Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 365 of the invasion | Ukraine

Joe Biden has said Putin made a ‘big mistake’ by canceling the last remaining nuclear arms treaty with the United States. Russia’s decision to suspend its participation in the New Start Nuclear Arms Reduction Treaty with the United States will not increase the risk of a nuclear war, says Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. have said. Parliament of Russia on Wednesday approved Vladimir Putin’s move to cancel the treaty.

The Biden administration is considering releasing intelligence it believes shows China is considering whether to supply weapons to support Russia’s war in Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as “an affront to our collective conscience” at a two-day meeting of the General Assembly. Friday’s anniversary is “a somber milestone for the people of Ukraine and for the international community,” he said in New York.

Two civilians have been killed in Russian shelling of the Kherson region in southern Ukraine on Wednesday. according to regional officials. Oleksandr Prokudin, the head of the regional military administration, said an 81-year-old woman and a 68-year-old man were killed during the shelling of the village of Novotyahinka, about 40 km (25 miles) from the city of Kherson. A Russian missile attack on the northeastern city of Kharkiv on Wednesday morning also left two civilians injured, Oleh Synyehubov, governor of the Kharkiv region, have said.

Biden pledged that the United States will defend “literally every inch of NATO” territory before conversation with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and leader of Bucharest Nine (B9), a collection of nations on the easternmost parts of the NATO alliance and the closest Russia.

All members of the Bucharest Nine (B9) have jointly condemned Russia’s war in Ukraine, a Polish presidential adviser said. President Biden and the B9 leaders “reaffirmed their unwavering support for Ukraine and underscored their shared commitment to stand with the Ukrainian people for as long as it takes,” according to a White House briefing from Wednesday afternoon’s meeting in Warsaw.

China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, has met Vladimir Putin in Moscow. China and Russia reaffirm their close bilateral relations. Wang told Putin that Beijing will play a “constructive” role to reach a political solution to the crisis in Ukraine, the Russian state news agency Tass reported.

Earlier on Wednesday, Wang met with Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, where he said he expected to reach a “new consensus” on promoting the relationship between the two allies. Xi Jinping, the President of China, is expected to visit Putin in Russia in the coming months.

Vladimir Putin has praised soldiers who “fight heroically, bravely, bravely” to “defend the motherland” in a speech at a demonstration in Moscow to mark a year of war in Ukraine. Thousands gathered at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow to participate in a concert to mark the “Defenders of the Fatherland” day.

EU countries have failed to agree on a new set of sanctions against Russia supposed to be in attendance for the one-year anniversary of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine on Friday, This is what four diplomatic sources in Brussels have told Reuters. More talks between representatives of EU member states in Brussels were to be held on Thursday afternoon, the sources said.

Britain has begun to “warm up” its production lines to replace weapons sent to Ukraine and increasing production of artillery shells to try to help Kiev push back Russian forces, Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has said. In a interview with ReutersWallace said he believed Britain was in a good place to help Ukraine but needed to maintain the supply of arms.

NATO must “seriously plan” for the likely future reality of a Russian-controlled Belarus, the US-based think tank Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has warned. Putin is “very likely to secure significant gains in restoring Russian supremacy over Belarus” and using it as a launching pad to further threaten Ukraine and NATO’s eastern flank, regardless of the outcome of his invasion of Ukraine, ISW said in its latest update on the war.

Ukraine will ask Turkey and the UN this week to start talks to roll over the Black Sea grain deal, an extension of at least a year that would include the ports of Mykolaiv, a senior Ukrainian official said. out which ships would use to sail from Mykolaiv’s ports into the Black Sea.

A group of 10 EU member states has called for stronger measures to stop Russia buying military parts through front companies in neighboring countries and circumvent Western sanctions. The 10 countries, which includes France, Germany, Italy and the Baltic states, writes that “2023 must be the year of success in countering circumvention”, and warns that public support and international legitimacy for sanctions could wane if they are judged to be ineffective.

Women in Ukraine are increasingly vulnerable to sexual violence 12 months after Russia invaded the country, with reports of abuse on the rise, according to a leading humanitarian organization in the country. Women fleeing bombed houses and their hometowns reports attacks occurring in the home and in municipal shelters, said Marysia Zapasnik, Ukraine country director for the International Rescue Committee.