Ukraine’s protection ministry quotations Queen Elizabeth in tweet listing Russian losses
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry posted a listing of Russian navy personnel and machines losses given that the start of the war on Feb. 24, along with a quotation from the late Queen Elizabeth II, who died on Sept. 8.
The quote, which was delivered in 1940 in a radio broadcast by Queen Elizabeth II to the kids of the commonwealth when she was continue to a princess, study: “When peace will come, remember it will be for us, the kids of these days, to make the entire world of tomorrow a better and happier area.”
The ministry claimed that Russian forces experienced shed an extra 650 troops, bringing the overall to 51,900 Russian troops killed because the start of the invasion. It also explained that Russia experienced so considerably lost 2,122 tanks, 4,575 armored overcome automobiles, 239 armed service jets, 211 helicopters, and 15 warships or boats.
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— Natasha Turak
Just about 400 sq. miles of territory recaptured, Zelenskyy says
Extra than 1,000 sq. km (386 sq. miles) of Ukrainian territory has been retaken from Russian forces, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated, subsequent a surprise counteroffensive in the Kharkiv region in the country’s northeast.
“Our heroes have presently liberated dozens of settlements. And currently this movement continued, there are new final results,” Zelenskyy stated in his nightly tackle.
“In complete, a lot more than a thousand square kilometers of our territory have been liberated since 1 September.”
He thanked his armed solutions and the troopers included in the operations, and also thanked the U.S. for its newest motivation of $675 million in military assist.
“Each individual of these steps of our partners has a serious effects on the toughness of our condition and the complete of Europe in defense against Russian terror,” he explained.
— Natasha Turak
Ukraine vitality chief states is Russia making an attempt to ‘steal’ nuclear plant
A. Russian serviceman guards an location of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Electrical power Station in territory below Russian army manage, southeastern Ukraine, Might 1, 2022.
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The head of Ukraine’s atomic strength operator accused Russia of trying to “steal” Europe’s biggest nuclear plant by slicing it off from the Ukrainian electrical power grid and leaving it on the brink of a radiation disaster.
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Ability Plant has been devoid of an outside supply of electric power due to the fact Monday and receives electric power for its have basic safety units from the only 1 of its 6 reactors that stays operational, Enerhoatom chief Petro Kotin told The Connected Press.
“We are attempting to maintain this device operating as significantly as doable, but eventually it will have to be shut down and then the station will swap to diesel turbines,” he said, introducing that this sort of generators are “the station’s previous protection just before a radiation incident.”
— Connected Press
4 nations bordering Russia to restrict Russian visitors
A girls store for souvenirs in Budva, the most important summertime vacationer place Montenegro Could 24, 2022.
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Four European nations around the world that border Russia will choose regional actions this month to restrict individuals from Russia from moving into Europe’s visa-absolutely free zone by land due to the fact they “are ever more involved about the significant and growing influx of Russian citizens.”
“We feel that this is turning into a major danger to our general public security and to the all round shared Schengen region,” Estonian Primary Minister Kaja Kallas stated. “There are people today coming with the aim of undermining the security of our international locations.”
Poland and the 3 Baltic countries — Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania — have agreed on a common regional approach with the “political will and company intention to introduce nationwide non permanent steps for Russian citizens holding EU visas.”
This sort of steps should get effect in every of the 4 countries by Sept. 19.
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