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Moscow’s suspension of U. S. inspections of its nuclear weapons facilities, as part of a mutual inspection agreement under the 2010 New Start Treaty, is a blow to weapons efforts, analysts say.
An Iranian satellite introduced from a Russian-controlled base in Kazakhstan, as Westerners suspect it will be used for Moscow’s war aims, which Tehran denies.
Russia has reportedly begun dismantling some of its planes to unload spare parts that it can no longer unload due to sanctions.
Meanwhile, two other ships left Ukraine with goods, as part of a deal negotiated by Turkey to remove food materials from the Russian blockade of Ukrainian ports.
U. N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres over the weekend condemned the bombing of Europe’s nuclear force plant in southeastern Ukraine and called any attack on nuclear-force plants “suicidal. “
Rockets reportedly hit the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in recent days and 3 radiation sensors were damaged, CNBC’s Shepard Smith reported Tuesday. Ukraine and Russia exchanged blame for the attacks.
Russia seized the factory five months ago at the start of the war after invading Ukraine.
The head of the U. N. watchdog called on any of the countries to allow experts to assess the site. Guterres said Tuesday that situations there were “completely out of control. “
—Lee Ying Shan
The U. S. government is investigating investment advisory firm Concord Management, which oversaw multibillion-dollar hedge fund investments for Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, the New York Times reported Tuesday.
The investigation, conducted through the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, focuses in part on how Abramovich’s affiliates used several shell corporations overseas to invest $8 billion in hedge budget and personal equity companies, the report added, citing other people close to it. to the company.
Abramovich is one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s allies and has been sanctioned by nations around the world for blaming Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
–Reuter
The State Department will provide $89 million for clear landmines, improvised explosive devices and unexploded ordnance in Ukraine.
“Russian forces have used explosive devices irresponsibly and brutally, causing extensive damage to important civilian infrastructure and contaminating much of Ukrainian territory with unexploded ordnance and land lines,” a State Department official told NBC News.
The official added that the Ukrainian government discovered Russian booby traps and improvised explosives hidden in cars, toys and corpses.
The official told NBC News that a domain of about 160,000 square kilometers could be infected with landmines and unexploded ordnance.
—Amanda Macias
Ukraine’s Ministry of Education and Science said about 2,200 educational establishments have been destroyed in Ukraine since the start of the war with Russia.
The ministry estimates that around 220 have been destroyed. The assessment comes as parts of Ukraine plan to reopen the school year next month.
“Due to the ongoing hostilities, a return-to-learning crusade for the new educational year and university admissions would possibly not be possible. UN said. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs wrote in a statement.
—Amanda Macias
President Joe Biden has signed ratification documents leading Finland and Sweden to NATO membership.
“They will meet all NATO requirements, we are from that,” Biden said before signing the documents.
Biden’s signature follows a week of a 95-1 Senate vote.
After the United States, the governments of the Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain and Turkey have yet to pinpoint the tools of ratification. The 30 NATO allies will have to approve the accession of Finland and Sweden to the alliance.
—Amanda Macias
Since the Kremlin invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, the World Health Organization’s Health Organization’s Health Care Attack Monitoring System estimates that there have been at least 434 attacks on major physical activities in the country.
The organization reports that fitness services were broken 366 times, ambulances were attacked in 65 cases and at least 104 attacks affected essential medical supplies. and 101 injured.
The Kremlin has denied in the past that it is attacking civilian infrastructure such as hospitals, schools and apartment buildings.
—Amanda Macias
U. S. President Joe Biden is expected to signal ratification tools for Finland and Sweden to sign for the NATO alliance at 2 p. m.
Last week, the Senate voted 95-1 to ratify the entry of Finland and Sweden into the army group.
In May, the two countries began the formal NATO bidding process.
Biden welcomed the leaders of both countries to the White House and pledged to work with the Senate, which will have to approve U. S. approval. UU. de offers from NATO, and the other 29 members of the world’s toughest military alliance to temporarily bring Sweden and Finland to power. group.
—Amanda Macias
The Pentagon estimates that the Russian military has suffered between 70,000 and 80,000 casualties since the invasion of Ukraine began last February.
The rare estimate shared through the pentagon’s third-time senior official comes as the United States prepares its largest security assistance program for Ukraine. Casualties include infantrymen killed or wounded.
On Monday, Biden’s management announced a billion-dollar arms package, the eighteenth such payment, bringing the U. S. commitment to about $9. 8 billion since the war began.
—Amanda Macias
The Joint Chiefs of Staff of the U. S. ArmyThe U. S. Navy, Gen. Mark Milley, met with the Pentagon general who oversees Europe on a stopover in Germany.
