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Ukraine invasion was met with sanctions, expansion of NATO, and a bifurcation of the global financial and trade system.

May 26: Russian forces continue a slow encirclement of Severdonetsk, and are reportedly in possession of the northeastern portion of the city. May 31: Russian forces occupy the centre of Severdonetsk as Ukrainian troops make a tactical retreat. The enemy is storming the positions of our troops in several directions simultaneously”. The system will come with radar that helps target enemy artillery. May 30: After some hesitation, Biden decides to send “ more advanced rocket systems” to Ukraine to enable greater precision artillery strikes. March 11: The EU issues the Versailles Declaration, calling on member states to strengthen defence spending, investment, research and co-ordination. April 7: Ukrainian authorities say Russia fired a cluster munition into a railway station packed with thousands of evacuees, killing at least 52. Total EU aid has since risen to 4.5bn euros ($4.8bn). Ukraine applies to join the EU, which bans transactions with Russia’s central bank. February 22: The Russian parliament authorises Putin to use military force. Russian forces surround Mariupol. “This is the first time in history that the EU will be providing lethal equipment to a third country,” the EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says. February 28: The EU approves a 500 million euro ($537m) support package for the Ukrainian military.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russian forces have seized 20 percent of his country's territory, as Moscow's invasion nears its 100th day.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov accused the US and its allies of intentionally prolonging the war and of "adding fuel to the fire" with the deliveries. The BBC cannot verify these allegations. The president of the European Parliament also announced a ban on Russian lobbyists entering the chamber's campus. US Treasury Department officials unveiled a new raft of sanctions on Thursday, with targets including several yachts allegedly linked to Putin and a cellist who allegedly acts as a middleman for the Russian leader. Further south, the mayor of the occupied city of Mariupol has accused Russian forces of executing civil servants who have refused to collaborate with the new Moscow-backed city authority. Russian forces have been intensifying attacks on the city of Severodonetsk in the eastern Donbas region.

Ukraine's Zelensky called areas under Russian control a "zone of total catastrophe" and said the military situation in Severodonetsk was dire.

The weapons: Ukraine is making use of weapons such as Javelin antitank missiles and Switchblade “kamikaze” drones, provided by the United States and other allies. The fight: A slowly regenerating Russian army is making incremental gains in eastern Ukraine against valiant but underequipped Ukrainian forces. No one believed it was going to impact the world the way it did.” Severodonetsk: Zelensky said Thursday night that the Ukrainian military had “some success” fighting against Russian troops for control of this embattled eastern city, which appears to be mainly in Moscow’s hands. The Russian navy effectively controls all traffic in the northern third of the Black Sea, according to U.S. intelligence assessments. Chernihiv and Kharkiv regions: “Absolutely senseless shelling” persists near Ukraine’s northern border regions, Zelensky said, adding that some strikes were coming from Russian territory. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday that Ukraine faced a “war of attrition” and that the West needed to make its support sustainable. President Volodymyr Zelensky said the military situation in the city was dire and called the 20 percent of Ukraine under Russian occupation a “zone of total catastrophe.” He also condemned the continued shelling of Ukraine’s northern regions from across the Russian border. Russia would control the Luhansk region if it captures Severodonetsk as well as a city just to its south, according to the latest assessment from the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW). A Kremlin readout of the conversation, however, did not go as far. He also said Ukraine, which laid floating mines to stave off attacks, must demine the Black Sea ports. He described the actions as lawful, but declined to elaborate further, Sky News reported.

Ukraine marked 100 days since Moscow's invasion on Friday with Russian forces hammering the Donbas in their push to capture the country's east. The s.

Moscow said Thursday that it has managed to stem the arrival of foreign "mercenaries" in Ukraine over the past month and that it has killed "hundreds" of them. "Hundreds of foreign mercenaries in Ukraine have been destroyed by Russia's long-range precision weapons shortly after their arrival" to undergo training, the Russian defence ministry said in a statement. The United States and its allies are vowing to hold Russia accountable for crimes committed by its forces since they invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24. Three civilians were killed in Donetsk, including two in the coal-producing town of Avdiivka, and nine people were injured, Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said late on Thursday. After being repelled from around the capital, President Vladimir Putin's troops have set their sights on capturing eastern Ukraine, prompting dire warnings the war could drag on. The somber milestone came less than 24 hours after Kyiv announced Moscow was now in control of 20 percent of Ukrainian territory, including Crimea and parts of the Donbas seized in 2014.

