Jacinda Ardern says UN has failed in its response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Ukraine has urged its allies to send more weapons to the country, as its chief negotiator said a turning point in the war was beginning to take shape.
Mykhailo Podolyak said Ukrainian forces were close to attacking storage facilities and command centers, as Moscow forces took an “operational break due to losses and resupply.”
Meanwhile, the Pentagon said the U.S. will send Kyiv an additional $ 400 million (£ 332.5 million) in military assistance, with weapons heavily focused on high-precision long-range weapons.
Earlier, the Kremlin warned that Ukraine had to reach a peace deal with Russia or face “sliding down this hill” to ruin.
Andrei Kelin, Russia’s ambassador to London, issued the threat in an interview with Reuters at his London residence, where Winston Churchill used to discuss World War II strategy with Josef Stalin’s ambassador.
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The only way out: the volunteers rescuing Ukrainians from hell on the front lines
To escape the most affected areas of the war, the most vulnerable Ukrainians depend on volunteers who use buses to transport people to safety. Bel Trew joined one of these convoys at Donbas.
The only way out: the volunteers rescuing Ukrainians from hell on the front lines
To escape the most affected areas of the war, the most vulnerable Ukrainians depend on volunteers who use buses to transport people to safety. Bel Trew joined one of these convoys at Donbas
Joe Middleton July 8, 2022 7:57 PM
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New recruits to the Ukrainian army in the UK for training
The first group of Ukrainian soldiers landed in the UK to train this week.
Here are some pictures of the new recruits at a Manchester venue:
Ben Wallance, UK Secretary of Defense, speaks with new Ukrainian army recruits
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The first set of new recruits has arrived in the UK this week for training
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New recruits from the Ukrainian army are being trained by UK Armed Forces personnel, here at a location near Manchester
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Zoe Tidman July 9, 2022 8:12 AM
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‘Catastrophe’ in a captured Ukrainian city as bodies decompose
Sievierodonetsk, occupied by Russia, “is on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe,” the governor said, while raising the alarm about bodies decomposing in hot apartments.
Serhiy Haidai Sievierodonetsk has no water, electricity or wastewater system in place, as enemy forces unleashed indiscriminate artillery bombardment to try to secure his gains in Luhansk province in eastern Ukraine.
Moscow took full control of Luhansk this week, but the governor and other Ukrainian officials said their troops retained a small part of the province.
“Luhansk has not been completely captured even though the Russians have used their entire arsenal to achieve this goal,” Haidai told The Associated Press.
“In several villages on the border of the region, fierce battles are taking place. The Russians rely on tanks and artillery to advance, leaving scorched earth. ”
He said the Russians are “attacking all the buildings they believe could be a fortified position.” “It doesn’t stop them from being civilians, and they die in their homes and courtyards. They keep firing. “
Of a pre-war population of 100,000 only 8,000 residents have remained in the city, he said.
Shweta Sharma July 9, 2022 7:40 AM
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Russia sends reserves to the border with Ukraine, says the UK
UK military intelligence says Russia is shifting its reserve forces and placing them near the border with Ukraine for “future offensive operations.”
His latest assessment of the situation adds: “Many of its reinforcements are ad hoc groupings, deployed with obsolete or inadequate equipment.”
Zoe Tidman July 9, 2022 7:21 AM
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UN says Ukraine “carries a big, and maybe equal” blame for the home bombing
A new UN report has found that Ukrainian forces occupied positions inside the nursing home a few days before Russian forces attacked a nursing home in March, an attack that killed nearly 50 civilians.
The positioning of troops at the Stara Krasnyanka health center with vulnerable civilians effectively made it a target of Russian forces.
The report said that the Ukrainian armed forces “a large part, and perhaps equal,” blamed the attack.
The report does not conclude that Ukrainian soldiers or Moscow-backed separatist fighters have committed a war crime.
But he said the battle at Stara Krasnyanka nursing home is emblematic of the human rights office’s concerns about the potential use of “human shields” to prevent military operations in certain areas.
Shweta Sharma July 9, 2022 7:00 p.m.
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Ukrainian soldiers arrive in the UK to train
The first cohort of Ukrainian soldiers arrived in the United Kingdom to receive training from British forces to assist them in their fight against Russia.
Up to 10,000 Ukrainians will be trained in the coming months in the UK-led military program.
Troops met with Defense Secretary Ben Wallace, who said: “This new ambitious training program is the next phase of UK support for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in its fight against aggression. Russian.
“Using the world-class experience of the British army, we will help Ukraine rebuild its forces and increase its resilience while defending its country’s sovereignty and its right to choose its own future.”
Around 1,050 members of the British forces have been deployed to run the program which will be carried out at MoD sites in the north-west, south-west and south-east of the UK.
Training will be provided to volunteer recruits with little or no military experience and the skills to be effective in front-line combat.
Shweta Sharma July 9, 2022 6:15 p.m.
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Putin threatens “catastrophic consequences” for energy prices
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that if Western powers continue to impose more sanctions it would run the risk of causing “catastrophic consequences” for global energy markets.
“All this reveals, once again, that sanctions in Russia end up harming those countries that impose them much more,” he said in a televised speech on Friday.
He admitted that sanctions were hurting Russia’s economy, but said Western powers would do more damage.
“The additional use of sanctions could lead to even more serious consequences, even, without exaggeration, catastrophic consequences in the global energy market,” he said.
Shweta Sharma July 9, 2022 5:30 p.m.
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Ukraine urges allies to send more weapons to a turning point in the war
Ukraine yesterday urged its allies to send more weapons, as Ukraine’s chief negotiator said a turning point in the war was beginning to take shape when Moscow forces took an “operational break due to the losses and the resupply “.
“Clearly they have to redistribute things, bring in new troops and weapons, and that’s very good. A certain turning point is starting to take shape because we’re proving that we’re going to attack storage facilities and command centers.” , said Mykhailo Podolyak on Ukrainian television 24 Channel.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky paid a visit to areas on and near the front, saying he spent the day visiting a Dnipro hospital treating wounded soldiers and traversing areas of advanced lines of defense in the Dnipropetrovsk and Kriviy regions. Rih.
Shweta Sharma July 9, 2022 4:40 AM
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ICYMI: Humus supplies threatened by Ukrainian war and climate change
According to industry experts, declining world production of chickpeas due to the Ukrainian war and climate change is threatening the supply of humus.
The global supply of chickpeas could fall by as much as 20 percent this year, according to the Global Pulse Confederation.
U.S. farmers, the fourth largest exporter of chickpeas, have planted nearly five percent fewer acres of chickpeas this year due to bad weather, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported.
Maryam Zakir-Hussain informs.
Supplies of hummus to suffer due to the Ukrainian war and climate change
Global supply of chickpeas is projected to decline 20 percent this year
Joe Middleton July 9, 2022 3:50 AM
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ICYMI: Jacinda Ardern says UN has failed in its response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Jacinda Ardern says UN has failed in its response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Joe Middleton July 9, 2022 3:00 p.m.