Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called for more weapons, calling “any delay” “permission for Russia to take the lives of Ukrainians”. In his recent speech, he called on countries to send arms, saying Ukraine’s fate “depends on them”.
Zelenskyy also claimed in the speech that the Kherson and Zaporizhia regions in southern Ukraine were affected transferred to the ruble zone and under the Russian administration. The Ukrainian President said that Russia’s actions in the territories follow the example of the so-called separatist republics of the DPR and LPR.
Ukraine has vowed its forces will “fight to the end” in the besieged port city of Mariupol. after a Russian ultimatum for the remaining Ukrainian troops there to surrender expired.
A second British soldier fighting with the Ukrainian army was pictured on Russian television after his capture in Mariupol. Shaun Pinner, 48, said he was fighting alongside Ukrainian marines when Vladimir Putin’s forces invaded nearly eight weeks ago.
Ukraine has completed a questionnaire that will be a starting point for the European Union to decide on Kyiv’s membership, said Ihor Zhovkva, deputy head of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office.
A new series of Russian airstrikes recalled this weekend that the war in the Ukrainian capital is far from over, although signs of more normal life have returned to the streets in recent days.
An unconfirmed photo purporting to show the Russian warship Moskva shortly after being hit by a Ukrainian Neptun missile has surfaced online. The source of the image is unclear and the Guardian was unable to immediately verify its authenticity.
Zelenskyi said he had invited French President Emmanuel Macron to visit Ukraine Seeing evidence that Russian forces committed “genocide,” a term Macron avoided.
Earlier on Sunday Zelenskyj urged US President Joe Biden to visit Ukraine and reiterated his unwillingness to cede territory in the east of the country to end the war with Russia. Zelenskyj said he was “hopeful” that Biden would make the trip.
The President of the European Commission has urged member states to “quickly” supply Ukraine with weapons systems and hinted that a next round of EU sanctions could target Russia’s powerful Sberbank.
International Monetary Fund executive director Kristalina Georgieva said she had a “very good conversation” with the Ukrainian president. She added: “Continued economic support from Ukraine’s partners is essential to lay the foundations for rebuilding a modern, competitive Ukraine.”
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said 4,869,019 Ukrainians have fled the country since the Russian invasion in February — 32,574 more than on Saturdaysaid the head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, on Sunday.
Oleg Synegubov, head of Kharkiv regional administration, said Ukrainian forces successfully pushed the Russians back to the east of the city and several villages were liberated.
At least two people were killed and four injured in shelling in the eastern Ukrainian city of Zolote on Sunday, the local governor said.