EXTRAORDINARY ONLINE Zelensky denied claims about Russian soldiers’ progress: Russia has returned 210 bodies to Kiev so far – Topky.sk

Live from Ukraine Destruction of several tanks and armored personnel carriers in Ukraine ONLINE Load new news 8:54 Separatists in Donbas in eastern Ukraine have said they have started a trial with three foreigners who fought Russian invading forces on the side of the Ukrainian army. The report was taken from DPA. 8:31 The front line between Ukrainian and Russian forces in eastern Ukraine has not changed significantly, according to this morning’s report from the Ukrainian General Staff. Kiev and Moscow claim, among other things, that they control Svatohirsk and the adjacent bridgehead on the north bank of the North Donets in the Donetsk region. Russia’s war against Ukraine continues on the 105th day today, and the often conflicting information of the warring parties cannot be verified from independent sources. 8:30 AM Although the war in Ukraine is not over, residents of Kiev can see objects found in areas around the Ukrainian capital, from which the Russian army has withdrawn, at a local museum. 8:01 In 2005, for the German newspaper Handelsblatt Sergei Lavrov said that Ukraine’s accession to NATO is an election of Ukraine and Russia will respect the decision of each state, including neighboring ones, in choosing partners. 7:57 The table shows the countries that are most dependent on wheat imports from Ukraine or Russia. Photo gallery (4) Countries most dependent on wheat imports from Ukraine and Russia.
Source: Twitter / AFP 7:00 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has come to Turkey to discuss grain exports from Ukraine. The subject of the negotiations is, in particular, the creation of a safety corridor for Ukrainian grain carriers. Turkey has offered to help dispose of naval convoys from ports that Russia is currently blocking. 6:52 Ukraine publishes “Executioner’s Book”. The book should describe in detail the war crimes that Russia has ordered or committed. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said this, adding that the book would be published next week. 6:09 AM The World Bank (WB) approved $ 1.49 billion in additional funding for Ukraine on Tuesday. The government in Kiev should pay salaries to civil servants. TASR received the report from DPA, which reported on Wednesday. 6:08 Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel sharply condemned Russia’s aggressive war against Ukraine on Tuesday. Her remarks were made during an interview with the reporter of the weekly Der Spiegel, Alexander Osang, which was broadcast live by the German public television station Phoenix. This was Merkel’s first major interview since withdrawing from active politics, which took place in the sold-out hall of the Berliner Ensemble. TASR took over the information from DPA and Reuters. Russia has so far returned 210 bodies of Mariupol defenders to Kiev. Russia has so far handed over 210 bodies of Ukrainian fighters killed in the battle for the city of Mariupol, most of whom belonged to the defenders of the Azovstal steelworks. The AP agency informed about it on Wednesday night, referring to the Ukrainian military intelligence. Russia, which now controls the destroyed port city, began returning the bodies of Ukrainian fighters last week. Ukraine said on Saturday that the two sides had exchanged a total of 320 bodies, each of which received 160 remains. It is not clear whether additional bodies have been handed over to Russia. The Azov Regiment, together with other units of the Ukrainian forces, defended the huge steelworks for almost three months, then at the command of the Ukrainian army they laid down their arms. It is not clear how many bodies could remain in the steel mills, which were surrounded by Russian forces and ruthlessly shelled and bombed from the air and from the sea. The last Ukrainian defenders of Azovstal, who had more than 2,400 fighters, finally surrendered and left the steelworks in May. They went out unarmed and carried their wounded kind. Photo gallery (4) Wounded soldiers in Ukraine
Source: SITA / AP Photo / Bernat Armangue Referring to a report by the Russian news agency TASS on Wednesday night, the DPA and Reuters reported that more than 1,000 Ukrainian prisoners of war and foreign fighters had been transferred to Russia for investigation. to the captivity of Russian forces in Azovstale. According to a TASS source, other Ukrainian prisoners will be sent to Russia. Kiev fears that Ukrainian prisoners of war who surrendered to Russian troops could be murdered or tortured, the DPA writes. Zelenskyj denied claims about the progress of Russian troops in eastern Ukraine “The situation on the front line in Ukraine has not changed significantly in the last 24 hours,” Zelenskyj said, adding that “the defense of Donbas continues.” The toughest fighting continues to take place around the cities of Severodonetsk, Lysychansk and Popasna, the president said. According to him, Russia is trying to deploy additional troops in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas and in the Kherson region in the south of the country. At the same time, according to the AFP agency, Zelensky said that “street fighting” is continuing in Severodonetsk. Photo gallery (4) Source: SITA / Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP Lanny Davis, an American lawyer for Ukrainian business magnate Dmytra Firtash, said in the meantime that 800 civilians had taken refuge in bunkers at Firtash’s huge Azot chemical plant in Severodonetsk. The Ukrainian army said on Tuesday that Russian troops were also preparing to attack the key city of Sloviansk, located about 65 kilometers west of Severodonetsk. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced on Tuesday the “complete liberation” of the Severodonetsk residential areas. According to Shoigu, the Russian army and its allies from the Donbaan separatists are “liberated 97 percent of the territory of the People’s Republic of Luhansk”. However, the AP quoted the Lukyan governor of Luhansk, Serhiy Hajdaja, as saying that Russian troops had taken control of the industrial suburb of Severodonetsk – one of the two cities in the Luhansk region that are still in Ukraine’s hands. EXTRAORDINARY ONLINE Zelensky denied claims about the progress of Russian soldiers: Russia has so far returned 210 bodies to Kiev