This is the state of affairs on day 426 of the war
World May Have ‘Reached Dangerous Threshold, Maybe Even More Dangerous’ Than During Cold War, Russian Foreign Minister Says Sergei Lavrov in the United Nations Security Council.
Russia has moved to defensive positions in all of its combat zones except Bachmut, according to Ukrainian intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has proposed to Russian President Vladimir Putin a “way forward aimed at improving, extending and extending” an agreement that would allow for the safe export of Ukrainian grain to the Black Sea
The 26-year-old woman accused of killing a pro-war Russian army blogger with explosives has not been released on bail by a Russian court.
Ukrainian authorities say Russian troops are “forcibly evacuating” civilians from parts of the Kherson region they still occupy.
During a visit to the Ukrainian city of Zhytomyr, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas expressed hope that talks with Kiev on EU membership could start this year.
Beijing has declared that it respects the status of the independent nations that emerged from the USSR.
Josep Borrell, EU foreign affairs chief, has expressed confidence that the bloc will finalize a plan to purchase munitions for Ukraine within days.
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