- Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy compares Russia’s invasion of his nation on February 24 to Hitler’s shock assaults on the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941.
- Russia has commemorated the 81st anniversary of the invasion, with President Vladimir Putin laying a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on the Kremlin wall.
- In Ukraine’s occupied port metropolis of Mariupol, pro-Moscow activists lit 10,000 candles to spell out the phrase “Bear in mind 22.06.1941”.
- A Ukrainian official overseeing the nation’s push to affix the European Union says she is “100%” sure all 27 EU nations will approve Ukraine’s candidacy throughout a summit this week, maybe as quickly as Thursday.
- Round 25 individuals have killed in Russia’s shelling of the Kharkiv area on Tuesday and Wednesday, the regional governor says.
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Diary of 12-year-old Ukrainian refugee to be launched
The reflections of a 12-year-old refugee from the Russian invasion of Ukraine will likely be printed this autumn (October 25). Yeva Skalietska’s e-book is known as “You Don’t Know What Warfare Is: The Diary of a Younger Woman from Ukraine.”
“Everybody is aware of what the phrase ‘conflict’ means, however virtually nobody is aware of what this phrase actually represents,” Skalietska mentioned in an announcement launched Wednesday. “I need the world to know what we’ve got skilled.”
Skalietska’s e-book begins along with her twelfth birthday, shortly earlier than the Russians attacked on February 24. She had been residing in Kharkiv along with her grandmother when the bombing started. (Yeva’s mother and father separated when she was a child, and her grandmother has raised her).
“She describes the bombings they endured whereas sheltering underground, and their determined journey to West Ukraine. She shares her confusion about why the Russians would assault them, since she speaks Russian and follows a lot of their customs,” in keeping with Union Sq.’s announcement.
Russian strikes on Kharkiv kill 25 individuals: Governor
The Russian strikes on Tuesday and Wednesday on Kharkiv have killed no less than 25 individuals, in keeping with the regional governor.
Oleh Synehubov, governor of Kharkiv area, mentioned Russians continued shelling residential districts of Ukraine’s second-largest metropolis Kharkiv and cities inside Kharkiv area.
“There isn’t a letup within the shelling of civilians by the Russian occupiers,” he wrote on Telegram. “That is proof that we can’t anticipate the identical situation as in Chernihiv or Kyiv, with Russian forces withdrawing beneath stress.”
Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych mentioned in a video handle that Russian forces have been hitting Kharkiv to terrorise the inhabitants and power Ukraine to divert troops.
Zelenskyy speaks with 11 leaders on eve of EU summit
Ukraine’s president spoke with 11 European leaders on Wednesday, he has mentioned, in an effort to spice up the probabilities of the European Parliament approving Kyiv’s bid for EU candidacy.
In what Zelenskyy described as a second day “marathon” of talks, he listed his discussions with the prime ministers of Bulgaria, Latvia, Greece, Sweden, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Belgium and Slovenia, in addition to with the presidents of Moldova and Lithuania, and Austria’s chancellor.
“Tomorrow I’ll proceed this marathon – we should present most help to our state,” Zelenskyy mentioned.
“We anticipate a key European choice tomorrow night time,” he added.
Mentioned the forthcoming European Council Summit with Federal Chancellor @karlnehammer. Thanked 🇦🇹 for the humanitarian help. Exchanged views on the reconstruction of 🇺🇦 and the forthcoming Convention on the Reconstruction of Ukraine in Lugano
#EmbraceUkraine— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) June 22, 2022
Russia’s Lavrov in Iran to debate nuclear deal, cooperation
Russian Overseas Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Iran on Wednesday, Iranian state TV reported, as world powers and Tehran are struggling to revive their 2015 nuclear pact amid stalled negotiations.
“Throughout Lavrov’s go to, Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal, boosting bilateral and vitality cooperation, in addition to worldwide and regional points will likely be mentioned,” Iranian state media reported.
Iranian state TV confirmed Lavrov assembly Iran’s hardline President Ebrahim Raisi, however gave no particulars. Iranian overseas ministry mentioned on Monday that Lavrov’s go to was aimed toward “increasing cooperation with the Eurasian area and the Caucasus.”
Final month, Moscow mentioned Russia and Iran – that are each beneath Western sanctions and sit on a number of the world’s largest oil and fuel reserves – had mentioned swapping provides for oil and fuel in addition to organising a logistics hub.
