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Ukraine maintains that Russian forces in Major City; America, the Allies’ Mob Arms: 10 Facts

February 27, 2022
Bharat Times

A US official said Russia now has 50 percent of the offensive force inside Ukraine.

Moscow ordered its troops to advance into Ukraine “from all directions”, while the West responded late Saturday with sanctions that were seeking to cripple Russia’s banking sector. Ukraine said Thursday that 198 civilians have been killed since Russia’s attack.

Here are 10 of the latest developments:

  1. Ukraine has rejected Russian suggestions that it was refusing to negotiate a ceasefire, but said it was unwilling to accept “unacceptable terms” after the Kremlin accused the country of prolonging the military conflict. Was.

  2. Russian forces are besieging Ukrainian cities with artillery and cruise missiles. His troops have entered Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, the head of the regional administration said, AFP news agency. Ukraine is setting up a foreign “international” army to volunteer from abroad, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

  3. A senior US defense official has said Russia’s offensive force is being slowed down and frustrated by unexpectedly stiff resistance from Ukrainian troops, according to AFP news agency.

  4. The official said that according to information received from the Pentagon, Russia now has at least 50 percent of its massive offensive force inside Ukraine,

  5. Germany and its Western allies have agreed to exclude Russia from the SWIFT global payments system, a spokesman for the German government said in a third sanctions package aimed at halting the invasion.

  6. Ukraine’s President Zelensky has spoken to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking “political support” at the United Nations after India abstained from voting to condemn Russia’s invasion, which was vetoed by Moscow.

  7. Ukraine’s Health Minister Viktor Lyshko said yesterday that 198 civilians, including three children, were killed and 1,115 were injured in the clashes.

  8. An adviser to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said about 3,500 Russian soldiers had been killed or wounded so far. “We are attacking the enemy around Kiev. The enemy is not moving for now,” said Oleksey Erestovich.

  9. President Joe Biden has instructed the US State Department to issue an additional $350 million worth of weapons to Ukraine from US stocks. Germany and France are also sending military equipment.

  10. Poland has said 100,000 refugees have crossed its border from Ukraine since Russia’s invasion, with the United Nations estimating a similar number of internally displaced. Some 50,000 have entered Hungary and Romania and thousands more have entered Moldova.

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