2023-07-01 11:26:20
As part of their Gegenoffensive has the Ukrainian army according to its own information in the southern area Saporischschja further “partial successes” achieved.
The troops are currently in the newly reached positions south of Orikhiw, the general staff said on Facebook on Friday.
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Russian troops are also said to have been pushed back in other sections of the area.
In the eastern area Donetsk are Ukrainian advances despite hard fighting near the destroyed city Bachmut further successful. The Ukrainian military did not provide any specific information regarding the liberated towns.
The information might not initially be independently verified.
According to the Ukrainian general staff, attacks by Russian troops continued Marjinka and Listen to it in the Donetsk region. In addition, the Russian army is trying to expand its positions Rosdoliwka and Bihohorivka at the border to Luhansk improve area. Artillery fire and attacks by the Russian air force continued along the front line.
According to their own statements, the Ukrainian army shelled the occupied port city in southern Ukraine on Thursday morning Berdjansk. The army command claims to have hit a Russian officer’s staff and a fuel depot, while Russian occupiers spoke of launching several “Storm Shadow” missiles. The city on the Azov Sea is one of the declared thrusts of the Ukrainian counter-offensive.
Ukraine has been repelling a Russian invasion with Western help for over 16 months. A long-awaited counter-offensive began a good three weeks ago, in the course of which occupied areas are to be liberated. At least so far, the sometimes very high expectations have not yet been met.
Lavrov: Russia will emerge stronger from the Wagner uprising
Russia will, according to the Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Emerge stronger from the uprising of the Wagner mercenaries.
“Russia has always overcome all difficulties,” Lavrov told journalists in Moscow on Friday. “It will be the same this time,” he added. The country is becoming “stronger and stronger” by overcoming challenges.
The of Yevgeny Prigoschin On Friday and Saturday last week, the Wagner group led by the Wagner group took control of several military sites in southern Russia. Prigozhin announced a march on Moscow. After mediation by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Prigozhin finally broke off the uprising on Saturday evening.
The deal provided for Prigozhin to go into exile in Belarus. No penalties were imposed on the insurgents, who said Russian intelligence services had dropped investigations into them. Western observers saw this as a sign of the Kremlin’s weakness.
Hungary plans to block further aid to Ukraine
Hungary rejects the EU Commission’s plan to provide Ukraine with further financial aid.
It is “completely ridiculous and absurd” that Hungary should contribute more money when it does not receive any funding from the EU recovery fund, says Prime Minister Viktor Orban on the fringes of the EU summit in Brussels to the state broadcaster. There is little chance that the EU member states would agree to the Commission’s financial plans. He expects a “long argument”.
Like Poland, Hungary is facing accusations that its nationalist governments are violating the principles of democracy and the rule of law with their policies. The EU Commission is therefore blocking the distribution of funds from the reconstruction fund to the two EU members.
Ukrainians and Russians use banned mines
According to the human rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW), both the Ukrainian and Russian armed forces are using banned anti-personnel mines.
The organization called on the government in Kiev on Friday in Washington to refrain from this practice, as previously assured, to investigate the use of the mines and to hold those responsible accountable.
The government must make it clear that it has a duty to protect civilians, said Steve Goose of Human Rights Watch.
According to the organization, it submitted its findings to the Ukrainian government in May. So far, however, she has not received an answer. The Ukrainian embassy in Washington responded to a request from the news agency Archyde.com not at first.
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In 2005 Ukraine ratified an international treaty banning anti-personnel mines. It also stipulates the destruction of stocks of this type of weapon. Russia has not yet joined the treaty.
The HRW report accordingly condemned the use of the mines by Russian troops as a “violation of international human rights”. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, 2022, Human Rights Watch has published four reports documenting the use of Russian anti-personnel mines.
Ukraine receives further IMF financial assistance
Ukraine gets another financial injection from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF Executive Board has completed an initial review of Ukraine’s $15.6 billion lending program, authorizing Kyiv to withdraw $890 million.
The Ukrainian authorities have made “strong progress” in meeting reform commitments under “difficult conditions,” meeting quantitative performance criteria by April and structural benchmarks by June, the IMF said.
With the approval now granted, Ukraine has received around $3.6 billion under the program launched on March 31.
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