The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been going on for 422 days. The resumption of assaults on Wuhledar by Russian forces in the Donetsk region is the beginning of Russian preparations for the spring-summer campaign in Ukraine, believes Roman Kostenko, head of the Ukrainian parliament’s security committee, quoted by the Ukrainian editorial office of Radio Svoboda. Here are the highlights of the last hours.
> No political invitation Ukraine to NATO at the July summit of the Alliance in Vilnius would be misunderstood by the majority of Ukrainians and residents of NATO countries – he assessed Volodymyr Zelensky. Ukrainian president met on Thursday in Kiev with the head of the Alliance, Jens Stoltenberg.
> Were russian soldierwho returned to his hometown with war in Ukrainekilled his wife in front of children aged six and seven, the independent Russian portal Insider reported.
> The Russian forces’ resumption of the assault on Wuhledar in the Donetsk region is the beginning of Russian preparations for the spring-summer campaign in Ukraine, believes Roman Kostenko, head of the Ukrainian parliament’s security committee, quoted by the Ukrainian editorial office of Radio Svoboda.
Exercises of the Ukrainian army near KharkivSERGEY KOZLOV/PAP/EPA
> Ministry of Defense Estonia will send 155mm artillery shells to Ukraine, which is our share of the million shells promised by the EU, Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur said on Twitter.
> President of France Emmanuel Macron is to work with China on a plan to bring about negotiations between Russia and China this summer, according to Bloomberg.
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