Yesterday, Russian President Vladimir Putin officially declared the capture of the Luhansk region. According to Ukrainian sources, there is heavy fighting en route to the neighboring region of Donetsk. The governor there, Pavlo Kyrylenko, is asking 350,000 people to leave the region for security reasons so that troops can “better focus on the enemy”.
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There are evacuation calls especially for the city of Sloviansk. The city is now within range of several Russian rocket launchers, Kyrylenko said. According to British intelligence, the city is likely to be the site of the next decisive battle in the Russian offensive. According to the information, these are about 16 kilometers north of Sloviansk.
The Russians have repeatedly bombed the city in recent days. Rockets also hit the center. Sloviansk and Kramatorsk are the two largest cities still under Ukrainian control in the region.
Russia suspends transit of oil from Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan is Austria’s largest oil supplier. More recently, the country has also pledged support for oil and gas supplies to the EU. Now Russia is cutting off Kazakhstan’s oil exports destined for the West. A Black Sea terminal for Kazakhstan’s oil exports has been closed for 30 days by a court in southern Russia, Interfax reported.
The operating company wants to sue. 80% of Kazakhstan’s exported oil flows through the terminal in the southern Russian port city of Novorossiysk – Kazakhstan has no access to the world’s oceans of its own.
Where is the war in Ukraine going?
Entire cities have been razed, and civilians are also dying from Russian rockets far from the hard-fought front lines in the country’s east: even months after Russia invaded Ukraine, there is no end in sight to the war ravaging the country. middle of Europe. What could lead Russia to peace? To what extent does diplomacy have any chance these days? Where is the war in Ukraine going?
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