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The Russians continued their offensive in the Donbass region to consolidate their control. At the diplomatic level, Canada says it maintains relations with the Russians. At the same time, Russia’s presence at the G20 meeting in Indonesia still poses a problem for Western countries, while Indonesia, the host country, still maintains the invitation.
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- According to the Pentagon, the advance of Russian troops in the Donbass is progressing slowly due to the resistance of the Ukrainian army. They were caught for at least a few days, said a Pentagon official who asked not to be identified. For the kyiv authorities, it is a question of resistance as much as possible to allow the arrival in the face of the heavy weapons promised in the past days of the West.
- The day after the strikes against kyiv during the visit of the UN Secretary General, the Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed that it had destroyed with “long range high-precision weapons the workshops of the space company Artyom” in kyiv as well also the three powers. stations located near railroad junctions.
- Indonesian President Joko Widodo announced that he had invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and confirmed that he had also invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to the G20 Summit scheduled for November in Indonesia. Within days, the United States and Canada specifically pushed to exclude Russia from this group that represents the 20 most advanced economies, including Russia, Turkey, Brazil and Saudi Arabia among others.
- In Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau indicated that relations with Russia are still being maintained. He said that “it is always important to keep communications open to end this illegal war that Russia is waging against Ukraine.”
- On the battlefield, Russian forces have maintained their pressure on the eastern and southern regions of Ukraine, specifically around Kharkiv in the northeast, where they are trying to increase their control, despite, according to kyiv, backhand in lupa. Violent explosions were heard overnight from Friday to Saturday in Kharkiv, the second largest city in the country, which was battered by Russian artillery for weeks. Friday, these bombings left at least one dead and several injured, according to Kharkiv’s regional military administration.
- French diplomacy leaders Jean-Yves Le Drian and German Annalena Baerbock said they were determined to support Moldova, a former Soviet republic neighboring Ukraine, in the face of risks of destabilization which he was facing. The ministers discussed Europe’s response to the war in Ukraine and discussed the resumption and deepening of support provided to this country., said a spokesman for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The pro-Russian separatist region of Transdniestria in Moldova was rocked this week by a series of eruptions, raising fears of an overflow in this country of the conflict raging in neighboring Ukraine.
- A 22-year-old former U.S. Marine was killed in Ukraine where he left to fight Russian forces in mid-March, family members said, where the Pentagon urged U.S. citizens on Friday not to give up in this country. In addition, two British volunteers were captured of Russian soldiers, the UK -based nonprofit Presidium Network said on Friday.
- About 8,000 British soldiers will take part in exercises in Eastern Europe this summer along with soldiers fromNATOsa showing unity and strength, according to British Defense Minister Ben Wallace. Dozens of tanks and 120 armored fighting vehicles will be deployed from Finland to North Macedonia under the long-planned project and will be strengthened since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February.
- Several official Romanian websites, including those of the government and Ministry of Defense, were victims on Friday of cyberattacks claimed by a pro-Russian group, authorities announced. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will tour Senegal, Niger and Nigeria from Saturday to Wednesday to highlight the consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on the African continent.
With information from France Media Agency
Source: Radio-Canada
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