The U. S. Commerce Department has issued an order temporarily postponing exports from three corporations accused of sending electronics to Russia for that country’s war effort, the branch said.
The company’s main points have yet to be published.
To put it in context: Since Russia introduced its invasion last February, U. S. sanctions and export controls imposed on Russia have expanded significantly.
Last week, the U. S. announced about 100 sanctions targeting Russia’s energy production and revenues, metals and mining sectors, and defense procurement.
U. S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said after the announcement that the move demonstrated “the country’s determination to continue to disrupt each and every link in the Russian military’s chain of sources. “
Ukrainian troops fired small rocket launch systems at Russian troops near the front line in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region.
Yesterday, Ukraine proved that 19 servicemen were killed by a Russian missile strike in Zaporizhzhia during an army award ceremony.
It came as officials said Russian drone and missile strikes in Odesa wounded eight other people and damaged an art museum that is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The United States cannot remain in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe after Russia’s withdrawal, White House national security spokesman John Kirby said tonight.
Speaking to reporters, Kirby said, “I don’t know how we can justify not retiring. “
He also said the U. S. would honor all Article Five commitments to its NATO allies, which could force changes.
What is the treaty?
The treaty is a key post-Cold War agreement that restricts the use of weapons and equipment.
It was signed in 1990, just a year after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and was aimed at defusing possible conflicts between East and West.
Earlier in the day, Moscow withdrew from the treaty.
Vladimir Putin signed a decree denouncing the deal in May 2023, drawing condemnation from NATO.
Another six people were killed after shelling Ukrainian forces in the Donetsk region, a Russian official in the eastern region said.
Denis Pushilin, the Russian-appointed head of the region, said on Telegram that 11 other people were also wounded.
Sky News has not been able to verify this information.
The following photographs show the aftermath of the bombing. . .
An exiled Belarusian activist has submitted a second case of evidence to the International Criminal Court that he says proves the president’s involvement in the illegal transfer of young people to Belarus from Russian-occupied cities in Ukraine.
Pavel Latushka, a former Belarusian culture minister, said some of the news about Alexander Lukashenko came from “insiders” in Belarus.
“We have more evidence showing Lukashenko’s direct involvement in the illegal deportation of young Ukrainians to Belarus as the leader of the so-called Union State of Belarus and Russia,” Latushka told The Associated Press in The Hague.
The dossier also includes “hitherto unknown evidence and facts related to the involvement of Belarusian and Russian organizations, as well as their leaders and members, in the illegal deportation of young Ukrainians to Belarus,” it added.
Latushka said the data included non-public data on 37 young Ukrainians illegally transferred from Ukraine to Belarus.
In June, Latushka provided the court with data that more than 2,100 young Ukrainians from at least 15 Russian-occupied Ukrainian cities had been forcibly taken to Belarus with Latushka’s approval. Lukashenko.
The Belarusian president rejected Latushka, calling them “madness,” arguing that Belarus had temporarily taken in the young people to help them cope with the trauma of the war.
The ICC is investigating crimes in Ukraine.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on Ukrainians to unite as tensions appear to be easing.
Ukraine’s president said citizens deserve not to be dragged into damaging infighting that could have an effect on the war effort, days after a rift emerged between Zelensky and the country’s commander-in-chief.
Senior Gen. Valeriy Zaluzhnyi had said the war was deadlocked, but the Ukrainian president rejected this, while his foreign adviser said the comments were “very strange” and could favor Russia.
Zelensky has since said: “Now everyone is thinking about protecting our country. We want to pull ourselves together, avoid relaxing and dividing ourselves into conflicts or other priorities.
“If there is no victory, there will be no country. Our victory is possible. “
The factor of stalemate on the battlefield is very sensitive in Kiev, which opposes any negotiations with Russia.
Russian forces hope to encircle a city in eastern Ukraine after two failed attacks.
Vitaly Barabash, head of the Ukrainian army’s management in the city of Avdiivka, said he believed Moscow would advance as soon as the weather permitted.
“The third wave is going to happen. The enemy is regrouping after a second wave of failed attacks,” he said.
The key town of Avdiivka has been described as the “next Bakhmut” and has been almost completely destroyed after just nine years of fighting.
It is considered a gateway to southern Ukraine, making it a key target for Russia.
Avdiivka is six miles from the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk.
A funeral rite celebrated today in Kyiv’s Independence Square for a Ukrainian soldier killed in combat against Russian forces.
Taras Davydiuk, who is also the founder and editor-in-chief of the local newspaper “Horyn. info”, was killed last week near the Robotyne region of Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine.
The outlet said “our hearts are broken” in a message posted on its website.
The Netherlands has sent the first five of the 18 promised fighter jets to Romania for use by Ukrainian pilots.
It is expected to deliver between 12 and 18 F-16 aircraft for the new European hub in Romania, which is scheduled to open shortly.
In the past, the Netherlands had pledged to send F-16s to Kyiv to bolster its defense against Russia, and similar pledges had also been made through Denmark, Norway and Belgium.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed an extension of Ukraine’s ban on exports of herbal fuels, through a presidential decree issued today.
The ban, imposed last year in reaction to Russia’s invasion, raises the question of security of supply.
It was extended in April to cover 2023.