US longing for constructive decision quickly for Sweden, Finland’s NATO bid
America is hopeful there’ll quickly be a constructive decision of the problems between Turkey, Finland and Sweden relating to the NATO accession bids of the 2 Nordic nations, the State Division’s prime diplomat for Europe has mentioned.
Karen Donfried, assistant secretary for Europe and Eurasian affairs, talking at a Senate overseas relations listening to, mentioned the US was “definitely pushing” to get all events on the identical web page earlier than subsequent week’s NATO summit in Madrid.
G7, NATO leaders to ratchet up stress on Russia, preserving eye on China: US officers
Leaders from the Group of Seven wealthy nations and the NATO alliance will search to extend stress on Russia over its conflict in Ukraine at conferences subsequent week, whereas making clear that they continue to be involved about China, Reuters cites senior US administration officers as having mentioned.
NATO would announce new commitments to shore up European safety, the officers mentioned, whereas the participation of leaders from Australia, Japan, South Korea and New Zealand would present that the conflict in Ukraine had not detracted from concentrate on China.
G7 leaders have been additionally anticipated to deal with China’s “coercive financial practices,” which have change into much more aggressive lately, one of many officers mentioned, in keeping with Reuters.
Russia marks anniversary of Hitler’s USSR invasion
Russia commemorated the 81st anniversary of Nazi Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union on Wednesday, with Russian President Vladimir Putin laying a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on the Kremlin wall.
Hitler’s forces launched shock assaults on Kyiv, Moscow and Belarusian Brest on June 22, a day that marks the beginning of what Russia calls the Nice Patriotic Warfare and is at the moment identified within the nation as Day of Remembrance and Sorrow.
The Predominant Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces kicked off commemorations after midnight with a Divine Liturgy and a memorial service for the estimated 27 million Soviet troopers and civilians killed within the conflict, the Moscow Instances stories. Later 1,418 candles have been lit exterior the cathedral for every day the conflict lasted.
In Ukraine’s occupied port metropolis of Mariupol, pro-Moscow activists lit 10,000 candles to spell out the phrase “Bear in mind 22.06.1941”.
Russia did the identical in Ukraine as Germany when it invaded Soviet Union: Zelenskyy
Russia did the identical on February 24 when it invaded Ukraine as Nazi Germany did on June 22, 1941, when it invaded the Soviet Union, Zelenskyy has mentioned on the WW2 anniversary.
“Right this moment, June 22, is the Day of Mourning and Remembrance of the Victims of Warfare. A conflict that was to stay eternally within the historical past of the twentieth century and was by no means to be repeated. However it’s repeated,” Zelenskyy mentioned in his morning handle.
“Right this moment there is no such thing as a scarcity of phrases that Russia did the identical on February 24 because the Nazis did on June 22 … And I wish to add just one factor. Then 1418 days handed from the morning of the invasion to the defeat of the aggressor. We should liberate our land and obtain victory, however sooner. A lot sooner,” he mentioned.
“That is our nationwide aim, and we should work to attain it every day. Not solely the state, but additionally each citizen – on the stage at which it’s potential.”
At the present time in 1941, Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union with the most important invasion power within the historical past of warfare, known as operation Barbarossa. Approx. 3 million personnel invaded the USSR alongside a 2,900-kilometer (1,800 mi) entrance. #WW2 pic.twitter.com/xk6VjxESmk
— WWII Photos (@WWIIpix) June 22, 2022
Ukraine expects EU-wide help for candidacy to affix bloc
A Ukrainian official overseeing the nation’s push to affix the EU has mentioned she is “100%” sure all 27 EU nations will approve Ukraine’s candidacy throughout a summit this week.
In an interview with The Related Press information company, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olha Stefanishyna mentioned the choice might come as quickly as Thursday, when the leaders’ summit begins.
Stefanishyna mentioned the Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark had been sceptical about beginning accession talks with Ukraine whereas it’s combating Russia’s invasion however at the moment are supportive. Requested how assured she was that Ukraine can be accepted as an EU candidate, she mentioned: “The day earlier than the summit begins, I can say 100%.”
EU candidate standing, which may be granted provided that the present member nations agree unanimously, is step one in direction of membership. It doesn’t present safety ensures or an automated proper to affix the bloc. Ukraine’s membership bid is the highest order of enterprise for EU leaders assembly in Brussels.
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