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MP Serhii Sobolev told the news outlet Suspilne
The ratification vote is scheduled for May 8
Attacks against the border villages of Bilopillia and Vorozhba damaged civilian infrastructure and triggered emergency evacuations
the regional military administration reported
"I look forward to working with President Erdogan on getting the ridiculous
war between Russia and Ukraine ended — now!" U.S
Putin's Victory Day truce "doesn't sound like much
if you know where we started from," Trump told reporters at the White House on May 5
Far-right Euroskeptic candidate George Simion
head of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR)
Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan placed second with 20.99% of the vote
and the candidate from the ruling coalition
"It requires the continuation of contacts between Moscow and Washington
which have been launched and are now ongoing," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said
set to operate within the Council of Europe
will focus on Russia's political and military leaders
up to 20 Russian soldiers were killed and their equipment destroyed
The move represents an apparent violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions passed in the wake of North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests
"We are ready to deepen our contribution to the training of the Ukrainian military," Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on May 5
Davis's arrival follows the resignation of Ambassador Bridget Brink
by A Ukrainian civilian killed in a Russian attack against Toretsk
(Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor's Office/Facebook)Russian forces attacked Toretsk and Zarichne in Donetsk Oblast on Aug
the regional prosecutor's office said
Russia targeted Toretsk with artillery
killing a 71-year-old woman in the yard of her house
Toretsk is a front-line town regularly suffering Russian attacks
A residential area of the village of Zarichne was also attacked by as of yet unspecified weaponry. Three people aged between 61 and 72 were killed, the prosecutors said
Zarichne is a front-line settlement in the northern part of Donetsk Oblast
lying roughly 30 kilometers (19 miles) from the city of Sloviansk
Daria is a newsroom intern at the Kyiv Independent
She is a Media and Communication BSc student at the University of Surrey
She also studied Journalism and Social Communications at Kyiv's National University of Taras Shevchenko
Daria previously worked as a freelance copywriter and volunteered at a local town newspaper in Guildford
Since the beginning of the day, Russian forces have attacked Ukrainian military positions 94 times. The enemy is most active in the Pokrovsk direction, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The enemy has attacked Ukrainian positions 94 times since the beginning of the day
The most intense fighting is taking place in the Pokrovsk direction
The enemy carried out two attacks on our positions in the Kupiansk direction near the settlements of Lozova and Dvorichna
enemy units continue to attack in the areas of Novoserhiivka
Ukrainian forces have repelled nine enemy attacks in this direction
Our defenders have repelled three enemy assaults in the area of Bilohorivka in the Siversk direction
the Russian army attacked 11 times in the areas of Chasiv Yar and Stupochky
there have been 12 enemy attacks in the Toretsk direction
The enemy attacked in the areas of Bila Hora
Our defenders are giving a strong response
The hottest fighting today is in the Pokrovsk direction
the Russian forces have carried out 40 attacks on our positions in the areas of Barynivka
The Defense Forces have repelled 26 enemy attacks
the Russian troops attacked Ukrainian positions five times near the settlements of Rozlyv
No active enemy actions have been reported in the Kharkiv
our defenders have repelled ten enemy attacks today
since the beginning of the full-scale war against Ukraine
Russia has lost more than 809,000 soldiers
In particular, over the past day, Ukrainian forces eliminated 1,510 Russian soldiers
the largest number of combat engagements was recorded in the Lyman sector
the situation remains tense in the Kurakhove sector
reports the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The border settlements of Sumy and Chernihiv regions continue to suffer from shelling from the territory of Russia
artillery and mortar fire hit the areas of Oleksandrivka and Maiske
using seven glide bombs in the areas of Andriivka
the Russian troops continue to drop bombs on the Kursk region
11 airstrikes involving 16 guided aerial bombs have been reported
Since the beginning of the day in the Kharkiv direction
Russians have carried out five attacks near Starytsia and Vovchansk
Kucherivka and Novoosynove in the Kupiansk direction have been attacked three times since the beginning of the day
the enemy launched an air strike with guided bombs in the areas of Zelenyi Hai and Pershotravneve
Fourteen times the enemy tried to push our defenders from their positions in the Lyman direction near Druzheliubivka
Defense forces repelled three enemy attacks in the Kramatorsk direction near Bila Hora
Druzhba and Kostiantynivka in the Toretsk direction came under air strikes with guided bombs
the Russians carried out eight attacks near Toretsk and Shcherbynivka
where the enemy's offensive is still ongoing
Ten enemy offensives took place in the Pokrovsk direction
with Russians storming the positions of our defenders near Myrnohrad
