EXTRAORDINARY ONLINE Western technology is already helping to change the situation in Ukraine: Captive British appear before pro-Russian court – Topky.sk

Live from Ukraine Fighting in Ukrainian village Moschun ONLINE Load new news 8:06 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia is not willing to end the war in Ukraine with diplomacy because it still feels its strength. 7:41 Russian troops are still trying to break through the Ukrainian defenses of Severodonetsk in the Luhansk region. The city and its surroundings are bombed by the Russian army, according to the General Staff of the Ukrainian army. He claims that the Ukrainian army repulsed the attack in the village of Toškivka near Severodonetsk. On Wednesday, local government officials said that Ukrainian troops were already controlling only the outskirts of the city. 6:59 A Russian officer about Ukrainian prisoners of war: “There were such prisoners. When you communicate with him, you feel that he is not our prisoner of war, but we are his. Sometimes his behavior is so rude. He does not feel pain or anything like that.” 6:06 The Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out two air strikes on a group of Russian forces in the Kherson region in southern Ukraine on Wednesday, hitting three enemy ammunition depots. The attacks killed 30 Russian soldiers and destroyed several pieces of equipment. This was stated by the Ukrainian Army Operational Command South in a regular newspaper on Facebook tonight. 6:03 Britain refused to grant a 13-year-old Ukrainian a visa to enter its territory because she did not travel with her parents, but with her adult sister. The girl had to return to Ukraine to her hometown, which is now being besieged by Russian soldiers, the BBC reported on its website, referring to British MP Tulip Siddiq. 6:00 Russia deployed Iskander missile complexes in the northern part of the occupied Ukrainian Crimean peninsula, said Ukrainian Defense Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzjanyk. The complexes are located near the village of Milkovodne, about eight kilometers from the administrative borders of the Kherson region, which the Russians controlled during the current invasion, according to a Unian spokesman. Western artillery systems are already helping to change the situation in Ukraine Russian troops have taken control of part of the Mykolaiv region in southern Ukraine, but the area is only one of two Ukrainian regions that have retained access to the Black Sea. However, according to Kim, Ukrainian troops have already achieved “some success” in recent weeks in a counterattack in the neighboring Kherson region. Reuters asked Kim if she thought Western weapons delivered to Ukraine would contribute to any change in the fight against Russian troops who invaded Ukraine on February 24. “(Change) is already happening … and we will achieve more success,” Kim replied. Photo gallery (2) Wounded soldiers in Ukraine
Source: SITA / AP Photo / Bernat Armangue “We are talking about artillery. It is starting to work in our region,” Kim said, refusing to specify which Western artillery systems help Ukraine the most. In recent weeks, Russia and Ukraine have focused most of their resources on fighting in eastern Ukraine in Donbas. However, it is also economically crucial for Kiev to maintain the remaining Black Sea coast, especially the ports of Mykolaiv and Odessa in the south of the country, writes Reuters. However, in order for Ukraine to achieve an important turning point in the south of the country, Kiev will need more manpower, which Kim says can be achieved either by moving troops from the east of the country or by further mobilization. Kiev is aware that there is still a risk that Russia will again attack large cities in the south of the country, such as Mykolaiv or Zaporizhia. “I think they will have some opportunity to attack Zaporozhye and Mykolaiv in the coming months, but at the moment we do not see any regrouping (of Russian troops),” Kim said. Captive Britons appear on pro-Russian court, face 20 years in prison Two Britons captured by Russian forces during the fighting in Ukraine face 20 years in prison. This is stated in a video published on Wednesday by the Russian state media, the DPA news agency writes. Aiden Aslin (28) and Shaun Pinner (48) were detained in April as they fought on the Ukrainian side against Russian invading forces. They allegedly appeared in the separatist, pro-Russian Donetsk People’s Republic (DDR). Both Britons allegedly confessed to “training to undertake terrorist acts”. In a record shared by Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti on social media on Wednesday, you hear an interpreter asking Aslina if she is “confessing” to the crime. The Brit replied, “Yes.” The charge is punishable by 15 to 20 years in prison, RIA Novosti said. Pinner also faces a long prison term and even the death penalty because he allegedly confessed to “seizing power”. The video captured the two Britons in a prison area in the Supreme Court called the DDR, as well as a third man, allegedly a Moroccan citizen of Saadun Brahim. The reports came hours after former British Conservative minister and legislator Robert Jenrick said Aslina should return home at the earliest opportunity, possibly through an exchange of prisoners of war. The lawmaker also condemned “false, staged charges” against the two Britons and accused Russia of “totally heinous violations of international law.” Jenrick told BBC Radio 4: “(Aslin) He is a British citizen, but also has Ukrainian citizenship, is married to Ukraine, and before the illegal invasion of (Vladimir) Putin, joined the Ukrainian armed forces in the usual way and served in them. “He has been captured by Russian forces and, in accordance with international law and the Geneva Convention, should be properly detained and returned to Ukraine at the earliest opportunity, possibly through an exchange of prisoners.” He continued: “Instead, Putin’s regime, along with another British citizen, Shaun Pinner, brought him to justice for fabricated charges without any evidence.”