Suman V

Ukraine

UK-based rights group Amnesty International issued an apology for causing “distress and anger” with its report accusing Ukraine of endangering civilians. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky was infuriated by the report. ,The comments also triggered the resignation of Amnesty’s Kyiv office head. The rights group published the report on Thursday saying the presence of Ukrainian troops in residential areas increases risk to civilians during Russia’s invasion. “Amnesty International deeply regrets the distress and anger that our press release on the Ukrainian military’s fighting tactics has caused,” it said in an email to Reuters. Also Read | Strikes near Zaporizhzhia nuclear site to be 'avoided at all costs': IAEA head,“Amnesty International’s priority in this and in any conflict is ensuring that civilians are protected. Indeed, this was our sole objective when releasing this latest piece of research. While we fully stand by our findings, we regret the pain caused.”,Amnesty in its report listed incidents when Ukrainian forces appeared to have exposed civilians to danger in 19 towns and villages in the Kharkiv, Donbas, and Mykolaiv regions. We have documented a pattern of Ukrainian forces putting civilians at risk and violating the laws of war when they operate in populated areas, Amnesty secretary-general Agnes Callamard said. Being in a defensive position does not exempt the Ukrainian military from respecting international humanitarian law. Amnesty researchers witnessed Ukrainian forces using hospitals as de facto military bases in five locations, and in 22 schools. Even though the schools have shut amid the conflict, they were located in civilian neighborhoods. We have no say in what the military does, but we pay the price, the report quoted one resident as saying. Also Read | Ship from Ukraine to Lebanon brings hope, no solution to food crisis,Mykhailo Podolyak, a top aide to Zelensky, said that Ukrainian armed forces take all measures to move civilians to safety. The only thing that poses a threat to Ukrainians is (Russian) army of executioners and rapists coming to (Ukraine) to commit genocide, he tweeted. Our defenders protect their nation and families.

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<ul>
  <li>Amnesty listed incidents when Ukrainian forces appeared to have exposed civilians to danger</li>
  <li>Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky&nbsp; was infuriated by the report</li>
  <li>Amnesty later issued an apology for causing “distress and anger”</li>
</ul>

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Amnesty apologizes after report rebuking Ukraine causes 'distress and anger'

AmnestyInternational

VolodymyrZelensky

Russia

Kharkiv

Donbas

AgnesCallamard

World

Sammya Mukhopadhyay

Washington D.C., DC, USA

The White House is planning a $1 billion security assistance package for Ukraine as the east European nation’s troubles with Russia refuse to cease, Reuters reported citing three sources briefed on the matter. Sources said the billion-dollar security package, the largest yet, includes variety of ammunitions, including those for long-range weapons and armoured medical transport vehicles. ,A formal announcement of the package is likely to be made on Monday (August 8). This would take the total amount of US assistance to Ukraine since the Russian ‘invasion’ to about $8.8 billion. Officials, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity said the weapons package can change in value and content before they are signed. ,The current form of the package, awaiting President Biden’s signature, would be valued at $1 billion and include munitions for HIMARS, NASAMS surface-to-air missile system ammunition and as many as 50 M113 armoured medical transports. Also Read | Amid war, Ukraine opens doors to same-sex civil unions,The new package comes after the Pentagon decided to allow Ukrainians access a US military hospital in Germany near Ramstein air base. The Pentagon also announced a $550 million security assistance package for Ukraine. The package includes High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS). ,HIMARS have been critical in artillery duels between Russia and Ukraine which has been described as “grinding” with very little movement of the front line in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region. ,The Ukraine-Russia conflict began on February 24 when Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a “special military operation” in Ukraine. The conflict then turned into a war of attrition fought primarily in the east and south of Ukraine. Also Read | US says Russia aims to fabricate evidence in prison deaths,Russia is currently focused on gaining control over Donbas, a largely Russian-speaking region. The Donbas region comprises Luhansk and Donetsk provinces, where pro-Moscow separatists took control over territory after Russia annexed Crimea in 2014. ,The US has so far sent 16 HIMARS to Ukraine and pledged to send two National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS).

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<ul>
  <li>The package is yet to be signed by President Joe Biden</li>
  <li>It will include ammunition and medical transport vehicles</li>
  <li>The new package will take total US aid to Ukraine to $8.8 million</li>
</ul>

White House plans billion-dollar security package for Ukraine: Report

Pentagon

TheWhiteHouse

Biden

Germany

VladimirPutin

Ajay Joseph

Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine

Cruise missiles fired by Russian strategic bombers struck a southeastern Ukrainian city on Friday, killing at least three people and wounding 15, as air raid sirens went off across the country. The attack on Dnipro came a day after a Russian missile strike killed at least 23 people and wounded more than 200 in Vinnytsia, a city southwest of Kyiv, the capital. Russia's military campaign has been focusing on the Donbas in Ukraine's east, but Russian forces also have been pounding other parts of the country in a relentless push to wrest territory from Ukraine and soften the morale of its leaders, civilians and troops as the war nears the five-month mark. Ukraine's air force said several Kh-101 cruise missiles fired from Tu-95MS strategic bombers over the Caspian Sea hit a factory about 10 p.m. in Dnipro, a major city on the Dnieper River. Four incoming missiles were intercepted, it said. Videos posted on social media showed fiery explosions and towering plumes of dark smoke. The regional governor, Valentyn Reznichenko, said the missiles hit the factory and nearby streets, killing at least three people and wounding 15. One of the dead was a bus driver who had just finished work and was returning to the depot when a missile struck, said Ivan Vasyuchkov, a member of the city council. The emergency service said two vehicles were burned up and 10 others were damaged. The missile strikes also set the factory on fire and blew out windows in nearby apartment buildings. Airstrikes also were reported in Kremenchuk, another city along the Dnieper River south of Kyiv. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged everyone to heed air raid sirens and seek cover. The occupiers are realizing that we are gradually becoming stronger and the purpose of their terror is very simple — to put press on us, to put pressure on our society, to intimidate people, to cause maximum harm to Ukrainian cities, at least while the Russian terrorists are still capable of doing it, he said in his nightly video address to the nation. The attack on Vinnytsia by cruise missiles launched from a Russian submarine was the latest to fan international outrage since Russian President Vladimir Putin began the invasion on Feb. 24. The dead included three children: a 4-year-old girl, and two boys, 7 and 8.

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<ul>
  <li>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged everyone to heed air raid sirens and seek cover</li>
  <li>Airstrikes also were reported in Kremenchuk, another city along the Dnieper River south of Kyiv</li>
  <li>Videos posted on social media showed fiery explosions and towering plumes of dark smoke</li>
</ul>

3 killed, 15 injured in Russian missile strike on Ukraine's Dnipro: Report

Kyiv

The Ukrainian military intelligence said Sunday that Russia has been surveilling the families of soldiers killed while fighting Vladimir Putin's war over concerns they would voice public opposition to the ongoing conflict. Ukraine's military intelligence directorate said Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) for the western Kostroma region requested monitoring of certain individuals who may be prone to committing crimes. Kremlin's principal security agency asked the head of the Vohomsk municipal district to provide background information on persons who may violate laws on public dissemination of false information and actions to discredit the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and their participation in aggression against Ukraine, according to the report by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense. When collecting such information, special attention is paid to close relatives of servicemen who died on the territory of Ukraine or participated in the war. Also Read | Ukraine says its ready with million-strong army to retake south from Russia,The latest revelation echoes previous crackdown efforts including the criminalisation of war protesting and independent war reporting. In March, Russia's parliament passed legislation imposing a jail term of up to 15 years for intentionally spreading fake news about Russia's army. The law has been used to crack down on those who voice out against Putin's narrative of the war. When collecting such information, special attention is paid to close relatives of servicemen who died on the territory of Ukraine or participated in the war, Ukraine's military intelligence directorate said. On Friday, Moscow municipal deputy Alexei Gorinov became the first person to receive a long-term sentence under the new laws. The 60-year-old was sentenced to seven years in a penal colony for criticizing what Putin calls a special military operation. Gorinov will also be barred from holding public office for four years after his release. Also Read | Ukraine farmers grow anxious as harvest season begins,In June, Russian politician and former candidate for the State Duma Mikhail Lobanov was detained for 15 days for discrediting the country's military on his social media networks. Lobanov was ordered to pay a fine of $637. The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense also noted in its report on Sunday that Russia has intensified recruitment for private military companies due to significant losses in the war. Previously, Newsweek reported that Russian prisoners in St. Petersburg were being offered freedom and money if they participate in the war. According to iStories – an independent investigative Russian language outlet, relatives of prisoners serving sentences in the city said that Wagner Group offered to pay $3,446, and an amnesty, for six months of voluntary service in the Donbas region—if the prisoners return alive. Convicts serving sentences in IK-7 Yablonevka and IK-6 Obukhovo in St. Petersburg were also reportedly offered $85,873 compensation for their families in the event of death.

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<ul>
  <li>The latest revelation echoes previous crackdown efforts by Russia</li>
  <li>Russia had passed legislation imposing a jail term for sharing "fake" news about the army</li>
  <li>The law has been used to&nbsp;crack down on those who stand against Putin's war</li>
</ul>

