Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia’s pullback in the north was “slow but noticeable” as the Pentagon announced more security aid.
whether Kyiv was behind a helicopter strike on a fuel depot in the Russian city of Belgorod when asked Friday in a Fox News interview. But on the same day, a senior Ukrainian official suggested that Ukraine was not responsible for the incident — adding to the swirl of confusion around Kyiv’s potential culpability.
In an interview with Ukrainian media, Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, responded to the Kremlin’s accusation that Ukraine was the culprit. “In reality, according to our information, it is not what actually happened,” he said, then quickly insisted that Ukraine was not commenting.
If confirmed, the Belgorod operation would mark the first Ukrainian strike on Russian soil since the war broke out six weeks ago. The Kremlin called it “an escalation” in the conflict, dampening hopes of reaching a peace agreement. But Danilov sought to focus the blame on Moscow, arguing that Russian shelling continues even as negotiators try to broker a cease-fire. “Does it help the negotiations when they are killing our children, our women, when they perform these disgraceful acts on our territory?” he said Friday.
In addition, Russia has targeted Ukrainian fuel depots in multiple strikes recently, including one in the western city of Lviv last month while President Biden was visiting neighboring Poland.Ukrainians in Rotterdam will use a cruise ship as a floating shelter
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