Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 333 of the invasion - The Guardian

An advisor to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said that caution and dilatory determination making implicit whether to nonstop Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine is costing lives. Mykhailo Podolyak tweeted connected Saturday his vexation astatine “global indecision” implicit arms proviso to Ukraine: “Today’s indecision is sidesplitting much of our people. Every time of hold is the decease of Ukrainians. Think faster.”

Baltic countries person told Germany to nonstop the tanks “now” to Ukraine aft perceived heel-dragging by the authorities successful Berlin. The Latvian overseas minister, Edgars Rinkēvičs, tweeted they are “needed to halt Russian aggression”. The aforesaid tweet was enactment retired by his counterparts successful Estonia and Lithuania.

Joe Biden told reporters aft an lawsuit connected Friday nighttime that “Ukraine is going to get each the assistance they need,” successful effect to a question astir the tanks.

The German defence minister, Boris Pistoriusm said that contempt heightened expectations “we inactive cannot accidental erstwhile a determination volition beryllium taken, and what the determination volition be, erstwhile it comes to the Leopard tank”. Germany has said it is doing a stocktake of its existent vessel numbers up of a imaginable decision.

Some 50 nations agreed connected Friday to supply Kyiv with billions of dollars’ worthy of subject hardware, including armoured vehicles and munitions needed to propulsion backmost Russian forces.

A tearful Volodymyr Zelenskiy attended a memorial service connected Saturday to commemorate 7 elder interior ministry officials killed successful a chopper clang connected Wednesday, Reuters reported. The interior minister, Denys Monastyrskyi, his lawman and 5 others were killed erstwhile their chopper plummeted amid fog into a nursery connected the eastbound outskirts of Kyiv. Including those connected the ground, a full of 14 radical were killed.

Agence France-Presse has reported the Russian service arsenic saying its troops person launched an violative successful the Zaporizhzhia region successful south-east Ukraine. Russian forces claimed to person taken “more advantageous lines and positions” during the assault.

A 17-year-old lad has been injured by Russian shelling of Sumy oblast, Ukraine.

Russian attacks connected Friday killed 1 idiosyncratic successful Kharkiv, 3 radical successful Donetsk and 1 idiosyncratic successful Zaporizhzhia. Four were besides injured successful Kherson, according to Zelenskiy’s office.

The warfare successful Ukraine is successful a authorities of deadlock, according to the UK Ministry of Defence. In an quality update, it said determination was a anticipation of Russian advances astir the heavy contested metropolis of Bakhmut successful the Donbas region, but different small movement.

Near Kremina successful the north-east, Ukraine’s forces person made tiny gains and defended against Russian counterattacks.