That is the primary time that leaders of Germany, France, Italy and Romania sit on the desk with the Ukrainian president, who has by no means left the nation for the reason that battle began.
- Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz, President of France Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister of Italy Mario Draghi and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on their first journey to Kyiv for the reason that battle began in February.
- Earlier than the assembly, the heads of states visited war-torn Irpin the place they denounced the brutality of the Russian invasion as they surveyed the ruins of the capital’s suburb that was the scene of intense combating early within the battle.
- Heavy combating continues within the japanese metropolis of Severodonetsk the place battles are being “fought for each home”, native authorities say.
- The top of the United Nations refugee company says the meals disaster stoked by the Ukraine battle is ready to drive file displacement to extra “staggering” ranges.
- Washington has introduced a further $1bn in safety help to Ukraine, together with extra artillery and coastal defence weapons.
- A UN official has warned that important provides are working out for hundreds of civilians trapped in Severodonetsk.
- Ukrainian fighters inside Severodonetsk’s Azot chemical plant have ignored a Russian ultimatum to give up.
Listed below are the newest updates:
1 hour in the past (12:41 GMT)
ICC prosecutor goals to indicate battle criminals can't escape justice
The chief prosecutor of the Worldwide Felony Courtroom has mentioned he hopes his battle crimes investigation in Ukraine would present there may be no escape from justice throughout conflicts.
Visiting Ukraine as a part of the investigation into alleged battle crimes and crimes in opposition to humanity for the reason that battle began, ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan described the nation as against the law scene. He mentioned his staff had gathered proof of many alleged crimes, together with sexual offences, crimes in opposition to kids, torture and mistreatment of prisoners, however gave no particulars.
1 hour in the past (12:33 GMT)
Scholz says Zelenskyy to participate in G7 summit
Zelenskyy will participate on this month’s Group of Seven summit, the German chancellor has mentioned on Twitter.
Scholz thanked the Ukrainian chief for “accepting my invitation to take part within the G7 summit” being held from June 26 to twenty-eight within the German Alpine resort of Schloss Elmau.
Zelenskyy, who just isn't believed to have left Ukraine for the reason that begin of the battle, was anticipated to hitch the leaders by video hyperlink.
1 hour in the past (12:30 GMT)
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1 hour in the past (12:28 GMT)
Italy’s Eni says Gazprom supplying 65 p.c of requested fuel
Italian power big Eni mentioned it can obtain solely 65 p.c of the fuel requested from Gazprom as a result of issues on the Russian firm’s Portovaya compression station.
Eni mentioned it had requested for 44 p.c extra fuel than on Wednesday, when the availability was minimize by 15 p.c, and “Gazprom introduced that solely 65 p.c of the requested volumes will probably be delivered”, a spokesman mentioned.
2 hours in the past (12:10 GMT)
UK units out new Russia sanctions in opposition to Patriarch Kirill
Britain has sanctioned the pinnacle of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, for “his outstanding assist of Russian navy aggression in Ukraine”.
The assertion added that 4 senior navy officers from a unit “recognized to have killed, raped, and tortured civilians” within the Ukrainian city of Bucha had been additionally sanctioned.
“We're concentrating on the enablers and perpetrators of Putin’s battle who've introduced untold struggling to Ukraine, together with the compelled switch and adoption of kids,” Britain’s Overseas Secretary Liz Truss mentioned in an announcement.
2 hours in the past (12:03 GMT)
Three folks killed in Lysychansk
A minimum of three folks had been killed and 7 had been injured after a constructing was hit in Lysychansk in an air assault within the japanese Luhansk area, native authorities mentioned on social media.
2 hours in the past (11:50 GMT)
Russia to delay some local weather initiatives
Russia should delay the implementation of some climate-related initiatives as a result of restrictions on provides of overseas gear, however will keep within the Paris local weather accord, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Viktoria Abramchenko advised Reuters information company.
Abramchenko mentioned Russia plans to reap about 130 million tonnes of grain in 2023, on par with the present yr, whereas the federal government has no plans to vary grain export obligation. She added that the federal government doesn't plan to change the grain export tax components.
She additionally denied accusations that Russia was transporting grain from the Ukrainian territories it now controls.
