Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 380

Because the Russia-Ukraine struggle enters its 380th day, we check out the principle developments.

Ukraine was focused by a wave of Russian air assaults on day 380 of the struggle [Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP]

Right here is the scenario because it stands on Friday, March 10, 2023:

Preventing

• Russia launched an enormous wave of missile assaults throughout Ukraine, killing no less than six civilians, three of them within the southern metropolis of Kherson, and reducing energy to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear energy plant.
• The Zaporizhzhia plant was now reconnected to Ukraine’s power grid, grid operator Ukrenergo stated.
• Ukraine stated its air defences had shot down many drones and missiles throughout the pre-dawn assault.
• Ukraine’s air pressure says Russia fired 81 missiles, together with six Kinzhal hypersonic missiles – Russian for “dagger” – in addition to eight drones.
• Russia says the assaults have been “retaliation” for what it referred to as a “terrorist” assault by Ukraine in Russia’s Bryansk area final week.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the assaults and stated Moscow “received’t keep away from duty”.
• Ukraine’s navy says its forces have pushed again intense Russian assaults on the jap mining city of Bakhmut, regardless of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group claiming it has taken full management of the city’s jap half.

Diplomacy

• Deputy Overseas Minister Sergey Ryabkov stated Russia and america remained in touch over the New START nuclear arms treaty regardless of Moscow having suspended its participation within the deal, the RIA Novosti information company reported. Ryabkov stated he had no expectations for vital progress from contact between Moscow and Washington.

• The Kremlin says there are nonetheless “a whole lot of questions” remaining over the Black Sea grain deal and that there are not any plans for a gathering with United Nations Secretary-Common Antonio Guterres. Russian Overseas Minister Sergey Lavrov, in the meantime, stated extending the deal was changing into “difficult”.
• German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stated he might see no signal of willingness on the a part of Russian President Vladimir Putin to barter an finish to the struggle.
• Throughout a gathering with america Secretary of Protection Lloyd Austin, Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant stated Israel was doing its “finest” to assist Ukraine.
• Saudi Arabia was among the many international locations that helped facilitate prisoner-of-war swaps with Ukraine, Lavrov instructed reporters throughout a press convention together with his Saudi counterpart.
• NATO Secretary Common Jens Stoltenberg launched a brand new try to get Finland and Sweden accepted as members of the world’s greatest navy organisation.
• Russia stated it imposed sanctions on 144 authorities officers, journalists, legislators and different public figures deemed “most hostile” to Moscow from the Baltic states of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia.
• Safety companies within the Moldovan breakaway area of Transnistria stated they prevented an alleged assassination try towards their Russian-backed chief.
• Hackers with hyperlinks to Russia and China have repeatedly tried to interrupt into Lithuanian authorities computer systems, Lithuania’s safety companies stated.
• The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) stated it helps a ban on athletes from Russia and Belarus competing within the 2024 Paris Summer season Video games.

Weapons

• Slovakia must determine on sending MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, whereas Poland has expressed willingness to collaborate, stated Minister of Defence of the Slovak Republic Jaroslav Nad.
• Poland has delivered the extra 10 Leopard 2A4 tanks it had promised Ukraine, defence minister Mariusz Blaszczak stated.