© Reuters. Ukrainian troopers trip a self-propelled howitzer as Russia continues its offensive towards Ukraine, close to the frontline city of Bakhmut, Ukraine, February 27, 2023. REUTERS/Yugen Titov
(Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin considered the confrontation with the West over the conflict in Ukraine as an existential battle for the survival of Russia and the Russian folks – and stated he was pressured to take into consideration NATO’s nuclear capabilities.
The European Union vowed to extend stress on Moscow “till Ukraine is liberated” by adopting a tenth package deal of sanctions towards Russia on Saturday, a day after the primary anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine.
FIGHTING
* The Ukrainian army stated on Sunday that Russia had launched a failed offensive close to Yagidnyi over the previous day after the Russian mercenary group Wagner stated it had seized the village in japanese Ukraine.
The village is close to Bakhmut, the place solely about 5,000 of its 70,000 residents stay and which has seen a few of the bloodiest combating of Russia’s year-long invasion.
* The Armed Forces of Ukraine stated that Russia continues to focus its principal efforts on conducting offensive operations on the Kupyansk, Liman, Bakhmut, Avdeyevka and Shakhtyr sections of the entrance line.
* Reuters was unable to confirm accounts on the battlefield.
DIPLOMACY AND SANCTIONS
* Russia’s high UN diplomat on Sunday accused the West of “cowboy” strategies and “arm-twisting” of some international locations throughout final week’s United Nations Normal Meeting vote demanding Moscow withdraw its troops from Ukraine.
* The finance chiefs of the world’s largest economies strongly condemned Moscow for its conflict on Ukraine on Saturday, with solely China and Russia itself refusing to signal a joint assertion.
* French President Emmanuel Macron stated Saturday he’ll go to China in early April, partially to hunt Chinese language assist in stopping the Russian invasion.
* The US marked the anniversary of the invasion with $2 billion in weapons for Kiev and new sanctions towards Russia geared toward undermining Moscow’s capacity to wage conflict.
* Belarus, a small Russian ally that borders Ukraine, has about 1.5 million potential army personnel outdoors its armed forces, a senior official was quoted as saying on Saturday.
OIL
* Russia has stopped supplying oil to Poland through the Druzhba oil pipeline, the overall director of the Polish oil refinery PKN Orlen, Daniel Abaitzek, stated on Saturday.
* Ukraine doesn’t plan to chop off extra electrical energy until there are extra Russian strikes and it manages to construct up power reserves, the power minister stated Saturday after months of bombing-induced outages.
ANNIVERSARY
* CHRONICLE – Foremost occasions after the invasion of Russia
* Ukraine’s Zelensky challenged Putin, it doesn’t matter what
* Putin, who’s in energy, has ready the bottom for a protracted conflict
* A 12 months later, Ukraine and its authorities didn’t simply survive. They fought again
* Kyiv, hardened by the scars of conflict, advances
* Graphics of the 12 months of the conflict within the markets: how the greenback, power and meals turned
* Russia’s economic system is holding up, however the highway to prosperity could also be lengthy
* Moscow’s fuel connections with Europe, which lasted for many years, lie in ruins
* One of the best manufacturers come from Russia, however the items are simple to seek out
* Will the US proceed to assist Ukraine?
* International assist pours billions into Ukraine
* How did China assist the “limitless” accomplice Russia?
* A 12 months of conflict, previous refugees lose hope
* Life and loss of life in Mariupol – the story of conflict survivors
* The household mourns the victims of Buchi, who turned a logo of the conflict
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