What has happened in the last few hours
On the 398th day since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, this is the top news at 8:00 p.m. this Tuesday, March 28, 2023:
Zelenskyi visits two cities in the north of the country that were recaptured by the Ukrainian army. Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky this Tuesday visited two cities in the north of the country, Okhtirka and Trostianets, to celebrate that they were recovered by Ukrainian troops a year ago. Zelenskyy said this recapture showed that Ukraine could defeat its Russian invaders. “In these days, in these weeks, we are celebrating the anniversary of the liberation of our cities and towns in our northern regions,” Zelenskyy celebrated in a speech to a small crowd of soldiers and civilians at the Trostianets train station.
The US says it will not share its nuclear data with Russia. The US told Russia on Tuesday that it would not share data on its nuclear forces. According to a spokesman for the National Security Council, the decision comes in response to Moscow’s decision to suspend participation in the New START nuclear weapons treaty.
The President of the International Olympic Committee defends the return of Russian and Belarusian athletes to competitions under the neutral flag. International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach on Tuesday defended the organization’s plans to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete again under neutral flags. According to Bach, his participation can continue despite the war in Ukraine, which began on February 24, 2022 with the invasion of Russian troops from the neighboring country.
Moscow-imposed authorities ensure that Russian forces advance toward Bakhmut. Russian forces are advancing on the besieged city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine despite fierce resistance from Kiev troops and have taken almost complete control of a steel mill in the city that has been the scene of fierce fighting for decades, government-imposed authorities said Moscow in the region. However, Ukrainian and Western military sources dispute these advances.
EU says it is supplying Ukraine with requested weapons: ‘We are not giving obsolete equipment’. The European Union is providing Ukraine with the arms and ammunition that the country is requesting, denying that the material is outdated, a community spokesman said on Tuesday. “We don’t give out obsolete devices. What we give to Ukraine or what the EU reimburses and what the member states give is primarily based on the needs of the Ukrainian defense forces,” said the Community’s foreign affairs spokesman Peter Stano during the European Commission’s daily press conference.
Russia sentences child’s father, who protested war, to two years in prison. Alexei Moskaliov, father of a minor from whom he was separated for painting an anti-war poster in Ukraine in class, has been sentenced to two years in prison for the crime of discrediting the army, according to the Kremlin. This is the first of two lawsuits against this family for their criticism of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In another separate case, on April 6, it will be decided whether Moskaliov will be deprived of parental care for the girl Masha Moskaleva.