2 hours in the past (11:17 GMT)
European leaders meet Zelenskyy
The leaders of Italy, France, Germany and Romania sit for a face-to-face discuss with Zelenskyy. Photographs confirmed the 4 leaders in enterprise fits sitting round a picket desk with the Ukrainian chief in his customary khaki T-shirt.
2 hours in the past (11:14 GMT)
Russia’s battle of ‘unimaginable cruelty’: Scholtz
The Ukrainian city of Irpin, like Bucha earlier than it, has turn out to be a logo of the “cruelty” of Russia’s battle in Ukraine and its mindless violence, German Chancellor Scholz mentioned on a go to to the Kyiv suburb, including that the battle should finish.
“Irpin, like Bucha, has turn out to be a logo of the unimaginable cruelty of the Russian battle, of mindless violence,” Scholz wrote on Twitter. “The brutal destruction of this metropolis is a warning: this battle should finish.”
3 hours in the past (11:10 GMT)
Former Russian chief derides EU leaders’ go to
Russia’s former President Dmitry Medvedev has mocked three European heads of state visiting Ukraine: “European followers of frogs, liverwurst and spaghetti love visiting Kiev. With zero use,” he mentioned on Twitter, referring to 3 stereotypes linked to France, Germany and Italy.
Medvedev was president of Russia from 2008 to 2012 and is at present deputy chair of the Nationwide Safety Council.
The leaders’ journey would have “zero use”, he wrote. They “promised EU membership and previous howitzers to Ukraine, lushed up on gorilka [Ukrainian alcoholic drink] and went house by prepare, like 100 years in the past”.
“But, it gained’t carry Ukraine nearer to peace. The clock’s ticking.”
European followers of frogs, liverwurst and spaghetti love visiting Kiev. With zero use. Promised EU membership and previous howitzers to Ukraine, lushed up on gorilka and went house by prepare, like 100 years in the past. All is effectively. But, it gained’t carry Ukraine nearer to peace. The clock’s ticking
— Dmitry Medvedev (@MedvedevRussiaE) June 16, 2022
3 hours in the past (10:25 GMT)
Kremlin says Western arms ‘ineffective’
The Kremlin warns in opposition to new Western weapons provides, saying it could be “completely ineffective”.
“I wish to hope that the leaders of those three states and the President of Romania is not going to solely concentrate on supporting Ukraine by additional pumping Ukraine with weapons,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov mentioned, including that it could be “completely ineffective and can trigger additional injury to the nation”.
3 hours in the past (10:15 GMT)
Battles ‘fought for each home’ in Severodonetsk
Serhiy Haidai, governor of the japanese area of Luhansk says Russian forces have concentrated all their reserves to seize Severodonetsk.
“Fierce battles are fought for each home within the metropolis,” Haidai mentioned in his day by day briefing, including that Ukrainians want long-range artillery to push again Russian forces.
4 hours in the past (09:58 GMT)
Russia says prepared for peace talks, blames Kyiv for stalling: Interfax
Moscow is able to restart peace talks with Ukraine however has but to obtain a response to its newest proposals, Interfax information company cited Russia’s chief negotiator as saying.
Vladimir Medinsky mentioned Kyiv was in charge for the dearth of progress.
Since intermittent talks between the 2 sides had been held in March, together with a high-profile assembly of delegations in Istanbul, negotiations between Russia and Ukraine have stalled.
4 hours in the past (09:40 GMT)
In war-damaged Irpin, Macron praises Ukrainian ‘heroism’
Macron praises Ukrainian “heroism” within the face of Russia’s invasion whereas visiting Irpin.
“It’s right here … that the Ukrainians stopped the Russian military descending onto Kyiv,” the French chief mentioned. “It represents the heroism of the military, but additionally of the Ukrainian inhabitants,” he mentioned, including that there are indicators of battle crimes following “massacres” by Russian forces.
Responding to a query on his earlier remarks that Russia should not be humiliated, Macron mentioned “we stand with the Ukrainians with out ambiguity. Ukraine should resist and win”.
