Air raid declared in Russian city of Belgorod The White House confirmed the move Saturday morning. Attacks using U.S.-supplied weapons Infiltration of Russian border areas used to attack Ukraine. Belgorod North of KharkovRussian aggression is intensifying.
In an interview with The Guardian, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the country still needed to have “powerful” long-range weapons available. The missile could potentially hit targets deep inside Russian territory, but the White House has refused to approve it.
The shelling left five people dead and others injured. The Russian-controlled Ukrainian city of Donetsk was hit by a blast on Friday. The news was made public by a Russian-installed local administration in Ukraine. Independent verification was not possible and there was no immediate response from Ukraine for comment.
Ukraine and Russia Exchanged 75 prisoners each The body exchange took place on Friday, the first in the past three months, officials said. Ukraine also returned 212 bodies, while Russia returned 45 bodies.
China said on Friday that it would be “difficult” for it to join if Russia did not join. Swiss Peace Conference on UkraineThe conference is scheduled to take place on June 15 and 16. Russia has refused to recognise the conference. China claims to be neutral in the Ukrainian conflict, but It has been criticized He refused to condemn the Russian aggression and was accused of supplying Russia with weapons or the means to manufacture them.
Vladimir Putin’s government on Friday A group of women labeled as “foreign agents” He has campaigned for the return of soldiers drafted from Ukraine. The Kremlin also gave the same designation to Ekaterina Duntsova, who ran against Putin in March’s sham presidential election.
Ukraine to receive $2.2 billion The Washington-based international lender said it had been approved to provide loans to Ukraine from the IMF, fulfilling the terms of its existing lending program. The agreement is part of a $122 billion international aid package designed to support the Ukrainian economy.
The United States Tariffs on Ukrainian steel suspended US President Joe Biden has announced that trade with Ukraine will be extended for another year. In 2023, Ukrainian steel will account for less than 1% of US imports, the US president said.