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Russia says it is engaged in a "special military operation" to disarm Ukraine and rid it of ultra-nationalists the Kremlin says threaten Russian security. Washington agreed to supply the HIMARS after receiving assurances from Kyiv that it would not use them to hit targets inside Russian territory. The weapons could also allow Ukraine to strike at supply lines deep behind enemy lines. "My sense is that the West made a big mistake. In Moscow, President Vladimir Putin appears intent on conveying the impression of business as usual, despite damaging international sanctions. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com

Russian forces have entered the city of Sievierodonetsk which, if they win, would give them control of almost the entire Luhansk region. EXPLAINER: One hundred ...

The African Development Bank has reported a 45% increase in continental prices for the grain, affecting everything from Mauritanian couscous to the fried donuts sold in Congo. And the Russian Central Bank said last week that annualized inflation came in at 17.8% in April. Zelenskyy accused Russia this week of stealing at least a half-million tons of grain during the invasion.... It blames a backlog of shipments on Russian blockades or capture of key ports. Ukraine, a major agricultural producer, says it has been unable to export some 22 million tons of grain. In some places – such as the long-besieged city of Mariupol, potentially the war's biggest killing field – Russian forces are accused of trying to cover up deaths and dumping bodies into mass graves, clouding the overall toll. Evgeny Gontmakher, academic director of European Dialogue, wrote in a paper this week that Russia currently faces over 5000 targeted sanctions, more than any other country. Those images tell just a part of the overall picture of Europe's worst armed conflict in decades. Wheat supplies have been disrupted in African nations, which imported 44% of their wheat from Russia and Ukraine in the years immediately before the invasion. That's down from over 8 million in an earlier count. In Mariupol alone, officials have reported over 21,000 civilian dead. Ukrainian officials say that before the February invasion, Russia controlled some 7% of Ukrainian territory including Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014, and areas held by the separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk. On Thursday, Zelenskyy said Russian forces now held 20% of the country.

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As Russia's war in Ukraine reaches 100 days, Kyiv is determined to take back the land lost since President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion.

“I feel guilty that we didn’t do more earlier on, but now having lived under occupation for just one month, I understand so much better now what they are going through — the exhaustion, the fear.” I will pick up a gun and fight myself if I need to,” she said, as she worked to clean up her house that was damaged when Russian forces occupied the region. Since the war started on Feb. 24, Ukrainian forces have successfully pushed Russia out of territory around the capital city of Kyiv, as well as Kharkiv in the northeast. Zelenskyy has acknowledged that the war will only end through a diplomatic solution rather than a military victory. “We will fight to the end. “If not, then what are we suffering for?”

It's day 100 of Russia's war in Ukraine, which the Kremlin is still calling its "special military operation."

However, while in theory output will be higher in the future, OPEC+ has been struggling to meet production quotas. Russia is starting military drills in the Pacific involving some 40 ships and 20 aircraft. If we have something concrete to announce, we will do so." It's day 100 of Russia's war in Ukraine, which the Kremlin is still calling its "special military operation." Among those objectives was the aim to seize Kyiv and Ukrainian centers of government. "We've seen a lot of positive statements coming from various capitals," Dujarric said.

After months of tension, and despite many believing it simply could not happen, Russian troops invaded Ukraine 100 days ago. The ensuing fighting has caused ...

Despite strong Ukrainian resistance, the war is now believed to have entered a new and deadly phase in the country’s east. As people returned they found little left of what had been their homes. Although Russian President Vladimir Putin expected his “special military operation” to be over in just a few days, attempts to move hard and fast to take major cities such as Kyiv failed. It is impossible to overstate how much the lives of the people Al Jazeera met have changed. In a local children’s hospital, 13-year-old Milena was shot in the neck by Russian troops as she tried to flee the city with her family. Her little body convulsed in pain as medical staff worked to comfort her – one of the many lives changed forever before they barely even began.

