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Russia-Ukraine War updates:
Ukraine has warned that peace talks with Moscow are in danger, and Russia has been bombing areas in the east.
After failing to capture the capital in a nine-week assault that has turned cities to rubble, killed thousands, and forced 5 million Ukrainians to flee abroad, Russian forces have shifted their focus to Ukraine’s east and south.
Moscow has taken Kherson in Ukraine’s south, and its forces have mostly occupied Mariupol in the east, where UN efforts are underway to evacuate civilians and fighters holed up in a large steel plant.
Ukraine has admitted to losing control of some eastern towns and villages, but claims that Moscow’s gains have come at a high cost to the country. Russian force that had already been worn down by an earlier defeat near the capital
Ukraine and Russia have not held face-to-face peace talks since March 29, and the mood has deteriorated as a result of Ukrainian allegations that Russian troops committed atrocities as they withdrew from areas near Kyiv. Moscow has denied the allegations.
Since then, the two parties have communicated via video link.
Ukraine fights back against Russian advances in the south and east.
Ukrainian forces fought to repel Russian advances in the south and east, where the Kremlin is attempting to seize the country’s industrial Donbas region, and a senior US defence official said Moscow’s offensive is moving much slower than expected.
While artillery fire, sirens, and explosions could be heard in some cities on Friday, the United Nations attempted to mediate the evacuation of civilians from the increasingly hellish ruins of Mariupol, where the mayor said the situation inside the steel plant that has become the southern port city’s last stronghold is dire.
According to Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s fuel shortages will be resolved soon.
Despite Russian forces damaging a number of oil depots, Ukraine will soon eliminate fuel shortages, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday.
Russia attacked Ukraine’s main fuel producer, the Kremenchuk oil refinery, as well as several other large depots, this week.
According to the Russian Minister, the lifting of sanctions against Russia is part of the peace talks with Ukraine.
According to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in remarks published early Saturday, the lifting of sanctions imposed on Russia is part of peace talks between Moscow and Kiev, which are “difficult” but ongoing on a daily basis.
Source:IE
