Russia-Ukraine Live Updates: June 24, 2022 | Army to retreat from Ukraine’s major eastern city of Svyerodonetsky

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A regional governor said on Friday that after weeks of brutal fighting, Ukrainian forces would withdraw from a besieged city in the east of the country to avoid a siege.

In recent days, Russian forces have made gains around Svyarodonetsk and the neighboring city of Lisichansk, on a steep bank along the river, in an effort to encircle Ukrainian forces.

The Luhansk government Serhi Haidai said Ukrainian troops had been ordered to leave Svyarodonetsk to prevent this.

Before that, the European Union agree to take Ukraine to EU membershipacting with involuntary motion and unity to pull the entangledThe country is further away from Russia’s influence and binds it more closely to the West. Meeting at a summit in Brussels, the leaders of the 27 EU countries obtained the necessary unanimous approval to grant Ukraine candidate status. This triggers a subscription process that can take years or even decades.

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Kyiv

Russians marching towards Lisichansk and Toshkivka

With the Ukrainian army expected to withdraw from Svyarodonetsk soon, Luhansk governor Serhi Haidai has said that he has “received orders to “retreat to new positions and continue fighting there” but did not give further details.

He added that the Russians were also advancing from Zolot and Toshkivka towards Lisichansk, adding that Russian reconnaissance units invaded the city’s flanks but were driven out by its defenders.

The Russian military controls about 95% of Luhansk Province and about half of neighboring Donetsk Province, the two regions that make up the Donbass. – AP

Brussels

EU leaders will debate the crisis in the economy

On the second day of an EU summit in Brussels, the leaders of 27 countries will blame Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that began four months ago for inflation and sluggish growth around the world.

They will also call on the EU executive to come up with an energy supply solution in response to Moscow’s “weaponisation” of gas imports that now a dozen European countries have been rattled by significant supply cuts from Russia. – Reuters

Washington

America is sending advanced rocket systems

The United States will send another $450 million in military aid to Ukraine, including some additional medium-range rocket systems, to help push back Russian progress in the war, officials announced Thursday.

The latest package includes four High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS, which will now double their number. Pentagon spokesman Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Anton Semmelroth said all four were already stationed in Europe, and that training on the systems had begun with Ukrainian soldiers who would use them. The first four HIMARS that the US sent earlier have already gone to the battlefield in Ukraine and are in the hands of soldiers there. – AP

Kyiv

Ukraine’s army must leave the crisis-ridden Svyarodonetsk: Governor

The regional governor said on television on Friday that Ukraine’s troops would “withdraw” mostly from the Russian-occupied battlefield Svirodonetsk.

Governor Serhi Gaidai said, “There is no point in holding on to broken posts for several months just to be there.” – Reuters

Kyiv

Russian advances on the front lines of war in eastern Ukraine

Russian forces increased their hold on territory in eastern Ukraine as it tries to cut supply lines and encircle Ukrainian forces, while Ukrainian forces on Thursday announced the arrival of the powerful US multi-launched rocket system, allowing it to fight war. profit is expected in the field.

Britain’s Defense Ministry said Ukrainian forces withdrew from some areas near the city of Lisichansk, as the Russians sent in reinforcements and concentrated their shelling in the area. The city is located in Luhansk Province, a major battlefield in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine. – AP

Kyiv

Russia occupied Donbas villages around Severodonetsky

Ukraine said on Thursday that its troops Lost control of two settlements in the Eastern Donbass region Where it is fighting fiercely to maintain control over the twin cities of Severodnetsk and Lisichansk.

“We have lost control of Loskutievka and Rai-Oleksandrivka,” said the regional governor of Lugansk, Sergei Gede, referring to two villages to the southeast of Lysichansk.

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Their capture pushes Russian troops deep into the Donbass region where they appear close to besieging two urban centers that are separated by the Donets River. – AFP