The situation is tense in the Kurakhove direction
where the invaders attacked nine times near Novoselidove
Attack aircraft attacked Novodarivka and Poltavka in the Vremivka direction
and the enemy also conducted three assaults on our defenders' defensive lines near Bohoyavlenka and Zolota Niva
Two enemy attacks were repelled in the Prydniprovskyi direction
The situation in other frontline areas remains unchanged
The military recorded 169 combat engagements in the frontline yesterday
Also, as of October 5, Russia lost 1250 soldiers in the war against Ukraine
and the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed 101 vehicles and 55 artillery systems
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A Kremlin spokesman reiterated that Russian President Vladimir Putin remains open to talks but the Western demand that Moscow first withdraws its troops from Ukraine is unacceptable
Ukraine — Russia said Friday that Western demands it should pull out completely from Ukraine as part of any future talks to end the war effectively rule out any such negotiations
as Russian strikes continued and a Ukrainian official set his country's battle losses at up to 13,000 troops
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov reiterated that Russian President Vladimir Putin remains open to talks but the Western demand that Moscow first withdraws its troops from Ukraine is unacceptable
Peskov's comments came as Putin spoke on the phone Friday morning with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz
Scholz's office said he made clear to Putin “that there must be a diplomatic solution as quickly as possible
which includes a withdrawal of Russian troops.”
On Thursday, U.S. President Joe Biden also indicated he would be willing to talk with Putin if he demonstrated that he seriously wanted to end the invasion and pull out of Ukraine
A statement issued by the Kremlin after the phone call with Scholz said Putin again blamed the West for encouraging Ukraine to prolong the war by supplying it with weapons
Putin also said recent crippling Russian strikes on Ukraine's infrastructure were “forced and inevitable” after Ukraine allegedly bombed a key bridge to the Crimean peninsula — which Russia seized from Ukraine in 2014 — and energy facilities
Russian forces have been bombarding Ukraine's critical infrastructure since October
leaving millions without electricity amid cold winter weather
Scholz's office said that in the phone conversation with Putin he “condemned in particular the Russian air attacks on civilian infrastructure" in Ukraine and said Germany was committed to continuing to help Ukraine defend itself
Russian forces kept up rocket attacks on infrastructure and airstrikes against Ukrainian troop positions along the contact line
adding that Moscow’s military push has focused on a dozen towns including Bakhmut and Avdiivka — key Russian targets in the embattled east
A top adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
24 10,000 to 13,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in action
It was a rare comment on Ukraine's military casualties and far below estimates from Western leaders
“We have official figures from the general staff
we have official figures from the top command
and they amount to between 10,000 and 12,500-13,000 killed,” the adviser
He also said civilian casualties were “significant.”
The Ukrainian military has not confirmed such figures and it was a rare instance of a Ukrainian official providing such a count
when the head of the armed forces said nearly 9,000 military personnel had been killed
Podolyak said up to 200 soldiers were dying each day in some of the most intense fighting and bloodshed so far in the war
the president of the European Union's executive Commission
said 100,000 Ukrainian troops had been killed
before her office corrected her comments — calling them inaccurate and saying that the figure referred to both dead and injured
Zelenskyy’s office reported on Friday that at least three civilians were killed and 16 wounded in Ukraine in the past 24 hours
said on Telegram that Russian forces had attacked nine southeastern regions with heavy artillery
Ukrainians have been bracing for freezing winter temperatures as Russia's campaign has recently hit infrastructure including power plants and electrical transformers
Ukraine has faced a blistering onslaught of Russian artillery fire and drone attacks since early October
The shelling has been especially intense in Kherson since Russian forces withdrew and Ukraine’s army reclaimed the southern city almost three weeks ago
Kherson's regional governor said three people were killed and seven injured in shelling on Thursday
Russians hit residential areas of the city
part of which remained without electricity following Russian strikes Thursday
Ukrainian governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said Russian shelling has intensified significantly
The Russian army is seeking to encircle the key town of Bakhmut by capturing several surrounding villages and cutting off an important road
Russian strikes targeting towns across the Dnieper river from the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant also were reported
officials said Russian shelling injured two women
United Nations-backed human rights investigators called for the creation of a “victim’s registry” that could help people affected by the war to receive help quickly
a member of the team mandated to look into rights abuses by the Human Rights Council
said “victims have needs that require immediate attention.”
