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According to data released by Ukraine's Coordinating Headquarters for the Treatment of POWs, at least 403 Ukrainian women are currently being held captive by Russian forces.
Peskov's comments come as Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, launched in February 2022, grinds on with heavy fighting and bombardments persisting, particularly in the eastern Donbas region.
The drills are taking place in Russia's Southern Military District, which borders occupied Ukrainian territories that Moscow has illegally annexed as well as other areas still controlled by Kyiv's forces, according to the Russian Defence Ministry.
While Germany has not made any final decisions, the sources said Berlin is unlikely to oppose the plan outright before leaders of the Group of Seven nations meet in mid-June 2024.
State energy operator Ukrenergo announced the emergency blackout protocol, citing urgent electricity deficits after a spate of Russian strikes damaged or disabled several Ukrainian power plants in recent weeks.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asserted on Saturday that Russia does not currently possess sufficient military forces to launch a renewed large-scale offensive to capture Kyiv, as it attempted early in its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Germany's Annalena Baerbock described the situation around Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, as "highly dramatic" amid a renewed Russian offensive that has made territorial gains in recent days.
While Ukraine claimed some success in stalling Moscow's advance in certain areas, the very fact Russian troops have managed to regain the initiative in Kharkiv underscores the acute manpower and ammunition shortages crippling Kyiv's overstretched forces.
Rabotino, a name resonating with symbolic significance for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, was presented as the cornerstone achievement of the Ukrainian counteroffensive.
Speaking to Russians exactly one year after ordering troops into Ukraine, Putin portrayed his government as being open to a diplomatic resolution through "negotiations that take into account the interests of all countries involved." However, he claimed it was Ukraine that "unexpectedly announced the termination of negotiations" last year after preliminary talks.
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