The Ukrainian army has recaptured about 20% of the lost territory in Svyarodonetsk Since the invasion of Russia, according to the Ukrainian authorities. “While the situation was difficult earlier, the percentage [held by Russia] Was somewhere around 70%, now we have already pushed them back by about 20%,” Serhi Gaidai, head of Luhansk’s eastern region, announced on national television on Friday.
Major US General Mark Milley met with Finnish President Souli Niinisto on Friday and pledged US support for Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership bids.Which Turkey is stopping. Mille told reporters that it was clear that if the two countries’ applications were approved, “they would bring about a significant increase in NATO’s military capability”, Agence France-Presse reported. After Helsinki, Miley was expected to travel to neighboring Sweden on Saturday.
A driver carrying two Reuters journalists was killed and two journalists were slightly injured in eastern Ukraine A company spokesperson said on Friday. On their way to Severodnetsk they came under fire. “They were traveling in a vehicle provided by Russian-backed separatists and driven by a person handed over by the separatists,” the international news agency said.
Vladimir Putin says exporting grain from Ukraine is “no problem”, After the invasion of Moscow, fears of a global food crisis increased. The Russian president said in a televised interview on Friday that exports could be made through Ukrainian ports, through others under Russian control, or even through Central Europe. Putin accused the West of “deceit”, claiming that Moscow was blocking grain exports from Ukraine.
Mackie Sall, head of the African Union and President of Senegal, Told He was “reassured” after meeting with Putin regarding global food shortage due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Apart from the global food shortage, other issues discussed between the two leaders included the supply of food grains which are stuck in Ukrainian ports.
Ukraine’s Ambassador to Ankara, Vasil Bodna, Guilty Russia is “stealing” and sending Ukrainian grain abroad. “Russia shamelessly steals Ukraine’s grain and sends it from Crimea to Turkey and abroad,” Bodna said in a tweet on Friday.
14 million Ukrainians have been forced to leave their homes, the majority of women and children, United Nations Crisis Coordinator for Ukraine, Amin Awad, Told on Friday. one in Statement Released on the 100th day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Awad spoke of displaced Ukrainians, describing “scale and speed”. [their] Displacement not seen in history”.
Moscow Luhansk and Donetsk, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin will help restore and rebuild announced Friday after a trip to Luhansk. The mayor said that about 1,500 specialists and 500 equipment from various departments of the Moscow Municipal Economy Complex had arrived in Luhansk.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen Told He Ukraine All required standards and conditions have to be met for accession. He called on the EU to help Ukraine achieve its goals.
“Victory will be ours,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Told in a video Featuring the same key ministers and advisers who appeared with him in an outrageous broadcast on February 24, the day his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, launched the unprovoked attack. ,The Armed Forces of Ukraine are here. The most important thing is that our people, the people of our country are here. We are already defending Ukraine for 100 days , Glory to Ukraine, ”said Zelensky.
French President Emmanuel Macron says Putin made a “historic and fundamental error” by attacking Ukraine and is now “isolated”, “I think, and I told him, he made a historical and fundamental mistake for his people, for himself and for history,” Macros said in an interview with French regional media on Friday. “It’s one thing to isolate yourself, but to be able to come out of it is a hard road”. Macron said he did not rule out visiting Kyiv.
government of switzerland denied Request by Denmark to send about two dozen Swiss-made armored personnel carriers Ukraine, Switzerland’s Executive Federal Council confirmed the decision on Friday after Denmark requested Switzerland to transfer 22 Swiss-made Piranha III wheeled armored personnel carriers that Denmark received in Ukraine and stored in Germany.