And Moscow has released scant information about casualties among its forces and allies, and given no accounting of civilian deaths in areas under its control.

The African Development Bank has reported a 45% increase in continental prices for the grain, affecting everything from Mauritanian couscous to the fried donuts sold in Congo. And the Russian Central Bank said last week that annualized inflation came in at 17.8 percent in April. And we know what is needed the most: An end to this war.” This war has no winner,” he told reporters in Geneva via video from Kyiv on Friday. “Today we mark a tragic milestone. In some places — such as the long-besieged city of Mariupol, potentially the war's biggest killing field — Russian forces are accused of trying to cover up deaths and dumping bodies into mass graves, clouding the overall toll. Zelenskyy accused Russia this week of stealing at least a half-million tons of grain during the invasion. Developing countries are being squeezed particularly hard by higher costs of food, fuel and financing. It blames a backlog of shipments on Russian blockades or capture of key ports. Evgeny Gontmakher, academic director of European Dialogue, wrote in a paper this week that Russia currently faces over 5,000 targeted sanctions, more than any other country. Those images tell just a part of the overall picture of Europe's worst armed conflict in decades. That's down from over 8 million in an earlier count. In Mariupol alone, officials have reported over 21,000 civilian dead.

As Russian troops advance gradually in eastern Ukraine, Africa appeals to President Vladimir V. Putin for relief from the growing food shortages created by ...

In West Africa, one of the most visible effects of the war so far has been on bread prices that were already on the rise. Millions of tons of grain remain stuck in Ukraine; Mr. Putin has suggested that this would change if the West lifted sanctions imposed on Moscow after the invasion. Aid organizations have also warned that diverting aid from African populations in favor of Ukrainian refugees will only make things worse on the continent. “Every new embassy that returns to our capital is a testament to the faith in our victory.” Prominent in those efforts are the vivid presentations that the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has made to other nations’ leaders, and his nightly addresses to his compatriots. The European Parliament has banned lobbyists for Russian companies from its premises, its president Roberta Metsola said in a tweet. At a news conference alongside Mr. Putin in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Mr. Sall also said Western sanctions on Russia had compounded Africa’s lack of access to grain. “Our countries, even if they are far from the theater,” Mr. Sall said, “are victims of this crisis.” On Friday, Chad, a landlocked nation of 17 million people, declared a food emergency and the United Nations has warned that nearly a third of the country’s population would need humanitarian assistance this year. On Friday, fighting continued to rage in Sievierodonetsk, the last major city in the Luhansk region of the Donbas not under Russian control. Capturing the industrial Donbas region could give Mr. Putin a victory to herald to the Russian people and a land bridge to Crimea. That has emboldened Mr. Putin’s negotiating position in any future peace talks and has expanded Russia’s capacity to launch attacks in the country.

Russia Ukraine War Live, Mariupol Fall to Russia: Hundred days ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a special operation to “denazify” Ukraine.