4 hours in the past (09:13 GMT)
EU leaders go to Irpin
Three European leaders are visiting war-scarred Kyiv’s suburb of Irpin, the place residential buildings and civilian infrastructure had been broken by Russian troops’ makes an attempt early within the invasion to seize the capital.
Practically 300 civilians had been discovered within the district after Russian forces withdrew from the realm on the finish of March.
5 hours in the past (09:03 GMT)
Combating continues in Severodonetsk
Heavy combating continues in Severodonetsk, Luhansk, the place an estimated 1,000 civilians are sheltering contained in the Azot chemical plant, Al Jazeera’s Charles Stratford reported.
Interfax information company quoted a separatist chief as saying that Russia-backed forces will reopen a humanitarian hall for these civilians.
Leonid Pasechnik, head of the self-proclaimed Luhansk Individuals’s Republic, mentioned separatist forces had entered the plant however had been unable to dislodge Ukrainian fighters from the manufacturing unit.
5 hours in the past (08:39 GMT)
‘A message of unity’
“It’s an vital second. It’s a message of unity we’re sending to the Ukrainians, of assist, to speak each in regards to the current and the long run, for the reason that coming weeks, as we all know, will probably be very tough,” Macron mentioned as he arrived in Kyiv. Quickly after his arrival, along with Draghi and Macron, air raid sirens sounded within the metropolis.
BFM TV mentioned the leaders had been headed to Irpin, the place Ukraine says Russia dedicated large-scale atrocities. Russia denies the allegations.
5 hours in the past (08:34 GMT)
Romania’s president arrives in Kyiv
Romanian President Iohannis is now in Kyiv, becoming a member of the three different European leaders.
Iohannis wrote on Twitter that he was there to indicate his “full solidarity” with Ukraine and that the “unlawful Russian aggression should cease!”
Simply arrived in Kyiv. pic.twitter.com/fFJhyMd0tK
— Klaus Iohannis (@KlausIohannis) June 16, 2022
5 hours in the past (08:25 GMT)
Weaponry to EU membership: Three leaders to debate a variety of matters in Kyiv
Al Jazeera’s Charles Stratford, reporting from Kyiv, mentioned the go to of the three European leaders is vital to deal with a variety of points, from weapons supply to Ukraine’s EU membership.
“Germany has come beneath criticism by Ukraine and Japanese European NATO members for what they are saying was foot-dragging on the availability of German weapons to Ukraine,” Stratford mentioned. “There was a supply of German anti-aircraft tanks, however a plan for Germany to provide Japanese European NATO members with comparatively new German kits, to allow them to provide Ukraine with previous soviet heavy weaponry for which Ukrainians wouldn’t want coaching for, has not been carried out but,” he mentioned.
France has additionally not been spared criticism up to now months, Stratford famous, after Macron mentioned Russia shouldn't be humiliated if there was going to be a possible diplomatic settlement to the battle.
One other speaking level will concern Ukraine becoming a member of the EU, particularly in gentle of an EU leaders’ summit in Brussels subsequent week: “[Germany and France] are additionally accused of being reluctant to grant Ukraine that candidacy standing,” Stratford mentioned, including that France used “ambiguous language” over the creation of a European political group Ukraine can be a part of as full EU membership would take years.
6 hours in the past (07:52 GMT)
Russia not contemplating withdrawing from WTO
Russia just isn't contemplating dropping out of the World Commerce Organisation (WTO), the Interfax information company reported citing a deputy Russian overseas minister.
The diplomat’s remark got here a month after the Russian Duma’s Deputy Speaker Pyotr Tolstoy mentioned Moscow was beginning to unilaterally withdraw from a sequence of worldwide our bodies, together with the WTO.
6 hours in the past (07:51 GMT)
France needs Ukraine victory that establishes full territorial integrity: supply
A French diplomatic supply has advised Reuters that France needs a Ukrainian navy victory in opposition to Russia that reestablishes the territorial integrity of the nation, together with Crimea, which was seized by Russia in 2014.
The supply added it was as much as Zelenskyy to outline what a navy victory could possibly be.
6 hours in the past (07:21 GMT)
Scholz vows assist for Ukraine for ‘so long as vital’
The German chief, now within the capital, Kyiv, pledges enduring assist for Ukraine, together with Draghi and Macron.
