Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 284 of the invasion - The Guardian

Russia “will not accept” a terms headdress connected its oil and is analysing however to respond, the Kremlin said successful comments reported connected Saturday, successful effect to a woody by occidental powers aimed astatine limiting a cardinal root of backing for its warfare successful Ukraine. The terms headdress connected Russian seaborne lipid was adopted by the G7 and Australia, aft it was agreed by EU countries.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the $60 price headdress connected seaborne Russian lipid is not superior and volition bash small to deter Russia from waging warfare successful Ukraine. “It’s lone a substance of clip earlier stronger tools volition person to beryllium utilized anyway. It is simply a pity that this clip volition beryllium lost,” helium said successful a video connection connected Saturday.

US treasury caput Janet Yellen said the cap volition peculiarly payment low- and medium-income countries that person borne the brunt of precocious vigor and nutrient prices. “The terms headdress volition instantly chopped into (President Vladimir) Putin’s astir important root of revenue,” Yellen said successful a statement.

Russia’s embassy successful the US criticised what it called the “dangerous” occidental determination and said Moscow would proceed to find buyers for its oil.

US defence caput Lloyd Austin connected Saturday accused Russia of “deliberate cruelty” successful its warfare successful Ukraine, saying Moscow was intentionally targeting civilians. “With deliberate cruelty, Russia is putting civilians and civilian targets successful its gunsights,” Austin told the Reagan National Defense Forum successful Simi Valley, California.

Ukraine is slapping sanctions connected 10 elder clerics linked to a pro-Moscow religion connected the grounds they agreed to enactment with Russian concern authorities oregon justified Moscow’s invasion, the information work said connected Saturday. The announcement is the latest successful a bid of steps against a Ukrainian subdivision of the Orthodox Church linked historically to Moscow. The Orthodox Church successful Russia itself backs the war.

Eighteen Ukrainian diplomatic missions successful 12 countries have received bloody packages, including carnal parts, successful what Ukraine has described arsenic a “campaign of panic and intimidation”. Oleg Nikolenko, a spokesperson from Ukraine’s overseas ministry, said the packages were simultaneously sent from 1 European country, which helium could not disclose portion the probe was ongoing.

The westbound should see however to code Russia’s request for information guarantees if Vladimir Putin agrees to negotiations astir ending the warfare successful Ukraine, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, said. He said Europe needed to code Putin’s fearfulness that “Nato comes close up to its doors”, and the deployment of weapons that could endanger Russia, arsenic Europe prepares its aboriginal information architecture, Reuters reports.

The Ukrainian service has recaptured 13 settlements successful the Luhansk region, the eastern-most oblast successful the country, according to the caput of the determination administration, Serhiy Haidai. He said that artillery was inactive being fired astatine the villages by Russian forces. Doctors are owed to sojourn adjacent week and firewood is being organised for residents, Haidai posted connected Telegram.

Russian forces are concentrating astir of their spot connected taking the municipality of Bakhmut successful Donetsk, according to the British Ministry of Defence.

Ukraine has detained 8 people implicit the theft of a mural painted by the elusive British thoroughfare creator Banksy from a partition successful the Kyiv suburbs, authorities said. The stencil representation of a idiosyncratic successful a nightgown and state disguise holding a occurrence extinguisher adjacent to the charred remains of a model successful the municipality of Hostomel went missing connected Friday, they said.