Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 52 of the invasion
Ukraine is ready for revenge after Russian warship Moskva sinks; more than 600 civilian bodies were found in Kyiv.
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The attack on the Russian warship Moskva that resulted in its sinking has claimed the life of its captain.Ukraine claimed. Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Kyiv’s ministry of internal affairs, saidAnton Kuprin was killed in an explosion and fire aboard the ship.
The Ukraine is now preparing for revenge for sinking the Moskva. Western intelligence has corroborated Ukraine’s account that two of its missiles sunk the warship, though Russia has provided an alternative explanation. Russian strikes hit the factory in Kyiv, where the Ukrainian missiles that were used to sink the flagship were made.
After the Russian forces’ withdrawal, police in Kyiv discovered more than 900 civilian bodies. said.It was claimed that almost all of them were killed in action, indicating executions during the Russian occupation. They were much more than was previously believed. Kharkiv officials also saidFollowing Russian air strikes, 10 people were killed, including a child, and 35 were injured.
Volodymyr Zeleskiy, the president of Ukraine, made an appeal to Joe Biden, his counterpart in the United States, to make a direct appeal. for Washington to designate Russia a “state sponsor of terrorism”. The Washington Post was the first to report on this news. This would be an unusual and severe sanction. But Zelenskiy has been firm in putting pressure on the west to assist in Ukraine’s resistance to Russia’s invasion.
In his most recent address Zelenskiy once again pushed for more weapons, and more sanctions – so the war could end sooner. Zelenskiy also spoke about a return to “normal life” in some parts of the country – or efforts to regain normality amid the tragedy. Zelenskiy pointed out that in some parts of Ukraine, four-fifths (or more) of Ukranian businesses have returned to work within safe zones.
Sweden and Finland both say they are considering Nato membership. Tytti Tuppurainen, Finland’s minister for European affairs, said: “The people of Finland seem to have already made up their mind”. She added the decision was “highly likely” but “not made yet” pending discussions in parliament.
Outgunned, outnumbered and surrounded by Russian forces, one of Europe’s biggest metallurgical plants has become Mariupol’s redoubt. The factory is “an enormous space” in which the Russians “simply can’t find” Ukrainian forces, Oleh Zhdanov – a military analyst based in Kyiv – told Reuters.
Russia threatened to intensify its attack on Kyiv if Ukrainian forces conduct any operations on Russian soil. A spokesperson for Moscow’s defence ministry said: “The number and scale of missile strikes against targets in Kyiv will increase in response to the Kyiv nationalist regime committing any attacks of a terrorist nature or sabotage on Russian territory.”
Russia has designated journalist and YouTuber Yury Dud and political analyst Ekaterina Schulmann as “foreign agents”, a continuation of Moscow’s crackdown on those critical of the government within the country. Dud and Schulmann have both been publicly critical of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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SourceThe Guardian
