[LIVE] 3 months of war in Ukraine, the Luhansk region under fire
Part of a rocket driven into the ground in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Friday, May 13, 2022. AP - Leo Correa
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On the 90th day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, this Tuesday, May 24, follow live the latest information on the conflict which is entering its fourth month.
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The main points:
► The war in Ukraine is entering its
fourth month
, as Russian troops focus their offensive on the last pocket of resistance in the
Luhansk region of Donbass
.
► The
sanctions of the international community
against Moscow "
should be maximum
", with in particular "
no trade with Russia
", declared the Ukrainian president during a speech by videoconference during the meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
► The first Russian soldier tried for
a war crime
since Russia invaded Ukraine was found guilty and sentenced to
life in prison on
Monday in Kiev.
► Twenty countries pledged to provide
additional weapons
to Ukraine to deal with Russian forces at a meeting of allies on Monday.
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04:00: The war in Ukraine enters its fourth month
Three months of war in Ukraine, when Russian troops are concentrating their offensive on the last pocket of resistance in the Luhansk region, in the Donbass (east).
After having removed the Russian forces from the two largest cities of the country, the capital Kiev at the end of March and the beginning of April then Kharkiv in May, the Ukrainians have recognized for a few days "
difficulties
" in the Donbass, formed by the oblasts of Luhansk and Donetsk.
“
The next weeks of war will be difficult
,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Monday evening in his daily televised address.
“
The Russian occupiers are trying to show that they will not abandon the occupied areas of the Kharkiv region (north-east), that they will not return the Kherson region (south), the occupied territories of the region from Zaporizhia (south-east) and the Donbass (east).
They are moving somewhere.
They are strengthening their positions elsewhere
,” he continued.
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