‘JDN News’ presents the events of the past day, the 140th day of the Russia-Ukraine war – as it happened minute by minute.
02:07 – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zalansky said in a nightly statement that “Russia does not have the courage” to admit defeat in Ukraine, and warned the Russian military that it was “not safe anywhere in our territory”. This was reported by the British Guardian. Zalansky also revealed that he met with the Polish Deputy Prime Minister in the capital Kyiv on Tuesday, and talked to him about cooperation between the countries.
08:24 – British intelligence: “Russia is expected to soon take control of the towns of Swarovski and Dolina in the Donetsk Oblast, but the main target continues to be the major cities of Sloviansk and Kramtorsk.”
09:18 – Russia has announced that it is ready to move gas through Ukraine even after 2024 – if demand in Europe continues and infrastructure in the bombed-out country allows it.
12:01 – Russian Defense Ministry claims to have destroyed three Ukrainian fighter jets in the east of the country.
12:50 – Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on US President Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia: “We hope that Saudi Arabia’s relations with other countries will not adversely affect its relations with Russia.”
13:00 – A senior adviser at the Zalansky bureau calls for allowing Breslav’s followers to reach the artist: “We need to understand how important this issue is for the followers, they will come one way or another anyway.” “Therefore, if they come anyway, the Ukrainian government should prepare, sign a document that they take full responsibility,” he said.
14:08 – In Ukraine it is reported that the death toll from the Russian bombing of a residential building in the city of Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region on Saturday rose to 47.
14:21 – US National Security Adviser: “Russia is deepening its relationship with Iran to kill Ukrainians. This is something the world should see as a significant threat.”
17:33 – End of Lithuania’s siege of the Russian enclave in Kaliningrad: Following the threats from Moscow – the EU has announced that Russia will be able to return goods in Lithuanian territory to the enclave between it and Poland, provided it is not used for military purposes. In the last two weeks, Lithuania has blocked all Russian train traffic towards Kaliningrad – claiming that it is enforcing EU sanctions against Russia.
17:53 – After Russia and Syria – North Korea is the third country in the world to recognize the sovereignty of the separatist republics of the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine. The remarks were made by Dennis Poshilin, the leader of the separatist republic of Donetsk, but North Korea itself has not yet confirmed them.
17:51 – UNHCR reports: More than 9 million people have crossed the border from Ukraine since the Russian invasion of the country began.
18:17 – Prime Minister Canada: “The decision to return the turbine needed for the Russian gas pipeline was a difficult one.”
20:00 – Russian forces and soldiers of the Luhansk People’s Republic enter the town of Sibersk in the Donetsk Oblast in the Donbas region. This was reported by the TASS news agency. Vitaly Kislyov, assistant to the interior minister of the republic, said that Russia had forces to occupy the town within a few days.
21:00 – US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said there are reports that Russians are deliberately separating parents from children. According to him, this is happening in “filtering camps” located in Ukrainian areas that Russia has taken over. Biden added that thousands of Ukrainian citizens are being arrested or gone – because they are “not being screened.”
22:07 – In Istanbul, a discussion was held on the global food crisis, which was attended by representatives from Russia, Ukraine and the UN – to find a solution for exporting grain from Ukraine. It is estimated that in the war-saturated country about 20 tons of wheat are “stuck”.
23:25 – US Treasury Department: “The next step in increasing pressure on Russia is to impose quotas on oil.”