Why Russia is putting families of killed soldiers under surveillance

Putin

Kremlin

Moscow

Moscow, Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday expanding a fast track to Russian citizenship to all Ukrainians. Until recently, only residents of Ukraine's eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions, as well as residents of the southern Zaporizhzhia and the Kherson regions, large parts of which are under Russian control, were eligible for the simplified procedure. Between 2019, when the procedure was first introduced for the residents of Donetsk and Luhansk, and this year more than 720,000 residents of the rebel-held areas in the two regions – about 18% of the population – have received Russian passports. Also Read | Was Hunter Biden's cloud account hacked? Internet brings on meme fest,In late May this year, three months after Russia invaded Ukraine, the fast-track procedure was also offered to residents of the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions. A month ago the first Russian passports were reportedly handed out there. Russian shelling of Ukraine's second-largest city killed at least three people on Monday and injured scores, including children, the local administrator said. The shelling came just hours after three missile strikes on Kharkiv which the official described as absolute terrorism. Kharkiv regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said on Telegram that the shelling came from multiple rocket launchers, and those hospitalized for injuries suffered in the attacks included children aged 4 and 16. Only civilian structures — a shopping center and houses of peaceful Kharkiv residents — came under the fire of the Russians. Several shells hit the yards of private houses. Garages and cars were also destroyed, several fires broke out, Syniehubov wrote. Earlier, he said that one of the missiles the Russian forces launched on Kharkiv overnight destroyed a school, another hit a residential building, while the third landed near warehouse facilities. All (three were launched) exclusively on civilian objects, this is absolute terrorism! Syniehubov said. Kharkiv resident Alexander Peresolin said the attacks came suddenly, without warning, causing him to lose consciousness. I was sitting and talking to my wife, he said. I didn't understand what happened. There were two strikes, two or three. Peresolin said neighbors carried him to the basement where he later regained consciousness. The strikes came just two days after a Russian rocket attack struck apartment buildings in eastern Ukraine, killing at least 24 people. A total of nine people have been rescued, emergency officials said. The attack late Saturday destroyed three buildings in a residential quarter of the town of Chasiv Yar, inhabited mostly by people who work in nearby factories. Russian attacks in the east also have continued, with Luhansk regional Gov. Serhiy Haidai saying on Monday that the shelling hit settlements on the administrative border with the Donetsk region. Russian forces carried out five missile strikes and four rounds of shelling in the area, Haidai said. The Luhansk and Donetsk regions together make up Ukraine's eastern industrial heartland known as Donbas, where separatist rebels have fought Ukrainian forces since 2014. Earlier this month, Russia captured the last major stronghold of Ukrainian resistance in Luhansk, the city of Lysychansk. After the seizure of Lysychansk, some analysts predicted Moscow's troops likely would take some time to rearm and regroup, but Ukrainian officials said there has been no pause in attacks. The British military assessed that Russian troops weren't getting needed breaks. The Defense Ministry tweeted Monday that online videos suggested at least one tank brigade in the war was mentally and physically exhausted as they had been on active combat duty since the start of the war on Feb. 24. The British said: The lack of scheduled breaks from intense combat conditions is highly likely one of the most damaging of the many personnel issues the Russian (Ministry of Defense) is struggling to rectify amongst the deployed force. Also on Monday, the main Russian gas pipeline to Germany began a 10-day closure for maintenance amid European fears that Moscow may not turn the flow back on after its completion.

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Internet brings on meme fest</a>\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"In late May this year, three months after <a href=\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/russia/\\\">Russia</a> invaded <a href=\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/ukraine/\\\">Ukraine</a>, the fast-track procedure was also offered to residents of the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions. A month ago the first Russian passports were reportedly handed out there.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Russian shelling of Ukraine's second-largest city killed at least three people on Monday and injured scores, including children, the local administrator said. The shelling came just hours after three missile strikes on Kharkiv which the official described as \\\"absolute terrorism.\\\"\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Kharkiv regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said on Telegram that the shelling came from multiple rocket launchers, and those hospitalized for injuries suffered in the attacks included children aged 4 and 16.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"\\\"Only civilian structures — a shopping center and houses of peaceful Kharkiv residents — came under the fire of the Russians. Several shells hit the yards of private houses. Garages and cars were also destroyed, several fires broke out,\\\" Syniehubov wrote.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Earlier, he said that one of the missiles the Russian forces launched on Kharkiv overnight destroyed a school, another hit a residential building, while the third landed near warehouse facilities.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"\\\"All (three were launched) exclusively on civilian objects, this is absolute terrorism!\\\" Syniehubov said.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Kharkiv resident Alexander Peresolin said the attacks came suddenly, without warning, causing him to lose consciousness.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"\\\"I was sitting and talking to my wife,\\\" he said. \\\"I didn't understand what happened. There were two strikes, two or three.\\\"\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Peresolin said neighbors carried him to the basement where he later regained consciousness.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"The strikes came just two days after a Russian rocket attack struck apartment buildings in eastern Ukraine, killing at least 24 people. A total of nine people have been rescued, emergency officials said.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"The attack late Saturday destroyed three buildings in a residential quarter of the town of Chasiv Yar, inhabited mostly by people who work in nearby factories.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Russian attacks in the east also have continued, with Luhansk regional Gov. Serhiy Haidai saying on Monday that the shelling hit settlements on the administrative border with the Donetsk region.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Russian forces carried out five missile strikes and four rounds of shelling in the area, Haidai said.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"The Luhansk and Donetsk regions together make up Ukraine's eastern industrial heartland known as <a href=\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/donbas/\\\">Donbas</a>, where separatist rebels have fought Ukrainian forces since 2014.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Earlier this month, Russia captured the last major stronghold of Ukrainian resistance in Luhansk, the city of Lysychansk.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"After the seizure of Lysychansk, some analysts predicted Moscow's troops likely would take some time to rearm and regroup, but Ukrainian officials said there has been no pause in attacks.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"The <a href=\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/british/\\\">British</a> military assessed that Russian troops weren't getting needed breaks.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"The Defense Ministry tweeted Monday that online videos suggested at least one tank brigade in the war was \\\"mentally and physically exhausted\\\" as they had been on active combat duty since the start of the war on Feb. 24.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"The British said: \\\"The lack of scheduled breaks from intense combat conditions is highly likely one of the most damaging of the many personnel issues the Russian (Ministry of Defense) is struggling to rectify amongst the deployed force.\\\"\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Also on Monday, the main Russian gas pipeline to <a href=\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/germany/\\\">Germany</a> began a 10-day closure for maintenance amid European fears that <a href=\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/moscow/\\\">Moscow</a> may not turn the flow back on after its completion.\"}}]}

<ul>
  <li>Vladimir Putin signed a decree to extend Russian citizenship to Ukrainians&nbsp;</li>
  <li>Russian citizenship first introduced for residents of Donetsk and Luhansk</li>
  <li>18% population in these areas have received Russian passports</li>
</ul>

Vladimir Putin offers fast-track Russian citizenship to Ukrainians

UkraineWar

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Kyiv, Ukraine

Ukraine has prepared a one million-strong army to recapture the southern part of the nation which is currently under Moscow’s control, the country’s defence minister said, according to the BBC. The army has received arms from NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). Ukrainian defence minister Oleksii Reznikov said taking back the south is critical to Ukraine’s economy. ,Reznikov further said weapon deliveries from NATO need to be sped up. “We need more, quickly, to save the lives of our soldiers. Each day we’re waiting for howitzers, we can lose a hundred soldiers,” he said. ,“We have approximately 700,000 in the armed forces and when you add the national guard, police, border guard, we are around a million-strong,” said the defence minister. Also Read | On Ukraine war, Pope wants to move away from ‘Little Red Riding Hood pattern’,The numbers, however, don’t seem plausible to analysts. Jack Watling, senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, thinks the figures are exaggerated, according to his communication with the BBC. “It’s not a million-strong force that will be conducting a counter-attack,” Watling said. ,“Normally you would want operational surprise when you launch a counter-attack, so announcing it publicly is about forcing Russians to commit resources more widely to guard against this threat,” Watling said. ,The southern parts of Ukraine are crucial for the war-ravaged nation both politically and economically. The announcement, according to analysts, is more intended at making Moscow forces reorient their strength from eastern Donbas to the south, thus creating an opportunity for Ukrainian forces to resist in the east. ,Russia has been extending its influence in eastern Donbas. Moscow forces, on Sunday, attacked a block of flats and killed 22 people. ,Meanwhile, Ukraine has also been investigating Russia for war crimes. More than 21,000 war crimes have been committed by Russia since the begin of Vladimir Putin’s offensive, according to Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova. She added that while she knew many trials would be conducted in absentia, she stressed it was a question of justice. ,The probe into war crimes began after Ukraine uncovered multiple mass graves in Bucha, Borodyanka and other towns near Ukraine capital Kyiv.

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<ul>
  <li>Ukraine’s defence minister said it has a million-strong army</li>
  <li>The million-strong army is armed with weapons from NATO</li>
  <li>Russia has been extending its influence in eastern Donbas</li>
</ul>

Ukraine says its ready with million-strong army to retake south from Russia

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Russia's military death toll in the ongoing war in Ukraine, which is now in its fifth month, has surpassed 36,000, Ukraine's armed forces said Monday. The news comes as Moscow claimed a major victory after taking control of the Luhansk region. The general staff of the armed forces of Ukraine wrote on Facebook that Vladimir Putin's war, which began on February 24, has claimed 36,200 military personnel. Putin has also lost 1,589 tanks, 3,754 armored combat vehicles, 804 artillery systems, 246 multiple rocket launchers, 105 air defense systems, 217 aircraft, 658 operational-tactical UAVs, 15 warships, 2,629 vehicles and tankers, and 187 helicopters, according to Ukraine's combat losses update. Also Read | Russia gains 'full control' of Luhansk in the Donbas after Lysychansk falls,The update from Ukraine comes as Russia rarely speaks out about its own military losses. The last release talking about losses from Moscow came on March 25, when a military general told state media that 1,351 soldiers were killed and 3,825 were wounded. ,The UK government said in April that Russia lost about 15,000 troops at the time. Meanwhile, Ukrainian presidential aide Mykhaylo Podolyak told the BBC that each day between 100 and 200 Ukrainian troops are being killed in combat, amid a ramped up effort by Moscow to seize the Donbas in Ukraine's east. Russia shifted its focus on the Donbas region after failing to capture the capital, Kyiv, in the early stages of the war. Meanwhile, Russian forces also withdrew from the strategically important Snake Island. Kyiv’s forces, meanwhile, took control of the the Luhansk region. Russian forces on Sunday forced Ukrainian soldiers to withdraw from Lysychansk, the last key city under their control in the Luhansk region. ,Luhansk Governor Serhiy Haidai on Monday said that Russian forces in Ukraine will now ramp up their offensive to capture all of the Donetsk region. Also Read | Splintered Ukrainian city braces for new battle with Russia,In terms of the military, it is bad to leave positions, but there is nothing critical (in the loss of Lysychansk). We need to win the war, not the battle for Lysychansk, Haidai said. It hurts a lot, but it's not losing the war. Haidai said Russia's goal number 1 now is to capture the Donetsk region. Sloviansk and Bakhmut will come under attack—Bakhmut has already started being shelled very hard, he said. Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Chief Intelligence Directorate, separately told RBC-Ukraine that, Once again I would like to reiterate that we were the ones who were the first to say what would happen and how it would happen. So I can tell you irrefutably that Russia's plans are the total annihilation of Ukraine, the absolute total annihilation. And [as for] any insinuations about whether Donbas might be enough for them, please don't even ask me questions like that. We will not trade territory.

