War day at a glance
Threatens to encircle Zhivorodonetsk – Putin settles accounts with Western nations
06/17/2022, 9:18 pm
Fierce fighting continues in the eastern and southern parts of Ukraine. The city of Serotonetsk is the target of a Russian attack. Ukraine, meanwhile, says it has severely damaged a Russian warship. The Russian president not only shut down the gas pipeline, but also verbally slammed the West in the economic forum. At the diplomatic level, the candidate position may soon come to Ukraine. A look at the 114th day of the war.
Difficult situation in Siverodonetsk
According to British intelligence experts, the eastern Ukrainian city of Siverodonetsk is still under siege. Russian troops continued their efforts to close the ring around the strategically important city from the south. “In the last 24 hours, Russian forces may have continued to attempt to ascend the Popasna Axis, from which they would like to encircle the Severodonetsk Pocket from the south,” the British Defense Ministry said. According to Ukrainian sources, the chemical plant, which was reportedly detained by the military and hundreds of civilians, was almost completely destroyed in a Russian artillery and rocket attack. Serhiy Hajday, the military governor of the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine, wrote in a telegram: “There are no remaining administrative buildings in the territory of the chemical corporation.
Killed and wounded in rocket attack in southern Ukraine
Russia’s offensive in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolayiv has killed at least two people and injured 20 others. The rocket attack took place in a residential area, according to Vitaly Kim, the governor of the region, in an online service called Telegram. He announced earlier in the day that four tall buildings and an infrastructure had been hit by Russian missiles, noting whether it was a military facility. The injured included a child. The port and industrial city of Mykolaiv had a population of nearly half a million before the war and is still in Ukrainian hands. However, it is not far from the city of Gershon, which has been under Russian control for some time since the crisis began. The city is an important strategic location for Russia, as it is on the way to Ukraine’s largest port, Odessa.
The Russian ship may have been badly damaged in the attack
The Ukrainian military says a Russian tugboat was hit by rockets and severely damaged in the Black Sea. The Ukrainian navy announced on social media that even the Ukrainian naval air defense system could not prevent the attack. Launched in service in 2017, the ship was to bring ammunition, weapons and soldiers to the Russian-occupied Snake Island from the end of February. The military governor of Odessa, Maxim Marchenko, initially wrote about the use of Western “horn” missiles. He then changed his entry into the Telegram news service. Not initially confirmed by the Russian Navy. Harpoon anti-ship missiles supplied by Denmark.
Russian warship occupies Danish territorial waters
A Russian naval vessel has twice invaded the Danish sovereign waters off the Baltic Sea, causing a stir. According to the Danish Armed Forces, the Russian Corvette first crossed the Danish coast north of the island of Cristiano in southern Sweden at 2.30 am. “A few hours later, the same Corvette crossed the regional waters north of Cristiano Ronaldo again,” the Danish military said in a statement. Accordingly, the ship left Danish territory immediately after being called by the Navy’s VHF radio. The Foreign Ministry in Copenhagen later said it had spoken to the Russian ambassador about the incident. In late April, a Russian military reconnaissance aircraft crossed Danish airspace. “Russia is again ignoring international rules without respecting borders. We have made it very clear to the Russian ambassador that such an approach is completely unacceptable,” said Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofot.
Putin settles accounts with Western nations
Russian President Vladimir Putin has blamed US and EU economic policies for global inflation. “What is happening now is not the result of the past few months, and certainly not the result of a special military operation by Russia in Donbass,” Putin told the St. Petersburg Economic Forum. “Systematic errors in the economic policy of the current US government and European bureaucracy” are the reason for the rise in prices. The military operation in Ukraine provided only one excuse for the West. “This allows Russia to blame others for their own miscalculations, in this case,” Putin said in a televised address to the event.
Putin on nuclear weapons: “Everyone needs to know what we have”
In the same speech, Putin also spoke about the threat of a nuclear war from Russia. If one reacts to the statements of foreign politicians, it is immediately said that Russia is threatening someone, Putin said. He added: “We are not threatening anything. But we need to know what we have and what we can use to defend our sovereignty.” Many are worried that even nuclear weapons could be used, at worst, for almost four months now, due to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. Moscow has always rejected this intention. Instead, unlike the United States, Russia has repeatedly insisted that it is not entitled to the first strike embodied in its military policy.
EU Commission on Candidate Status of Ukraine
“Ukrainians are ready to die for the European perspective,” said EU chairwoman Ursula van der Leyen. He recommended to 27 EU member states how quickly EU candidate status should be granted to Ukraine. “Ukraine deserves a European perspective,” he said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zhelensky was delighted. “This is the first step towards EU membership,” he wrote on Twitter. Russia, on the other hand, responded with reservations. This is not a military-political situation, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Nevertheless, this development requires more Russian attention because they are aware of “strengthening the security elements of the EU”. According to a new survey, more than half of all eligible German citizens are in favor of Ukraine joining the European Union in the next few years. According to a Forsa survey commissioned by NTV / RTL 55 percent support Ukraine’s membership in the European Union.
Putin: The “economic blitzkrieg” of the West has failed
According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Western sanctions against his country have failed. “From the outset, the economic downturn has no chance of success,” Putin told the International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg. He described the sanctions imposed by the West in retaliation for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as “insane” and “thoughtless.” The punitive measures also hit the EU hard. He said the damage to Europe was $ 400 billion.
Gas supply in Germany has been affected
For the first time since the end of March, the Federal Network Agency described the gas supply situation in Germany as “tense”. He was “consistent at this time,” the authority wrote in a daily statement. Supply security in Germany is currently guaranteed. Russian energy company Gazprom has previously drastically reduced the maximum supply volume for Russian gas through the Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline. Gasprom justified this by the delay in repairing the compressor turbines. “Since the middle of the week, the reduction has also affected gas transfers to other European countries such as France, Austria and the Czech Republic,” the commission said.
France, on the other hand, has completely abandoned Russian gas supplies via pipeline from Germany. This will not affect the gas supply and will continue to fill up the storage for the winter, said Gridicas, the gas network operator. Even if Russia cuts off gas supplies completely, there will be no problems in France during the normal winter. Natural gas from Russia plays a small role for France. In addition to pipes, Russian natural gas is also imported by ship.
The Eurovision song contest is not in Ukraine
The next Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) will not take place in this year’s winner, Ukraine, due to Russia’s war of aggression. Instead, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced in Geneva that it would like to negotiate with the BBC over whether ESC 2023 could be held in Great Britain. The Ukrainian band Kalush won the 66th ESC in Turin in mid-May with the hip-hop song “Stefania”. According to ESC tradition, Ukraine is set to host the tournament next year.
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