Here are the latest developments from the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict on June 30, 2022
Here are the latest developments from the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict on June 30, 2022
Russia pressed on with its invasion of eastern Ukraine on 30 June. NATO calls Moscow biggest “direct threat” to Western security and agreed on a plan to modernize Kyiv’s beleaguered armed forces. Ukrainian officials said they were trying to evacuate residents from the eastern city of Lisichansk, the epicenter of Russia’s attacks, where some 15,000 people were under constant shelling.
President Volodymyr Zelensky told NATO leaders on Wednesday that Ukraine needs modern weapons and more financial support In his fight against the invasion of Russia. “We need to break the advantage of Russian artillery … We need more modern systems, modern artillery,” Mr Zelensky said at a NATO summit in Madrid via video link. He added that financial aid was “no less important than arms assistance”.
When 30 national NATO leaders were meeting in Madrid, Russian army intensifies attacks in Ukraine, including missile strikes and shelling on the front lines in the southern Mykolaiv region and close to the Black Sea. The mayor of the city of Mykolaiv said a Russian missile had killed at least five people in a residential building there, while Moscow said its forces had called the area a training base for foreign mercenaries.
Here are the latest updates:
Indonesia
Indonesia’s leader visits Kyiv, Moscow
Indonesian President Joko Widodo, who has rotating chair of the Group of 20 major prosperous and developing countries in the country, is visiting Ukraine and Russia for a meeting with leaders of the two warring countries after attending the Group of Seven summit in Germany. Huh.
Mr Widodo has sought to maintain a neutral position since the start of the war, and he hopes his efforts will lead to a ceasefire and eventually direct talks between the two leaders. , AP
Paris
Russians behind ‘war crime’ bombing at Mariupol Theater: Amnesty
Amnesty International said in a report published Thursday that in March a theater sheltering civilians in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol was hit by Russian airstrikes in a war crime.
“Until now, we were talking about an alleged war crime. Now we can clearly say that this was committed by the Russian Armed Forces, ”said Oksana Poklchuk, the head of the Ukraine branch of Amnesty AFP,
“These explosions were caused by something really big: two 500-kilograms” [1,100-pound] The bombs were dropped from a plane, she said, refusing Russian claims that the theater was struck by a false flag attack by Ukrainian defenders of the city. AFP
Washington
Putin still wants majority of Ukraine, possibility of war serious: US intelligence chief
Russian President Vladimir Putin still wants to take most of Ukraine and the picture for war remains “very grim”, US director of national intelligence Avril Haines said on Tuesday. , Reuters
London
Ukrainian soldiers trained in Britain to use advanced rocket systems
Hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers have completed military training in Britain, including the Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), which the British government is supplying to help counter Russian artillery tactics.
The media were invited to watch Ukrainian troops loading and firing 105 mm light guns during an exercise in Salisbury, southern England – part of a British-led program carried out by over 450 Ukrainian armed forces with support from New Zealand. has gone. The MLRS system was also shown in the experiment.
The training is part of a broader international support package following Russia’s invasion, as the West seeks to help Ukraine repel Russian forces by providing them with increasingly advanced weapon systems and the skills to use them.
Moscow says it is conducting a “special military operation” to disarm Ukraine and rid it of “fascists”. Ukraine and its Western allies say Russia is waging an aggressive war without provocation. , Reuters
kremenchuk
The Russians Fight To Besieged Ukraine’s Last Eastern Citadel
A woman gives flowers and a toy in memory of the victims of a shopping mall hit by a Russian missile attack, during the continuation of Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kremenchuk in the Poltava region of Ukraine on June 28, 2022. photo credit: Reuters
A tremor echoed as Russian forces battled to surround the Ukrainian army’s last stronghold in a long-fighting eastern province on Wednesday Russian airstrike on a shopping mall, killing at least 18 people Two days ago in the center of the country.
The Battle of Moscow to seize the entire Donbass region from Ukraine saw Russian forces push toward two villages south of Lisichansk, while Ukrainian troops fought to stop their encirclement.
Britain’s Defense Ministry said Russian forces were making “incremental progress” in their offensive to capture Lisichansk, the last city in Ukrainian-controlled Luhansk province, after Ukraine’s forces retreated from the neighboring city of Svyarodonetsk. Was. , AP
Washington
US pledges $1.3 billion in aid to Ukraine
The US Treasury Department on Wednesday announced the transfer of $1.3 billion in economic aid to Ukraine as part of an initial $7.5 billion given to Kyiv by the Biden administration in May.
“With this distribution of economic aid, we reaffirm our firm commitment to the people of Ukraine as they defend themselves against Putin’s war of aggression and sustain their economy,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a statement. Work to keep.”
The payment, part of a $7.5 billion aid package signed by President Joe Biden in May, is to be made through the World Bank.
The war, which began with Russia’s invasion of its former Soviet neighbor in February, could cause the Ukrainian economy to contract by 45% in 2022, according to World Bank estimates. , AFP
madrid
Zelensky calls for NATO summit for modern artillery, money
President Volodymyr Zelensky told NATO leaders on Wednesday that Ukraine needs modern weapons and more financial aid in its fight against Russian aggression.
“We need to break the advantage of Russian artillery … We need more modern systems, modern artillery,” Mr Zelensky said at a NATO summit in Madrid via video link.
madrid
Coalition biggest challenge since World War II: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
NATO leaders sat down on June 29 to try to turn the immediate sense of purpose generated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine into action – and to heal any cracks in their unity over money and missions.
Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the Alliance was meeting in Madrid “the most serious security crisis we have faced since World War II.”
Ukraine
Macron says Russia can’t win after attack on mall in Ukraine
The French president on Tuesday called Russia’s gruesome airstrikes on a crowded shopping mall in Ukraine a “new war crime” and vowed that the West’s support for Kyiv would not waver, saying Moscow would “no” to the war. Can and should not win”.
Ukraine
Zelensky urged action in a UN address; Russia calls it a ‘PR campaign’ for weapons
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday accused Russia of being a “terrorist state” at the United Nations, prompting Russia to accuse Russia of using the Security Council address as a “remote PR campaign” to solicit more Western weapons. was doing for