The strike that killed 40 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POW) in the separatist region of Donetsk has been attributed to Russia and Ukraine. Ukraine denies shelling a prison holding Ukrainian POWs and accuses Russia of attacking to hide its abuses there.
A pre-trial detention facility in the vicinity of the hamlet of Olenivka, housing Ukrainian military prisoners of war. Furthermore, including soldiers from the Azov battalion, was attacked by missiles fired from the American multiple launch rocket system (HIMARS).
According to the British Ministry of Defence, the Russian private military company Wagner has likely been given command. Moreover, of particular stretches of the front line in eastern Ukraine. The regional governor reported that a Russian missile attacked a school in the city of Kropyvnytskyi in central Ukraine. Hence, resulting in five fatalities and 25 injuries.
The United States Antony Blinken and Russia’s Sergey Lavrov will speak “if time permits,” according to Lavrov. Also, whose itinerary is packed. According to the State Department, the US and 37 other nations are setting up an expert delegation. To assess the human rights situation in Russia.
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Oleksiy Kuleba, the regional governor of Kyiv. Stated on Telegram that fifteen people were hurt when missiles struck military sites in the Vyshhorod neighbourhood on the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital on Thursday. Regional Governor Vyacheslav Chausov told Ukrainian TV that more than 10 Russian missiles also struck the city of Chernihiv, which is located approximately 120 kilometres (75 miles) northeast of the capital, Kyiv.
Sergei Lavrov, the foreign minister of Russia, announced on Friday that Moscow would soon provide a time. For a phone discussion with Antony Blinken, the secretary of state of the United States. Blinken has stated that he wants to negotiate an exchange of inmates imprisoned in Russian and American prisons. Brittney Griner, a top basketball player for the United States, and Paul Whelan, a former Marine, were both imprisoned in Russia. According to Blinken, who said that Washington had made a “significant offer” to secure their release. According to a source, as part of such an agreement, Washington would be open to exchanging the detained American arms dealer Viktor Bout.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country is ready to start grain shipments from Black sea ports. Therefore, it is awaiting a signal from the United Nations and Turkey to start the shipments.
Zelenskyy’s office said the president had visited the Black Sea port of Chornomorsk. Which has been blockaded by Russia, to see preparations for the shipments under a UN-brokered agreement signed in Turkey last week.
“Our side is fully prepared. We sent all the signals to our partners – the UN and Turkey, and our military guarantees the security situation”. It quoted him as saying.