Russian gas producer Gazprom said gas supplies to Europe via Ukraine through the Suja entry point fell to 41.4 million cubic meters on Saturday, from 41.9 million cubic meters on Friday.
Reuters reported that Gazprom said the request to supply gas through another major entry point, Sohranovka, had been rejected by Ukraine.
Russia has probably resumed its efforts to advance south of the eastern Ukrainian city of Izyum in the last 48 hours, the British Ministry of Defense said.
Russia’s goal was to penetrate deeper into the Donetsk region and wrap its pockets around the hostile city of Severodonetsk in the north, Twitter said on Saturday.
Reuters reported that the ministry added that if captured Ukrainian civilians did not accept the offer to leave the corridor, Russia would probably seek an excuse to make a smaller distinction between them and Ukrainian military targets in the area.
Hello and welcome to our ongoing coverage of the war in Ukraine. It is approaching 10 in the morning in Kyiv and these are the latest events.
- A Ukrainian paramedic has been released from Russian captivity, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said on Saturday. He said Ukraine had managed to secure the release of Yulia Paevska, a civilian paramedic who was captured by Russian forces in Mariupol on March 16th.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on Twitter that the courage of Ukrainians has created an opportunity for Europe “to create a new history of freedom and finally remove the gray area in Eastern Europe between the EU and Russia.” In his evening video address, Zelensky welcomed Brussels’ support for Ukraine’s EU bid as a “historic achievement”.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Moscow has “nothing against” Ukraine’s eventual membership in the European Union. He said on Friday, after the European Commission recommended that Kyiv be granted candidate status to the 27-nation bloc: “Their sovereign decision is whether or not to join economic unions. This is their job, the job of the Ukrainian people.”
- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said it was “absolutely necessary” for leaders to speak directly to Putin in an attempt to end the war. “I will continue to do so, as will the French president,” Scholz told Germany’s DPA news agency on Friday.
- Four civilians were killed and six were injured in Russian bombings in the Donetsk region of Donbass on Friday, Governor Pavlo Kirilenko told Telegram.
- Dozens of Ukrainian civilians conducted military exercises on Friday in fortified positions left by Russian troops in Bucha, a city synonymous with war crimes accused by Moscow forces.
- Lithuania has told Russia’s Kaliningrad region it will block the import and export of a large number of goods by rail due to Western sanctions, the regional governor said on Friday. The region is home to the Russian Baltic Fleet and the site of nuclear-capable Iskander missiles.
- Ukraine received a $ 733 million loan from Canada. The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine said on Friday that the funds will be “directed to the state budget to finance priority expenditures – in particular to ensure priority social and humanitarian expenditures.”
- The Biden administration’s plan to sell four large drones to Ukraine has been halted for fear that its sophisticated surveillance equipment could fall into enemy hands, Reuters reported, citing two people familiar with the matter.
- It is alleged that Russian media showed photos of two American citizens captured in Ukraine. On Friday, the Izvestia newspaper showed footage of what he said was an interview with Andy Huyn, 27. Russia’s RT channel also published a photo of a man it identified as Alexander Drucke, 39. Drucke’s mother, Lois Drucke, told the Guardian. that she believed the video was authentic and gave her “great hope.”
- U.S. Republican senators on Friday asked TikTok CEO Shaw Zee Chu for reports that the social media site had authorized Russian-approved media content but banned other videos. TikTok said it looks forward to continuing to engage with members on these issues and answer their questions.
- A group of international investigators and experts visited war-torn areas near Kyiv, including a burned-out school, as part of Ukraine’s ongoing investigation into alleged war crimes.
Updated at 08.13 BST
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