![]() Please click on the video player below to watch the report.Ġ1:25 2:45pm: China warns EU against sanctioning companies with Russian tiesĬhina on Tuesday warned the European Union against imposing sanctions on Chinese companies over Russia's war in Ukraine, saying it would take action to protect Beijing's interests. Several parades across Russia were cancelled while the parade in Moscow was largely scaled back. 3:44pm: Putin accuses the West of waging 'war' on Russiaĭuring Russia's annual Victory Day commemorations in Moscow on Tuesday, President Vladimir Putin said the West had unleashed a "real war" against Russia, repeating the rhetoric he often uses to justify the conflict in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked the US, describing the package as a "sign of solidarity" on the day Europe celebrates peace and unity on the continent. The package underscores the continued US commitment to Ukraine "by committing critical near-term capabilities, such as air defense systems and munitions, while also building the capacity of Ukraine's armed forces to defend its territory and deter Russian aggression over the long term", the Department of Defense said in a statement. The United States on Tuesday announced a new $1.2 billion security assistance package for Ukraine to boost the country's air defenses and provide it with additional artillery ammunition. 4:33pm: US announces new assistance package for Ukraine "The situation of equipment and personnel is deteriorating," Energoatom president Petro Kotin told Funke. The situation at Europe's largest nuclear power plant, Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine, is deteriorating, Funke Media Group reported.Īccording to Ukraine's state-owned operating company Energoatom, Russia is bringing more troops and military vehicles to the site of the nuclear power plant. They intimidate and manipulate with almost total impunity." 6:58pm: Situation at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant deteriorating "Wherever they work, Wagner members spread instability and violence," he told parliament on Tuesday. Its author, ruling party MP Benjamin Haddad, has said he hopes it will encourage the 27 members of the EU to put Wagner on its official list of terrorist organisations. The resolution, which is non-binding, passed with unanimous support across the political spectrum. The French parliament adopted a resolution Tuesday calling on the European Union to list Russian Wagner mercenaries as a "terrorist group". ![]() 7:20pm: French MPs ask EU to label Wagner mercenaries as terrorist group "Stories about refugees affect me," he told AFP in a blog interview late last year, conducted by candlelight during a power cut in Kyiv. Soldin, who was 32 years old and born in Sarajevo, was one of the first Bosnians evacuated to France in early 1992. ![]() ![]() Russian forces have been trying to capture the city for nine months, making Bakhmut the focus of the war's longest battle. 8:59pm: French journalist killed in rocket attack near Bakhmutįrench international news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) says its Ukraine video coordinator was killed Tuesday during a rocket attack near the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.ĪFP said in a tweet that other journalists for the agency were with Arman Soldin at the time of the Grad rocket bombardment.įrench media outlets reported that the late afternoon attack took place in the vicinity of Chasiv Yar, a town near Bakhmut. It would also impose financial sanctions on the group and there would be implications for Wagner's ability to raise money if any funds went through British financial institutions, the newspaper added. This would make it a criminal offence to belong to Wagner, attend its meetings, encourage support for it or carry its logo in public, The Times said. Wagner mercenaries have spearheaded Russia's months-long assault on Bakhmut in the industrial Donbas region.Īfter two months of building a legal case, proscription or a formal blacklisting of the group was "imminent" and likely to be enacted within weeks, the newspaper reported citing a government source. 12:00am: Britain set to blacklist Russia's Wagner groupīritain is set to formally proscribe Russia's mercenary force Wagner group as a terrorist organization to increase pressure on Russia, the Times newspaper reported on Tuesday. For more of our coverage on the war in Ukraine, please click here. This live blog is no longer being updated. ![]()
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