“We need to present not solely solidarity but additionally guarantee that the assistance that we’re organising – monetary, humanitarian … weapons – will proceed,” Scholz advised Bild day by day. “And that we are going to proceed it so long as it's vital for Ukraine’s battle” in opposition to Moscow, he mentioned.
The chancellor added that EU sanctions imposed on Russia “contribute to the possibility that Russia will abandon its plan and withdraw its troops – as a result of that’s the purpose”.
7 hours in the past (06:59 GMT)
German rocket launchers to be delivered to Kyiv by August: Minister
Three multiple-rocket launchers that Germany pledged to Kyiv may be delivered in July or August after Ukrainian troops have been skilled on the weapons, Germany’s defence minister has mentioned.
“The coaching on these multiple-rocket launchers can start on the finish of June, that means they are often delivered on the finish of July or the beginning of August,” Christine Lambrecht advised reporters as she arrived for a second day of talks along with her NATO counterparts in Brussels.
7 hours in the past (06:53 GMT)
‘An vital second’: Macron, Sholz and Draghi in Kyiv
The French president, German chancellor and the Italian prime minister have arrived in Kyiv, Macron’s workplace has mentioned.
The three leaders are on their method to meet Zelenskyy in what Macron advised reporters was “an vital second”.
The French president mentioned he would move on the message of “European solidarity” to Zelenskyy.
Arrivés! Troisième étape du déplacement du Président @EmmanuelMacron: #Kiev#Kyiv#Ukraine️https://t.co/HKllz4KNRopic.twitter.com/rk5BsjrOpL
— Catherine Colonna (@MinColonna) June 16, 2022
7 hours in the past (06:44 GMT)
Russia-US relations at ‘zero’: Kremlin
Russian-American relations are at “zero”, the Kremlin’s spokesman has advised RIA information company.
Dmitry Peskov mentioned there was nearly no dialogue between the 2 international locations.
7 hours in the past (06:20 GMT)
Russia shedding benefit in battle for key cities: UK
For each Russian and Ukrainian forces, combating for key cities and cities comparable to Severodonetsk is “devolving to small teams of troops sometimes working on foot,” the UK’s defence ministry has mentioned.
“A few of Russia’s strengths, comparable to its benefit in numbers of tanks, turn out to be much less related on this atmosphere,” which is “possible contributing to its continued sluggish charge of advance,” the ministry mentioned in an intelligence briefing on Twitter.
It additionally mentioned the state of affairs continues to be “extraordinarily tough” for Ukraine’s forces and civilians who stay on the east facet of the Siverskyi Donets river in Severodonetsk. It is because all bridges linking town with Ukrainian-held territory “have now extremely possible been destroyed”.
Newest Defence Intelligence replace on the state of affairs in Ukraine – 16 June 2022
Discover out extra in regards to the UK authorities's response: https://t.co/mUcMIcLHxU
🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/bJGO1qRWlT
— Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 (@DefenceHQ) June 16, 2022
8 hours in the past (05:59 GMT)
Air strike kills six in Sumy in a single day: Governor
An in a single day Russian air-launched rocket strike hit a suburb of the northern Ukrainian metropolis of Sumy, killing 4 and wounding six, the area’s governor has mentioned.
Dmytro Zhyvytskyy didn't specify the goal of the strike on the suburb of Unhappy.
He mentioned one other rocket strike hit the Dobropillia district, which lies subsequent to the Russian border, at 5am on Thursday, adopted by 26 mortar rounds fired from throughout the border.
8 hours in the past (05:39 GMT)
Macron, Scholz and Draghi on their method to Kyiv
The leaders of France, Germany and Italy have taken the night time prepare to Kyiv, Italian day by day La Repubblica has reported.
France’s ambassador to Kyiv, Etienne de Poncins, printed on his Twitter account a photograph taken within the Repubblica paper of the three leaders in a prepare en path to Ukraine’s capital.
Kyiv has criticised France, Germany and, to a lesser extent, Italy, for alleged foot-dragging of their assist for Ukraine, accusing them of being sluggish to ship weapons and of placing their very own prosperity forward of Ukraine’s freedom and safety.
