SOLEDAR: Ukraine on Friday completed 100 days since the invasion of Moscow, in which Russian forces have attacked the Donbass to capture the country’s east.
Less than 24 hours later, Kyiv announced that Moscow was now in control of 20 percent of Ukrainian territory, including Crimea and parts of the Donbass it seized in 2014.
After being driven around the capital, the President Vladimir PutinU.S. troops have turned their attention to occupying eastern Ukraine, prompting dire warnings of war.
After White House talks with US President Joe BidenNATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned on Thursday that Ukraine’s allies need to be prepared for a grueling “war of abandonment”.
“We just have to be prepared for the long haul,” Stoltenberg said, while NATO does not want a direct confrontation with Russia.
While the advance has been much slower than Moscow had expected, Russian forces have expanded control over 43,000 square kilometers (16,600 sq mi).
“Today, about 20 percent of our territory is under the control of the occupiers,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Addressing the parliamentarians of Luxembourg.
Since Russia’s February 24 invasion, thousands have been killed and millions have been forced to flee, with Ukraine’s east now bearing the brunt of Russia’s attack, which Zelensky said every The day was killing 100 Ukrainian soldiers.
On the ground, street fighting took place in the industrial center of Severodnetsk in Lugansk, part of the Donbass.
The strategic city is a major target for Moscow, which already controls 80 percent of the region, but Lugansk regional governor Sergei Gede vowed that Ukrainian forces would fight “to the end”.
The Azot factory in Severodnetsk, one of Europe’s largest chemical plants, was targeted by Russian soldiers who opened fire on one of its administrative buildings and a warehouse where methanol was stored.
Gede said, Ukrainian troops were still occupying an industrial area, a situation reminiscent of Mariupol, where a massive steelworks was the southeastern port city’s last holdout until Ukrainian troops finally surrendered in late May. did not do.
In the town of Sloviask, about 80 kilometers (50 mi) from Severodonetsk, residents reported frequent bombardments by Russian troops.
Paramedic Ekaterina Peredenko, 24, said she had only returned to the city five days earlier, but learns she will have to go again.
“It’s very difficult here. Shooting is everywhere, it’s scary. There’s no water, electricity or gas,” she said.
The retired Leonid, 79, said he too was leaving the city and would seek refuge elsewhere in Europe.
He said, “I’m in pain. The most prominent feeling I have is that we didn’t deserve it. We don’t understand why we are punished like this.”
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valery Zaluzny, called for modern weapons from NATO, saying that “the enemy has a decisive advantage in artillery.”
“It will save the lives of our people,” he said.
Led by the United States, Western nations have so far delivered weapons and military supplies to Ukraine to help them survive the onslaught.
Bridget Brink, the new US ambassador to Kyiv, promised on Thursday that the United States would “help Ukraine win against Russian aggression” after presenting its credentials to Zelensky.
Earlier this week, the United States announced that it was sending the more advanced, Hymer Multiple Rocket Launch System to Ukraine.
Mobile units can simultaneously fire multiple precision-guided warships up to 80 km away.
They are the centerpiece of a $700 million package that includes air-surveillance radar, more Javelin short-range anti-tank missiles, artillery ammunition, helicopters, vehicles and spare parts.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov accused Washington of “adding fuel to the fire”, although US officials insisted Ukraine has promised not to use them for attacks inside Russia.
In addition to sending weapons to Ukraine, Western allies have also tried to shut down Russia’s financial lifeline in order to divert the path to Putin.
Continuing an already long list of sanctions, the United States blacklisted Putin’s money manager and a Monaco company that provides luxury yachts to Moscow’s elite.
Across the Atlantic, EU countries agreed new sanctions that would block 90 percent of Russian oil imports to the bloc by the end of the year.
Russia warned that European consumers would be the first to pay the price for the partial oil embargo.
But there was some respite in the wake of the oil market heating up as producers including Saudi Arabia agreed to add 648,000 barrels per day to the market in July, up from 432,000.
The war has ravaged Ukraine’s economy, forcing the central bank to double its key interest rate on Thursday in a bid to boost hryvnia.
But it also has wider consequences, with the risk that it could trigger a global food crisis.
Ukraine – one of the world’s largest grain producers – will probably export half the amount it made last season, the Ukrainian Grain Union said.
The conflict was already turning into high costs of essential commodities ranging from grain to sunflower oil to corn, with the poorest of the poorest hit.
Senegalese President Mackie Saal, head of the African Union, is on a visit to Russia on Friday for talks with Putin.
Saal’s office said the purpose of the visit is to “free up stocks of grain and fertilizers, the blocking of which affects African countries in particular”, as well as to reduce the Ukraine conflict, Saal’s office said.
