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Russia's Defense Ministry is downplaying claims made successful an unfastened missive seemingly from members of the 155th marine brigade of Russia's Pacific Fleet saying they had been sent into an "incomprehensible offensive" connected Ukrainian forces adjacent Donetsk.
The missive was published on the Telegram transmission of Grey Zone, a Russian subject blog.
"As a effect of the 'carefully' planned violative by the 'great generals,' we mislaid astir 300 radical successful 4 days, killed, wounded and missing," the missive says. It adds that brigade commanders "call radical fodder" and lone attraction astir their ain careers.
Russian officials tacitly acknowledged the root of the missive but said it exaggerated the losses.
“For much than 10 days, units of the 155th brigade of the Marines of the Pacific Fleet person been conducting effectual violative operations successful the Uludar direction," the Defense Ministry said successful a statement. "Due to the competent actions of the commanders of the units, the losses of the Marines implicit this play bash not transcend 1% of the combat strength and 7% of the wounded, a important portion of which person already returned to duty."
Latest developments:
►Russia is fortifying its lines passim areas of occupation, apt aimed astatine stalling immoderate accelerated Ukrainian advances successful the lawsuit the troops interruption done Russian lines, the British Defense Ministry said successful its latest assessment.
►Satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press amusement a accelerated enlargement of a cemetery successful confederate Ukraine successful the months aft Russian forces seized the larboard metropolis of Mariupol. It remains unclear however galore radical were buried there.
►Two civilians were earnestly wounded by exploding mines successful Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, wherever Ukraine has retaken territory, Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said.
►Russian-installed authorities successful the partially occupied Kherson portion said they person completed measures to evacuate residents up of anticipated Ukrainian advances.
Zelenskyy makes uncommon transportation for peace talks, on pugnacious terms
Ukraine's person made a uncommon but contingency-laden transportation for bid talks with Russia connected Tuesday, imploring the satellite to assistance "force Russia into genuine bid negotiations."
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy erstwhile again blamed Russia for the nonaccomplishment to found talks, saying his nation's repeated proposals for bid person "always received insane Russian responses with caller violent attacks, shelling oregon blackmail."
Zelenskyy's demands for talks would apt gully a hard nary from the Kremlin – instrumentality of each Russian-occupied onshore to Ukrainian control, respect for the U.N. Charter, compensation for each damages caused by the war, punishment of each warfare transgression and guarantees that Russia won't invade Ukraine again.
"These are wholly understandable conditions," Zelenskyy said.
Russia has repeatedly claimed to beryllium consenting to negociate but has rejected Ukraine's conditions.
India urges bid but won't halt buying Russian oil
While acknowledging the planetary impacts of the warfare successful Ukraine, a struggle Russia is mostly backing done lipid sales, India's overseas curate said Tuesday his state benefits from buying that lipid astatine favorable prices and doesn't mean to stop.
S. Jaishankar urged the Kremlin to find a diplomatic solution to the warfare but made it wide India volition not travel the way of Western countries that person curtailed oregon chopped off purchases of Russian vigor to unit Moscow into withdrawing its forces from Ukraine.
Speaking successful Moscow, wherever helium was gathering his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, Jaishankar pointed retired India is the world's third-largest user of lipid and gas, adding: "Our cardinal work is to guarantee that Indian consumers person the champion entree to the astir advantageous presumption successful the planetary markets. And successful that respect, rather honestly, the India-Russia narration has worked to our advantage. So if it works to my advantage, I’d similar to support that going.”
US ambassador to UN visits Kyiv, promises 'unwavering' support
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., met with Zelenskyy and a radical of farmers and atom processors successful Kyiv, promising to property for hold of a important shipping woody with Russia acceptable to expire adjacent week. A Russian authoritative said the Kremlin hasn't decided yet whether to renew the agreement.
"This tract has taken connected added value due to the fact that Russian forces person attacked truthful galore of Ukraine’s different atom facilities," Thomas-Greenfield said successful Kyiv, calling Ukraine "the breadbasket of the world.”
She besides visited with families of warfare victims, urging the satellite to clasp Russia accountable for "atrocities."
"The Ukrainian radical person inspired the satellite with their bonzer courageousness arsenic they combat for their state and territorial integrity," she said. "In my gathering with the president, I made wide that the United States' committedness to Ukraine is unwavering."
North Korea denies selling arms to Russia
North Korea denied claims that it’s shipping artillery shells and ammunition to Russia for usage successful its warfare against Ukraine. U.S. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby recently accused North Korea of covertly supplying a “significant number” of ammunition shipments to Russia. And the secretive nation's factories are producing uniforms for Russian soldiers, sources wrong North Korea told Radio Free Asia.
Last week, Russia sent North Korean person Kim Jong Un a trainload of 30 thoroughbred horses, opening the borderline with its neighbour for the archetypal clip successful 2 1/2 years.
Contributing: The Associated Press
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