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<ul>
  <li>Putin has lost 1,589 tanks, 3,754 armored combat vehicle, 3,754 armored combat vehicles</li>
  <li>It also lost 105 air defense systems, 217 aircraft, 658 operational-tactical UAVs</li>
  <li>Kyiv’s forces, meanwhile, took control of the the Luhansk region</li>
</ul>

Russia's military deaths surpass 36,000 amid major victory in Luhansk region

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Slovyansk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

A group of young off-duty Ukrainian soldiers gathered at a military distribution center to enjoy a rare respite from the fighting that has again engulfed their fractured home in eastern Ukraine. As they shared jokes and a pizza, artillery explosions could be heard a few kilometers away — a reminder of the looming battle that threatens to unfold here in the city of Slovyansk, which was occupied by Russian proxy fighters in 2014. “Everyone knows that there will be a huge battle in Slovyansk,” said one of the soldiers, who could not be named for security reasons. Now, eight years after their city was last occupied, the war has returned. Slovyansk could become the next major target in Russia’s campaign to take the Donbas region, Ukraine’s predominantly Russian-speaking industrial heartland, if Moscow captures Lysychansk — the last remaining Ukrainian stronghold in Luhansk province, 70 kilometers (43 miles) to the east. Also read: Here's why China's top diplomat visiting Myanmar amid opposition protest,Another soldier, a 23-year-old accountant who joined up when the invasion began, said Ukrainian forces simply do not have the weapons to fight off the superior arsenal of the approaching Russian army. “We know what’s coming” he said with a sad smile. These soldiers were still teenagers when pro-Russian separatists captured and held the town for three months. The brief occupation in 2014 terrorized Slovyansk, where dozens of officials and journalists were taken hostage, and several killings took place. Fierce fighting and shelling broke out when the Ukrainian army laid siege to the city to recapture it. Also read: Volodymyr Zelensky's advisor admits key eastern Ukraine city could fall,“Actually, the war never left Slovyansk. It didn’t leave people’s heads” said Tetiana Khimion, a 43-year-old dance choreographer who converted a fishing store into a hub for local military units. “On the one hand, it is easier for us because we know what it’s like. On the other hand, it is more difficult for us since we’ve been living like this for eight years in a suspended condition.”,Slovyansk is a city of splintered loyalties. With a large retired population, it is not uncommon to hear older residents express sympathy towards Russia or nostalgia for their Soviet past. There is also distrust of the Ukrainian army and government. After a recent shelling of his apartment block, one resident named Sergei said he believed that the strike was launched by Ukraine. “I’m not pro-Russian, I’m not pro-Ukrainian. I am somewhere in between” he said. “Both Russians and Ukrainians kill civilians — everyone should understand that.”,On Thursday, a group of elderly residents couldn’t hide their frustration after a bomb blast slashed open their roofs and shattered their windows. Also read: Another $820 million for Ukraine, including missile systems, says US,Ukraine says they are protecting us, but what kind of protection is this?” asked one man, who did not provide his name. “They kneel to that Biden — may he die!” exclaimed his neighbor, Tatyana, referring to U.S. President Joe Biden. After 2014, Khimion said, it became easier to know “who is who” in Slovyansk. “Now you can easily see: These people are for Ukraine, and these people are for Russia. She said not enough was done after 2014 to punish people who collaborated with Russian proxies to prevent a repeat of the situation. “That is why we cannot negotiate, we need to win. Otherwise it will be a never-ending process. It will keep repeating” she said. The mayor of Slovyansk, Vadim Lyakh, reflects the city's new trajectory. Taking his cues from Ukraine's wartime leader, President Volodymyr Zelensky, the mayor has decorated his office with Ukrainian flags, anti-Russian symbols, portraits of national poets — even a biography of Winston Churchill. ,But before 2014, he was part of a political party that sought closer ties with Russia. Lyakh said that while pro-Moscow sentiment in the city has faded in past years — in part because of the horrors witnessed in 2014 — there are still “people who are waiting for the return of the Russian troops.”,As the front line creeps ever closer, attacks on the city intensify. Three-quarters of Slovyansk’s pre-war population has fled, but the mayor said there are still too many people here, including many children. He encourages them to evacuate. He spends his days coordinating humanitarian aid and strengthening the city’s defenses. More and more, he is among the first responders at the scene of bombardments. The Associated Press followed Lyakh and recently witnessed what authorities described as a cluster bomb attack on a residential area. One person was killed and several others wounded. The mayor says that shelling now occurs at least four or five times a day, and the use of cluster munitions has increased in the last week. Although he remains optimistic that Ukrainian forces can keep the enemy at bay, he is also clear-sighted about his options. “Nobody wants to be captured. When there is an imminent danger of the enemy troops entering the city, I will have to go” he said. Lyakh said he cannot allow himself to relax, even for a few minutes. “It is emotionally difficult. You see how people are dying and being harmed. But nevertheless, I understand that this is my job and that nobody but myself and the people around me can do it. One morning last week, Lyakh paid a visit to an apartment block that had been shelled overnight. Most of the windows in the building were blown out, doors were broken wide open and a power line severed. The same building was bombed in 2014, when the shell left a gaping hole on the sixth floor, and many residents suffered broken bones. Andrey, a 37-year-old factory worker who has lived in the building for 20 years, recalls the bombing and occupation. He said separatist forces “did and took what they liked.”,People in his circle have different opinions about Russia. “Those who have suffered understand what this ‘Russia world’ means: It means broken houses, stolen cars and violence” he explains. “There are those who miss the Soviet Union, who think we are all one people, and they do not accept what they see with their own eyes.”,In the eight years since the separatists retreated, he said, life has markedly improved in Slovyansk. The statue of Vladimir Lenin that once stood in the central square has been removed. Water and power supplies were renovated. New parks, squares and medical facilities were built. “Civilization was returned to us” Andrey said. At the military distribution hub, the young soldiers talk wistfully about their lives before the invasion. “I had a great car, a good job. I was able to travel abroad three times a year,” said the former accountant, who plans to stay in Slovyansk with the others to defend the city. “How can we let someone just come and take our lives away from us?”,Khimion's husband is on the front lines, and she put her teenage daughter on a train to Switzerland as soon as the invasion began. “I have been deprived of everything — a home, husband, child — what should I do now?” she asks. “We are doing everything we can to stop (the offensive), to keep it to a minimum ... But to be afraid is to abandon this place.”,At the entrance to the city, a monument bearing Slovyansk’s name is riddled with bullet holes from 2014. It has been painted over several times. It now bears the national colors of Ukraine, and a local artist has painted red flowers around each perforation. Residents of Slovyansk wonder — some with hope, many in fear — if the sign will soon be painted yet again, in the red, white and blue of the Russia flag. Valerii Rezik contributed to this story.

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On the other hand, it is more difficult for us since we’ve been living like this for eight years in a suspended condition.”\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Slovyansk is a city of splintered loyalties. With a large retired population, it is not uncommon to hear older residents express sympathy towards <a href=\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/russia/\\\">Russia</a> or nostalgia for their Soviet past. There is also distrust of the Ukrainian army and government.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"After a recent shelling of his apartment block, one resident named Sergei said he believed that the strike was launched by Ukraine.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"“I’m not pro-Russian, I’m not pro-Ukrainian. I am somewhere in between” he said. “Both Russians and Ukrainians kill civilians — everyone should understand that.”\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"On Thursday, a group of elderly residents couldn’t hide their frustration after a bomb blast slashed open their roofs and shattered their windows.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Also read:&nbsp;<a href=\\\"https://opoyi.com/world/another-820-million-for-ukraine-including-missile-systems-says-us-691949/\\\">Another $820 million for Ukraine, including missile systems, says US</a>\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Ukraine \\\"says they are protecting us, but what kind of protection is this?” asked one man, who did not provide his name.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"“They kneel to that Biden — may he die!” exclaimed his neighbor, Tatyana, referring to U.S. President Joe Biden.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"After 2014, Khimion said, it became easier to know “who is who” in Slovyansk. “Now you can easily see: These people are for Ukraine, and these people are for Russia.\\\"\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"She said not enough was done after 2014 to punish people who collaborated with Russian proxies to prevent a repeat of the situation.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"“That is why we cannot negotiate, we need to win. Otherwise it will be a never-ending process. It will keep repeating” she said.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"The mayor of Slovyansk, Vadim Lyakh, reflects the city's new trajectory. Taking his cues from Ukraine's wartime leader, President Volodymyr Zelensky, the mayor has decorated his office with Ukrainian flags, anti-Russian symbols, portraits of national poets — even a biography of Winston Churchill. \"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"But before 2014, he was part of a political party that sought closer ties with Russia. Lyakh said that while pro-Moscow sentiment in the city has faded in past years — in part because of the horrors witnessed in 2014 — there are still “people who are waiting for the return of the Russian troops.”\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"As the front line creeps ever closer, attacks on the city intensify. Three-quarters of Slovyansk’s pre-war population has fled, but the mayor said there are still too many people here, including many children. He encourages them to evacuate. He spends his days coordinating humanitarian aid and strengthening the city’s defenses.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"More and more, he is among the first responders at the scene of bombardments. The Associated Press followed Lyakh and recently witnessed what authorities described as a cluster bomb attack on a residential area. One person was killed and several others wounded.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"The mayor says that shelling now occurs at least four or five times a day, and the use of cluster munitions has increased in the last week. Although he remains optimistic that Ukrainian forces can keep the enemy at bay, he is also clear-sighted about his options.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"“Nobody wants to be captured. When there is an imminent danger of the enemy troops entering the city, I will have to go” he said.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Lyakh said he cannot allow himself to relax, even for a few minutes.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"“It is emotionally difficult. You see how people are dying and being harmed. But nevertheless, I understand that this is my job and that nobody but myself and the people around me can do\\\" it.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"One morning last week, Lyakh paid a visit to an apartment block that had been shelled overnight. Most of the windows in the building were blown out, doors were broken wide open and a power line severed.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"The same building was bombed in 2014, when the shell left a gaping hole on the sixth floor, and many residents suffered broken bones.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Andrey, a 37-year-old factory worker who has lived in the building for 20 years, recalls the bombing and occupation. He said separatist forces “did and took what they liked.”\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"People in his circle have different opinions about Russia.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"“Those who have suffered understand what this ‘Russia world’ means: It means broken houses, stolen cars and violence” he explains. “There are those who miss the Soviet Union, who think we are all one people, and they do not accept what they see with their own eyes.”\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"In the eight years since the separatists retreated, he said, life has markedly improved in Slovyansk.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"The statue of Vladimir Lenin that once stood in the central square has been removed. Water and power supplies were renovated. New parks, squares and medical facilities were built.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"“Civilization was returned to us” Andrey said.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"At the military distribution hub, the young soldiers talk wistfully about their lives before the invasion.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"“I had a great car, a good job. I was able to travel abroad three times a year,” said the former accountant, who plans to stay in Slovyansk with the others to defend the city. “How can we let someone just come and take our lives away from us?”\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Khimion's husband is on the front lines, and she put her teenage daughter on a train to <a href=\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/switzerland/\\\">Switzerland</a> as soon as the invasion began.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"“I have been deprived of everything — a home, husband, child — what should I do now?” she asks. “We are doing everything we can to stop (the offensive), to keep it to a minimum ... But to be afraid is to abandon this place.”\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"At the entrance to the city, a monument bearing Slovyansk’s name is riddled with bullet holes from 2014. It has been painted over several times. It now bears the national colors of Ukraine, and a local artist has painted red flowers around each perforation.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Residents of Slovyansk wonder — some with hope, many in fear — if the sign will soon be painted yet again, in the red, white and blue of the Russia flag.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Valerii Rezik contributed to this story. \"}}]}

