Maxar satellite images show destruction of Bakhmut in these before and after images
Maxar satellite images capture the brutal fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces in the city of Bakhmut.
The eastern Ukrainian city in the Donetsk region, which has largely been reduced to rubble, has been the site of intense conflict for several weeks.
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Maxar satellite imagery comparing the before/after destruction of Bakhmut, Ukraine.
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Maxar satellite imagery comparing the before/after destruction of Bakhmut, Ukraine.
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Maxar satellite imagery comparing the before/after destruction of the Bakhmut high school and homes in Bakhmut, Ukraine.
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Maxar satellite imagery comparing the before/after destruction of the Bakhmut high school and homes in Bakhmut, Ukraine.
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Maxar satellite imagery comparing the before/after destruction of the Bakhmut theater and storess in Bakhmut, Ukraine.
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Maxar satellite imagery comparing the before/after destruction of the Bakhmut theater and storess in Bakhmut, Ukraine.
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Maxar satellite imagery comparing the before/after destruction of homes and buildings in Bakhmut, Ukraine.
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Maxar satellite imagery comparing the before/after destruction of homes and buildings in Bakhmut, Ukraine.
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Maxar satellite imagery comparing the before/after destruction of University buildings amd a aradio tower in Bakhmut, Ukraine.
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Maxar satellite imagery comparing the before/after destruction of University buildings amd a aradio tower in Bakhmut, Ukraine.
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Maxar satellite imagery comparing the before/after destruction of School #12 and apartment buildings in Bakhmut, Ukraine.
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Maxar satellite imagery comparing the before/after destruction of School #12 and apartment buildings in Bakhmut, Ukraine.
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Kyiv will not forfeit Ukrainian territory to end conflict, Kuleba reiterates to Chinese official
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba gestures during a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, on May 25, 2022.
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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba met with Li Hui, the special representative of China, during a two-day visit to Ukraine, according to a statement provided by the Ukrainian government and translated by NBC News.
The meeting comes on the heels of a phone call between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Chinese President Xi Jinping last month.
Kuleba reiterated to Li that Kyiv will not accept proposals that would involve the forfeiture of Ukrainian sovereign territory to Russia in order to end the ongoing conflict.
— Amanda Macias
Lviv residents hand over Russian books for recycling
Residents in the Ukrainian city of Lviv donate books by Russian authors and publishers that will be recycled into waste paper.
A man puts books in Russian on the scales in a machine that accepts waste paper on May 17, 2023 in Lviv, Ukraine.
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A pile of books in Russian tied with ropes that will be turned over to waste paper on May 17, 2023 in Lviv, Ukraine.
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A man puts books in Russian on the scales in a machine that accepts waste paper on May 17, 2023 in Lviv, Ukraine.
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People stack books in Russian on scales in a machine that accepts waste paper on May 17, 2023 in Lviv, Ukraine.
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Books in Russian are folded in a machine that accepts waste paper on May 17, 2023 in Lviv, Ukraine.
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UN chief welcomes extension of Black Sea grain deal
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres conducts a press briefing on the launch of the 3rd brief by the GCRG (Global Crisis Response Group) on Food, Energy and Finance at UN Headquarters.
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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the decision between Russia, Ukraine and Turkey to extend the Black Sea Grain Initiative for another two months.
The agreement, which established a humanitarian sea corridor for agricultural exports in July, was set to expire on Thursday.
“These agreements matter for global food security. Ukrainian and Russian products feed the world,” Guterres told reporters at the United Nations. “I hope we will reach a comprehensive agreement to improve, expand and extend the [Black Sea Grain] Initiative – as I proposed in a recent letter to the Presidents of the three countries,” he added.
Since August, nearly 1,000 ships carrying more than 30.2 million metric tons of agricultural products and foodstuffs have left Ukrainian ports for global destinations, according to figures provided by the United Nations.
— Amanda Macias
U.S. ambassador to the UN meets with Ukrainian prime minister
U.S. Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield looks on as she talks to the media following an United Nations Security Council meeting after Russia recognized two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent entities, in New York City, U.S. February 21, 2022.
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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield met with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal on the sidelines of the Council of Europe Summit in Reykjavik, Iceland.
The two discussed additional ways to hold Russia accountable for its ongoing war in Ukraine, according to a readout of the meeting provided by her spokesman, Nate Evans.