Follow AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine: https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine
the US announced a shipment of controversial cluster munitions to Ukraine
a new video shows Kyiv is already making use of it — to devastating effects
The footage, posted by the Ukraine war monitoring account OSINTdefender
reportedly shows the first use of cluster munitions near Krasnohorivka
a city west of Donetsk and just south of Bakhmut.
the bomblets released from the cluster bomb canister are launched across an area
The spots hit by munitions pop in bright light randomly
demonstrating the chaos of using cluster bombs on the battlefield.
When the US announced it'd be sending cluster bombs as a part of an $800 million package
American officials said the weapons would be a boon for Kyiv as it grapples with other munition shortages.
Insider previously reported that analysis indicates the failure rate could be as high as 1o% to 30%
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Russia halts gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria; Volodymyr Zelenskiy accuses Moscow of seeking to destabilise Moldova region
Russia was accused of seeking to blackmail Europe as the energy supplier Gazprom confirmed it had halted gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria
prompting crisis talks in capitals across Europe
Gazprom said it had acted in response to the failure by the two EU countries to make their payments in roubles
“Gazprom has completely suspended gas supplies to Bulgargaz and PGNiG due to absence of payments in roubles.”
has said demands to change the payment scheme were a grave breach of a contract and amounted to blackmail
Both Bulgaria and Poland say they have sufficient stored energy for the foreseeable future
saying that fellow EU countries would come to Poland and Bulgaria’s aid
She said: “The announcement by Gazprom that it is unilaterally stopping delivery of gas to customers in Europe is yet another attempt by Russia to use gas as an instrument of blackmail
The speaker of Russia’s lower house of parliament
has said Gazprom made the right decision in fully suspending gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland and said Moscow should do the same with other “unfriendly” countries
said the UK would stand “shoulder to shoulder” with Poland over energy blackmail
He said: “We cannot allow Vladimir Putin’s bullying behaviour
Russia’s defence ministry said its Kalibr missiles had struck an arms depot in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region housing weapons from the US and European countries
Russian forces have established control over the town of Zarichne after storming the settlement of Yampil, the Ukrainian military has said in its latest operational report as of 6am today
Russian forces were again attacking the huge Azovstal steel plant where fighters and some civilians are holed up in the southern city of Mariupol
A series of blasts sounded across the Russian city of Belgorod near the Ukrainian border early on Wednesday morning as authorities extinguished a fire at an ammunition depot
Regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said he woke “to a loud sound like an explosion” at about 3.35am in an update posted to Telegram
Ukrainian presidential aide Mykhailo Podolyak described explosions heard in three Russian provinces bordering Ukraine as “karma” and payback for the war in Ukraine
He did not acknowledge Ukraine was responsible for the incidents
The interior ministry of Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria has issued a statement this morning claiming it came under attack from Ukraine
It said drones were spotted and shots were fired near Kolbasna
which it claims contains one of the largest ammunition dumps in Europe
In Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s latest national address
the Ukrainian president said he believed Russia was trying to destabilise the situation in the Transnistrian region
while Ukrainian armed forces were ready for a possible escalation by Russian troops in the breakaway territory of Moldova
Poland’s government has issued a statement to say that it had arrested “a citizen of the Russian Federation and a citizen of Belarus who were engaged in espionage activities in Poland” and that a court had “ordered their detention on remand for three months”
The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to conduct a staged counteroffensive against the occupying forces of the Russian Federation in the Lyman area at the junction of the administrative borders of the Kharkiv
which are confirmed by photo and video geolocation
the Armed Forces of Ukraine are successfully advancing from Lozove in the direction of Novolyubivka with the plan of reaching the bank of the Zherebets River
This is evidenced by data from both the Ukrainian DeepState community and the American analytical center Institute for the Study of War
Russian propagandists paint an even more threatening picture for their own troops with the unconfirmed advance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the bridgehead on the northern bank of Siverskyi Donets and the advance of Ukrainian forces to the Zarichne-Torsk line from the east and the expansion of the offensive from the same bridgehead to Kreminna
There are a number of questions regarding the "russian map"