Several US companies — most recently the McDonalds and Starbucks — left Russia in the aftermath of the war. Spoke with 🇮🇳 Prime Minister@narendramodi. Informed of the course of 🇺🇦 repulsing 🇷🇺 aggression. An AP report put the official estimate of Russian troops wounded at around 40,000. Overall, around 19,000 Indian students in Ukraine were brought back to India after the war broke out, according to official estimates. Images of highways out of Kyiv jam-packed with cars, tearful goodbyes at railway stations and civilians armed with military-grade weapons filled social media platforms as Russian troops started bombing Ukrainian targets. Urged 🇮🇳 to give us political support in🇺🇳 Security Council. Stop the aggressor together! The initial days of the war coincided with the rise in the global profile of Ukraine’s comedian-turned-president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, with the Western media dubbing him “the modern Churchill”. In the information vortex that followed the invasion, Zelenskyy took to Twitter and Instagram videos from landmark sites in Kyiv to assure Ukrainians that he has not left the country and that he is working with the world leaders to rally support in the form of sanctions on Russia, financial aid to Ukraine, and arms and ammunition for its fighters. Zelenskyy spoke with Prime Minister Narendra Modi two days after the invasion and sought India’s “political support” at the UNSC. India, which has called for a peaceful solution to the Russia-Ukraine crisis has, however, abstained from voting against Russia in the UN Security Council. The PMO’s office said in a statement that PM Modi reiterated his call for “immediate cessation of violence” and return to dialogue, and conveyed “India’s willingness to contribute in any way towards peace efforts.” His body was brought back to India and donated to SS Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre in Davanagere by his family. “Russian troops continued operations to capture Severodonetsk and further operations to capture Lysychansk. Russian military leadership will likely use the capture of these two cities to claim they have “liberated” all of Luhansk Oblast before turning to Donetsk Oblast but Russian forces are unlikely to have the forces necessary to take substantial territory in Donetsk Oblast after suffering further losses around Severodonetsk,” as per a report by the Institue of Study of War. While Russia has said that it has created administrational units in several of its occupied territories, an ISW report, quoting the Ukrainian Resistance Center, observed that several of these units are “‘created [only] on paper’ and are incapable of controlling local populations, enforcing the use of the Russian ruble, or conducting bureaucratic processes.” Russia Ukraine War Live, Mariupol Fall to Russia: Hundred days ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a special operation to “denazify” Ukraine. Since then, the war has shown no sign of abating with both Ukrainian and Russian troops claiming victories in various parts of the country.

On February 24, at 5:30am Moscow time (02:30 GMT) Russian state television channels were interrupted to broadcast an address by President Vladimir Putin ...

The building has become a shell - there is no glass in the windows, the brickwork is charred and metal sinews hang from the ceiling. “Here we had our bed, our TV and wardrobe were there. Russian forces infiltrated the northern, eastern and southern fronts of Ukraine with air, land and sea attacks.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky released a somber, defiant video asserting that “victory will be ours.” In the Donbas area of Ukraine, Russian forces ...

The United Nations recorded 4,183 confirmed civilian deaths across Ukraine from the time of the Russian invasion through Thursday, according to the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights. That official toll omits areas, including those occupied by Russian forces, where counting the number of Ukrainian victims isn’t possible. Most of them were killed by small arms, not during explosions,” Mr. Nebytov said on a national news broadcast, according to online newspaper Ukrainian Pravda. The Kyiv city military administration said separately that 95 civilians, including four children, had been killed by Russian missile strikes on Kyiv since the invasion began on Feb. 24. The bodies of 1,314 civilians have been found so far in the region around the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, regional Police Chief Andriy Nebytov said, according to local reports, as efforts to recover victims of the Russian occupation continued.

After nearly 100 days of fighting, Russian forces control 20 percent of Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a speech to the Luxembourg ...

The weapons: Ukraine is making use of weapons such as Javelin antitank missiles and Switchblade “kamikaze” drones, provided by the United States and other allies. Chubais’s wife, Avdotya Smirnova, also expressed her dissent by signing an open letter addressed to Putin. “Behind all these geopolitical speculations of those who advise Ukraine to give away something to Russia, ‘great geopoliticians’ are always unwilling to see ordinary people,” Zelensky said. At last month’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, former secretary of state Henry A. Kissinger said Ukraine should cede territory to Russia to bring about an end to the invasion. Zelenska also said that giving up any Ukrainian territory in exchange for peace is akin to “conceding a freedom,” adding that ceding control of parts of Ukraine would not stop Russian President Vladimir Putin from further aggression. That pressure increased May 24, when the U.S. Treasury Department barred Russia from making debt payments to American bondholders, pushing Russia closer to a default on its sovereign debt. The Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee overseeing Europe determined in a 12-to-1 vote Wednesday that the missed payment constituted a “failure to pay event,” which could trigger payouts on holders of Russian default insurance, or credit default swaps. After tense talks Wednesday, E.U. ambassadors met Thursday to try to push things forward. When E.U. ambassadors met Wednesday to hash out the final details, however, Hungary wanted more, according to the two diplomats, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss ongoing negotiations. Ukrainian counteroffensives continue to frustrate Russia near Kherson, a southern city captured by the Kremlin in the early days of the war. A spokesman for Ukraine’s national guard said Kyiv is “making every effort to hold back the enemy,” even as up to 100 of its fighters are killed daily in the country’s east. After nearly 100 days of fighting, Russian forces control 20 percent of Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a speech to the Luxembourg parliament.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russian forces have occupied about 20 percent of his nation's territory. He says the situation in Severodonetsk ...

