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Russia-Ukraine war live updates: Ukrainian army leaving battered city for fortified positions
European Union sanctions targeting Russia for the war in Ukraine are having the desired effect, a German government spokesperson said, adding that high inflation was hitting the Russian economy more strongly than the West. The effectiveness of the sanctions is increasing with time, the spokesperson said at a regular news conference in Berlin on Friday. Stay with TOI for latest updates:Read Less
Ukraine's foreign minister played down the significance of the possible loss of more territory in the Donbas.
"Putin wanted to occupy the Donbas by May 9. We are (there) on June 24 and still fighting. Retreating from a few battles does not mean losing the war at all," Dmytro Kuleba said in an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. Russia says it sent troops into Ukraine to degrade its southern neighbour's military capabilities and root out people it called dangerous nationalists.
Ukraine on Friday again pressed for more arms, with its top general, Valeriy Zaluzhniy, telling his US counterpart in a phone call that Kyiv needed "fire parity" with Moscow to stabilise the situation in Luhansk.
In recent days, Russian forces have made gains around Sievierodonetsk and the neighboring city of Lysychansk, on a steep bank across a river, in a bid to encircle Ukrainian forces.
Ukrainian troops fought the Russians in house-to-house battles before retreating to the huge Azot chemical factory on the city's edge, where they remain holed up in its sprawling underground structures in which about 500 civilians also found refuge.
The planned withdrawal from Sievierodonetsk, the administrative center of the Luhansk region, comes after relentless Russian bombardment that has reduced most of the industrial city to rubble and cut its population from 100,0000 to 10,000.
After weeks of ferocious fighting, Ukrainian forces have begun retreating from a besieged city in the country's east to move to stronger positions, a regional official said Friday, the four-month mark in Russia's invasion.
Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy urges Glastonbury to help end war with Russia
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday put in an appearance at the Glastonbury music festival, urging revellers to band together to try to stop the conflict with Russia. Zelenskyy made his appeal in English in a recorded video message to tens of thousands of festival-goers in southwest England before the start of a set by The Libertines. Read full story
"I believe this is what will always be the starting point of Europe's new history. Europe without divisions," President Volodymyr Zelensky says as the European Union decides to grant Ukraine official EU candidate status (AFP)
Ukrainian forces will retreat from Severodonetsk after weeks of fierce fighting over the key eastern city, a senior Ukrainian official said on Friday, in a major boost to Russia's goal of seizing a swathe of eastern Ukraine (AFP)
A Moscow-appointed official in Ukraine's southern Kherson region was killed in an explosion, local authorities said on Friday, the latest in a string of attacks on pro-Kremlin officials in Ukrainian regions under Russian control, reports AFP
IAEA says the situation at Zaporizhzhia is clearly untenable, recent reports are very troubling (Reuters)
IAEA says it is aware of reports in the media and elsewhere indicating a deteriorating situation for Ukrainian staff at Zaporizhzhia (Reuters)
Russia's war to cast 40-50 million people into hunger: Antony Blinken
"There is no reason other than Russia's blockade of Ukraine and Russia's refusal in many cases to export its own grain for political reasons," said Blinken at a joint news conference with German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock on Friday. Read full story
Read: Ukraine forces to retreat from Severodonetsk
Ukrainian forces will retreat from Severodonetsk after weeks of fierce fighting over the key city, a senior Ukrainian official said on Friday. This is a major boost to Russia's goal of seizing a swathe of eastern Ukraine. The announcement came shortly after the European Union granted Ukraine candidate status in a show of support for the former Soviet republic, although there is still a long path ahead to membership.
Russia worse off than West as result of sanctions, says German government (Reuters)
As they prepare for a potential Russian offensive, women in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia learn to use Kalashnikovs
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— The Times Of India (@timesofindia) 1656064196000With Ukraine’s seaports blockaded or captured by Russian forces, neighboring Romania’s Black Sea port of Constanta has emerged as a main conduit for the war-torn country’s grain exports amid a growing world food crisis, reports AP
Ukraine's Hirske district in Luhansk region has been "fully occupied" by Russian forces as of Friday morning, says local official (Reuters)
Moscow-installed official killed in attack in Ukraine's Kherson
A Moscow-appointed official in Ukraine's southern Kherson region was killed in an explosion, Russian news agencies reported Friday, the latest in a string of attacks on pro-Kremlin officials in Ukrainian regions under Russian control."According to preliminary data, he died. An explosive device was planted in his car," a representative of the Kherson region administration told Interfax, confirmed by other news agencies.The victim was likely the head of the region's department of youth policy, family and sports, Interfax added.
Romanian port struggles to handle flow of Ukrainian grain
With Ukraine's seaports blockaded or captured by Russian forces, neighbouring Romania's Black Sea port of Constanta has emerged as a main conduit for the war-torn country's grain exports amid a growing world food crisis.It's Romania's biggest port, home to Europe's fastest-loading grain terminal, and has processed nearly a million tons of grain from Ukraine — one of the world's biggest exporters of wheat and corn — since the Feb. 24 invasion.But port operators say that maintaining, let alone increasing, the volume they handle could soon be impossible without concerted European Union support and investment.