because it can be a special "drawing" of a fictional situation for its further "heroic solution"
As of 4 p.m., January 18, 89 combat engagements have taken place at the front since the beginning of the day. Most of the fighting was recorded in the Pokrovsk direction, General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports
Russian artillery and mortar fire affected the communities of the settlements:
the Russians have made 32 attempts to push our defenders from their positions near the settlements of Vodiane Druhe
Ukrainian defense forces are holding back the attack and repelled 28 attacks
the invaders stormed the positions of Ukrainian troops five times near Vovchansk
the Russian troops stormed the positions of Ukrainian forces four times in the areas of Petropavlivka
the Russian army launched nine attacks on Ukrainian positions near the towns of Zelenyi Hai
the Russians attacked four times in the areas of Chasiv Yar and Stupochky
16 Russian attacks took place in the areas of Toretsk
Ukrainian troops have already repelled 10 of them
Russian militants attacked 12 times near Velyka Novosilka
the Russian forces made one assault on the positions of Ukrainian troops near Novodanylivka
They also tried to storm the positions of Ukrainian defenders in the Prydniprovskyi direction once without success
The operation in the Kursk region continues
Ukrainian soldiers repelled five attacks by the Russian troops today
and three firefights are currently underway
The Russians launched 224 artillery attacks
including four from multiple launch rocket systems
The Russians have not conducted any active operations in the Siversk and Huliaipole directions since the beginning of the day
The Russian army lost 1340 servicemen at the frontline over the period from January 17 to January 18
The total enemy combat losses in personnel since February 24
The Ukrainian Defense Forces also destroyed 13 armored personnel carriers
Since the beginning of January 14, there have been 84 combat clashes on the front. The Russian forces are mainly attacking in the Pokrovsk direction, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
the activity of enemy aviation resulted in strikes on Vovchansk and Veterynarne
Russian troops twice attacked the positions of the Defense Forces near Nova Kruhlyakivka and Tabayivka
the invader army conducted 12 attacks on Ukrainian positions near the settlements of Kopanky
Enemy aviation carried out strikes with guided bombs on Velykyi Burluk
The Russian forces continue to search for weaknesses in our defense near Bilohorivka
The Defense Forces successfully repelled 11 enemy attacks
the enemy carried out an airstrike with guided bombs on Zvanivka
Ukrainian defenders repelled five Russian assault attempts
with eight attacks still ongoing as the enemy tries to break through to Stupochky
our defenders are repelling two enemy assaults near the settlement of Toretsk
The enemy also carried out airstrikes with guided bombs on the areas of the settlements of Kostiantynivka and Oleksandro-Kalynove
the Russian army made 23 attempts to push our defenders from their positions in the areas of the settlements of Yantarne
The Defense Forces are holding their ground
the enemy made five attempts to break through our defense in the areas of the settlements of Velyka Novosilka and Neskuchne
the enemy attempted to storm our positions once without success
12 engagements took place since the beginning of the day
since the start of the full-scale war against Ukraine
In particular, in the past 24 hours, Ukrainian forces eliminated 1,330 Russian soldiers
There have been 89 combat engagements on the front since the beginning of the day. The heaviest fighting has been recorded in the Pokrovsk and Kursk directions, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
the enemy launched three assaults on the positions of our units near Petropavlivka and Pishchane
the occupying army carried out nine attacks on Ukrainian positions near the settlements of Kopanky
Three combat engagements are still ongoing
the Defense Forces repelled three attacks by Russian troops
The enemy attacked our defensive positions near Verkhniokamianske and Ivano-Dariivka
the Russian army launched six attacks in the areas of Chasiv Yar
there were eight enemy attacks in the areas of Toretsk
Ukrainian soldiers have already repelled two of them
the Russian forces have made 31 attempts to push our defenders from their positions in the areas of Vodiane Druhe
The Defense Forces have repelled 30 enemy attacks
the invaders attacked ten times near Kostiantynopil
Three of the enemy attacks have been repelled
The enemy bombed Novopil and Kostyantynopil with KABs (guided aerial bombs)
the occupying forces launched one assault on our positions near Novodanylivka
The enemy made one unsuccessful attempt to assault our defenders' positions in the Prydniprovskyi direction
the enemy has not conducted any active operations since the beginning of the day
Ukrainian soldiers have repelled eight attacks by the occupying forces today
and three combat engagements are still ongoing
The enemy carried out 250 artillery strikes
including one from a multiple rocket launcher system
Russia has lost more than 814,000 military personnel
In particular, over the past day, Ukrainian soldiers eliminated 1,480 Russian troops