Draghi, Macron et Scholz en course de Kiev.
Photograph by way of La @repubblicapic.twitter.com/escDKbhEGm— Alexis Karklins-Marchay 🇫🇷+🇺🇸 (@alexiskarklins) June 16, 2022
8 hours in the past (05:33 GMT)
Russia, US should focus on nuclear treaty extension: Kremlin spokesman
Russia and the US should focus on the extension of the START nuclear arms discount treaty, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov advised the RIA information company.
The matter was vital for international safety and Russia’s navy operation in Ukraine was no cause to keep away from its dialogue, Peskov added.
Russia and the US maintain greater than 90 p.c of the world’s nuclear weapons.
8 hours in the past (05:23 GMT)
Romanian port turns into key transit hub for Ukrainian grain
The Black Sea port within the Romanian metropolis of Constanta has turn out to be one of many important transit hubs for Ukrainian grain exports. Ukraine is racing to export about 20 million tonnes of grain caught in its silos in time to accommodate the harvest of its new crops, which is ready to begin subsequent month.
“Earlier than the battle, there was completely no Ukrainian cereal transiting the Constanta port. Now, it quantities to roughly 30 p.c of our exercise,” mentioned Dan Dolghin, director of the cereal operation at Comvex, one of many important grain operators within the Constanta port.
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9 hours in the past (05:09 GMT)
Jailed Putin critic confirms transfer to maximum-security jail
Russia’s opposition politician Alexey Navalny has confirmed that he's now in a maximum-security jail after his allies raised an alarm on Tuesday that he had been transferred from the jail the place he was serving his sentence to an unknown location.
Navalny wrote on Telegram that he was moved to the IK-6 jail within the Vladimir area village of Melekhovo, about 250 kilometres east of Moscow.
“My area journey continues,” Navalny wrote on Wednesday. “I’ve moved from ship to ship.” He mentioned he was confined in a “strict regime” and in quarantine, however didn’t say why or what his situations had been.
10 hours in the past (04:04 GMT)
Japan’s Zipair ditching ‘Z’ brand
Japan’s low-cost airline, Zipair Tokyo, has mentioned it can exchange its brand that includes the letter “Z” to keep away from confusion after the letter turned a logo of Russia’s so-called “particular navy operation” in Ukraine, the Japan Occasions reviews.
Shingo Nishida, president of the Japan Airways subsidiary advised reporters some folks would possibly see the present brand, which seems on the plane tail, as indicating that the corporate approves of Russia’s invasion.
The brand new brand will probably be a geometrical sample in inexperienced, black and white, the corporate mentioned.
10 hours in the past (03:39 GMT)
UN says important companies working out in Severodonetsk: BBC
Important provides are working out for the hundreds of civilians trapped in Severodonetsk, many sheltering within the Azot chemical plant, the UN warns.
“The dearth of water and sanitation is a giant fear … folks can't survive for lengthy with out water,” UN Humanitarian Affairs Workplace spokesman Saviano Abreu advised the BBC.
He mentioned meals provides and well being provisions had been additionally working out in Severodonetsk, including that continued combating meant the organisation and its companies can't attain civilians nonetheless there – together with girls, kids and the aged.
The governor of Luhansk has mentioned roughly 12,000 civilians stay within the metropolis, with about 500 sheltering on the Azot plant with some Ukrainian fighters.
11 hours in the past (02:54 GMT)
German power regulator says Gazprom cuts might spell bother in winter
Russian Gazprom’s transfer to chop fuel provides to Germany is a warning sign for Europe’s largest financial system subsequent winter, the pinnacle of Germany’s Bundesnetzagentur power regulator says.
Gazprom on Wednesday introduced an additional minimize within the quantity of fuel it could actually pump via the Nord Stream 1, that means the pipeline will run at simply 40 p.c capability.
Requested if he feared Russia was severe about freezing fuel provides, regulator chief Klaus Mueller advised the Rheinische Submit day by day: “It has up to now been Russia’s logic to need to proceed promoting fuel to Germany. However we will’t rule something out.”
