ACCUSATIONS OVER WILLINGNESS FOR PEACE
Russian President Vladimir Putin mentioned on Wednesday that he didn’t suppose Ukraine’s leaders needed peace, after accusing them of ordering a bombing in Bryansk, western Russia, that killed seven folks and injured 115 a day earlier than talks in Turkey.
Ukraine, which has not commented on the assault on a Bryansk bridge, has equally accused Moscow of not critically looking for peace, citing as proof Russian resistance to a right away ceasefire.
Russia is demanding worldwide recognition of Crimea, a peninsula annexed from Ukraine by Russia in 2014, and 4 different areas of Ukraine that Moscow has claimed as its personal territory. Ukraine must withdraw its forces from all of them.
Russia managed 113,273 sq km, or 18.8 per cent, of Ukrainian territory as of Jun 7, in line with the Deep State map. That’s an space larger than the US state of Virginia.
The areas underneath Russian management embody Crimea, greater than 99 per cent of the Luhansk area, over 70 per cent of the Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson areas, all within the east or southeast, and fragments of the Kharkiv and Sumy areas within the northeast.
Putin advised Trump on Wednesday that he must reply to Ukrainian drone assaults on Russia’s bomber fleet and the bombings of the railways.
America believes that Putin’s threatened retaliation against Ukraine over its attacks has not occurred but in earnest and is more likely to be a big, multi-pronged strike, US officers advised Reuters.
Russia additionally hit the northeastern Ukrainian metropolis of Kharkiv on Friday night and in a single day with drones, missiles and guided bombs, killing not less than 4 folks and injuring greater than 60, together with a child, native officers mentioned on Saturday.
Russia additionally mentioned it had downed 61 Ukrainian drones in a single day on Sunday within the Moscow area. Two main airports serving Moscow have been closed briefly.