As of the evening of January 7, 159 combat engagements occurred in the frontline. Russian forces are actively attacking in the Pokrovsk direction and in the Kursk region, reports the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Ukrainian troops repelled four enemy attacks near Vovchansk and Tykhe
one attack is ongoing in the Tavilzhanka area
the enemy launched three assaults on Ukrainian defensive positions near Topoli
Russian troops conducted 13 assaults on Ukrainian positions in the areas of Novoserhiivka
Ukrainian forces repelled seven enemy attacks near Bilohorivka
Russian forces attacked seven times near Vasiukivka
Russian troops launched seven assaults on Ukrainian positions near Toretsk
Russian forces carried out 38 assault and offensive operations throughout the day
Their activity was concentrated in the areas of Tarasivka
The enemy used 16 guided aerial bombs targeting Pokrovsk
Ukrainian troops eliminated 171 and wounded 218 Russian soldiers in this direction
They also destroyed two armored fighting vehicles and two motorcycles
a tank and four enemy vehicles were significantly damaged
Russian forces have been attacking intensively
Ukrainian troops repelled assaults near Sribne
the enemy attempted 20 breakthroughs near Yantarne
Ukrainian forces repelled a single enemy attack near Novosilka
The Russian forces failed to achieve any success
the enemy made two unsuccessful attempts to dislodge Ukrainian defense forces near Kozatskyi Island
the Russian forces did not conduct active operations
Ukrainian defenders repelled 25 enemy attacks over the course of the day
Russia has lost more than 800,000 troops since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine
Over the past day, the Russian military lost an additional 1,970 soldiers
and other equipment belonging to the enemy
Russian troops attacked Ukrainian positions near Vovchansk but were repelled
They also launched unguided air-to-surface missiles at Veterynarne and Okhrimivka
Russian forces carried out four assaults near Petropavlivka
Russian troops launched six attacks on Ukrainian positions near Hrekivka
Russian forces are trying to advance near Chasiv Yar and Vasiukivka
Ukrainian troops have repelled one of three attacks
Russian troops are attempting to break into the Ukrainian positions near Toretsk
while three assaults have already been repelled
Russian forces have launched 33 assaults to push Ukrainian troops from their positions in the areas of Myroliubivka
Russian aviation struck Pokrovsk and Oleksiivka with guided bombs
Ukrainian forces repelled eight Russian assault attempts
while six more battles are still in progress
Russian troops are trying to advance near Novosilka
and in the directions of Konstiantynopil and Burlatske
Russian troops were active near Shcherbaky and Nesterianka
The operation in the Kursk region is also underway
Ukrainian forces repelled six Russian attacks
since the beginning of the full-scale invasion
Russia has lost almost 859,000 military personnel
In particular, over the past day, the Russian army lost 1,530 personnel. Ukrainian soldiers also destroyed 16 tanks
230 combat engagements took place on the frontline
The situation was tense in the Kurakhove sector
where the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 84 attacks
according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
missile troops and artillery of the Ukrainian Defense Forces hit one area of concentration of Russian invaders,” Ukraine's General Staff writes
the Russians attacked 21 times near Kindrashivka
32 Russain attacks were repelled in Cherneshchyna
Russia attacked 5 times in the area of Chasiv Yar and Stupochky
Russians tried to break into Ukraine's defense 7 times in the areas of Dachne
One battle is currently underway near Shcherbynivka
the Ukrainian Defense Forces stopped 22 Russia's assault and offensive actions towards the localities of Promin
where 84 Russian attacks were repelled in the areas of Vovchenka
Russians attacked 17 times in the areas of Trudove
6 Russian attacks were stopped in the areas of Novodanylivka
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has lost over 701,000 troops. Over the past day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated another 1,260 Russian occupants
the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported 153 combat engagements across the front lines on November 20
with Russian forces concentrating their primary efforts in the Pokrovsk direction
“Missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces conducted 12 strikes on enemy personnel and equipment concentrations
destroying a command post and an ammunition depot,” the General Staff stated
Russian troops launched four attacks near Vovchansk and Starytsia
Seven attacks occurred in the Kupiansk direction near Kolisnykivka
with Russian forces targeting Cherneshchyna
The enemy made seven unsuccessful attempts to advance near Toretsk and Shcherbynivka
Ukrainian forces repelled 34 attacks near Myroliubivka
Russian forces attempted 29 breakthroughs near Berestky
another 29 assaults were thwarted near Trudove
Since the start of the full-scale invasion, Russia has suffered an estimated 727,000 personnel losses, according to Ukrainian Defense Forces. In the past 24 hours alone, Ukrainian forces reportedly eliminated 1,510 Russian troops and destroyed:
There's been a chorus of outrage at plans by the US to send cluster bombs to the Ukraine – but the move is legal
even if it might not be morally defensible
When the US announced it would send controversial cluster bombs to Ukraine
"The Ukrainians are running out of ammunition," President Joe Biden said in defence of the move
But even some of his own Democratic colleagues criticised it
that's crossing the line," said congresswoman Barbara Lee
Prime minister Chris Hipkins called them indiscriminate
causing potentially "huge damage to innocent people"
When a cluster munition is fired from a rocket or aircraft
it opens out in midair and releases smaller
one munition can release anything from two to 100 sub munitions
they spread right out," says Auckland University associate law professor Treasa Dunworth
They are also considered indiscriminate because of the high failure or "dud" rate
That means that a high number of the submunitions do not detonate when they land
"Because they fail to detonate they essentially lie in wait
so they become a land mine," says Dunworth
"It means that long after the war you have this infestation of lethal weapons in the ground."
The Pentagon says the "dud" rate on the cluster munitions being sent to Ukraine is 2.35 percent
who points to Laos as an example of a country still picking up the pieces decades after its own war
"The United States used thousands and thousands and thousands of cluster munitions across Laos
It is considered to be one of the most mined countries in the world and even still there are huge areas of agricultural land that cannot be used because it is unsafe because it hasn't been de-mined."
She warns of a repeat in the wheat fields of Ukraine
where cluster munitions are already being used by Russia
Human Rights Watch's acting director of the arms division Mary Wareham tells The Detail that the type of cluster munition the US is sending to Ukraine is notorious for having a high failure rate
"And that's part of what is so horrifying about this decision," she says
"We're not just sending new cluster munitions – not that there are good cluster munitions
even though the Pentagon tries to make that case – the US is sending cluster munitions that were made more than 20 years ago that are highly unreliable."
Wareham was working for Oxfam New Zealand which was part of the New Zealand effort in helping create the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions
More than 120 countries are part of the Convention – the US
But Wareham defends the Convention as an international treaty that includes many countries that have used
made and exported cluster munitions in the past
Associate professor of politics and international relations at Auckland University Stephen Hoadley gives The Detail his answer on that
"We're talking about the usefulness of these weapons in certain circumstances to provide a defensive capability that otherwise would not be possible."
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Since the beginning of the day on January 7, there have been 128 clashes on the front. Russian forces are focusing their efforts on the Pokrovsk and Kurakhove directions, as well as in the Kursk region, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
the Defense Forces repelled three enemy assaults near Tykhe
the enemy attempted to advance three times toward our positions in the areas of Holubivka and Petropavlivka
The aggressor also increased the number of attacks to nine in the Lyman direction
Attacks occurred near the settlements of Novoserhiivka
the enemy attacked five times in the direction of Bilohorivka
our defenders repelled six enemy attacks in the areas of Vasiukivka
the enemy attempted to advance three times near Toretsk
the enemy initiated 28 clashes of varying intensity
Our defenders repelled enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Tarasivka
Fierce battles continue in the Kurakhove direction
our defenders repelled 14 enemy attacks during the day
the aggressor attacked our defenders' positions 14 times in the areas of the settlements of Yantarne
the Defense Forces repelled two enemy assaults
the enemy did not conduct active operations
Ukrainian defenders repelled 27 enemy attacks
including six from multiple rocket launch systems
In particular, over the past day, the Russian army lost another 1,970 soldiers
yesterday the Defense Forces destroyed 10 tanks
Russian sources on Telegram were repeating the same stories: Ukrainian forces were everywhere; Russians troops were trying to escape
but the artillery was gone; the armor was gone; the officers were gone. Ukrainian forces were coming at them in waves
and even though the Russians were bravely holding their ground and mowing the Ukrainians down with machine guns
the Ukrainians just got back up and kept coming
the Ukrainians were unstoppable killing machines
Russian fan channels were telling a very different story
Russia had reinforced Lyman. Ukrainian soldiers were dying by the thousands
Russia forces had lured Ukraine into a “killing field.” Lyman would ever remembered as a disaster for Ukraine
Ukrainian troops have entered Lyman pic.twitter.com/gmkcfULjp2
This is actually the northwestern edge of Lyman, along the road that runs west into Drobysheve. Similar videos show Ukrainian forces entering Lyman at its southeastern corner and raising the blue and yellow at that edge of the city.
