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This Thursday, June 9, Ukraine called for Western artillery weapons in order to quickly retake Severodonetsk.
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Ukraine called on Thursday for "long-range" Western artillery weapons which, according to it, would allow it to quickly retake Severodonetsk, a city in the east where, according to kyiv, "the fate" of Donbass, Moscow's strategic priority, is at stake.
Ukrainian soldiers are fighting in Severodonetsk one of the "toughest battles" since the start of the war to resist Russian forces which now control much of the city, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky.
“We are defending our positions, inflicting heavy losses on the enemy.
It's a very hard battle, "said the Ukrainian head of state in a video broadcast Wednesday evening, judging that "the fate" of the vast Donbass coal basin "is being played out" in Severodonetsk.
sentence of the day
“A compromise with Russia would be morally repugnant.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned Thursday against any desire on the part of the West to encourage Ukraine to accept a "bad" compromise with Russia, judging that it would be "morally repugnant".
"To encourage a bad peace in Ukraine is to encourage Vladimir Putin and to encourage all those in the world who believe that aggression pays," said the leader in a speech in Blackpool, in the north-west of England.
The number of the day
100.
This is the number of soldiers killed per day according to the Ukrainian Defense Minister, Oleksiï Reznikov.
"Up to 100 Ukrainian soldiers" are killed and "500 wounded every day" in fighting with the Russian military, he said.
The minister gave these figures as the battle continues to rage in the Donbass (east), and in particular in the region of the localities of Severodonetsk and Lyssytchansk.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky indicated on June 1 that the army was losing between 60 and 100 soldiers a day.
The trend of the day
Ukraine's president on Thursday called for Russia's exclusion from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), amid accusations kyiv of blocking and stealing Ukrainian grain from Moscow.
“There can be no discussion to extend Russia's membership in the FAO.
What would Russia's place be if it caused famine for at least 400 million people, or even more than a billion?
“, Launched Volodymyr Zelensky in a videoconference speech at an OECD ministerial meeting.
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