Zelenskyy protagonist at the top Hiroshima. The Ukrainian President will have a face-to-face meeting Joe Biden in the next hours. While the US opens up to China’s diplomatic initiative. “Beijing could well play a role” in resolving the Ukraine conflict and it is “positive that President Xi spoke to Zelenskyy” and “appointed a special envoy for this purpose,” says a senior US administration official. On the spot, the Moscow Ministry of Defense announces the capture of Bakhmut. Previously, it was the Wagner group who claimed this, but Kiev denied it.
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Putin congratulates the troops
According to the Interfax news agency, Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated the troops “on taking the city of Bakhmut.”
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The Moscow Ministry of Defense announces the capture of Bakhmut
The Russian Defense Ministry has announced the “liberation” of Bakhmut, the Ukrainian city that has been the scene of violent clashes for months. The tass makes it known. In the last hours he was the leader of the Wagner group, Yevgeny Prigozinto claim to have “taken full control of the city”. But Kyiv had denied it.
(afp) The ministry adds: “In the Artemovsk tactical directorate (the Russian name of Bakhmut, editor’s note), the attack teams of the private military company Wagner, with the support of the artillery and aviation of the southern tactical group, completed the liberation of.” the city”. 11:59 p.m
USA: “China could play a role for peace in Ukraine”
There China “It may well play a role” in resolving the Ukraine conflict and it is “positive that President Xi has spoken to Zelenskyy” and “appointed a special envoy for this purpose,” a senior G7 official said in a briefing before the G7 U.S. government.
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