What’s notable in both videos is the silence
there are reports that Ukrainian forces have reached the center of the small city
The Ukrainian military has now officially announced the liberation of Stavky
confirming the map as it appeared on Friday morning. There has not yet (as of 8 AM ET
3PM in Kyiv) been any official announcement concerning the liberation of Lyman
that seems to be a technicality at this point
Any Russian forces remaining are completely surrounded and confined to an area in the north central part of the city
There are also reports that Ukrainian forces have entered Zarichne and Torske
with Russian forces retreating from that area
Fighting reportedly continues outside of Kreminna
and there are reports of Russian forces also leaving that location in large numbers
While some reports indicate that as many as 5,000 Russian and LPR forces remained within the shrinking “pocket” at Lyman
that seems highly unlikely. Any Russian forces that remain likely number in the hundreds
there are continued reports of fighting in Lyman
Though why any Russian forces would be fighting at this point seems unfathomable
It now seems possible to put together something of a picture of what happened in the last 48 hours from a mixture of sources. As the perimeter around Lyman tightened
Russian forces that had been in Yampil and Drobysheve first went into Lyman
then began withdrawing along the road to the east
There was an effort to remove heavy equipment
including the artillery that had backed the Russian position in Lyman over the last two weeks
many of the Russian infantry began to follow
but all of this made for slow progress down relatively small roads
those Russian forces issued many requests for reinforcement or rescue
and were sent assurances it was on the way
There are even messages from the Bakhmut area complaining that Wagner forces left the front lines there to go to Lyman
if any of those forces ever made it to Lyman
any relief force that was sent never got closer than the intersection between Torske and Zarichne
where they may have helped to temporarily hold Ukrainian forces back from the road
As the escaping forces ran a gauntlet of Ukrainian artillery
They were also slowed because the road leading into Lyman had been mined or damaged at several locations
At some point, Russian troops (some reports suggest members of BARS-13) blew up the bridge across the Zherebets River north of Torske to prevent Ukrainian pursuit
This may have helped some escape to the east
but it also trapped the forces following them
leading to an intense fight near Zarichne as those forces attempted to find a way out
Here is how one Russian source describes it.
The media and the government Telegram channels are beginning to casually admit there was some problem at Lyman
but they’re not making a big deal about the situation
It seems likely that most of the Russian forces that were in Lyman didn’t either escape or remain in the city to be taken prisoner
They’re simply dead on the field somewhere to the east.
Russian sources insist they did not leave behind thousands of troops in Lyman
but indicate that there may well be hundreds
Ukrainian forces will also get a good look at just how effective Russian forces were in getting all that heavy equipment out of the city
It’s unclear how intense any fighting in Lyman is at this moment
the Russian fan channels are already back in business
explaining how Lyman is a great victory for Russia
They’ll still be making those claims when Ukraine liberates Crimea
There are reports this morning that Russia has kidnapped Ihor Murashov, the director of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant at Enerdorhar. Reuters reports that Murashov was blindfolded and driven to an unknown location
and was told that the director was being “detained” so that he could “answer some questions.”
Russia has indicated it wants to shut down the plant
which is the largest in Europe and accounts for a fifth of all electricity produced in Ukraine
Workers there have been told to prepare for a shutdown
after which they are to be placed under the authority of Rosatom
They will then have to compete for their jobs against imported Russian workers.
Ukrainian forces have reportedly liberated another Lyman — Lyman Pershyi
this would close the gap between the bridgeheads at Dvorichna and Kupyansk.
