![]() POOL/AFP via Getty Images President of the European Council Charles Michel (right), with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in December, reiterated that the European Union supports Ukraine's efforts to alleviate humanitarian suffering and ensure nuclear safety.Ī top European Union official said on Monday that Ukraine's bid for membership will be discussed "in the coming days."Įuropean Council President Charles Michel said in a tweet that he had been in continued close contact with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who officially submitted Ukraine's application for EU membership a week ago and has implored the EU to fast-track its approval.Ĭiting Russia's aggression, Michel reiterated that the EU supports Ukraine's efforts to alleviate humanitarian suffering and ensure nuclear safety. Over the weekend, Russian President Vladimir Putin enacted a new law that imposes heavy prison sentences on anyone reporting news that could be seen as discrediting Russia’s military. human rights office said indiscriminate shelling has killed 406 civilians in Ukraine and injured 801 more - but it warns that the actual numbers are considerably higher than those figures. On Monday, Ukraine said Russian forces have damaged or destroyed 202 schools and dozens of hospitals. ![]() Revealing the depth of the gap between the reality in Ukraine and what is being reported in Russia, Tass reiterated the defense ministry’s claims that Russian troops are not targeting Ukrainian cities, adding, “There are no threats whatsoever to the civilian population.” And terrorists will be destroyed," he said. Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said Russia's forces have been "stopped" at the cities of Kyiv and Kharkiv, which have suffered intense shelling. Igor Konashenkov, Tass says the Russian force has “destroyed 827 Ukrainian tanks and other combat armored vehicles," along with more than 300 field artillery guns and mortars and 78 drones. It did not offer a casualty estimate for its foe.Ĭiting Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Russia’s defense ministry said on Monday that it has “wiped out 2,396 Ukrainian military facilities,” according to state-run Tass media. In addition to thousands of deaths, Russia’s military has lost 290 tanks, 999 armored vehicles, 46 aircraft and 68 helicopters, according to Ukraine’s defense ministry. Less than two weeks after invading Ukraine, Russian forces have lost 11,000 people, the Ukrainian military said on Monday. Russian forces have also seized the Chernobyl plant, which was decommissioned after the 1986 disaster.ĪFP via Getty Images A Ukrainian service member passes a tank following fighting against Russian troops and Russia-backed separatists near Zolote village in the Luhansk region over the weekend. Only one of the country's active nuclear power plants, the Zaporizhzhia facility, has been seized as of Tuesday. court: Ukraine is asking for an emergency order to halt hostilities.Ĭorrection: In a previous introduction to this blog, we incorrectly said Russia is reportedly advancing on the third of Ukraine's four active nuclear power plants. Nuclear worries: Staff at the Zaporizhzhia plant - the largest nuclear power facility in Europe - are mostly cut off from communication channels and appear to be "operating under some level of duress," reports NPR's Leila Fadel from Lviv. "A nuclear accident anywhere is really a nuclear accident everywhere," said one expert.Ī third round of talks: Russia’s Defense Ministry announced limited cease-fires for humanitarian corridors for evacuation - but all the published routes lead to Belarus or Russia Russian forces have seized one of Ukraine's active nuclear power plants and are advancing on another, about 75 miles north of the city of Mykolaiv, raising international concerns about nuclear safety.
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