The two men also met with French Defense Chief of Staff Gen. Thierry Burkhard and “discussed issues of mutual interest and shared evidence related to the current Russian invasion of Ukraine,” according to a Pentagon reading from the meeting.
“The long-standing alliance between the U. S. and French militaries plays a pivotal role in maintaining peace and stability in Europe and other parts of the world,” the report added.
The meeting between Milley, U. S. Gen. Christopher Cavoli and Burkhard comes as the U. S. prepares its 18th weapons package for Ukraine.
—Amanda Macias
The British Embassy in Ukraine had donated 100,800 Covid vaccines to the war-torn country.
“We protect those who love it to the fullest by ensuring that Ukrainians affected by the Russian invasion can take essential physical care and obtain life-saving vaccines,” the British embassy wrote in a statement.
—Amanda Macias
The State Department imposes visa restrictions on a hundred other people affiliated with Alexander Lukashenka’s regime for their role in undermining Belarus’ 2020 presidential election.
Lukashenko, a best friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said in the past that Belarus will use Russian forces as part of the Kremlin’s so-called special operation in Ukraine.
“When it became clear that the Lukashenko regime had stolen the elections, the Belarusian people bravely took to the streets, with reports of thousands of people gathered to peacefully call for free and fair elections and a democratic transition,” the secretary said. Antony. Blinken wrote in a statement.
—Amanda Macias
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has declared March to be the deadliest Month of Russian in Ukraine so far.
There were more than 3,100 civilian casualties and 2,400 wounded as a result of the March clash, according to data collected through the UN.
In total, the United Nations has dumped 5,401 civilians killed and 7,466 wounded in Ukraine since the Russian invasion on Feb. 24.
“Most of the civilian casualties recorded were caused by the use of wide-range explosive weapons, in addition to heavy artillery shelling, rocket launchers, missiles and airstrikes,” the UN office wrote in a report.
Human rights added that most of the casualties and injuries were recorded in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
—Amanda Macias
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley met with his counterparts from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden on Monday at the Arctic Defense Chiefs Meeting.
“Military leaders discussed classes learned from ongoing operations in the Arctic, cooperation among nations, and shared commitment to the rules-based order,” according to a Pentagon reading of the meeting.
“In coordination with our allies and partners, the United States seeks to maintain the Arctic region as a conflict-free area, where nations act responsibly and where economic and power resources are developed sustainably and sustainably,” the Array report adds.
An Arctic Council assembly was postponed earlier this year due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Previously, Russia was scheduled to chair the foreign forum until 2023.
Earlier this year, the seven member countries of the Arctic Council (Canada, Finland, Denmark, the United States, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) agreed to boycott any assembly in Russia.
—Amanda Macias
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin criticized Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, warning that “autocracy is underway in the world. “
“An army exists to serve its people and not the other way around. The army will have to play its part. That means protecting human rights and protecting the rule of law, not overthrowing civilian governments or wallowing in corruption,” Austin said. a replacement for the rite of command of government in Germany.
“This is especially now that autocracy is underway in the world,” he said, adding that Moscow has shown its willingness “to sow chaos and threaten the rules-based foreign order. “
—Amanda Macias
More than 10. 5 million people have crossed the border into Ukraine and left the country since the Russian invasion on Feb. 24, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said.
Most are now in Central and Eastern Europe, with Poland, Russia, Romania, Moldova, Hungary and Slovakia hosting some of the largest numbers of refugees.
Moscow claims to have taken in many Ukrainians and says none of the arrivals were forced. Ukrainian and Western officials, as well as some teams of activists, claim that thousands of Ukrainians, including children, were forcibly deported and taken to Russia against their will.
— Natasha Turak
The Ukrainian government has reported heavy shelling in frontline towns in the eastern Donbass region of Donetsk.
“The scenario in the region is tense: shelling is constant on the front line. . . The enemy also uses airstrikes a lot,” Pavlo Kyrylenko, Donetsk regional governor, was quoted as saying by The Guardian on Ukrainian television. it is not successful. The Donetsk region endures. “
Russian forces took most of the Donbass region, necessarily adding all of Luhansk and a part of Donetsk, according to analysts and officials. They have enjoyed good fortune in their attack on the eastern city of Bakhmut, the British Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday, but have still made slow territorial gains elsewhere in Donbass over the past 30 days.
— Natasha Turak
Moscow announced the suspension of a configuration that allowed Russian and American experts to inspect each other’s nuclear weapons facilities, which had been agreed under the 2010 New START Treaty.
