Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 368

Because the Russia-Ukraine battle enters its 368th day, we check out the principle developments.

Ukrainian artillery members put together a BM-21 Grad a number of rocket launcher on the entrance line within the southeast Kharkiv area, Ukraine [Anatolii Stepanov/AFP]

Right here is the state of affairs because it stands on Sunday, February 26, 2023:

Combating

• Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has stated forces of his Wagner group had captured the village of Yahidne, simply north of Bakhmut in jap Ukraine, on Saturday. The declare couldn't be independently confirmed.
• Ukrainian army experiences counsel that villages close to Bakhmut have remained beneath Kyiv’s management.
• Russian authorities detained greater than 50 folks at antiwar demonstrations in 14 Russian cities on February 24, in accordance with the Washington, DC-based Institute for the Examine of Battle.

Diplomacy

• Finance chiefs of the world’s largest economies have strongly condemned Moscow for its battle on Ukraine, with solely China and Russia itself declining to signal a joint assertion on the G20 assembly in India.
• Russia’s senior diplomat to the United Nations has accused the West of “cowboy” strategies and “arm twisting” forward of final week’s UN Normal Meeting vote demanding Moscow withdraw its troops from Ukraine.
• French President Emmanuel Macron has stated he'll go to China in early April, partially to hunt Chinese language assist with ending Russia’s invasion.
• America marked the anniversary of Russia’s invasion with $2bn in weaponry help for Kyiv and new sanctions in opposition to Russia geared toward undermining Moscow’s skill to wage battle.

• A senior Belarusian official was quoted as saying the nation, an in depth Russian ally bordering Ukraine, has as many as 1.5 million potential army personnel exterior its armed forces.
• Russia has halted provides of oil to Poland by way of the Druzhba pipeline, Daniel Obajtek, chief govt officer of Polish refiner PKN Orlen, stated on Saturday.
• Ukraine plans no extra outages to ration electrical energy if there aren't any new Russian assaults and has been capable of amass some energy reserves, the vitality minister stated on Saturday, after months of interruptions brought on by bombings.