<ul>
  <li>As they shared jokes and a pizza, artillery explosions could be heard a few kilometers away</li>
  <li>Ukrainian forces simply do not have the weapons to fight off the superior arsenal</li>
  <li>Slovyansk is a city of splintered loyalties</li>
</ul>

Splintered Ukrainian city braces for new battle with Russia

JoeBiden

WinstonChurchill

Switzerland

Sucharita Ganguly

Madrid, Spain

The United States said on Friday that it will deliver $820 million in new military equipment to Ukraine, including new surface-to-air missile systems and counter-artillery radars, in response to Russia's heavy reliance on long-range strikes in the war. The Pentagon also stated that it would deliver up to 150,000 rounds of 155-millimeter artillery weaponry to Ukraine. Also read: Ukraine's guided missile destroys Russian tank near Kherson | Watch,This is the 14th shipment of military weapons and equipment from Defense Department inventories to Ukraine since August 2021. Overall, the United States has contributed more than $8.8 billion in arms and military training to Ukraine. As part of the new package, the U.S. will purchase two systems known as NASAMS, a Norwegian-developed anti-aircraft system that is also used to protect the airspace around the White House and Capitol in Washington. ,The Pentagon will also provide additional ammunition for medium-range rocket systems it provided Ukraine in June, known as the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS. Also read: At least 19 killed after Russian missiles hit Ukraine's Odesa region,The war launched by Russia in February has evolved into a grinding stalemate in which both sides are heavily reliant on artillery, according to Western officials and analysts. While Russia has not achieved its initial goals of toppling Ukraine's government, it is believed to be making slow progress to consolidate control over the eastern Ukrainian region known as the Donbas. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed gratitude to US President Joe Biden for authorising the additional security assistance package that includes air defence equipment. Also read: Ukraine's anti-corruption measures 'need teeth' for EU membership: von der Leyen,“Thank you @POTUS for your continued leadership and support of UA in its fight against the aggressor,” Zelensky tweeted. At the closing of the NATO summit in Madrid on Thursday, Biden unveiled the security aid package.

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<ul>
  <li>US said on Friday that it will deliver $820 million in new military equipment to Ukraine</li>
  <li>It will include new surface-to-air missile systems and counter-artillery radars</li>
  <li>This is the 14th shipment of military weapons and equipment since August 2021</li>
</ul>

Another $820 million for Ukraine, including missile systems, says US

UnitedStates

Military

Capitol

Washington

Madrid

Odessa, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine

A Russian missile on Friday attacked residential areas killing at least 19 people in a Ukrainian town near Odesa, authorities reported. The airstrikes pierced the cautious relief expressed a day earlier after Russian forces withdrew from a Black Sea island where they could have staged an assault on the city with Ukraine's biggest port. Video of the pre-dawn attack showed the charred remains of buildings in the small town of Serhiivka, located about 50 kilometres (31 miles) southwest of Odesa. The Ukrainian president's office said three X-22 missiles fired by Russian bombers struck an apartment building and two campsites. Also read: 'Western leaders would look 'disgusting' if they were topless': Russia's Vladimir Putin,A terrorist country is killing our people. In response to defeats on the battlefield, they fight civilians, Andriy Yermak, the chief of staff to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. Large numbers of civilians died in Russian strikes and shelling earlier in the war, including at a hospital, a theater used as a bomb shelter and a train station. Until this week, mass casualties involving residents appeared to become more infrequent as Moscow concentrated on capturing eastern Ukraine's Donbas region. Also read: Putin hits back at Johnson’s claim a woman wouldn’t have invaded Ukraine,Asked about Friday's strike, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov reiterated Moscow's claim that it wasn’t targeting residential areas during the war, which is now in its fifth month. The Russian military is trying to strike munitions depots, weapon repair factories and troop training facilities, he said. Ukraine's Security Service said 19 people died, including two children. It said another 38, including six children and a pregnant woman, were hospitalised with injuries. Most of the victims were in the apartment building, Ukrainian emergency officials said. Also read: Why Russian forces have withdrawn from Snake Island: All we know so far,The airstrikes followed the pullout of Russian forces from Snake Island on Thursday, a move that was expected to potentially ease the threat to nearby Odesa, home to Ukraine’s biggest port. The island sits along a busy shipping lane. Russia took control of it in the opening days of the war in the apparent hope of using it as a staging ground for an assault on Odesa. The Kremlin portrayed the departure of Russian troops from Snake Island as a goodwill gesture intended to facilitate shipments of grain and other agricultural products to Africa, the Middle East and other parts of the world.

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<ul>
  <li>Video of the pre-dawn attack showed the charred remains of buildings in the small town of Serhiivka</li>
  <li>Large numbers of civilians died in Russian strikes and shelling earlier in the war</li>
  <li>The Ukrainian president's office said three X-22 missiles fired by Russian bombers struck an apartment building</li>
</ul>

At least 19 killed after Russian missiles hit Ukraine's Odesa region

Odesa

BlackSea

Africa

Norway

Norway will be sending three multiple-launch rocket systems to Ukraine, following similar decisions made by Britain, Germany and the United States, to fight against Russian forces. “We must continue to support Ukraine so that they can continue their fight for freedom and independence,” Norwegian Defence Minister Bjorn Arild Gram said in a statement. “Our guns require extensive upgrading, therefore we have agreed with the British that they receive Norwegian guns so that they can send some of theirs to Ukraine,” the minister added, hailing “good cooperation between allies.”,Also Read | NATO's revenge is cold, but its Russian salad is colder,German Chancellor Olaf Scholz also made similar commitments as he arrived for the second day of a NATO summit in Madrid. He said that NATO allies will continue to supply Ukraine with weapons for as long as necessary. “It is good that the countries that are gathered here but many others, too, make their contributions so Ukraine can defend itself – by providing financial means, humanitarian aid but also by providing the weapons that Ukraine urgently needs,” he told reporters. “The message is: We will continue to do so – and to do this intensively – for as long as it is necessary to enable Ukraine to defend itself,” he added. The decision was taken as NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said they pose a direct threat from Russia. Amid concerns, NATO plans to launch the largest revamp of its defence and deterrence capabilities. Germany’s chancellor vowed to continue the sanctions against Russia if the offensive in Ukraine still continues. Also Read | Turkey clears way for Finland, Sweden's NATO membership: All you need to know,“All the sanctions we imposed over Crimea are still there. All the sanctions we imposed because of the Russian-incited uprising in Donbas are still there. And the same will go for the decisions taken now, which are much more severe,” Olaf Scholz said at the closing news conference of the three-day G7 summit in Germany. “There is only one way out: for Putin to accept that his plans in Ukraine will not succeed,” he added.

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<ul>
  <li>NATO allies will continue to supply Ukraine with weapons for as long as necessary</li>
  <li>NATO plans to launch the largest revamp of its defence and deterrence capabilities</li>
  <li>Germany’s chancellor vowed to continue the sanctions against Russia</li>
</ul>

Norway donating rocket launchers to Ukraine: Here's what we know so far

Britain

OlafScholz

JensStoltenberg

Severodonetsk, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine

The loss of the southern town of Severodonetsk is significantly more crucial and symbolic to Russia than to Ukraine, according to military specialists. After weeks of combat, Ukrainian soldiers abandoned the town in the Luhansk area on Friday. “Keeping positions smashed to pieces over many months just for the sake of staying there doesn’t make sense,” Serhiy Haidai, regional governor, stated on television. Also read: Which city should be Russia's first target during WWIII? Putin's ally suggests,Heavy Russian bombing has destroyed almost every Ukrainian defence position in the area, but the loss of the nearly-destroyed town is inconsequential, according to a leading military analyst. “It’s a minor loss, there’s still Lysychansk [the neighboring town controlled by Ukraine], and Severodonetsk has largely served its purpose,” former deputy chief of Ukraine's general staff, Ihor Romanenko, told Al Jazeera. The Kremlin is celebrating the takeover of Severodonetsk since it was one of the few Ukrainian-controlled towns in Luhansk, one of Ukraine's smallest and poorest regions, which was partially overrun by pro-Russian rebels in 2014. “There is a geopolitical component for Russians, it’s a district centre in the unoccupied part of Luhansk. But we will live through it, we are more interested in the military aspect,” Romanenko said. Also read: Why Russia removed Polish flag from Soviet massacre memorial,According to Romanenko, the alleged Russian triumph in Luhansk was so vital to Moscow that it ordered the transfer of its troops from the seized southern province of Kherson and the partially occupied Zaporizhzhia, where Ukrainian forces are regaining territory. Both Western and Russian analysts concur with him. “The loss of Severodonetsk is a loss for Ukraine in the sense that any terrain captured by Russian forces is a loss – but the battle of Severodonetsk will not be a decisive Russian victory,” the Institute for War, a US research organisation that has been closely tracking the war since it began exactly four months ago, on February 24, came to this conclusion. Two months of intensive battle also destroyed Russian forces in Severodonetsk, which had a pre-war population of roughly 100,000 people. “Ukraine has ground down a significant mass of Russian troops and retreated,” according to Pavel Luzin, a Russian-based analyst with the Jamestown Foundation, a Washington, DC-based think organisation. Also read: Severodonetsk could fall to Russia as Ukraine mulls troop withdrawal,According to some commentators, Moscow's long-term prospects in the war do not appear promising due to significant losses and demoralised troops, as well as Western sanctions that impede the development of high-precision weaponry. “Time works against Russia [because] its military potential is largely irreplaceable,” he said. Severodonetsk is located on the Siversky Donets river, which the Russians have attempted unsuccessfully to bridge multiple times, incurring severe losses in personnel and armoured vehicles. Russia's dominance in artillery was one of the reasons Severodonetsk succumbed. Moscow has bombarded Ukrainian troops and residential areas with multiple rocket launchers, bombers, and even obsolete Tochka U cruise missiles. “Aviation is working. Tochka Us are working. A whole set of artillery. They are advancing in all directions,” in televised remarks on Friday, Roman Vlasenko of the Severodonetsk government remarked. Also read: Spotlight-hungry JK Rowling trolled by Russian comedians posing as Zelensky,However, a seizure of the entire Luhansk region, which appears near with the likely fall of Lysychansk, will not result in the triumph desired by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russian troops failed to conquer Kyiv and northern Ukraine months ago, losing thousands of troops as well as hundreds of tanks and armoured vehicles after being accused of war crimes against civilians. They receded in early April, and Putin stated that Russia will concentrate its efforts on seizing the Donbas region, which encompasses Luhansk and Donetsk. However, Ukrainian forces still hold at least two-fifths of Donetsk, a much larger and more populous region. Since the separatists seized a third of Donetsk in 2014, they have erected massive defence sites there, and retaking them will be far more difficult than retaking Luhansk. Meanwhile, the economic ramifications of losing all of Luhansk are minor. Since 2014, the separatists have controlled the industrial heart of Luhansk, which includes numerous of industries, power stations, and coal mines, while the Kyiv-held portion is primarily farmland. Also read: Why Zelensky wants to replace Ukraine's top spy,The only industrial clusters there were the chemical and cellulose plants that had been taken over in early May at Severodonetsk, Lysychansk, and the town of Rubizhne. According to Kyiv-based analyst Aleksey Kushch, the factories nearly shut down due to violence and a moving front line. “The economic effect is minuscule,” he explained to Al Jazeera. Mariupol's loss, which served as the administrative centre of the Ukrainian-controlled part of Donetsk, was far more significant, he said, because the city was a vital seaport and had two massive steel plants that accounted for a sizable portion of Ukraine's steel output. Meanwhile, the battle for Severodonetsk demonstrated that Ukrainian forces might soon attain parity with Russian troops, as Moscow loses reserves, morale, and reliable equipment. “They are exhausted,” Russian military specialist Romanenko stated. Also read: Ukraine won Eurovision 2022 but won't host song contest in 2023: Here's why,As Ukraine reorganised its forces in the aftermath of the defeat, the Kremlin continued its roundly derided narrative that modern Europe is analogous to Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler. “When World War II was about to begin, Hitler gathered a significant part, if not most of the European nations, for a war against the USSR,” Sergey Lavrov, Russia's foreign minister, stated on Friday. “These days, the European Union together with NATO are gathering a modern-day coalition to wage a war on the Russian Federation.”

