Russian forces were given new responsibilities from their leaders to “advance somewhere on a safe date,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his evening speech.
The Ukrainian leader said Ukraine’s good fortune in protecting against Russian aggression is definitely an “antidote to further aggression” and that the world needed to see a “free country capable of protecting freedom from invaders. “
“If we can do it, then others can do it,” he said.
Zelenskyy then thanked the troops in the fiercest areas.
He continued: “The occupiers have again been given new responsibilities from their leaders to advance somewhere on a safe date.
“Well, it just means that despite all the dates, our heroes will destroy, as always, the occupier. “
The EU executive has proposed blacklisting several Chinese companies and restricting exports to countries deemed concerned about circumventing Russian trade restrictions as part of new sanctions against Moscow.
The EU’s 27 member states – which will all have to agree to impose new sanctions – will have a first discussion on Wednesday on the proposal by the European Commission’s foreign policy unit, several said today. diplomatic sources.
The proposal focuses on addressing circumvention of existing industrial restrictions through third countries, the appeals said, after the EU singled out China, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates as Central Asian and Caucasus countries as possible culprits.
Seven in China would be subject to an asset freeze in the EU, diplomats familiar with the proposal said, in what would be the first time the bloc has punished China over allegations of Beijing’s role in Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Today, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said China urges the EU not to go down the “wrong path” and is in a position to take measures to defend its rights. and their interests.
The latest attacks in Ukraine show how “desperate” Russia is over its obvious lack of progress on the battlefield, the former US military special adviser told Sky News. U. S. Secretary of State for Europe, Mark Voyger.
My Voyger said the moves were a “desperate attempt” to intimidate the Ukrainian population and that Russia’s attacks had “failed. “
He said Ukrainian forces were “more effective” and that their counteroffensive was looming “in a matter of days or weeks. “
The former adviser also said he thought Russia would be “more desperate” over time.
We report on the wave of drone and missile movements introduced into Ukrainian cities.
Commenting on the situation, Civitas’ director of defence and security, Robert Clark, told Sky News that with Russia’s Victory Day celebrations scheduled for tomorrow, the Kremlin’s pressure on the Russian military to achieve some sort of good fortune on the battlefield continues.
He said: “This is the explanation for why Russia seeks to divert attention from its battlefield struggles by ruthlessly attacking Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure. “
Clark went on to say that the difference between this year’s Victory Day and last year’s is that Ukraine could protect itself from attacks “more absolutely now. “
“Ukraine complex militarily last year,” he added.
These photographs show charred buildings and smoke rising from the east of the town of Bakhmut after shelling in the domain today.
Ukrainian commanders have vowed to maintain control over the city despite Russian willingness to take it in time for tomorrow’s Victory Day holiday marking the defeat of Nazi Germany.
Ukraine’s Eurovision law turned the UK into a “family” after arriving in Liverpool in full view of sunflowers and their national flag.
The electronic duo Tvorchi, formed by the manufacturer Andrii Hutsuliak and the Nigerian singer Jeffery Kenny, will participate in the grand finale with their catchy song Heart Of Steel.
The duo hopes to protect the Ukrainian name from Eurovision after Kalush Orchestra took victory last year thanks to a surge of public votes.
Before the latest this weekend, Hutsuliak told the AP: “A lot of things surprised us. For example, walking before, we saw sunflowers, many flags everywhere, other installations, objects.
“There are installations made by Ukrainian artists united with British artists, and they made those installations, which is great.
“We feel like a big circle of relatives and we are happy in our hearts that we have friends who can help us in those difficult times. We’re very, very grateful for everything. “
Ukraine’s largest metals producer, ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, has told its staff to leave or work remotely because of the risk of Russian airstrikes.
The company, which employs about 20,000 people, is located in the central city of Kryvyi Rih, which is the target of Russian missile and drone strikes.
A spokesman said the move reflected “the escalation of enemy attacks in the country and the downing of a reconnaissance drone in Kryvyi Rih on Saturday.
Moscow stepped up its airstrikes this month as Ukraine prepares to launch a counteroffensive to the Russian invasion.
He vowed to retaliate after blaming Kiev for an apparent drone attack on the Kremlin citadel in Moscow, for which Ukraine has denied responsibility.
Tomorrow, Russia will commemorate the Soviet Union’s defeat by Nazi Germany in 1945, a major holiday, with an army parade on Victory Day in Red Square.
The Foreign Ministry in Rome “strongly recommended” that all Italians still in Ukraine leave by all means.
The alert was issued after “increasingly strong missile attacks in Kiev and Ukraine,” the ministry said on its travel protection website.
“Any travel to Ukraine, in any capacity, is strongly discouraged,” he said, urging anyone going to work to take “appropriate threat prevention and mitigation measures” and to take “maximum caution. “
Earlier today, we reported that Russia introduced a wave of drones, missiles and airstrikes on Ukrainian cities this morning.
No less than 16 missile movements targeted the Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv and Odessa regions and there were 61 air movements in populated spaces and army positions.
Civilians were killed and wounded, and high-rise buildings were damaged, the military said.
The leader of the Russian mercenary organization Wagner said that, according to initial data, his troops were beginning to obtain the ammunition they needed.
In an audio message posted on social media, Prigozhin said: “Today the teams form a complex of a maximum of 130 meters.
“The fierce fight continues, but the teams continue to move forward.
“According to initial data, we are starting to obtain ammunition. We haven’t noticed it (yet) in practice. “
For context: The besieged eastern city of Bakhmut has witnessed some of the bloodiest fighting of the war.
Last week, Chief Wagner, his fighters, who led a months-long attack on Bakhmut, withdrew after being starved of ammunition and suffering “unnecessary and unjustified” losses. He then withdrew his threat.
Russian officials have sought to dispel considerations that their frontline forces have not obtained sufficient supplies.
Several Russian aircraft have been operating over occupied spaces in eastern Ukraine and the Sea of Azov, reports analyst Brady Africk of the American Enterprise Institute.
Eastern Ukraine is where the fiercest battles are taking place lately.
Russia hopes to capture the entire eastern flank, but hopes that a Ukrainian counteroffensive will repel Russian forces.