11 hours in the past (02:35 GMT)
US navy package deal contains 18 howitzers, two coastal defence techniques
The $1bn package deal of US navy help for Ukraine introduced on Wednesday contains 18 howitzers and 36,000 rounds of ammunition, in addition to 18 tactical automobiles to tow the howitzers.
The US can even ship ammunition for the Excessive Mobility Artillery Rocket Programs (HIMARS) it beforehand introduced; 4 tactical automobiles to get better gear; spare elements and different gear; two harpoon coastal defence techniques; and hundreds of safe radios, night time imaginative and prescient gadgets, thermal sights and different optics.
Ukraine’s presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak mentioned on Monday Kyiv wants 1,000 howitzers, 500 tanks and 1,000 drones, amongst different heavy weapons. As well as, Zelenskyy has referred to as for extra trendy anti-missile techniques.
The full price of the US package deal contains $350m in speedy, off-the-shelf deliveries by the Pentagon and $650m in different longer-term purchases. All mixed, the US has now dedicated about $6.3bn in safety help to Ukraine for the reason that starting of the Biden Administration, together with roughly $5.6bn since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24.
As approved by @POTUS, I'm directing the drawdown of $350 million in extra U.S. arms, gear & provides for Ukraine—a part of $1 billion in U.S. assist introduced right this moment to strengthen Ukraine’s defenses in opposition to Russia’s mindless battle of alternative. We stand #UnitedwithUkraine.
— Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) June 15, 2022
12 hours in the past (01:49 GMT)
Meals disaster to drive international displacement to ‘staggering’ degree: UN refugee chief
A meals safety disaster stoked by the Ukraine battle is ready to push extra folks to flee their properties in poorer international locations, driving file ranges of worldwide displacement even increased, the pinnacle of the UN refugee company (UNHCR) says.
A report by the UN physique exhibits that some 89.3 million folks had been forcibly displaced worldwide because of persecution, battle, abuse and violence on the finish of 2021. Since then, tens of millions extra have fled Ukraine or been displaced inside its borders, with worth hikes linked to blocked grain exports set to stoke extra displacement elsewhere.
“When you have a meals disaster on prime of the whole lot I've described – battle, human rights, local weather – it can simply speed up the tendencies I’ve described on this report,” Filippo Grandi advised journalists on Monday throughout a information convention beneath embargo, describing the figures as “staggering”.
Grandi additionally criticised what he referred to as a “monopoly” of sources given to Ukraine, which mustn't “make us overlook different crises,” he mentioned, mentioning a two-year-old battle in Ethiopia and a drought within the Horn of Africa.
12 hours in the past (01:42 GMT)
Zelenskyy in ‘fixed’ talks with UK’s Johnson
Zelenskyy is in “fixed contact” with United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Ukraine’s president has mentioned, after the 2 shared a cellphone name on Wednesday.
“Coordinated positions on the eve of vital worldwide occasions. Mentioned the state of affairs on the battlefield, Ukraine’s defence wants and threats to meals safety,” he mentioned in a tweet.
Johnson mentioned the G7 and NATO summits later this month had been a possibility to reveal the West’s unity and resolve to assist Ukraine for the long run, based on an announcement from his workplace.
“The continued dedication of Ukrainian forces to win is clear to the whole world, and Ukraine can rely on the UK’s full and steadfast assist till its eventual victory,” the assertion mentioned.
In fixed contact with @BorisJohnson. Coordinated positions on the eve of vital worldwide occasions. Mentioned the state of affairs on the battlefield, Ukraine's protection wants and threats to meals safety.
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) June 15, 2022
12 hours in the past (01:32 GMT)
Albania, Montenegro PMs go to Kyiv
The prime ministers of Albania and Montenegro visited Kyiv on Wednesday to fulfill Zelenskyy in a present of solidarity for Ukraine.
The prime minister of North Macedonia, Dimitar Kovacevski, joined Albania’s Edi Rama and Montenegro’s Dritan Abazovic by video hyperlink. The leaders put collectively an announcement in assist of Ukraine changing into a candidate state for European Union membership.
The three western Balkan nations are formally candidates for EU membership however progress on ascension has been stalled amid regional points.