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They are advancing in all directions,” in televised remarks on Friday, Roman Vlasenko of the Severodonetsk government remarked.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Also read:&nbsp;<a href=\\\"https://opoyi.com/entertainment/spotlight-hungry-jk-rowling-trolled-by-russian-comedians-posing-as-zelensky-685881/\\\">Spotlight-hungry JK Rowling trolled by Russian comedians posing as Zelensky</a>\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"However, a seizure of the entire Luhansk region, which appears near with the likely fall of Lysychansk, will not result in the triumph desired by Russian President <a href=\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/ukraine-attack-according-to-plan-vladimir-putin-shuns-defense-assessments-385203/\\\">Vladimir Putin</a>.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Russian troops failed to conquer <a href=\\\"https://opoyi.com/topics/kyiv/\\\">Kyiv</a> and northern Ukraine months ago, losing thousands of troops as well as hundreds of tanks and armoured vehicles after being accused of war crimes against civilians.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"They receded in early April, and Putin stated that Russia will concentrate its efforts on seizing the <a href=\\\"https://opoyi.com/world/which-are-ukraines-breakaway-regions-523849/\\\">Donbas region</a>, which encompasses Luhansk and Donetsk.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"However, Ukrainian forces still hold at least two-fifths of Donetsk, a much larger and more populous region.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Since the <a href=\\\"https://opoyi.com/world/separatist-leader-demands-referendum-on-dpr-joining-russia-after-war-ends-680352/\\\">separatists</a> seized a third of Donetsk in 2014, they have erected massive defence sites there, and retaking them will be far more difficult than retaking Luhansk.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Meanwhile, the economic ramifications of losing all of Luhansk are minor.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Since 2014, the separatists have controlled the industrial heart of Luhansk, which includes numerous of industries, power stations, and coal mines, while the Kyiv-held portion is primarily farmland.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Also read:&nbsp;<a href=\\\"https://opoyi.com/world/why-zelensky-wants-to-replace-ukraines-top-spy-685757/\\\">Why Zelensky wants to replace Ukraine's top spy</a>\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"The only industrial clusters there were the chemical and cellulose plants that had been taken over in early May at Severodonetsk, Lysychansk, and the town of Rubizhne.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"According to Kyiv-based analyst Aleksey Kushch, the factories nearly shut down due to violence and a moving front line.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"“The economic effect is minuscule,” he explained to Al Jazeera.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Mariupol's loss, which served as the administrative centre of the Ukrainian-controlled part of Donetsk, was far more significant, he said, because the city was a vital seaport and had two massive steel plants that accounted for a sizable portion of Ukraine's steel output.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Meanwhile, the battle for Severodonetsk demonstrated that Ukrainian forces might soon attain parity with Russian troops, as Moscow loses reserves, morale, and reliable equipment.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"“They are exhausted,” Russian military specialist Romanenko stated.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Also read:&nbsp;<a href=\\\"https://opoyi.com/entertainment/ukraine-won-eurovision-2022-but-wont-host-song-contest-in-2023-heres-why-685707/\\\">Ukraine won Eurovision 2022 but won't host song contest in 2023: Here's why</a>\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"As Ukraine reorganised its forces in the aftermath of the defeat, the Kremlin continued its roundly derided narrative that modern Europe is analogous to Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"“When World War II was about to begin, Hitler gathered a significant part, if not most of the European nations, for a war against the USSR,” Sergey Lavrov, Russia's foreign minister, stated on Friday. “These days, the European Union together with NATO are gathering a modern-day coalition to wage a war on the Russian Federation.”\"}}]}

<ul>
  <li>After weeks of combat, Ukrainian soldiers abandoned Severodonetsk</li>
  <li>It is a town in the Luhansk area</li>
  <li>Heavy Russian bombing has destroyed almost every Ukrainian defence position in the area</li>
</ul>

What the fall of Severodonetsk, means for the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war

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The Russia-backed leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) said Thursday that a decision on a referendum for his region to join Russia will take place after the war in Ukraine ends. “A decision on a referendum on the DPR joining Russia will be made after the special military operation is completed,” Denis Pushilin told Russian state media RIA Novosti, adding that the Moscow's invasion of Ukraine would be complete “by the end of the year.” ,“Ukraine as a state may simply not exist in the foreseeable future,” he said. Also Read | START nuclear treaty and where Russia-US stand on it,Russia recognized the DPR as an independent state just before it launched an offensive in Ukraine on February 24. According to Pushilin, DPR fighters will not stop at the borders of Donetsk, which is still largely controlled by Ukrainian forces. ,“The West's supplies of new weapons to Ukraine are forcing DPR troops not to stop at the borders of the Donetsk Republic,” he said. ,Last week, Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations insisted that capturing the Donbas (Donetsk and Luhansk) remained his country’s objective. “The liberation of Donbas was the primary goal, which is being implemented at the moment,” Vasily Nebenzya told the BBC. In a press conference Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was sure that if Ukraine is not strong enough, they will go further beyond the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. ,Also Read | Watch | Air raid sirens welcome European leaders in Kyiv,The war in Ukraine has been ongoing for nearly four months with both sides losing several military forces. Millions of people have been displaced since the invasion. ,Zelensky has been demanding more weapons from his allies in the West as the war has already exhausted most of Ukraine's Soviet-era arsenal. ,On Wednesday, the US announced that it will send Ukraine another $1 billion in weapons to fight Russia. The package would including Harpoon anti-ship launchers for the first time, and more ammunition for high-tech, medium-range rocket launchers. The Biden administration said that the aid will include two Harpoon launchers and an unspecified number of Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System, or GMLRS, rockets for previously committed M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced in Brussels. ,“When you’re in the fight, you can never get enough, and you can never get it quick enough,” Austin said at a press conference with Milley. “But having said all that, we’re going to work hard to make sure we’re doing everything humanly possible ― we’re going to continue to move heaven and earth to get them the capability that they need.”

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<ul>
  <li>Russia recognized the DPR as an independent state just before it launched an offensive in Ukraine</li>
  <li>The war in Ukraine has been ongoing for nearly four months</li>
  <li>The US announced that it will send Ukraine another $1 billion in weapons to fight Russia</li>
</ul>

Separatist leader demands referendum on DPR joining Russia after war ends

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In a punishment handed down by the country's pro-Moscow rebels, two British citizens and a Moroccan were on Thursday sentenced to death for fighting on Ukraine's side. A court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic found the three men guilty of working toward a violent overthrow of power, an offence punishable by death in the unrecognised eastern republic. They were also convicted of mercenary activities and terrorism. Also read: Fighting rages in east Ukraine, puts key city's fate in balance. Here's why,Russia's state news agency RIA Novosti reported that the three — Aiden Aslin, Shaun Pinner and Saaudun Brahim — are set to face a firing squad. They have a month to appeal. The separatists argued that the three fighters were mercenaries not entitled to the usual protections afforded prisoners of war. They are the first foreign fighters to be sentenced by Ukraine's Russian-backed separatists. Also read: Ukrainian armed forces face renewed assault from Russian troops in Severodonetsk,Aslin's and Pinner's families had contended that the men, who are both said to have lived in Ukraine since 2018, were long-serving members of the Ukrainian military. British Foreign Secretary Luz Truss condemned the sentencing as a sham judgement with absolutely no legitimacy. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's spokesman Jamie Davies said that under the Geneva Conventions, POWs are entitled to immunity as combatants. Also read: How World Bank's additional $1.5 billion aid help Ukraine amid Russian invasion,The three men fought alongside Ukrainian troops. Pinner and Aslin surrendered to pro-Russian forces in the southern port of Mariupol in mid-April, while Brahim did so in mid-March in the eastern city of Volnovakha. It is reported that the Russian military argued foreign mercenaries fighting on Ukraine's side are not combatants and should expect a long prison term, at best, if captured. Another British fighter captured by the pro-Russian forces, Andrew Hill, is awaiting trial. Also read: What is in India's newly sanctioned Rs 76,000 crore defence purchase,Meanwhile, Russian forces pounded the eastern city of Severodonetsk in fierce, street-by-street combat that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said could determine the fate of the Donbas, the country's industrial heartland of coal mines and factories. Moscow-backed separatists have been fighting Ukrainian troops for years in the Donbas and held swaths of territory before the invasion.

