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On Sunday, US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and other G-7 leaders will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky via video call. Prior to the virtual meeting, the United Kingdom announced $1.3 billion in military aid to the war-torn country. “Putin’s brutal attack not only causes unimaginable devastation in Ukraine – it also threatens peace and security across Europe,” Johnson was quoted as saying. The new pledge more than doubles the UK’s previous commitment to the country since the war began on February 24.
Updates on the Ukraine conflict:
1. According to Kyiv, all women and children were evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant in the besieged Mariupol port city on Saturday. “We are now preparing the second phase of the evacuation mission — the wounded and health-care workers,” Zelensky was quoted as saying, adding, “though the second phase will be extremely difficult, we will not lose hope.”
2. According to Ukraine’s ‘The Kyiv Independent,’ air raid warnings were issued across the country, including Donetsk, Khmelnytsky, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kirovohrad, Vinnytsia, Volyn, Chernivtsi, Zakarpattia, Rivne, Lviv, Tern Overnight Russian shelling was reported in rebel-held Luhansk.
3. On Saturday, Ukraine claimed to have destroyed another Russian ship. “Another Russian ship was destroyed by the Ukrainian Bayraktar TB2. This time it’s the “Serna” project’s landing craft. “This year’s traditional parade of the Russian Black Sea fleet will take place near Snake Island – at the bottom of the sea,” the country’s defence ministry tweeted.
4. Russia’s Vladimir Putin believes he cannot “afford to lose the war” and is doubling down, according to CIA Director Bill Burns. “I think he’s convinced right now that doubling down will still allow him to make progress,” he said, adding that he was not using tactical nuclear weapons.
5. The Russian Federation’s Joint Coordination Headquarters for Humanitarian Response has accused Ukraine of mistreating civilians.
6. “We forewarn the “civilised West,” as well as the United Nations, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, that the above and other similar provocations about alleged “Russian atrocities” will be widely disseminated by Ukrainian authorities through the media in the near future”, the Western media and in various Internet resources,” a May 7 statement said.
7. According to a UN report, “the impact of the war is disproportionately felt by internally displaced people and marginalised groups such as female-headed households, Roma people, LGBTQIA+ people, and people with disabilities.”
8.The UN World Food Programme stated on Friday, “Right now, Ukraine’s grain silos are full.” At the same time, 44 million people worldwide are on the verge of starvation. We must open these ports so that food can enter and exit Ukraine. The world expects it because hundreds of millions of people rely on these supplies.”
9. Earlier this week, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the Security Council that “the cycle of death, destruction, dislocation, and disruption must end.”
10.In ten weeks of war, millions of people have been displaced and thousands have died.
Source:HT