Honored to present my credentials to@ZelenskyyUa, who has become a symbol of bravery and courage around the world. We have had some success in the battles in Severodonetsk,” Zelenskyy said in a late-night video address. Faith that Ukraine will be able to defend its statehood in this war unleashed on our land by the Russian Federation,” he added. “The situation remains fluid. “Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, the Kharkiv region were shelled. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has discussed “the urgency of continued support to Ukraine” in talks with his British counterpart, Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss. Zelenskyy has urged the country’s Western allies to provide more weapons to help Ukraine reach an “inflection point” and prevail in the war. “The leaders discussed the implications of Russia’s war on Ukraine for Transatlantic security and the importance of strengthening NATO’s deterrence and defense, in addition to ensuring NATO is properly resourced to address a wide range of challenges, from cyber to climate change,” it said in a readout of the meeting. The United Nations’ aid chief Martin Griffiths is in Moscow to discuss allowing exports of grain and other food from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, a UN spokesperson has said. Zelenskyy has said the situation in Severodonetsk was “the hardest right now”, as well as in cities and communities nearby. - He says the situation in Severodonetsk is “the hardest right now”, as well as in cities and communities nearby such as Lysychansk and Bakhmut. “Every new embassy that returns to our capital is a testament to the faith in our victory.

GENEVA (AP) — One hundred days into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the war has brought the world a near-daily drumbeat of gut wrenching scenes: Civilian ...

The African Development Bank has reported a 45% increase in continental prices for the grain, affecting everything from Mauritanian couscous to the fried donuts sold in Congo. And the Russian Central Bank said last week that annualized inflation came in at 17.8 percent in April. And we know what is needed the most: An end to this war.” This war has no winner,” he told reporters in Geneva via video from Kyiv on Friday. “Today we mark a tragic milestone. Developing countries are being squeezed particularly hard by higher costs of food, fuel and financing. Zelenskyy accused Russia this week of stealing at least a half-million tons of grain during the invasion. In some places — such as the long-besieged city of Mariupol, potentially the war’s biggest killing field — Russian forces are accused of trying to cover up deaths and dumping bodies into mass graves, clouding the overall toll. It blames a backlog of shipments on Russian blockades or capture of key ports. Evgeny Gontmakher, academic director of European Dialogue, wrote in a paper this week that Russia currently faces over 5,000 targeted sanctions, more than any other country. Those images tell just a part of the overall picture of Europe’s worst armed conflict in decades. That’s down from over 8 million in an earlier count. In Mariupol alone, officials have reported over 21,000 civilian dead.

Ukrainian forces have recaptured 20 percent of territory lost in Severodonetsk, Luhansk regional governor says.

“If the work of the Russian media – operators and journalists – is not normalised in the United States, the most stringent measures will inevitably follow,” ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. The risk of a severe food crisis is particularly felt in the developing world, he warned. We appreciate the support of our foreign partners & ask for reinforcement of arms supply, artillery & MLRS, aircraft & air defence systems. “I must say that this is an attempt, as our people say, to shift these problems from a sick to a healthy head. I want to thank our military, volunteers and the entire Ukrainian nation. 100 days of resistance, bravery and fortitude.

When Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine in late February, the Russian president vowed his forces would not occupy the country. But as the invasion ...