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<ul>
  <li>A court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic found the three men guilty</li>
  <li>The three are set to face a firing squad. They have a month to appeal</li>
  <li>Russian forces pounded the eastern city of Severodonetsk in fierce</li>
</ul>

Why 2 British nationals, Moroccan sentenced to death for fighting on Ukraine's side

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Russian forces on Thursday pounded an eastern Ukrainian city and the two sides waged pitched street battles that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said could determine the fate of the critical Donbas region. In the 3-month-old war, Russia set its sights on the industrial Donbas region of coal mines and factories, where Moscow-backed separatists have been fighting Ukrainian troops for years and where they already held swaths of territory before the invasion. Also read: Ukrainian armed forces face renewed assault from Russian troops in Severodonetsk,But, the Russian advance has not been as quick as expected, and the plodding battle for control of Severodonetsk has devolved into street-to-street fighting that has been relatively rare in the conflict. Speaking to The Associated Press, Luhansk governor Serhiy Haidai said, Fierce battles continue in the city itself, street battles are taking place with varied success in city blocks. Also read: How World Bank's additional $1.5 billion aid help Ukraine amid Russian invasion,Sievierodonetsk, which became the administrative capital of the Luhansk region after the original one was taken by separatists in 2014, is the last pocket of the region that Russia has not yet claimed control. Zelensky called the painstaking fight for Severodonetsk the epicentre of the battle for the larger Donbas, which comprises Luhansk and Donetsk. Also read: What is in India's newly sanctioned Rs 76,000 crore defence purchase,In many ways, it is there that the fate of our Donbas is being decided, Zelensky said on Wednesday in his nightly video address, which was recorded in the street outside his office in Kyiv. Analysts have suggested that Russia’s slow advance in the Donbas could eventually open up the possibility of a negotiated settlement to the war. In other developments, Haidai said Russian forces are also targeting Lysychansk, the city that neighbours Severodonetsk, with day and night shelling, as well as trying to storm a key road leading from Lysychansk to the southwest. Also read: United States, Europe urge Russia to end sexual violence by its army in Ukraine war,On Thursday, Russia claimed that it struck a training facility west of the capital, far from the front lines. Russia's Defence Ministry said it used air-launched missiles against a Ukrainian military base in the Zhytomyr region where it alleged mercenaries were being trained. There was no immediate response from Ukrainian authorities to the Russian claims. Moscow has repeatedly accused Ukraine of using mercenaries in the fighting.

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<ul>
  <li>Russia set its sights on the industrial Donbas region of coal mines and factories</li>
  <li>The Russian advance has not been as quick as expected</li>
  <li>On Thursday, Russia claimed that it struck a training facility west of the capital</li>
</ul>

Fighting rages in east Ukraine, puts key city's fate in balance. Here's why

Ukrainian troops holding out in the ruins of Severodonetsk reportedly came under renewed heavy assault on Wednesday from Russian forces who see the capture of the industrial city as key to control of the surrounding Luhansk region. In southern Ukraine, authorities warned that Russian attacks on agricultural sites including warehouses were compounding a global food crisis that has stirred concerns of famine in some developing countries. Also read: How World Bank's additional $1.5 billion aid help Ukraine amid Russian invasion,It is reported that Russian armed forces have been focused for weeks now on seizing Severodonetsk, which was home to some 106,000 people before Moscow invaded Ukraine on February 24. Fighting is still raging and no one is going to give up the city, even if our military has to step back to stronger positions. This will not mean someone is giving up the city - no one will give up anything. But (they) may be forced to pull back, Serhiy Gaidai told Ukrainian television. Also read: What is in India's newly sanctioned Rs 76,000 crore defence purchase,Russian forces will further increase their shelling and bombardment of both Severodonetsk and its smaller twin city of Lysychansk on the west bank of the Siverskyi Donets River, he said. Luhansk and the adjacent province of Donetsk form the Donbas, claimed by Moscow for Russian-speaking separatists who have held eastern parts of the region since 2014. Also read: United States, Europe urge Russia to end sexual violence by its army in Ukraine war,The absolutely heroic defence of Donbas is ongoing, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video statement on Tuesday. Moscow says it is engaged in a special military operation to disarm and denazify its neighbour.

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<ul>
  <li>Russian armed forces have been focused for weeks now on seizing Severodonetsk</li>
  <li>Moscow says it is engaged in a "special military operation" to disarm and "denazify" its neighbour</li>
  <li>Severodonetsk was home to some 106,000 people before Moscow invaded Ukraine</li>
</ul>

Ukrainian armed forces face renewed assault from Russian troops in Severodonetsk

Russia targeted western-supplied tanks and other armored vehicles that were housed at a facility in Kyiv during fresh attacks in the Ukrainian capital. Explosions rocked Kyiv on Sunday breaking the relative calm the city had seen over the last few weeks. Several missiles hit the parts of Kyiv in the first assault on the capital for weeks. Footage showed several large explosions, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. The ministry claimed that missiles hit a former car-repair facility being used to house T-72 tanks and other armored vehicles supplied by Ukrainian allies, NEXTA reported. Columns of black smoke could be seen above the city. Also Read | Russia suffering 'huge losses' in Severodonetsk as Ukraine counter-attacks,Kyiv’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said “one victim was hospitalised” in the incident. ,Over the last few weeks, there had been less action in Kyiv as Russian forces concentrated their attacks on Donbas in eastern Ukraine. Sunday's strike comes just days after Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to start hitting harder so long as the US continues to provide Ukraine with long-range missiles. We will strike at those targets which we have not yet been hitting, Putin said in an interview last week. US President Joe Biden approved an additional $700 million in military aid – including everything from rocket systems to spare parts for vehicles and other equipment – to Ukraine last week. ,“All this fuss around additional deliveries of weapons, in my opinion, has only one goal: to drag out the armed conflict as much as possible,” Putin said in his TV interview. Ukraine and the West believe the rockets could help Kyiv fight Russian forces. Also Read | When will the Ukraine-Russia war end? Kyiv has a prediction,“We understand that this supply [of advance rocket systems] from the United States and some other countries is meant to make up for the losses of this military equipment,” Putin said. “This is nothing new. It doesn’t change anything in essence.”,Meanwhile, earlier on Sunday, Ukraine’s nuclear energy company Energoatom also warned that a Russian cruise missile “flew critically low” to the Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear power plant, in the south of the country, apparently heading for Kyiv. Russian forces “still do not understand that even the smallest fragment of a missile that can hit a working power unit can cause a nuclear catastrophe and radiation leak, the company said.

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<ul>
  <li>Several missiles hit the&nbsp;parts of Kyiv in the first assault on the capital for weeks</li>
  <li>The missiles allehedly hit a former car-repair facility being used to house T-72 tank</li>
  <li>Kyiv’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said “one victim was hospitalised”</li>
</ul>

Russia targets western-supplied tanks in Kyiv after Putin threatens US

Politics

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday said the country will emerge victor in the war started by Russia. This comment, by the Ukrainian president comes as Moscow's invasion of its neighbour entered its 100th day with Russian troops pounding the Donbas region. Thousands of people have reportedly been killed, millions sent fleeing and towns turned into rubble, since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his troops into Ukraine on February 24. Also read: What is 'Alina Festival' held by Putin for rumored mistress?,It is reported that Russia's advance has been slowed by a fierce Ukrainian resistance which repelled them from around the capital and forced Moscow to shift its aims towards capturing the east. Since then, Russia has taken its fifth Ukrainian territory -- tripling the land under its occupation from 2014 when it seized Crimea and parts of Donbas. Also read: Ukraine prosecutors claim Russia involved in 'forced mass deportation of children',Moscow assessed that certain results have been achieved, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, pointing to the liberation of some areas from what he called the pro-Nazi armed forces of Ukraine. But Zelensky said Russia will not prevail appearing in a video accompanied by the same key political leaders also shown in a video posted on February 24 when they vowed to defend their country. Also read: As Russia pummels Severodonetsk, UK predicts Luhansk will fall in 2 weeks,Our team is much bigger. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are here. The most important -- the people, the people of our state are here. Defending Ukraine for 100 days already, he said. Victory will be ours, he declared in a show of defiance in the video with the presidential office building as a backdrop. Also read: Will India continue buying Russian oil?,Putin's troops are now concentrating their forces in the Donbas, in the east, where some of the fiercest fighting is centred on the industrial hub city of Severodonetsk.

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<ul>
  <li>Thousands of people have reportedly been killed, millions sent fleeing and towns turned into rubble</li>
  <li>Russia's advance has been slowed by a fierce Ukrainian resistance</li>
  <li>Putin's troops are now concentrating their forces in the Donbas</li>
</ul>

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vows victory on 100th day of Russian invasion

Shuvrajit Das Biswas

Baikonur, Kazakhstan

A Russian rocket is headed for the International Space Station from the Baikonur launchpad and will bear flags of the separatist Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics. ,Russian space agency, Roscosmos, said in their statement The final pre-launch operations with the Donbas launch vehicle, the launch of which is scheduled for June 3, 2022 at 12:32 Moscow time, are underway at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Newsweek reported. ,The agency added that the rocket was installed in a vertical position and the maintenance columns at the launch complex were brought together, and specialists from subsidiaries of the Roscosmos State Corporation began work according to the schedule of the first launch day. ,Also Read | It's natural: Why cutting off Europe's gas isn't hurting Russia,They concluded, the launch of the Progress MS-20 cargo ship will be dedicated to the Donbas. ,The dedication to Ukraine's separatist region, which Moscow recognized as independent, will include some other aspects, as detailed by Roscosmos. They said, In this regard, the second stage of the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle has the inscription 'Donbas', and the flags of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics on the head fairing. Children from the DPR and LPR, who will also be present at the rocket launch, also watched the removal today. The capsule is carrying cargo including fuel, equipment, medical equipment, clothing, and food. ,Also Read | Russian tank takes landmine in Ukraine, crew miraculously survives,In its second wave of assault on Ukraine, Russian troops have been moving from the east, and their recent move on Severodonetsk marks an important moment of symbolic victory, amid news of dissatisfaction among troops. ,Since Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine on February 24, the international space cooperation has been rather tense. Roscosmos remains involved with western space agencies when it comes to maintaining the ISS. However, the Russian agency had previously warned that the weight of western sanctions could lead to the ISS crashing. Roscosmos also ended joint ISS experiments with Germany, over the sanctions.

