Hundreds are fleeing battles in eastern Ukraine
Hundreds continued to flee intense fighting in eastern Ukraine on Monday as Russian and Ukrainian forces fought for control of several key towns and villages in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions (June 21st).
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Ukrainian forces said late Tuesday that they had launched airstrikes against Snake Island in the Black Sea, resulting in “significant losses” for Russian forces.
The Southern Operational Command of the Ukrainian army said in a post on Facebook that it had inflicted “significant losses” on Russian forces “using different forces”, writes the Washington Post. The New York Times reported that the military said it had destroyed Russia’s air defense system as well as vehicles on the island.
Satellite images published by the American space technology company Maxar Technologies show the island on June 17 and again on June 21, depicting newly burned areas. Snake Island, also known as Snake Island, was the place where Ukrainian soldiers refused to surrender to a Russian warship in the early days of the war.
Russia’s Defense Ministry, meanwhile, told its Telegram channel that Ukraine had made “another crazy attempt” to retake the island and that Russia had undermined the attack and “destroyed all enemy weapons” aimed at the island.
The Russian-occupied island plays a crucial role in controlling shipping lanes in the Black Sea, including grain distribution corridors inside and outside Ukraine and access to the port of Odessa.
Latest developments
►Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olha Stefanyshyna said on Wednesday that she was “100%” sure that all EU countries would approve Ukraine’s candidacy for membership on Thursday, the first day of the EU summit. Belgium.
►Russian forces continue to target and overtake villages in eastern Ukraine in an offensive against the city of Lisichansk, the last city in the Luhansk region that is still under Ukrainian control. Currently, the Russian military controls about 95% of the region.
►The Chief Prosecutor Merrick Garland paid an unannounced visit to Ukraine on Tuesday to meet with Chief Prosecutor Irina Venediktova. Garland announced the creation of a war crimes reporting team within the US Department of Justice to provide legal advice and expertise in evidence gathering and forensics.
►A Ukrainian photojournalist and a soldier who accompanied him when they were killed in the first weeks of the Russian invasion appear to have been “coldly executed” while searching Russian-occupied forests for the missing photographer’s drone, according to Reporters Without Borders.
Eva Skalietska, a 12-year-old Ukrainian refugee, is publishing a diary book about her experiences during the war and her escape from the country.
Titled “You Don’t Know What War Is: The Diary of a Young Girl from Ukraine,” the book begins with her 12th birthday, shortly before Russian troops invaded Ukraine on February 24. She was living in Kharkiv with her grandmother when the bombing began.
The book is expected to be published on October 25. The publisher, Union Square & Co., owned by Barnes & Noble, will donate part of the proceeds to refugee organizations in Ukraine.
– Associated Press
For weeks, Russian troops pursued eastern Ukraine, gaining territory little by little. Western countries have sent an influx of weapons into Ukraine, but forces there are still outnumbered by Russians in the Donbass region.
Some now doubt whether the Union’s alliance and strategy in the war are falling apart.
French President Emmanuel Macron drew criticism earlier this month when he said the West should not “humiliate” Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine, and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently warned of “Ukraine’s fatigue”.
But President Joe Biden said on Tuesday he was not afraid the Western alliance would fall apart.
“No, I’m not afraid,” he told reporters, according to CNN. “But what I think is there – at some point it will be a bit of a waiting game: what the Russians can endure and what Europe will be ready to endure.”
Biden will attend the G7 summit in Germany this week, followed by a NATO summit in Spain.
Stephen Zabielski, 52, is the second U.S. citizen known to have died in the war in Ukraine, the State Department confirmed on Tuesday.
The State Department did not say exactly when or how he died, but an obituary published in The Recorder in his hometown of Amsterdam, New York, said he died on May 15, “while fighting the war in the village of Dorozhnyank. “Ukraine”.
Zabielski survived his wife and five adopted children, according to the obituary.
Willie Joseph Cancel, 22, is the first known American to be killed in Ukraine while fighting alongside Ukrainian forces, his family said in early May. Chancellor, who worked as a correctional officer in Tennessee, joined a private military company to fight Russian forces.
He left behind a young son and wife.
The official Pride Parade in Kyiv was canceled this year after a decade of persistent efforts to increase the acceptance of LGBTQ people.
Prior to Russia’s invasion, Ukraine – a largely religious nation with a long history of sexual and sexual oppression – was increasingly becoming a rare bright spot for LGBTQ rights and a haven for Eastern Europe. Former Soviet LGBTQ people would travel to enjoy a gay nightclub, especially in larger cities such as Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odessa, where they could feel more secure to be open.
What would be the 10th anniversary of the Equality March in Kyiv this month has been moved to Poland due to the ongoing war.
“We had a lot and I hope to restore it,” said Yuri Dvijon, creative director of UKRAINEPRIDE. Read more here.
– Tammy Abdollah, USA TODAY
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