Less than 24 hours later, Kyiv announced that Moscow was now in control of 20 percent of Ukrainian territory, including Crimea and parts of the Donbass it seized in 2014.
After being driven around the capital, the President Vladimir PutinU.S. troops have turned their attention to occupying eastern Ukraine, prompting dire warnings of war.
After White House talks with US President Joe BidenNATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned on Thursday that Ukraine’s allies need to be prepared for a grueling “war of abandonment”.
“We just have to be prepared for the long haul,” Stoltenberg said, while NATO does not want a direct confrontation with Russia.
While the advance has been much slower than Moscow had expected, Russian forces have expanded control over 43,000 square kilometers (16,600 sq mi).
“Today, about 20 percent of our territory is under the control of the occupiers,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Addressing the parliamentarians of Luxembourg.
Since Russia’s February 24 invasion, thousands have been killed and millions have been forced to flee, with Ukraine’s east now bearing the brunt of Russia’s attack, which Zelensky said every The day was killing 100 Ukrainian soldiers.
On the ground, street fighting took place in the industrial center of Severodnetsk in Lugansk, part of the Donbass.
The strategic city is a major target for Moscow, which already controls 80 percent of the region, but Lugansk regional governor Sergei Gede vowed that Ukrainian forces would fight “to the end”.
The Azot factory in Severodnetsk, one of Europe’s largest chemical plants, was targeted by Russian soldiers who opened fire on one of its administrative buildings and a warehouse where methanol was stored.
Gede said, Ukrainian troops were still occupying an industrial area, a situation reminiscent of Mariupol, where a massive steelworks was the southeastern port city’s last holdout until Ukrainian troops finally surrendered in late May. did not do.
In the town of Sloviask, about 80 kilometers (50 mi) from Severodonetsk, residents reported frequent bombardments by Russian troops.
Paramedic Ekaterina Peredenko, 24, said she had only returned to the city five days earlier, but learns she will have to go again.
“It’s very difficult here. Shooting is everywhere, it’s scary. There’s no water, electricity or gas,” she said.
The retired Leonid, 79, said he too was leaving the city and would seek refuge elsewhere in Europe.
He said, “I’m in pain. The most prominent feeling I have is that we didn’t deserve it. We don’t understand why we are punished like this.”
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valery Zaluzny, called for modern weapons from NATO, saying that “the enemy has a decisive advantage in artillery.”
“It will save the lives of our people,” he said.
Led by the United States, Western nations have so far delivered weapons and military supplies to Ukraine to help them survive the onslaught.
Bridget Brink, the new US ambassador to Kyiv, promised on Thursday that the United States would “help Ukraine win against Russian aggression” after presenting its credentials to Zelensky.
Earlier this week, the United States announced that it was sending the more advanced, Hymer Multiple Rocket Launch System to Ukraine.
Mobile units can simultaneously fire multiple precision-guided warships up to 80 km away.
They are the centerpiece of a $700 million package that includes air-surveillance radar, more Javelin short-range anti-tank missiles, artillery ammunition, helicopters, vehicles and spare parts.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov accused Washington of “adding fuel to the fire”, although US officials insisted Ukraine has promised not to use them for attacks inside Russia.
In addition to sending weapons to Ukraine, Western allies have also tried to shut down Russia’s financial lifeline in order to divert the path to Putin.
Continuing an already long list of sanctions, the United States blacklisted Putin’s money manager and a Monaco company that provides luxury yachts to Moscow’s elite.
Across the Atlantic, EU countries agreed new sanctions that would block 90 percent of Russian oil imports to the bloc by the end of the year.
Russia warned that European consumers would be the first to pay the price for the partial oil embargo.
But there was some respite in the wake of the oil market heating up as producers including Saudi Arabia agreed to add 648,000 barrels per day to the market in July, up from 432,000.
The war has ravaged Ukraine’s economy, forcing the central bank to double its key interest rate on Thursday in a bid to boost hryvnia.
But it also has wider consequences, with the risk that it could trigger a global food crisis.
Ukraine – one of the world’s largest grain producers – will probably export half the amount it made last season, the Ukrainian Grain Union said.
The conflict was already turning into high costs of essential commodities ranging from grain to sunflower oil to corn, with the poorest of the poorest hit.
Senegalese President Mackie Saal, head of the African Union, is on a visit to Russia on Friday for talks with Putin.
Saal’s office said the purpose of the visit is to “free up stocks of grain and fertilizers, the blocking of which affects African countries in particular”, as well as to reduce the Ukraine conflict, Saal’s office said.