“The ambassador and prime minister also discussed the critical role of the Black Sea Grain Initiative in stabilizing global markets and getting grain and food supplies to those in need,” Evans added, referring to a U.N.-backed deal that eased Russia’s naval blockade and established a humanitarian sea corridor for agricultural exports.
Biden’s top U.N. representative also reaffirmed U.S. commitment to Ukraine amid Russia’s war.
— Amanda Macias
A look inside Ukrainian tank repairs in Kharkiv region
Members of the repair battalion of the 3rd Tank Brigade repair tanks at a workshop in the Kharkiv region on May 17, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
A member of the repair battalion of the 3rd Tank Brigade repairs an armored vehicle at a workshop in Kharkiv region on May 17, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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A member of the repair battalion of the 3rd Tank Brigade repairs an engine from an armored vehicle at a workshop in Kharkiv region on May 17, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Members of the repair battalion of the 3rd Tank Brigade repair an armored vehicle at a workshop in Kharkiv region on May 17, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Members of the repair battalion of the 3rd Tank Brigade repair an armored vehicle at a workshop in Kharkiv region on May 17, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Black Sea Grain Initiative extended for two months, Turkey says
An aerial view of a dry cargo ship transporting grain from Ukraine under the U.N,-brokered Black Sea deal.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the Black Sea Grain Initiative, a humanitarian sea corridor for Ukrainian agricultural exports, will be extended for another two months.
Erdogan, who announced the extension of the current deal on Twitter, thanked Russia, Ukraine and the United Nations for carrying out the negotiations.
The deal, which was brokered in July to reopen key Ukrainian ports, was set to expire on May 18.
Under the agreement, nearly 1,000 ships carrying more than 30 million metric tons of agricultural products have departed from Ukraine’s ports of Odesa, Chornomorsk and Yuzhny-Pivdennyi.
Moscow has previously threatened to leave the current agreement because it claims that the deal only benefits Kyiv.
— Amanda Macias
Germany does not fulfill requirements for Ukraine jet alliance, defense minister says
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius observes a military exercise
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Germany does not have the training capacity or military equipment to actively contribute to a British-Dutch initiative to supply Ukraine with fighter jets, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Wednesday.
“We cannot play an active role in such an alliance, in such a coalition, because we have neither the training capacities, the competencies or the planes,” Pistorius said in Berlin after a meeting with his British counterpart in Berlin.
During a summit of European leaders in Reykjavik this week, Britain said it was working with the Netherlands to forge an international coalition to help Ukraine obtain F-16 jets from its allies, though Britain, Germany and the U.S. have so far balked at supplying their own planes.
— Reuters
Russia digs its heels in as grain deal hurtles toward expiry deadline
Russia’s foreign ministry signaled Wednesday that Moscow’s position on whether to extend the Black Sea Grain Initiative, a grain export deal for Ukraine that expires on May 18, remains unchanged.
Russia has long complained that the agreement, which has enabled millions of tons of Ukrainian agricultural products to leave several of the country’s ports since it was brokered by Turkey and the U.N, is not working for Russia, which says its own grain and fertilizer exports are essentially being impeded because of international sanctions.
As such, it’s very uncertain whether the grain deal will be extended beyond tomorrow’s expiry date with Russia saying its own criteria for adhering to the deal have not been fulfilled.
A port in the city of Odesa, Ukraine, on July 29 2022. The first shipment of grain exports from Ukraine in months comes after Turkey and the United Nations brokered an agreement between Ukraine and Russia to allow for the resumption of key exports from Ukraine, such as grain and fertilizer.
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The agreement, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Wednesday, is “not some story about one country or a group of countries implementing their interests, while others should wait for their turn.”
“This agreement is directly linked with respect for Russian interests, this is … the factor that will underlie the decision. But … let’s let our experts work out,” Zakharova told the Zvezda TV channel when asked about the possibility of the deal being extended.
The comments were reported by Russian state news agency TASS and translated by NBC.
— Holly Ellyatt
Support builds for Ukraine’s ‘jets coalition’ but it’s unclear who will supply them
A Belgian F-16 jet fighter takes part in the NATO Air Nuclear drill “Steadfast Noon” at the Kleine-Brogel air base in Belgium on Oct. 18, 2022.
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Momentum appears to be building behind Ukraine’s so-called “jets coalition,” but it remains to be seen who will supply the fighter aircraft.
Ukraine has been requesting fighter aircraft to combat Russia’s invasion for months. Its preference is to receive F-16s, jets operated by the U.S. as well as Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands.
