在俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京发起全面入侵在邻国乌克兰,这些国家正在争夺乌克兰东部和南部地区的控制权。
乌克兰军队已经从俄罗斯军队手中解放了近3万平方英里的领土自从入侵开始2022年2月24日,但是普京似乎在准备一场漫长而血腥的战争。
泽伦斯基说,在不到一周的时间里,超过1100名俄罗斯人死亡
俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·泽伦斯基(Volodymyr Zelenskyy)周日表示,在乌克兰东部城市巴赫穆特(Bakhmut)附近的战斗中,俄罗斯军队在不到一周的时间里损失了1100多人。
在他的晚间讲话中,泽伦斯基将这场战斗描述为“俄罗斯不可逆转的损失”。
泽伦斯基说,俄罗斯部队还遭受了约1500次“卫生损失”,这意味着士兵们受了重伤,无法采取进一步行动。
泽伦斯基说,数十件敌方装备被摧毁,10多个俄罗斯弹药库也被摧毁。
俄罗斯称北溪爆炸调查应该公正
俄罗斯外交部长谢尔盖·拉夫罗夫告诉俄罗斯国际文传电讯社,对北溪天然气管道爆炸幕后黑手的调查应该是“客观、公正和透明的”。
“我不想威胁任何人。我也不想暗示什么。我只知道这种公然的恐怖袭击不会不被调查,”拉夫罗夫补充说。
俄罗斯还表示,将很快在联合国安理会成员中分发其与德国、丹麦和瑞典就北溪爆炸调查的信函。
据俄罗斯通讯社塔斯社报道,俄罗斯常驻联合国第一副代表迪米特里·波利扬斯基在接受采访时表示,俄罗斯声称这三个国家拒绝俄罗斯获得信息和参与调查。
泽伦斯基称乌克兰与北溪爆炸事件无关
乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽伦斯基(Volodymyr Zelenskyy)否认乌克兰与去年的北溪天然气管道爆炸事件有任何关系。
“至于北溪,我们与它无关,”泽伦斯基周五表示。
《纽约时报》发表了一份报告美国情报显示,一个亲乌克兰团体破坏了管道。
泽伦斯基还表示,正在传播的关于亲乌克兰团体参与袭击的信息可能是为了减缓对他的国家的援助。
袭击后基辅扎波罗热核电站恢复供电
基辅市长维塔利·克里琴科在一次新闻发布会上说,在俄罗斯对乌克兰进行了一夜的导弹袭击后,基辅的电力供应已经完全恢复电报站星期四。
此外,俄罗斯国际文传电讯社(Interfax)报道称,Zaporizhzhia核电站现在“在电力供应被切断后,正从乌克兰电网获得满足自身需求的电力”。
Russia-Ukraine live updates: More than 1,100 Russians dead in less than a week, Zelenskyy says
More than a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launcheda full-scale invasionof neighboring Ukraine, the countries are fighting for control of areas in eastern and southern Ukraine.
Ukrainian troops have liberated nearly 30,000 square miles of their territory from Russian forcessince the invasion beganon Feb. 24, 2022, but Putinappeared to be preparingfor a long and bloody war.
More than 1,100 Russians dead in less than a week, Zelenskyy says
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Russian forces suffered more than 1,100 dead in less than a week during battles near the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, the focal point of fighting in eastern Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday.
During his nightly address, Zelenskyy described the battles as "Russia's irreversible loss."
Russian forces also sustained about 1,500 "sanitary losses," meaning soldiers were wounded badly enough to keep them out of further action, Zelenskyy said.
Dozens of pieces of enemy equipment were destroyed, as were more than 10 Russian ammunition depots, Zelenskyy said.
Russia says Nord Stream explosion investigation should be impartial
The investigation into who was behind the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline explosion should be "objective, impartial and transparent," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Russian news agency Interfax.
"I do not want to threaten anyone. I do not want to hint at anything either. I just know that this flagrant terror attack will not go uninvestigated," Lavrov added.
Russia also said it will distribute its correspondence with Germany, Denmark and Sweden on the investigation of the Nord Stream explosion among the members of the United Nations Security Council soon.
Russia claimed the three countries are denying Russia access to information and participation in the investigation, first deputy permanent representative to the U.N. Dmitry Polyansky said in an interview, according to Russian news agency TASS.
Zelenskyy says Ukraine had nothing to do with Nord Stream explosions
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy denied that Ukraine had anything to do with the Nord Stream gas pipeline explosions last year.
"As for the Nord Stream, we have nothing to do with it," Zelenskyy said Friday.
The New York Timespublished a reportthat U.S. intelligence suggests that a pro-Ukrainian group sabotaged the pipeline.
Zelenskyy also suggested that the information being spread about the involvement of pro-Ukrainian groups in the attack could be done to slow down aid to his country.
Power returns to Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant after attacks
Electricity supply has been fully restored in Kyiv after Russia's overnight barrage of missile attacks on Ukraine, Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said in aTelegram postThursday.
Also, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is now "receiving electricity for its own needs from the Ukrainian grid after power supply was cut," Russian news agency Interfax reported.