Oleg Kryuchkov, an official in Russia-annexed Crimea, said this week that the two southern regions have switched to Russian internet providers. Kryuchkov also said that both regions are switching to the Russian country code, +7, from the Ukrainian +380. An office of Russia’s migration services opened in Melitopol, taking applications for Russian citizenship from residents of the captured southern regions through a fast-track procedure. Russian forces captured much of Kherson and neighboring Zaporizhzhia early in the war, gaining control over most of Ukraine’s Sea of Azov coast and securing a partial land corridor to the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014. Russian flags were raised, and Russian state broadcasts that promoted the Kremlin’s version of the invasion supplanted Ukrainian TV channels. Ukrainian officials warned that Russia might stage a referendum in Kherson to declare the region an independent state. “Hundreds of pro-Ukrainian activists, including my friends, are being held in the basements of security services,” Kobernyk said by phone. Initially, at least, annexing more land from Ukraine was not believed to be the main goal of the invasion. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said it will be up to the people living in seized areas to decide their status. U.S. President Joe Biden, meanwhile, said he believes “there’s going to have to be a negotiated settlement” to end the war. Residents there and in Russia-controlled parts of the Zaporizhzhia region are being offered expedited Russian passports. The Kremlin-installed administrations in both regions have talked about plans to become part of Russia.

FILE - People survey the destruction amid the smoldering remains of a shopping center in Kyiv, Ukraine, following a shelling by Russian forces on March 21, 2022 ...

The African Development Bank has reported a 45% increase in continental prices for the grain, affecting everything from Mauritanian couscous to the fried donuts sold in Congo. And we know what is needed the most: An end to this war." And the Russian Central Bank said last week that annualized inflation came in at 17.8 percent in April. Zelenskyy accused Russia this week of stealing at least a half-million tons of grain during the invasion. In some places — such as the long-besieged city of Mariupol, potentially the war's biggest killing field — Russian forces are accused of trying to cover up deaths and dumping bodies into mass graves, clouding the overall toll. Developing countries are being squeezed particularly hard by higher costs of food, fuel and financing. It blames a backlog of shipments on Russian blockades or capture of key ports. Evgeny Gontmakher, academic director of European Dialogue, wrote in a paper this week that Russia currently faces over 5,000 targeted sanctions, more than any other country. The official estimated that some 40,000 Russian troops have been wounded. Those images tell just a part of the overall picture of Europe's worst armed conflict in decades. That's down from over 8 million in an earlier count. In Mariupol alone, officials have reported over 21,000 civilian dead.

US general in Finland to back Nato bid; 14 million Ukrainians displaced in conflict, says UN; Macron says Putin isolated after 'historic error'

Vladimir Putin says exporting grain from Ukraine is “no problem”, after Moscow’s invasion raised fears of a global food crisis. Most importantly, our people, the people of our country, are here. “The armed forces of Ukraine are here. A driver transporting two Reuters journalists in eastern Ukraine was killed and the two reporters lightly wounded on Friday, a company spokesperson said. Ukrainian forces have recaptured around 20% of the territory they lost in Sievierodonetsk since Russia’s invasion,accordingto Ukrainian officials. Leading US general Mark Milley met Finnish president Sauli Niinisto on Friday to pledge US support for Finland’s and Sweden’s Nato membership bids, which Turkey is blocking.

Ukrainian forces have recaptured around 20% of the territory they lost in Sievierodonetsk since Russia's invasion, according to Ukrainian officials.

ICRC’s director, Robert Mardini, urged all parties to allow access to prisoners of war, adding that “it would be hard to exaggerate the toll that the international armed conflict in Ukraine has had on civilians.” On Thursday, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced that Ukrainian forces have had some recent successes in the region. Ukrainian forces have recaptured around 20% of the territory they lost in Sievierodonetsk since Russia’s invasion, according to Ukrainian officials. Two Reuters journalists were wounded and their driver killed after their car came under fire in eastern Ukraine, a spokesperson for the news agency said. And then, believe me, the Russian infantry, they will just run.” Most importantly, our people, the people of our country, are here. The United Nations agencies and humanitarian partners in Ukraine continue supporting those whose lives have been shattered by war. On Thursday, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced that Ukrainian forces have had some recent successes in the region. And with winter coming, millions of civilian lives could be in peril. Most importantly, our people, the people of our country, are here. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that Ukraine must meet all the necessary standards and conditions for accession. And then, believe me, the Russian infantry, they will just run.”