Fighting continues at locations to the east of the bridgehead
That includes reports of fighting at Pischchane
which is several kilometers away from previous reports of Ukrainian movement and well down highway P07 that leads to Svatove
Ukrainian forces also continue to move to the south
There were reports on Friday that Ukraine has reached Kruhlyakivka
putting this southward advance only 15km north of Borova
Borova remains the last large town in Kharkiv Oblast still occupied by Russian forces
The liberated village of Shandrygolovo near #Lyman. pic.twitter.com/VRxGg71ZtP
I’m going to wait a bit before I post anything too celebratory
Lyman is under Ukrainian control.Russian forces have completely withdrawn from the settlement.Remaining pockets of resistance are being removed
How deep in the Russian pocket are Republicans
Nice work @CPAC pic.twitter.com/5foTH9B9oj
#Crimea. There are clouds of smoke over Lyubimovka (near Belbek airport in #Sevastopol). Eyewitnesses report that they heard an explosion. pic.twitter.com/nJynOgfJhJ
Another angle of that explosion at the airport in Crimea.
BREAKING:Major explosions at the main Russian military airbase in Belbek, Russian-occupied Crimea.Looks like the Ukrainian Army has hit something important. pic.twitter.com/CauZmzxv8M
Ukrainian Telegram channel Ukraine365 is reporting that Russian forces have retreated from Kreminna
Russian soldier in an encirclement is making a call to his wife. pic.twitter.com/RpClOuOh0z
We thank the “Ministry of Defense” of 🇷🇺 for successful cooperation in organizing the "Izyum 2.0" exercise. Almost all russian troops deployed to Lyman were successfully redeployed either into body bags or into 🇺🇦 captivity. We have one question for you: Would you like a repeat? pic.twitter.com/wmPi2LJROw
“its a slaughter” – Ukraine Volunteer TranscriptsSome Ukrainian soldiers are reporting that they’re actually feeling traumatised by how many dead Russian soldiers they have seen. The Russians may have been ordered not to surrender & are fleeing instead https://t.co/nrJNfKOlSO
The Armed Forces of Ukraine moved to advantageous artillery positions and began a massive shelling of the cities of Rubizhne
and once again those involved in “cleanup” indicate that there’s no sound of fighting
It seems likely that most of those who remained in the city have so far surrendered
➕В Лимані триває зачистка. Як мінімум відділення поліції вже дерусифіковано. Судячи з того, що на відео не чути вибухів, то можна вважати що зачистка на фінальній стадії. pic.twitter.com/SSLSs0ye0O
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83 combat engagements were registered in the frontline over the last day
Most of them took place in the Kurakhove and Pokrovsk sectors
the enemy continues to use aviation and artillery in the border areas of the Sumy region
Russian troops stormed the positions of Ukrainian troops near Vovchansk three times
The enemy attacked four times in the Kupiansk direction towards Lozova and Synkivka
One attack was repelled by the Defense Forces
the enemy attacked in the areas of Druzheliubivka
A total of 11 combat engagements have taken place in this sector since the beginning of the day
The enemy continues to try to break through the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Siversk direction but is receiving a tough rebuff from Ukrainian units
the invaders twice tried to push our units
and one engagement has not yet been completed
the invaders made one attack near Andriivka
The number of hostile attacks in the Toretsk direction increased to six
where Ukrainian defenders repelled two attacks
where four attacks have already been repelled
and Katerynivka were attacked with guided bombs
and Druzhba was hit with unguided aerial missiles
The enemy is attacking Ukrainian defenders intensively in the Pokrovsk direction
the aggressor carried out 23 attacks in the areas of Sukha Balka
The defense forces are holding back the onslaught and repelled 23 enemy attacks
the enemy attacked our units 27 times since the beginning of the day
and three firefights are currently underway near Heorhiivka and Kostiantynivka
Ukrainian troops repelled two attacks toward Vodiane and Zolota Nyva
and the enemy's attempts to advance did not bring any success
The towns of Pyatykhatky and Lobkove in the Orikhiv direction were attacked with unguided aerial missiles
two attacks by the invaders were unsuccessful
The General Staff noted that the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is taking all necessary measures to deter the enemy's offensive and stabilize the situation
Over the day of September 13, Russian losses at the front amounted to 1210 soldiers