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The second stage of the rocket has the sign “Donbass” on it as well as the flags of the <a href=\\\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/DPR?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#DPR</a> and <a href=\\\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/LPR?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#LPR</a>. 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They said, \\\"In this regard, the second stage of the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle has the inscription 'Donbas', and the flags of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics on the head fairing. Children from the DPR and LPR, who will also be present at the rocket launch, also watched the removal today.\\\"\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"The capsule is carrying cargo including&nbsp;fuel, equipment, medical equipment, clothing, and food.&nbsp;\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"<b>Also Read |&nbsp;</b><a href=\\\"https://opoyi.com/world/russian-tank-takes-landmine-in-ukraine-crew-miraculously-survives-376335/\\\">Russian tank takes landmine in Ukraine, crew miraculously survives</a>\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"In its <a href=\\\"https://opoyi.com/world/abandoning-the-pincer-what-to-expect-in-russias-new-onslaught-on-ukraine-412570/\\\">second wave of assault</a> on Ukraine, Russian troops have been moving from the east, and their recent move on <a href=\\\"https://opoyi.com/world/is-russia-looking-for-a-symbolic-victory-by-moving-on-severodonetsk-404420/\\\">Severodonetsk </a>marks an important moment of symbolic victory, amid news of <a href=\\\"https://opoyi.com/world/uncle-vlad-wants-you-russian-rubles-lure-new-recruits-for-ukraine-war-224207/\\\">dissatisfaction among troops</a>.&nbsp;\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Since Russian President <a href=\\\"https://opoyi.com/india/who-is-vladimir-putin-217460/\\\">Vladimir Putin</a> sent troops into Ukraine on February 24, the international space cooperation has been rather tense. Roscosmos remains involved with western space agencies when it comes to maintaining the ISS. However, the Russian agency had previously warned that the weight of western sanctions could lead to the <a href=\\\"https://opoyi.com/world/international-space-station-may-crash-due-to-western-sanctions-roscosmos-312019/\\\">ISS crashing</a>. Roscosmos also ended <a href=\\\"https://opoyi.com/science/roscosmos-axes-joint-iss-experiments-with-germany-in-response-to-sanctions-192920/\\\">joint ISS experiments</a> with Germany, over the sanctions.&nbsp;\"}}]}

<ul>
  <li>Russia is dedicating its latest space rocket launch to Donbas</li>
  <li>The rocket is headed to the International Space Station&nbsp;</li>
  <li>Donbas is Ukraine's separatist region in the east, which Russia recognized as independent&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Watch: Russia dedicates space rocket launch to Ukraine's separatist Donbas

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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has said that US President Joe Biden and his national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, will meet with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at the White House on Thursday. Speaking to reporters, Stoltenberg said that he would convene a meeting in Brussels in the coming days with senior officials from Sweden, Finland and Turkey to discuss Turkey's opposition to Sweden and Finland joining the defence alliance. On Wednesday, the US unveiled a new $700 million package of sophisticated weapons for Ukraine in an urgent effort to prevent Russia from seizing the final swaths of land in the Donbas region. But the most advanced rocket systems will take at least three weeks to reach the battlefront, raising questions of whether they will arrive in time to stop Russia's slow but steady gains. The Biden administration's decision to send four medium-range rocket systems came after weeks of debate over whether the precision-guided weapons would provoke a strong military reaction from Russian President Vladimir Putin. We don't have an interest in the conflict in Ukraine widening to a broader conflict or evolving into World War Three. So we've been mindful of that, said Colin Kahl, the defence undersecretary for policy. But at the same time, Russia doesn’t get a veto over what we send to the Ukrainians. Still, Kahl and other US officials said that Ukrainian leaders have promised they will use the rockets only to defend their nation. The Ukrainians have given us assurances that they will not use these systems against targets on Russian territory, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday. ,However, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Wednesday the US is deliberately and diligently pouring fuel on the fire. He added that Russia doesn't trust Kyiv's assurances that the multiple rocket launch systems supplied by the US will not be used to attack. In order to trust (someone), you need to have experience with situations when such promises were kept. Regretfully, there is no such experience whatsoever, Peskov said. The need to train Ukrainian troops on the HIMARS system for about three weeks before they can go to battle raises concerns that Russia will have a window of time to capture key terrain in the east. It is a grinding fight, said Kahl. We believe that these additional capabilities will arrive in a timeframe that’s relevant and allow the Ukrainians to very precisely target the types of things they need for the current fight. The Pentagon would not say how many rockets it will provide to Ukraine, only that it is sending four of the truck-mounted HIMARS systems. The trucks each carry a container with six precision-guided rockets, which can travel about 45 miles (70 kilometres).

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<ul>
  <li>The US unveiled a new $700 million package of sophisticated weapons for Ukraine</li>
  <li>Russia doesn't trust Kyiv's assurances that the multiple rocket launch systems supplied by the US will not be used to attack</li>
  <li>The Pentagon would not say how many rockets it will provide to Ukraine</li>
</ul>

Amid Russia-Ukraine war, President Joe Biden to meet NATO chief at White House today

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Berlin, Germany

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday said his country will supply Ukraine with modern anti-aircraft missiles and radar systems, stepping up arms deliveries amid criticism that Germany isn’t doing enough to help Kyiv fend off Russia. Scholz told lawmakers that the government has decided to provide Ukraine with IRIS-T missiles developed by Germany together with other NATO nations. Also read: United States to send long range advanced rocket systems to Ukraine: Report,He said Germany will also supply Ukraine with radar systems to help locate enemy artillery. The announcement comes as Ukrainian forces are engaged in a grinding battle for the eastern industrial region of the Donbas. Following a series of setbacks in the weeks after their invasion, Russian troops switched their focus to the Donbas and are bent on capturing the parts of the region not already controlled by Moscow-backed separatists. Also read: Deadly rocket strike in Ukraine's Sloviansk as Russia moves on Donbas,In the Donbas, Russian forces have seized half of a key eastern Ukrainian city in a “frenzied push, the Mayor Oleksandr Striuk said Tuesday. Serhiy Haidai, governor of the larger Luhansk region, meanwhile, said that most of the city, Sievierodonetsk, was under Russian control, though he added that fierce fighting continued and the city wasn’t surrounded. Military analysts have said the battles in the Donbas are a race against time: The Kremlin is hoping for a victory before more Western arms arrive to bolster Ukraine's defences. Also read: Will Putin critic Alexei Navalny serve 15 extra years in jail,The West is hoping to tilt the balance. President Joe Biden said Tuesday the U.S. will provide Ukraine with the more advanced rocket systems that its leaders have asked for. In an essay published in The New York Times, Biden said the rocket systems will enable Ukraine to more precisely strike key targets. U.S. officials, speaking before Biden’s announcement on condition of anonymity, said Washington will send Ukraine a small number of high-tech, medium-range rocket systems. The rockets could be used both to intercept Russian artillery and to take out Russian positions in towns where fighting is intense, such as Sievierodonetsk. Also read: Eurozone inflation soars to record 8.1% amid rising energy and food costs,The announcements come amid claims at home and abroad that Germany has been slow to provide Ukraine with the weapons it needs to defend itself against Russia.

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<ul>
  <li>the government has decided to provide Ukraine with IRIS-T missiles</li>
  <li>Germany will also supply Ukraine with radar systems to help locate enemy artillery</li>
  <li>President Joe Biden said Tuesday the U.S. will provide Ukraine with the more advanced rocket systems</li>
</ul>

Germany to send anti-aircraft missiles, radar systems to Ukraine. Check details

Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

Blood smears the stairwell floor and the shards of glass strewn about while shrapnel pockmarks the walls. Outside, a crater between two apartment blocks marks the spot where the rocket hit in the very early hours of Tuesday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk. Authorities said three people were killed and six were wounded. Also read: Eurozone inflation soars to record 8.1% amid rising energy and food costs,Sloviansk, in the eastern Donetsk region, is again in Russia's sights as part of its efforts to seize the Donbas, made up of Donetsk and the neighboring Luhansk region. Russian military officials have said their main goal is to “liberate” the Donbas, the predominantly Russian-speaking industrial heartland of eastern Ukraine where Moscow-backed separatists have been battling Ukrainian forces since 2014. ,“I was on my sofa and suddenly my sofa just jumped in the air,” said Mikhaylo Samoluk, one of the local residents. The strike came around 1:30 in the morning, he said, when those still living in the building were asleep. Also read: Amid Russia-Ukraine conflict, representatives hold war crimes meeting at Hague,Olena Voytenko, who lives on the first floor of one of the apartment blocks, said most of the residents had already moved away, but around 30 people still lived there. “I will never forget what I saw today,” she said, recounting seeing the wounded and the dead. She knew one of the people killed, she said. A man in his early 40s named Aleksander who lived upstairs from her. She saw his lifeless body being carried out on a stretcher, badly burnt. “Why do they bomb the residential buildings? Isn't there military honor for Russians that they can fight in the field? questioned Voytenko, who is of Russian origin herself. “Why do you annihilate the country that you try to conquer? I do not see any sense in it.”,On Tuesday, Ukraine’s General Staff said an attempt to storm a village lying between currently Russian-held Izyum and Sloviansk was repelled, and that Russian forces were “creating conditions for (a) further offensive” in the area. Many have fled Sloviansk, as others have from many cities and towns in eastern Ukraine. Some people stayed. Also read: Moscow should invade United Kingdom and take Stonehenge: Russian TV presenter,Among them are Lydmyla Telehyna and her husband Mykola. Both in their 70s, they stayed behind after their daughter and her four young children left Ukraine because of the war. ,They went to check on their daughter’s apartment on the top floor of the building, and were horrified by what they saw. ,The windows had shattered, shards of glass lying throughout the front room where the children would have slept, and the walls were marked with shrapnel. ,“What have they done?” Telehyna cried, her grief mingled with the relief of her daughter and grandchildren already having fled the country. “Everything is destroyed, there is no balcony, no windows no doors,” she said. Her daughter had considered coming back, but there is no longer a home to come back to. ,“I hurt, I'm crying, I worry,” she said. “But what can I do? Nothing.”,Also read: As Russia closes in on 100 days in Ukraine, Putin loses another close ally,Authorities have repeatedly urged residents to leave the areas of eastern Ukraine near the fighting. “All the territory of Donetsk region now is a field of war,” Pavlo Kyrylenko, the head of the Donetsk administration, said in a statement on the Sloviansk rocket attack posted on his Facebook page. “Every such blow is a cruel reminder that there are no safe places in the Donetsk region now. Evacuate! Evacuation saves lives!”,But some are unable, or unwilling, to move despite the dangers. “There is no place to go,” said Samoluk. Besides, he said, he didn’t want to leave. “I didn’t leave in 2014, and I won’t go now.”