The U.K., which does not operate F-16s, said earlier this week that it’s happy to train Ukrainian pilots and, on Tuesday, the prime ministers of Britain and the Netherlands agreed “they would work to build international coalition to provide Ukraine with combat air capabilities, supporting with everything from training to procuring F16 jets.”
Belgium’s prime minister said Wednesday that Belgium is also ready to train pilots to fly such jets, but cannot provide the aircraft. The U.S. previously ruled out providing F-16s too.
Denmark previously seemed more amenable to the idea, with its defense minister saying in February that it is “open” to the idea of sending fighter jets to Ukraine.
For now, however, Ukraine has international partners willing to help it procure the aircraft but not willing to provide them.
— Holly Ellyatt
Ukraine denies Russia destroyed Patriot missile defense system
The entrance to the Recknitztal barracks, home of the anti-aircraft missile group 24, on the left a mobile launch pad of the Patriot air defense system.
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Ukraine denied on Wednesday that a Russian hypersonic missile had destroyed a U.S.-made Patriot missile defense system during an air strike on Kyiv.
Russia’s defense ministry made the assertion on Tuesday after an overnight air attack on the Ukrainian capital. Two U.S. officials later said a Patriot system had probably suffered damage but that it did not appear to have been destroyed.
“I want to say: do not worry about the fate of the Patriot,” Ukrainian air force spokesperson Yuriy Ihnat told Ukrainian television.
He ruled out the possibility of a Russian “Kinzhal” missile knocking out a Patriot system.
“Destroying the system with some kind of ‘Kinzhal’, it’s impossible. Everything that they say there, it can remain in their propaganda archive,” he said.
The Patriot system is one of an array of sophisticated air defence units supplied by the West to help Ukraine repel Russian air strikes following Moscow’s invasion last year.
It is considered one of the most advanced U.S. air defence systems, including against aircraft, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles, and typically includes launchers along with radar and other support vehicles.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has touted the Kinzhal missile as proof that his country has world-beating military hardware.
Ukraine said it had shot down six Kinzhal missiles on Tuesday, but Russia denied this. It was not clear which Western weapon Ukraine used, and the Pentagon had no immediate comment.
— Reuters
Last ship to leave Ukraine as fate of Black Sea grain deal in Russia’s hands
An aerial view of a dry cargo ship transporting grain from Ukraine under the U.N,-brokered Black Sea deal.
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The last ship is due to leave a port in Ukraine on Wednesday under a deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine grain, said a U.N. spokesperson, a day before Russia could quit the pact over obstacles to its grain and fertilizer exports.
The United Nations and Turkey brokered the Black Sea deal for an initial 120 days in July last year to help tackle a global food crisis that has been aggravated by Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, one of the world’s leading grain exporters.
Moscow agreed to extend the Black Sea pact for a further 120 days in November, but then in March it agreed to a 60 day extension – until May 18 – unless a list of demands regarding its own agricultural exports was met.
To convince Russia in July to allow Black Sea grain exports, the United Nations agreed at the same time to help Moscow with its own agricultural shipments for three years.
“There are still a lot of open questions regarding our part of the deal. Now a decision will have to be taken,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday, according to Russian media.
Senior officials from Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the U.N. met in Istanbul last week to discuss the Black Sea pact. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Tuesday: “Contacts are going on at different levels. We’re obviously in a delicate stage.”
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said last week he thought the deal could be extended for at least two more months.
While Russian exports of food and fertilizer are not subject to Western sanctions imposed following the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Moscow says restrictions on payments, logistics and insurance have amounted to a barrier to shipments.
The United States has rejected Russia’s complaints. U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield said last week: “It is exporting grain and fertilizer at the same levels, if not higher, than before the full scale invasion.”
— Reuters
Russia doubles down on efforts to capture Bakhmut
A Ukrainian soldier checks his sniper rifle at a training camp in Donetsk, Ukraine, on May 11, 2023. The country’s most intense clashes continue in Donetsk.
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Ukraine’s armed forces said Wednesday that Russian forces continue to concentrate their main military efforts on capturing Bakhmut and nearby areas around Lyman, Avdiivka and Marinka.
In an operational update on Facebook, the general staff of Ukraine’s armed forces sectors said there had been 55 combat engagements recorded in those areas in the past 24 hours.
“Bakhmut and Marinka remain at the epicenter of hostilities,” the update noted.
