Zelensky said about fierce battles at front
2023.01.28 02:53
Zelensky said about fierce battles at front
By Tiffany Smith
Budrigannews.com – Ukraine claimed that the fighting demonstrated that it required additional weapons to repel the invaders on Friday, as Russian troops attempted to penetrate its lines in the east and northeast before Kyiv received tanks from its Western allies.
The situation at the front, particularly in the eastern Donetsk region, where Russia is intensifying its offensive, was described as “extremely acute” by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
Zelenskiy reported significant battles for Bakhmut in the northeast and Vuhledar in the southwest of the regional capital of Donetsk. Repeated Russian attacks have largely destroyed Bakhmut.
An investigating magistrate stated that a 74-year-old man from Spain was detained this week in connection with a series of letter bombs that were sent to various institutions in late 2022, including the Ukrainian embassy in Madrid and the Spanish prime minister.
Several nations have promised Ukraine 321 heavy tanks, according to its ambassador to France.
In an interview with Canadian television on Thursday, the Polish prime minister stated that in addition to the 14 German-made Leopard 2 tanks that it had already pledged, Poland would send 60 more tanks to Ukraine.
The head of the United Nations refugee agency told Reuters that Russia is violating the “fundamental principles of child protection” when it gives Ukrainian children Russian passports and puts them up for adoption.
Following his sports minister’s refusal to rule out boycotting the Paris Games in the event that Russian and Belarusian athletes participated, Zelenskiy stated that Ukraine will launch an international campaign to prevent Russian athletes from competing in the 2024 Olympics.
Japan added goods to an export ban list and frozen the assets of Russian officials and entities in response to Russia’s most recent missile attacks in Ukraine. Russia asserted that Japan was adjusting to life under such restrictions and that Japan’s sanctions were nothing to worry about.
Kyiv said on Friday that Ukraine would summon the ambassador of Hungary to complain about Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s remarks about Ukraine that were “completely unacceptable.” Oleg Nikolenko, spokesman for the Ukrainian foreign ministry, wrote on Facebook (NASDAQ:), claimed that Orban compared Ukraine to Afghanistan when he told reporters that it was a no-man’s land.
Saturday, North Korea criticized U.S. promises to provide battle tanks to Ukraine, claiming Washington was “further crossing the red line” in order to gain hegemony through proxies.
