Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 206

Because the Russia-Ukraine warfare enters its 206th day, we check out the primary developments.

A Ukrainian soldier fires an assault weapon close to the Izyum space in Kharkiv final week after troops pressed deep into occupied territory [Kostiantyn Liberov/AP]

Ukrainian officers have stated they discovered a whole bunch of our bodies, some with fingers tied behind their backs, buried in territory recaptured from Russian forces in what President Volodymyr Zelenskyy known as proof of warfare crimes.

There was no instant response from Russia, which denies targetting civilians.

Combating

• Zelenskyy stated it was too early to say if the tide of the warfare was turning and the result hinged on the swift supply of international weapons to his nation.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his first feedback on Ukraine’s counteroffensive, dismissed the advances with a smile however warned Russia would reply extra forcefully if its troops have been put beneath additional stress.
• Ukraine continues its offensive within the northeast whereas Russia has established a line of defense between the Oskil river and the city of Svatove, defending considered one of its few predominant resupply routes from Russia’s Belgorod area, British navy intelligence stated.
• The pinnacle of a pro-Russian administration pushed out by the counteroffensive, Vitaly Ganchev, accused Ukrainians of staging atrocities within the metropolis of Izyum. United Nations human rights screens will go to Izyum “to attempt to set up a bit extra about what might have occurred”, a spokesperson stated.
• Western sanctions are beginning to damage Russia’s potential to make superior weaponry for the warfare in Ukraine, a high NATO navy adviser stated, although he added Russia may nonetheless manufacture “lots of ammunition”.

Diplomacy

• Belying Putin’s declare that Russia shouldn't be remoted as a result of it may possibly look to Asian powers similar to China and India, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi assailed the Kremlin chief, telling Putin this was not the time for warfare. A day earlier, Putin acknowledged what he stated have been Chinese language President Xi Jinping’s issues concerning the battle.
• Zelenskyy stated he would solely again the thought of reopening Russian ammonia exports by Ukraine if Moscow handed again prisoners of warfare, an thought the Kremlin rapidly rejected.