President says Ukraine would not legally acknowledge invaded areas as Russian in exchange for peace; Kyiv says embassies fell for Russian ‘psychological attack’. What we know on day 1,002
“We cannot spend dozens of, thousands of our people so that they perish for the sake of Crimea coming back … we understand that Crimea can be brought back diplomatically,”. Russia illegally annexed Crimea in 2014. “I was already mentioning that we are ready to bring Crimea back diplomatically,” Zelenskyy said.We cannot legally acknowledge any occupied territory of Ukraine as Russian.
That is about those territories … occupied by Putin before the full-scale invasion, since 2014. Legally, we are not acknowledging that, we are not adopting that.”, Kyiv’s Main Directorate of Intelligence said on Wednesday. “This message is a fake, it contains grammatical errors typical of Russian information and psychological operations.” Ukraine on Wednesdayciting a “potential” strike.
Zelenskyy thanked the US and Joe Biden for the provision of landmines to Ukrainian troops, calling it “essential … to stop Russian assaults”triggered by a change in Russian battlefield tactics favouring infantry over mechanised units, said the US defence secretary, Lloyd Austin. “They lead with dismounted forces who are able to close and do things to kind of pave the way for mechanised forces,” he said, adding that the Ukrainians “have a need for things that can help slow down that effort on the part of the Russians”.
The Kremlin said six missiles were launched at the town of Karachev, with one reportedly causing a significant explosion.to a training facility in Romania, where Ukrainian pilots and ground staff are being taught to fly and maintain them in battle, the Dutch defence ministry said., state department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Wednesday, as outgoing officials seek to do what they can before leaving office to bolster Ukraine in its war against Russia.
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