Mutual inspections were first suspended for safety reasons due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but Russia now claims that the sanctions imposed by the US have been suspended in the first place. The US after their invasion of Ukraine are the reason, as they prevented Russian inspectors from travelling to the US. USA
“There are no similar obstacles to the arrival of American inspectors in Russia,” a member of the Russian Foreign Ministry said. “The Russian Foreign Ministry raised this factor with the countries in question, but did not get a response. “
A spokesman for the U. S. State Department “The United States is committed to the implementation of the New Start Treaty, but we are holding confidential discussions between the parties related to the implementation of the treaty. “
Analysts say the resolution to prevent U. S. inspectors from visiting Russia is a blow to weapons efforts.
— Natasha Turak
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is urging Western countries to ban entry to all Russians, based on his call for broader sanctions against the country.
Zelenskyy called for the ban in an interview with the Washington Post, saying borders should be closed to Russians because they are “taking land away from others. “He added that Russians “live in their own world until they replace their philosophy. “
A large number of Russians have left their country since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine; some to escape the effects of sanctions, and others in opposition to war and concern about Moscow’s crackdown on dissent. The exact number of those who fled Russia is not available, but estimates put the figure in the thousands or more.
Several Western countries are offering asylum to Russian dissidents, adding journalists and activists, and asylum claims have skyrocketed since the war began. While North America and much of European airspace have been closed to Russian aircraft, Russian citizens can still apply for visas for any of those countries.
Moscow dismissed Zelenskyy’s request as irrational, and the Kremlin noted that any attempt to isolate the Russians would be futile and that Europe had to pay for Zelenskyy’s “whims. “
— Natasha Turak
Russia has begun stripping planes of spare portions they can no longer unload due to Western sanctions, Reuters reported, citing several unnamed sources.
Most of Russia’s passenger aircraft fleet is made up of Western airliners, and a new Airbus 350 and a Russian-made Sukhoi Superjet are already being dismantled, Reuters wrote.
Sanctions imposed across Western countries after russia’s invasion of Ukraine last February severed many of Russia’s industry ties with countries it had worked with in the past and prevented its airlines from being able to unload spare parts and maintenance in the West.
— Natasha Turak
Russia has put into orbit an Iranian Khayyam satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which it operates. Some Western officials suspect that Moscow will use it to help it in its war efforts in Ukraine before allowing Iran to complete it.
Tehran has rejected such claims and Iran’s firm said over the weekend that Iran would be aware of the satellite “from day one. “
The launch comes about 3 weeks after Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Iran’s ideal leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran.
— Natasha Turak
Two other ships carrying grain left the Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk, the Turkish Defense Ministry said, in a slow extension of a deal negotiated through Ankara to lift the Russian blockade on Ukrainian ports.
One of the ships, which was bound for South Korea, carries 64,720 tons of corn, while the other carries 5,300 tons of sunflower cake to Istanbul, the Defense Ministry said, according to Reuters.
Four other ships have left Ukraine in recent days and are anchored near Istanbul awaiting inspection, the ministry added.
— Natasha Turak
Russian forces continue to gain ground in Ukraine’s eastern Donbass region, albeit more slowly than expected, the British Defense Ministry wrote in its intelligence update on Twitter.
“For the past 30 days, Russia’s attack on the city of Bakhmut has been its most successful axis in Donbass; however, Russia only managed to advance about 10 km in this period,” he writes.
“In other areas of Donbass where Russia was looking to break through, its forces gained no more than 3 km in this 30-day period; almost in fact much less than expected,” the ministry added.
Russian and pro-Russian forces have recently occupied most of the Donbass region.
— Natasha Turak
The United States has not noticed any indication of increased radiation from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear force plant as a result of Russian missile movements near the facility, a White House National Security Council official told NBC News.
The U. S. Department of Energy’s radiation sensors are available for radiation. The U. S. And National Nuclear Security Administration at the Zaporizhzhia facility, the official added.
“Fighting near a nuclear power plant is dangerous, and we continue to call on Russia to halt all army operations at or near Ukrainian nuclear facilities and return completely to Ukraine,” the national security official said.
—Amanda Macias
The United States, through the U. S. Agency for International Development, will provide $4. 5 billion in direct budget to the Ukrainian government.
The budget is expected to mitigate Ukraine’s acute budget deficits through the Kremlin’s war.
“This budget provided by the United States, by the World Bank, allows the Ukrainian government to fulfill indispensable purposes for its people, adding social and financial assistance to the most impoverished Ukrainians since the beginning of the war, youth with disabilities and displaced people,” the U. S. Agency for International Development wrote in a statement.
The firm wrote that Ukraine would begin receiving the cash this month.
—Amanda Macias
The U. S. approves a billion dollars in the military for Ukraine; UN Leader Calls Russian Attack on Nuclear Plant ‘Suicidal’
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