2023-06-04 13:31:22
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RUSSIAN GOVERNOR
The Russian governor of a region bordering Ukraine says he is ready to meet with pro-Ukraine Russian fighters.
FIGHTING IN RUSSIA
In Russia, “fights” are underway in a border village, announces the local governor.
SWEDEN ACCESSION TO NATO
“Sweden has fulfilled its obligations” to Turkey, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Sunday following a two-hour meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Turkey has been blocking Sweden’s entry into the Atlantic Alliance for thirteen months, reproaching it for its leniency towards the Kurdish militants it hosts on its soil.
NAVALNY SAYS HAS “MORALE”
Russian opponent Alexeï Navalny, who is spending his third birthday in prison on Sunday since his arrest, said he had kept his spirits up, despite the tightening of his conditions of detention and yet another placement in the mitard.
“For his birthday, you have to be honest with yourself and I asked myself this question: do I really have the moral or do I force myself to be like that? My answer is that I really have it” , he said in a message.
He says he is in the disciplinary cell for the 16th time. His supporters claim that the authorities seek to break him psychologically by regularly sending him for several days in these cells with drastic living conditions.
“NIGHT” STRIKES AGAINST UKRAINIAN MILITARY AIRFIELDS
The Russian army claimed to have carried out strikes on the night of Saturday to Sunday once morest Ukrainian military airfields, claiming to have hit command centers and equipment.
“Last night, the Russian armed forces carried out a combined strike with long-range and high-precision weapons from the sky once morest enemy installations at military airfields,” the Russian Defense Ministry said.
BELGOROD RESIDENTS CALLED TO EVACUATE
The governor of the Russian region of Belgorod, bordering Ukraine, called on residents on Sunday to evacuate the areas subjected to bombardments which have intensified in recent days.
The district of Chebekino, a town of 40,000 inhabitants in the Belgorod region, was hit by hundreds of artillery fire which left several dead and forced thousands of civilians to flee this week.
“I ask that the inhabitants of the localities which are bombed, in particular those of the district of Chebekino, follow the indications of the authorities and temporarily leave their residences”, indicated the governor Viatcheslav Gladkov.
AERODROME HIT BY A RUSSIAN STRIKE
An airfield was hit by a Russian strike near the town of Kropyvnytskyi in central Ukraine, the Ukrainian Air Force said.
“Six missiles and five attack drones” were launched by Russian forces, Ukrainian air force spokesman Yuriy Ignat said on television. “Of the six (missiles), four were destroyed by air defense and two hit the airfield near Kropyvnytskyi,” he added.
A GIRL KILLED AT DNIPRO
The airstrike that hit Dnipro in central Ukraine killed a two-year-old girl and injured 22 people, Ukrainian authorities said on Sunday.
UPDATE ON THE SITUATION
Preparations for a Ukrainian counter-offensive are complete, Volodymyr Zelensky believes. An Indonesian minister has proposed a ceasefire in Ukraine “on current positions” which his Ukrainian counterpart has categorically rejected. The highlights of the last 24 hours.
UKRAINE READY FOR COUNTER-OFFENSIVE, RISK OF HEAVY LOSSES
Preparations for a Ukrainian counter-offensive are complete, but the loss of life might be heavy due to Russian air superiority, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
In an interview published Saturday by the Wall Street Journal, he said: “In my opinion, starting today, we are ready (…) We firmly believe that we will succeed,” he said. added, clarifying that he did not know “how long it will take”. He warned, however, that the offensive would be “dangerous” without increased Western aid to counter Russian air attacks.
20 INJURED IN AN AIR ATTACK AT DNIPRO
An air attack in Dnipro in central Ukraine left 20 injured on Saturday evening, including three children with very serious injuries, the Ukrainian authorities announced.
President Volodymyr Zelensky accused the Russians of having “attacked the city” located in the center of the country. Russian airstrikes over Ukraine have intensified in recent weeks, as have incursions in the opposite direction.
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