Ukraine appeared to be regaining the upper hand in Bakhmut in recent days, with reports that its forces pushed back their Russian opponents by several kilometers in parts of the town in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine.
Britain’s Ministry of Defense said Tuesday the Wagner Group mercenary forces fighting in the town “continue to make gradual progress in clearing Ukrainian positions” in the town center, although it noted that over the previous four days, Ukrainian forces had made tactical progress stabilizing the flanks of Bakhmut to their advantage.
“As well as progress to the south of town, Ukrainian assaults have forced back the Russian frontline to the north-west of the town. This has likely enabled Ukrainian forces to re-establish more secure use of the key 0506 supply road,” the ministry said in an intelligence update on Twitter.
— Holly Ellyatt
Ukraine’s nuclear agency says employees at Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia power plant face ‘ridiculous restrictions’
This photo taken on Sept. 11, 2022, shows a security person standing in front of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Enerhodar, Zaporizhzhia, amid the Ukraine war.
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Ukrainian state nuclear agency Energoatom said on its official Telegram channel Tuesday that employees at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, or ZNPP, are facing “ridiculous restrictions.”
“The rules for working and staying at the facility are becoming more and more strict for employees almost every day,” the agency wrote on Telegram.
Energoatom said that the movements of the 2,500 employees that currently work at the nuclear facility are extremely limited.
“While at work, workers are now only allowed to look straight ahead. Because turning your head, and even just looking to the side, is strictly prohibited,” Energoatom wrote.
Zaporizhzhia, Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, was seized by Russian troops in the days following the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
— Amanda Macias
Black Sea grain deal that reopened crucial Ukrainian ports set to expire this week
Farmer Artur Tabor shows wheat at his farm in Buczyna, Poland on April 25, 2023. Polish farmers protest as some Ukrainian grain and other products stay in the country during transport abroad. Ukrainian grain is cheaper than local, which has a strong impact on prices on the market.
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Russia has yet to decide if it will extend the terms of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, a deal that launched a humanitarian sea corridor for agricultural exports.
The deal is slated to expire on May 18.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that “there are still a lot of open questions” when asked about a potential extension of the agreement.
“When the appropriate decision is made, we will inform you, this is the only thing I can say so far,” Peskov told reporters during a daily press briefing.
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— Amanda Macias
Kremlin weighing Black Sea Grain Initiative extension
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov at a news conference of Russian President Vladimir Putin after a meeting of the State Council on youth policy in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 22, 2022.
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The Kremlin said that it has not yet decided to extend the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which is set to expire on May 18.
“When the appropriate decision is made, we will inform you, this is the only thing I can say so far,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
“In general, the contacts continue. Basically, they’re very concentrated now. You know that there are still a lot of open questions that relate to our part of the deal. We now have to make a decision,” he added.
The Black Sea Grain Initiative eased Russia’s naval blockade and saw the reopening of three key Ukrainian ports.
Since then, more than 900 ships carrying nearly 30 million metric tons of agricultural products have departed from Ukraine’s war-weary ports.
Moscow previously said that the deal is one-sided and that it is not inclined to extend the current agreement.
— Amanda Macias
State Department aware of reports that U.S. citizen died in Bakhmut
A Ukrainian armored vehicle drives on a muddy road near Bakhmut in the Donbas region, on March 9, 2023.
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The State Department said it was aware of reports that a U.S. citizen died in Bakhmut and is seeking additional information, a spokesperson confirmed to NBC News.
Wagner group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin appeared in a video Tuesday standing alongside a body he claimed was an American.
The spokesperson added that the State Department’s ability to verify reports of deaths of U.S. citizens in Ukraine is extremely limited given the ongoing conflict. Since the war began last February, at least 10 U.S. citizens have been killed assisting Ukrainian forces.
“We offer our condolences to the families of all whose lives have been lost as a result of Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified war against Ukraine,” the State Department spokesperson said in a statement to NBC News.
“We reiterate our message that U.S. citizens should not travel to Ukraine due to the active armed conflict and the singling out of U.S. citizens in Ukraine by Russia’s security officials and that U.S. citizens in Ukraine should depart immediately if it is safe to do so using any commercial or other privately available ground transportation options,” the spokesperson added.
— Amanda Macias
Ukraine hints update on fighter jets will come soon
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba hinted Tuesday that the government would soon issue an update regarding the provision of modern fighter jets for Ukraine.
