‘JDN News’ presents the events of the past day, the 123rd day of the Russia-Ukraine war – as it happened minute by minute.
00:13 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zalansky has said that Russia has launched 45 missiles at Ukraine in the past day. Following the fall of the city of Sverdonetsk by the Russians, Zelsky said that this was a difficult stage of the war morally and emotionally.
00:44 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said in a statement ahead of the G7 summit in Germany that his country is ready to secure an additional $ 525 million in World Bank loans to Ukraine later this year. These will add up to $ 1.5 billion in financial support. Johnson also added in his statement that “Ukraine can win and it will win. But they need our backing to do so. Now is not the time to give up on Ukraine.”
01:55 Russian forces have suspended the evacuation of people from the chemical plant in Sverdonetsk, due to prolonged shelling, the Russian news agency TAS reported.
Photo: Ukrainian Ministry of Defense
04:00 President Zalansky criticized the West’s handling of the Russian invasion of the country, arguing that “sanctions against Russia do not help Ukraine’s war effort. We need more weapons. The modern air defense systems our partners have should not sit in warehouses and training areas. They should be in Ukraine. “Where you need them most – more than anywhere else in the world.”
06:55 The President of Indonesia, Joko Vidudo, has said that he intends to visit Russia and Ukraine and work for mediation between the two countries that will bring an end to the war.
09:47 U.S. President Joe Biden has tweeted that the United States, along with member states of the industrialized nations, will declare a ban on gold imports from Russia to their countries. On the country following its invasion of Ukraine.
Photo: Ukrainian Ministry of Defense
10:47 Russia bombed Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, a day after the fall of the city of Swordonsk by pro-Russian forces following the withdrawal of the Ukrainian army, and just before the gathering of leaders of the Organization of Industrialized States (G7) in Germany. Kyiv police reported that at least five people were injured in the bombings in the city center, but did not report the severity of their injuries. Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klitschko announced on his telegram channel that the Russian shelling partially destroyed a nine-story apartment building and caused a fire.
13:06 Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces had hit high-profile weapons at Ukrainian military training bases in the Ukrainian Chernihiv, Zhytomyr and Lvov regions. This is according to a report in Russian news agencies.
17:09 Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel abroad for the first time since the invasion of Ukraine, Russian state television reported. Putin is expected to visit the two former Soviet states of Tajikistan and Turkmenistan and then meet with Indonesian President Joko Vidudo for talks in Moscow.
22:00 US President Joe Biden has reached the summit of G7 leaders in Munich, Germany, with an old-new goal. Russian.
Photo: Ukrainian Ministry of Defense