Russia-Ukraine live updates | NATO chief warns Russian-Ukraine war could last ‘years’
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the southern city of Mykolaiv which was damaged by the war on June 18 for the first time since the Russian invasion on a rare journey outside Kyiv. Mr. Office Zelensky published a video of himself who saw a high -rise housing building that was badly damaged in the city and held a meeting with local officials. His visit came the day after the Russian strike killed two people and injured 20 in the city.
President Vladimir Putin said at the Russian exhibition investment conference on June 17 that the country’s economy would overcome the sanctions he called “reckless and crazy.” Putin started his speech at St. Petersburg International Economic Forum with a long rejection of the countries he followed wanted to weaken Russia, including the United States.
The European Union executive recommends on June 17 that Ukraine and Moldova become candidates for membership, a milestone on their potential paths from former Soviet Republic to advanced economy in the largest trade block in the world. If the European Commission’s decision was ratified as expected next week at the Summit, it would be a moral encouragement for Kyiv and West SNUB further for Russian President Vladimir Putin after the invasion of Ukraine in February.
Four months of brutal battles in Ukraine seemed to stiffen the morale of troops on both sides, encouraging desertion and rebellion of officers’ orders, British defense officials said on Sunday.
In an interview published on Sunday at the German weekly Bild Am Sonntag, Secretary General Nato Jens Stoltenberg said that “No one knows” how long the war can survive.
The fuel storage depot in the city of Ukraine East Novomoskovsk exploded on June 19, killing one and injured two, having previously been beaten with three Russian missiles, the head of the regional government said in an online message.
Firefighters are still trying to extinguish the fire from missile attacks, about 14 hours after the depot was beaten, said Reznichenko on Sunday morning.
The European Union executive arm recommends placing Ukraine on the road to membership, symbolic encouragement for countries that fend off Russian attacks that kill civilians, leveling cities and threaten their survival.
In another performance from Western support, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson met with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv to offer further assistance and military training.
The latest hug from European Allies from Ukraine marked another setback for Russian President Vladimir Putin, who launched his war almost four months ago, hoping to attract his former Soviet neighbor away from the West and returned to the scope of Russian influence. – AP