“Our states – Ukraine, the Republic of Albania, Montenegro and the Republic of North Macedonia – should turn out to be full members of the EU. And we agree that our international locations should not rivals on this European path, they complement and strengthen one another’s capabilities,” Zelenskyy mentioned.
14 hours in the past (23:38 GMT)
No quick want for added Ukraine help from Congress: White Home
The White Home doesn't consider it at present wants a further Ukraine help package deal from the US Congress after simply tapping a lately permitted $40bn measure.
“I don’t suppose we’re there but,” John Kirby, Nationwide Safety Council coordinator for strategic communications, advised reporters on Wednesday.
14 hours in the past (23:21 GMT)
Russia’s first deputy PM says rouble overvalued: Tass
Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov says the rouble is overvalued and trade can be extra snug if it fell to between 70 to 80 in opposition to the US greenback from the present 57, the state-owned Tass information company has mentioned.
Belousov, talking to the company in an interview, mentioned year-on-year Russian inflation by the tip of the yr can be someplace round 15 p.c. As of June 10, it was 16.69 p.c.
15 hours in the past (22:50 GMT)
NATO weapons depot destroyed close to Poland border: Russia
The Russian navy mentioned it used long-range missiles to destroy a depot within the western Lviv area of Ukraine the place ammunition for NATO-supplied weapons was saved.
Close to the border with NATO-member Poland, Russian forces used high-precision Kalibr missiles to destroy the depot close to the city of Zolochiv, Russian Defence Ministry Spokesperson Igor Konashenkov mentioned.
Konashenkov mentioned shells for M777 howitzers, a kind provided by the US, had been saved there. He mentioned 4 howitzers had been destroyed elsewhere and Russian air raids additionally destroyed Ukrainian “aviation gear” at a navy aerodrome within the southern Mykolaiv area.
Ukrainian officers didn't instantly remark.
15 hours in the past (22:38 GMT)
German, French, Italian leaders anticipated in Kyiv to sign solidarity
The leaders of the European Union’s three largest international locations, Germany, France and Italy, are anticipated in Kyiv on Thursday to indicate their backing for Ukraine.
The go to by German chief Scholz, French President Macron, and Italian Prime Minister Draghi has taken weeks to organise with the three trying to overcome criticism inside Ukraine over their response to the battle.
“We're at a degree when we have to ship clear political indicators, us Europeans, in direction of Ukraine and its folks when it's resisting heroically,” mentioned Macron, with out giving particulars.
The journey, which has not been introduced for safety causes, comes a day earlier than the European Fee makes a advice on Ukraine’s standing as an EU candidate, one thing the most important European nations have been lukewarm about.
16 hours in the past (21:39 GMT)
Ukraine ignores Russian ultimatum to give up in Severodonetsk
Ukraine has ignored a Russian ultimatum to give up the japanese metropolis of Severodonetsk, which now largely lies in ruins after weeks of heavy bombardment.
Russia advised Ukrainian forces holed up in a chemical plant there to put down their arms. Ukraine says greater than 500 civilians, together with 40 kids, stay alongside troopers contained in the Azot chemical manufacturing unit.
Moscow mentioned it opened a humanitarian hall from Azot to permit civilians to flee to Russian-controlled territory. It accused Ukraine’s forces of disrupting that plan and utilizing civilians as human shields, which Kyiv denied.
19 hours in the past (18:40 GMT)
West should keep targeted on Ukraine: Pentagon chief
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was at a “pivotal” second and the US and its allies can't lose concentrate on the three-month-long battle, US Protection Secretary Lloyd Austin has mentioned.
Austin was talking at a gathering of dozens of defence ministers on the sidelines of a NATO ministerial gathering.
“We will’t afford to let up and we will’t lose steam. The stakes are too excessive,” Austin mentioned at the beginning of the assembly in Brussels. “Ukraine is going through a pivotal second on the battlefield … Russia is utilizing its long-range fires to attempt to overwhelm Ukrainian positions.”
.@SecDef: I am personally grateful for the numerous safety help that this [Ukraine Defense Contact Group] has offered so far, however we won't afford to let up and we won't lose steam. The stakes are too excessive. pic.twitter.com/xlpSuLTrLO
— Division of Protection 🇺🇸 (@DeptofDefense) June 15, 2022
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