by missile attacks in the western city of Lviv, a local official said.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s military released video showing Russian military vehicles being destroyed East Donetsk region And in Kharkiv region as well as attacking an obvious Russian Military situation on Snake Island in the Black Sea.
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Scheme of four evacuation corridors: Ukraine’s deputy prime minister, Irina Vereshchuk, announced on Wednesday four planned evacuation corridors for the city of Zaporizhzhya “if the security situation allows.” They will allow evacuations from Mariupol, Lunacharske Circle, Tokmak and Vasilievka, Vereshchuk said. President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his night address on tuesday that 156 people had reached Zaporizhzhya by the siege Azovstal Steel Plant in Mariupol.
Mariupol visit by a high level Russian backed official: The leader of the Russian-backed separatist region of Donetsk, Denis Pushilin, has become the first known high-ranking official – Russian or Russian-backed. Tour the besieged Ukrainian cityAccording to the pictures posted on his Telegram channel. This visit is the first major sign of the imminent Russification of Mariupol.
At least 290 civilian bodies found in Irpin since Russian withdrawal Irpin Mayor Oleksandr Markushin said on Tuesday that the bodies of 290 civilians had been recovered in the city of Irpin, outside Kyiv, since the withdrawal of Russian forces. Markushin said 185 of the dead had been identified and most were men. “Shrapnel and gunshot wounds” were the cause of death.
US hoping to attract highly skilled Russians: US President Joe Biden asked the US Congress To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make it easier for highly educated Russians Get a Visa to Work in Americathousands of highly educated Russians have allegedly ran away Officials said Russia and the US administration are hoping to exploit that brain drain since the war.
Biden administration says it will not allow Russia to “co-opt” Victory Day Amanda Sloot, Europe’s senior director of the White House’s National Security Council, told CNN that the Biden administration does not want to allow Putin to “co-opt” by linking Monday’s Victory Day with the invasion of Ukraine. He refused to weigh the intelligence that indicated Putin could use the holiday To garner support for its invasion of Ukraine, including possible moves to formally declare war against its neighbor or capture the Donbass and Luhansk regions.
Two-hour conversation between Macron and Putin: French President Emmanuel Macron meets with Putin that lasted more than two hours, the Lizzie Palace said on Tuesday. Macron warned Putin of the consequences of the war and called for an end to “destructive aggression”. Macron expressed his “deep concern about Mariupol” and the situation in the Donbass region.
Israel-Russia diplomatic dispute: Russia on Tuesday accused Israel of supporting the “neo-Nazi regime in Kyiv”, raising the stakes on Ukraine, anti-Semitism and Adolf Hitler in a diplomatic dispute between Moscow and the Jewish state. The allegations potentially increase pressure on Israel, which voted at the United Nations to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but did not fully engage in Western sanctions on Moscow or supply arms to Ukraine.
US classifies WNBA player as “wrongfully detained” in Russia The US State Department has now classified WNBA player Brittany Griner as being wrongfully detained in Russia, and her case is now handled by the Office of the US Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs, Roger Carstens. A State Department official confirmed to CNN. The SPEHA Office leads and coordinates diplomatic efforts aimed at ensuring the release of Americans wrongly detained abroad. played a key role in achieving American Trevor Reid’s release from Russia last week,