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Russia Ukraine War Live Updates: Russian and Ukrainian human rights commissioners discuss assistance
According to an intelligence update from the British defence ministry on Tuesday, Russian and Wagner forces are believed to have gained control over a significant portion of the eastern Ukrainian town of Soledar, as a result of tactical advances over the past four days. Meanwhile, a Russian warship armed with hypersonic cruise weapons has held exercises in the Norwegian Sea, the defence ministry said on Tuesday. Stay with TOI for live updates-Read Less
U.S. Patriot training confirms participation in Ukraine conflict-Russian ambassador
US plans to train Ukrainian servicemen in the use of Patriot missiles provides further proof of Washington's participation in the Ukraine conflict, Russia's ambassador to the United States said on Tuesday. "The decision of the US defence department to organise a training course at Fort Sill in Oklahoma is yet another confirmation of Washington's de facto participation in the Ukrainian conflict on the side of Kyiv's Nazi criminals," Anatoly Antonov said in a statement posted by his embassy.
Several Western leaders including Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron have visited Ukraine since Russia's invasion on February 24, 2022.
Kharkiv has faced heavy bombardment during the war, but the frontline has moved east since a Ukrainian counter-offensive last year retook territory from Russian forces.
Russia hits Ukraine's Kharkiv after German minister visits
Russian strikes hit eastern Ukraine's city of Kharkiv late Tuesday, the regional governor said, just hours after a surprise visit by the German foreign minister with her Ukrainian counterpart. Annalena Baerbock vowed further German support for Kyiv on her unannounced trip, but Ukraine's top diplomat Dmytro Kuleba said Berlin's refusal to send his country battle tanks was costing lives.
Russian and Ukrainian human rights commissioners discuss assistance
Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova said on Wednesday that she discussed humanitarian assistance with her Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Lubinets. "We discussed issues of providing humanitarian assistance to citizens of the two countries," Moskalkova said on the Telegram messaging app.
Zelenskyy strips Putin ally Medvedchuk, three others of Ukrainian citizenship
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stripped four political figures of their Ukrainian citizenship on Tuesday, including pro-Kremlin politician Viktor Medvedchuk who was transferred to Russia last year in a prisoner swap deal. "I have decided to terminate the citizenship of four persons: Andriy Leonidovych Derkach, Taras Romanovych Kozak, Renat Raveliyovych Kuzmin and Viktor Volodymyrovych Medvedchuk," Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address.
