Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Minister Llyod Austin are due to arrive in kyiv on Sunday to discuss US arms shipments to Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Saturday.
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11 a.m.: “It will take 50 years to clear everything”
Decades will undoubtedly be necessary to neutralize the thousands of still active explosive devices that have been dumped on nearly half of the territory of Ukraine, warn specialists two months following the start of the Russian invasion.
“It will take 50 years to demine everything,” said Perrine Benoist, director of armed violence reduction for the NGO Handicap International, recalling that “we are still demining in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam, 50 to 60 years later. “.
09:00: “The Russian army meets strong resistance in the Donbass”, according to London
The Russian army is facing strong resistance from Ukrainian troops in the Donbass, according to the United Kingdom. The British Ministry of Defense said in its daily intelligence update on Sunday morning that Ukrainian troops had repelled several attacks. Ukrainian forces reportedly inflicted “considerable damage” on the Russian army. No other details were given. Ukraine itself reports having repelled twelve Russian attacks in the Donbass in 24 hours and having destroyed, among other things, four tanks and five artillery systems.