“Stay tuned for news — there will be even more soon, specifically regarding aircraft,” Kuleba said on Facebook, in comments translated by news agency Ukrinform.
“Currently, intensive diplomacy is taking place at all levels, bringing us closer to effectively closing the Ukrainian airspace, significantly strengthening our Air Forces, and acquiring fundamentally new capabilities,” Kuleba stated.
An F-16 rises from low altitude in Canada in this file photo.
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Kyiv has been asking its Western allies for fighter jets, with a specific desire for the U.S.’ F-16s, for months but so far its international partners have been reluctant to donate fighter jets, citing logistical challenges and concerns it could antagonize Russia.
Kuleba said that he already has a rough understanding of the timeframe but did not disclose this.
Ukraine’s President Volodymy Zelenskyy has visited Italy, Germany, France, and the U.K. in the last few days, looking to build a “jets coalition.” The U.K. said it would help train Ukrainian pilots in the summer and would try to help Ukraine in such a coalition, but Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s spokesman said Monday that Britain has no plans to send fighter jets to Ukraine.
In any case, the spokesman said, the Ukrainian military indicated it would prefer to use F-16 fighter jets “and you will know the RAF don’t use those,” he said.
— Holly Ellyatt
European leaders meet in Iceland to reaffirm values as Ukraine war rages on
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European leaders are meeting in Iceland on Tuesday for a two-day summit meant to show their support for Ukraine but also send a powerful message on core democratic values many feel are under threat.
In only the fourth summit of the Council of Europe (CoE) since it was founded after World War Two, the 46 members of the leading human rights body, which is entirely separate from the European Union, will gather to discuss emerging threats as the war in Ukraine rages on.
“The Council of Europe is often underestimated in its importance,” Frank Schwabe, a German lawmaker who was closely involved in the planning of the summit told Reuters.
The CoE’s democratic values are upheld by the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights, where citizens can take governments to court in case of human rights violations.
Russia’s membership was suspended the day after it invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Moscow then left the watchdog hours before a vote to expel it.
According to a draft of the final declaration seen by Reuters, the leaders will approve a new Register of Damages, a mechanism to record and document evidence and claims of damage, loss or injury incurred as a result of the Russian invasion.
“The summit will also be about saying what happens if you don’t respect the rules,” Schwabe said. “The threat of expulsion is already a sharp sword. Even Russia didn’t want to leave the Council of Europe, Turkey doesn’t want to leave either.”
Turkey, which is in the middle of a presidential election fought by President Tayyip Erdogan, faces removal from the CoE after it failed to implement a 2019 court ruling to release jailed businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala.
The CoE’s Committee of Ministers has launched infringement proceedings against Ankara that have so far stressed dialogue but could eventually see Turkey’s removal or its membership suspended, experts say.
European leaders such as Germany’s Olaf Scholz, Britain’s Rishi Sunak and French President Emmanuel Macron will attend the summit in Reykjavik, while Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy will address his counterparts via videolink.
Icelandic organisers said the meeting will be an opportunity to support Ukraine through “concrete measures” as well as to boost initiatives to address emerging threats to democracy, including from climate change and artificial intelligence.
— Reuters
Ukraine attacked from three directions with various missiles, drones
Ukraine was attacked from the north, south and east overnight with 18 air, sea, and land-based missiles of various types, as well as attack drones, according to the leader of Ukraine’s armed forces.
Six Kh-47M2 “Kinzhal” aeroballistic missiles were launched from six MiG-31K aircraft, nine Kalibr cruise missiles were launched from ships in the Black Sea, and three ballistic missiles were used to attack Ukraine, the head of Ukraine’s armed forces, Valerii Zaluzhny, said on Telegram Tuesday morning.
He said all 18 missiles were destroyed by Ukraine’s air defenses and air force. In addition, Russia attacked Ukraine with Iranian-made Shahed-136/131 drones, he said. CNBC was unable to verify the information in the post.
Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko holds the remains of a Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missile at an exhibition showing the remains of missiles and drones that Russia used to attack Kyiv, on May 12, 2023, in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Officials in Kyiv described a massive attack on the capital overnight, saying the eighth attack on Kyiv since the start of May was “exceptional” in terms of the density of missiles used to attack it.
Preliminary information suggests at least three civilians were injured in the strikes, with falling debris from destroyed missiles and drones falling on cars and buildings in several districts in the city.
— Holly Ellyatt
