2023-06-05 08:02:52
Governor of Belgorod wants to meet pro-Ukrainians
The governor of Russia’s Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine, said on Sunday he was ready to meet with pro-Ukraine Russian fighters who claimed responsibility for the attacks in the region.
“The only thing that prevents me from negotiating with them is our men who are in their hands, maybe they are already dead…”, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov declared on Telegram on Sunday. “But if they are not, they can go from 5 p.m. (3 p.m. in France) to 6 p.m. (4 p.m.) at the Shebekino border post. I guarantee security. »
Russia says it repelled large attack in southern Donetsk
The Russian Defense Ministry claimed that kyiv had launched a “major” attack in the southern region of Donetsk using tanks and mechanical units. He claimed that the six mechanized battalions and two tank battalions tried to break through his lines, but were unsuccessful. 250 Ukrainian soldiers were reportedly killed. Read our article
Discussions between the United States, the Kingdom and Denmark on the F 16
Joe Biden will host the British and Danish prime ministers in Washington this week for meetings that will include the mission to supply Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets. Britain and Denmark play a central role in the nascent joint international plan that Biden recently endorsed after months of resisting Ukrainian President Zelensky’s calls for US planes. Biden will meet Denmark’s Mette Frederiks on Monday and Britain’s Rishi Sunak on Thursday. Denmark has purchased dozens of American-made F-16s since the 1970s and has indicated it is open to the possibility of supplying them to Ukraine. Britain has argued strongly for a coalition to supply Ukraine with fighter jets and said it would support Ukraine to get the F-16s it wants. But the UK has no F-16s and has ruled out sending Royal Air Force Typhoon jets. Instead, Britain says it will give Ukrainian pilots basic training on Western-standard jets from early summer to prepare them to fly F-16s.
Russian patriarch blesses Putin’s return of famous icon
The leader of the Russian Orthodox, Patriarch Kirill, considered “historic” the decision of Vladimir Putin to return to the Church the icon of the Trinity of Andrei Rublev. A 15th century masterpiece entrusted to the Tretyakov Gallery in 1929, when Russia was facing “huge enemy forces”.
The icon, transmitted to the Church this weekend despite protests from conservatives who consider it too fragile, was placed on Saturday evening in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, rebuilt in the 1990s after being dynamited under Stalin.
Forays into Russia
Some Russian border regions, in particular that of Belgorod, are affected by armed incursions. The latter have been claimed by groups claiming to be Russian and fighting for kyiv. Ukrainian authorities deny any involvement.
On Sunday, the Russian army claims to have repelled with artillery a group of “Ukrainian terrorists” who were trying to enter the border region of Belgorod.
Fighting in a Russian village near the Ukrainian border
“A sabotage group has arrived, there is fighting in Novaya Tavoljanka,” Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Telegram. I hope they will all be destroyed. »
One child killed, 22 injured in Dnipro airstrike
Airstrikes hit Dnipro in central Ukraine on Saturday night, killing a two-year-old girl and injuring 22 people, including her mother and five other children.
Saturday’s strike destroyed two buildings in a residential area of Dnipro, as well as ten houses, a store and a gas main.
Burning energy facility in Belgorod
The governor of Russia’s Belgorod region said an energy facility was on fire in the area. According to him, it was a bomb dropped by a drone that started the fire. According to a first report, there were no victims.
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