Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 281 of the invasion - The Guardian

A information serviceman astatine Ukraine’s embassy successful Madrid was injured erstwhile helium opened a missive weaponry addressed to the ambassador connected Wednesday. The information serviceman suffered airy injuries, Spanish authorities authoritative Mercedes Gonzalez told broadcaster Telemadrid.

In the aftermath of the incident, Ukrainian overseas curate Dmytro Kuleba ordered each Kyiv’s embassies overseas to “urgently” fortify security, a ministry spokesperson said.

The European Commission president has projected a peculiar tribunal to analyse and prosecute Russia’s “crime of aggression” against Ukraine. Ursula von der Leyen besides wants to usage the proceeds of Russian funds that person been frozen nether occidental sanctions to assistance Ukraine.

Russian forces tried to beforehand successful eastbound Ukraine and trained tank, mortar and artillery occurrence connected Kherson successful the south, the Ukrainian subject said, arsenic occidental allies sought to buttress Ukraine and its neighbours against Moscow.

Ukraine needs the US made Patriot rocket defence systems to support its civilian infrastructure, nether dense onslaught by Russia, foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, said, adding helium would beryllium moving with the German authorities connected this issue. Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev warned Nato connected Tuesday against providing Ukraine with Patriot systems, Reuters reported.

The UK has announced a caller circular of sanctions against 22 Russians, including those the Foreign Office says were progressive successful enlisting criminals to combat successful Ukraine. James Cleverly, the overseas secretary, said connected Wednesday his section would people a caller acceptable of officials, including Denis Manturov, the lawman premier minister, who is liable for unit instrumentality supplies.

US president Joe Biden’s nominee to beryllium ambassador to Russia, Lynne Tracy, pledged connected Wednesday to marque the merchandise of detained Americans a priority if she is confirmed to 1 of astir important, and challenging, US diplomatic posts.

Ukraine’s authorities exigency work has said 9 radical person been killed successful fires successful the past 24 hours, after breaking information rules successful an effort to vigor their homes aft Russian attacks connected powerfulness facilities. “Only successful the past time determination were 131 fires successful Ukraine, 106 of them successful the residential sector. Nine radical died, 8 were injured,” the exigency work said.

Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, has arrived successful Kyiv for a three-day sojourn to amusement solidarity with the radical and churches of Ukraine. Welby volition conscionable leaders of Ukraine’s churches, refugees and internally displaced people.

The caput of Russia’s overseas quality service, Sergei Naryshkin, discussed atomic issues and Ukraine in a gathering this period with the CIA director, William Burns, the RIA quality bureau reported. Elizabeth Rood, the complaint d’affaires astatine the US embassy successful Moscow, antecedently told RIA that Burns “did not negociate thing and helium did not sermon a colony of the struggle successful Ukraine”.

Moscow has promoted the main technologist of the Zaporizhzhia atomic powerfulness plant, Yuriy Chernichuk, to go its head, according to Russia’s atomic bureau Rosenergoatom. The presumption has been vacant since October, erstwhile Kyiv says the plant’s brag Ihor Murashov was abducted by Russian authorities.

Oleksandr Starukh, the caput of Zaporizhzhia determination subject administration, said connected Telegram aboriginal connected Wednesday greeting that Russian strikes successful the portion overnight deed a state organisation point, causing a occurrence that has since been extinguished. There were nary injuries oregon casualties.

One idiosyncratic was killed and different wounded successful Russian shelling of the confederate Ukrainian metropolis of Kherson connected Wednesday, the determination politician said. Yaroslav Yanushevych wrote connected the Telegram messaging app that respective residential buildings and aesculapian facilities had been damaged successful the city, which was liberated this period aft months of Russian occupation.

Ukraine claims to person killed different 500 Russian soldiers successful the past 24 hours, bringing the full who person died successful combat since 24 February to astir 88,880. The wide unit of the equipped forces said it had taken retired 3 much tanks and six armoured unit carriers.

Ukrainian forces person downed 3 Russian reconnaissance drones successful the past 24 hours, according to its equipped forces. In an aboriginal greeting bulletin from Ukraine, the spokesperson for the wide unit of the equipped forces, Alexander Štupun, said Ukraine had been subjected to a fig of rocket attacks from planes and artillery, including connected Kivsharivka successful Kharkiv and Sloviansk successful Donetsk.

A teen was killed successful Russian shelling of a infirmary successful the bluish Ukrainian portion of Sumy, a statesmanlike adjutant has said. Kyrylo Tymoshenko, the lawman caput of Ukraine’s statesmanlike administration, said connected the Telegram messaging app that Russian forces had pounded the portion with artillery and mortar bombs implicit the past 24 hours.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said helium did not judge Russian president Vladimir Putin volition usage atomic weapons. He made the remark portion speaking by video nexus astatine the New York Times ‘DealBook’ acme successful New York City. It comes arsenic Russian overseas curate Sergei Lavrov said it was captious to debar immoderate benignant of subject confrontation betwixt atomic powers, adjacent if it lone progressive accepted weapons, the TASS quality bureau reported.

Russia’s defence curate has said it volition absorption connected atomic arms infrastructure successful 2023, including facilities to accommodate caller rocket systems. Sergei Shoigu told a gathering of the committee of the section connected Wednesday that it would beryllium a precedence for Russia adjacent year. “When preparing the database of large operation facilities for 2023, peculiar attraction volition beryllium paid to operation successful the interests of the strategical atomic forces,” Shoigu was quoted by RIA quality bureau arsenic saying.

The metropolis assembly successful the Ukrainian Black Sea larboard of Odesa has voted to region and relocate a monument to Empress Catherine the Great of Russia that has been daubed with reddish overgarment astatine slightest twice. The statue to the city’s founder, which towers implicit a cardinal square, has been vandalised repeatedly since the penetration of Ukraine that has prompted galore Ukrainians to cull their country’s humanities ties to Moscow, Reuters reported.