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Some people stayed.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Also read:&nbsp;<a href=\\\"https://opoyi.com/usa/moscow-should-invade-united-kingdom-and-take-stonehenge-russian-tv-presenter-444182/\\\">Moscow should invade United Kingdom and take Stonehenge: Russian TV presenter</a>\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Among them are Lydmyla Telehyna and her husband Mykola. 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<ul>
  <li>A rocket hit in the very early hours of Tuesday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk</li>
  <li>Sloviansk, in the eastern Donetsk region, is in Russia's sights as part of its efforts to seize the Donbas</li>
  <li>Russian military officials have said their main goal is to 'liberate' the Donbas</li>
</ul>

Deadly rocket strike in Ukraine's Sloviansk as Russia moves on Donbas

Russia showed off its military prowess by showcasing the might of its Soviet 2S7M Malka self-propelled artillery as it discharged projectiles into the sky over Ukraine. The Russian military documented the tremendous firepower that is capable of physically incapacitate an unprepared soldier or crew member near it from concussive force. The video was obtained by Zenger News Friday from the Ministry of Defense (MoD) of the Russian Federation. Also Read | Watch: Angry pilot yells at passengers to vent frustration, viral video, Combat work of crews of self-propelled artillery mounts of high power 2S7M 'Malka', the media said in Russia, according to Google Translate. 'Malka' has a 203 mm caliber gun and is designed to solve special tasks - suppression and elimination of especially protected command posts, artillery, mortars, armored vehicles, rear areas, enemy manpower. The rate of fire of the gun is up to 2.5 rounds per minute, the range is about 50 kilometers. Also Read | Why Belarus finds itself mired in Russia-Ukraine conflict,Modern Orlan-10 unmanned aerial vehicles are used for timely target detection, data transmission and fire adjustment. It remains unclear what targets the projectiles struck or where in Ukraine the footage was filmed. The 2S7M Malka entered service in 1983. The Malka and its 2S7 Pion are operated by a handful of countries, including both Russia and Ukraine. Russia's offensive has been growing especially in the Donbas region, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accusing Russia of carrying out a genocide in the region. The city of Sievierodonetsk is currently suffering an onslaught of Russian shelling. Zelensky said Thursday night that lives are lost in Ukraine every moment the West delays putting more pressure on Russia. The Ukrainian president also urged the West to urgently supply with weapons to deal with Russian troops in Donbas. Also Read | 'Isn't worth broken penny': Ukrainian negotiator on peace talks with Russia,US officials said the Biden administration is considering supplying Ukraine with the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported earlier Friday that from February 24 to May 27, Russia had lost about 29,750 troops in addition to 1,322 tanks, 3,246 armored fighting vehicles, 623 artillery systems, 201 multiple launch rocket systems, 93 air defense systems, 206 warplanes, 170 helicopters, 503 unmanned aerial vehicles, 115 cruise missiles, 13 warships, 2,226 military vehicles and fuel tankers, and 48 units of special equipment. While the Russian MoD reported earlier Friday that during this same time, Ukraine had lost 179 warplanes, 127 helicopters, 1,019 unmanned aerial vehicles, 323 air defense systems, 3,266 tanks and armored fighting vehicles, 433 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,682 artillery systems, and 3,190 military vehicles.

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<ul>
  <li>The Russian military documented the tremendous firepower</li>
  <li>Soviet 2S7M Malka is capable of&nbsp;physically incapacitate an unprepared soldier</li>
  <li>It remains unclear&nbsp;what targets the projectiles struck</li>
</ul>

Russia's huge guns: Soviet 2S7M Malka self-propelled artillery in action

Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

Civilians are fleeing towns and cities in eastern Ukraine as Russian forces advance. This comes over a threatening soundtrack of air raid sirens and booming artillery. Negotiating narrow apartment building staircases, volunteers carry the elderly and infirm in their arms, in stretchers or in wheelchairs to waiting minibuses, which then drive them to central staging areas and eventually to evacuation trains in other cities. Also read: Donald Trump connects Uvalde shooting to US' $40 billion aid to Ukraine,The Russians are right over there, and they’re closing in on this location, Mark Poppert, an American volunteer working with British charity RefugEase, said during an evacuation in the town of Bakhmut on Friday. Bakhmut is a high-risk area right now, he said. We're trying to get as many people out as we can in case the Ukrainians have to fall back. Also read: Ukrainians fear repeat of Mariupol horrors elsewhere in Donbas,He and other Ukrainian and foreign volunteers working with the Ukrainian charity Vostok SOS, which was coordinating the evacuation effort, were hoping to get about 100 people out of Bakhmut on Friday. Earlier, the thud of artillery sounded and black smoke rose from the northern fringes of the town, which is in the Donetsk region in Ukraine’s industrial east. Donetsk and the neighbouring region of Luhansk make up the Donbas, where Moscow-backed separatists have controlled some territory for eight years. Also read: Lock 'em up: The Trump card to end gun violence also involves more guns,The evacuation process is painstaking, physically arduous and fraught with emotion. Many of the evacuees are elderly, ill or have serious mobility problems, meaning volunteers have to bundle them into soft stretchers and slowly negotiate their way through narrow corridors and down flights of stairs in apartment buildings. Most people have already fled Bakhmut: only around 30,000 remain from a pre-war population of 85,000. And more are leaving each day. Also read: United States scraps Russia's food-for-sanctions relief plan; slams Vladimir Putin,Fighting has raged north of Bakhmut as Russian forces intensify their efforts to seize the key eastern cities of Sieverodonetsk and Lysychansk, 50 kilometres (30 miles) to the northeast. The two cities are the last areas under Ukrainian control in the Luhansk region. Northwest of Bakhmut in Donetsk, Russia-backed rebels said Friday they had taken over the town of Lyman, a large railway hub near the cities of Slovyansk and Kramatorsk, both which are still under Ukrainian control. On Thursday, smoke rising from the direction of Lyman could be seen clearly from Slovyansk.

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<ul>
  <li>He and other Ukrainian and foreign volunteers working with the Ukrainian charity Vostok SOS were hoping to get about 100 people out of Bakhmut</li>
  <li>Earlier, the thud of artillery sounded and black smoke rose from the northern fringes of the town</li>
  <li>The evacuation process is painstaking, physically arduous and fraught with emotion</li>
</ul>

Ukrainian civilians flee towns, cities as Russians advance, evacuations slow, fraught

American

Mariupol', Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

Moscow-backed separatists pounded eastern Ukraine’s industrial Donbas region on Friday, claiming to capture a railway hub as concerns grew that besieged cities in the region would undergo the same horrors experienced by the people of the port city Mariupol in the weeks before it fell. Ukrainian officials warned that their forces wouldn't be able to stop the Russian offensive without more sophisticated Western-supplied weaponry. Also read: Lock 'em up: The Trump card to end gun violence also involves more guns,The fighting on Friday focused on two key cities: Sievierodonetsk and nearby Lysychansk. They are the last areas under Ukrainian control in Luhansk, one of two provinces that make up the Donbas and where Russia-backed separatists have already controlled some territory for eight years. Authorities say 1,500 people in Sievierodonetsk have already died since the war's start scarcely more than three months ago. Russia-backed rebels also said they’d taken the railway hub of Lyman. Also read: United States scraps Russia's food-for-sanctions relief plan; slams Vladimir Putin,The governor of Luhansk warned that Ukrainian soldiers may have to retreat from Sievierodonetsk to avoid being surrounded. But he predicted an ultimate Ukrainian victory. The Russians will not be able to capture the Luhansk region in the coming days, as analysts predict, Serhiy Haidai wrote on Telegram on Friday. We will have enough forces and means to defend ourselves. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelesnsky also struck a defiant tone. In his nightly video address Friday, he said: If the occupiers think that Lyman or Sievierodonetsk will be theirs, they are wrong. Donbas will be Ukrainian. Also read: At Mariupol steel plant, Ukraine’s grains now nourish Russian invaders,For now, Sievierodonetsk Mayor Oleksandr Striuk told The Associated Press that “the city is being systematically destroyed — 90% of the buildings in the city are damaged.”,Striuk described conditions in Sievierodonetsk reminiscent of the battle for Mariupol, located in the Donbas’ other province, Donetsk. Now in ruins, the port city was constantly barraged by Russian forces in a nearly three-month siege that ended last week when Russia claimed its capture. More than 20,000 of its civilians are feared dead. Before the war, Sievierodonetsk was home to around 100,000 people. About 12,000 to 13,000 remain in the city, Striuk said, huddled in shelters and largely cut off from the rest of Ukraine. At least 1,500 people have died there because of the war, now in its 93rd day. The figure includes people killed by shelling or in fires caused by Russian missile strikes, as well as those who died from shrapnel wounds, untreated diseases, a lack of medicine or being trapped under rubble, the mayor said.

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<ul>
  <li>Ukrainian officials warned that their forces wouldn't be able to stop the Russian offensive</li>
  <li>The fighting on Friday focused on two key cities: Sievierodonetsk and nearby Lysychansk</li>
  <li>The governor of Luhansk warned that Ukrainian soldiers may have to retreat from Sievierodonetsk to avoid being surrounded</li>
</ul>

Ukrainians fear repeat of Mariupol horrors elsewhere in Donbas

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday accused Russia of carrying out an obvious policy of genocide in his country's eastern Donbas region. The offence in Donbas by Moscow could end up leaving the region uninhabited, he said, accusing the Russians of wanting to reduce its cities to ashes. All this, including the deportation of our people and the mass killings of civilians, is an obvious policy of genocide pursued by Russia, he said in his daily televised address. Also read: A new Axis? What Russia stands to gain from closer ties with China,In late February, Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine, saying the campaign aimed to stop the genocide of Russian speakers in the pro-Western country. In April, Ukraine's parliament backed a resolution recognising the actions of the Russian military in the country as genocide. Also read: Why world’s dependence on Russia oil may trigger a global recession,US President Joe Biden used the same expression, saying Putin appeared intent on trying to wipe out the idea of even being able to be a Ukrainian. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau echoed the claim. Also read: Norway’s Oslo has the best work-life balance, Dubai worst: Study,Earlier, the Ukrainian soldiers allegedly bombed a Russian base with a newly-delivered NATO howitzer from a distance of over 12 miles away. In a statement, the Ukrainian Ground Forces claimed that it fired from a NATO-supplied howitzer from a distance of over 20 kilometres (12.4 miles). Also read: Solving starvation: What it'll take for Russia to let Ukraine's grains pass,The brigade said it hit the base of the Russian command staff and destroyed a military SUV marked Z, killing several enemy soldiers in the process. According to Ukrainian military officials, soldiers of the Transcarpathian 128th Brigade reportedly hit the Russian command post with one shot from 12 miles away in May 2022.

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<ul>
  <li>The offence in Donbas by Moscow could end up leaving the region "uninhabited"</li>
  <li>In late February, Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine</li>
  <li>Earlier, the Ukrainian soldiers allegedly bombed a Russian base with a newly-delivered NATO howitzer</li>
</ul>

#Donbas