The US First Lady made a surprise visit to Ukraine on the same day as the Canadian Prime Minister | A large-scale battle over Snake Island occurred, and Russia and Ukraine called each other “heavy losses”
City Express comprehensive news The conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues to attract attention.
U.S. first lady makes surprise visit to Ukraine to meet Ukrainian first lady
Reference News Network reported that according to the US “Washington Post” website, US First Lady Jill Biden entered Ukraine from Slovakia on the 8th local time and met with Ukraine’s First Lady Yelena Zelenskaya. It is rare for the spouse of a current president of the United States to enter a war zone.
It was also the first public appearance of the Ukrainian first lady since February 24.
According to reports, Gill entered Ukraine from Slovakia that day, after she also met refugees at a border checkpoint.
Source: CCTV News
Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau visits Ukraine
On the 8th local time, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Ukraine and visited Irpin, a suburb of Kyiv. Trudeau and Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland toured the area with local officials, according to Ukrainian media and the mayor of Kyiv, according to Canada’s “City News TV”.
The Canadian Press reported that Prime Minister Trudeau’s office said he planned to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to show Canada’s support for Ukraine.
Source: CCTV News
Russia and Ukraine call each other “heavy losses”
According to a report by the Russian “Izvestia” website on the 8th, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that a large-scale battle took place on the Snake Island in the Black Sea on the 7th. Russian air defense forces shot down two Ukrainian army planes, three helicopters and two drones. Experts believe that the Kyiv authorities tried unsuccessfully to capture Snake Island in order to present a significant victory to the public. The Russian Defense Ministry also warned that Ukrainian troops were preparing for bloody provocations.
According to reports, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Konashenkov said that in the Snake Island area, the Ukrainian army has a Su-24 bomber, a Su-27 fighter jet, three Mi-8 helicopters carrying landing troops and two The Turkish-made “Banner-TB2” drone was shot down. The Ukrainian landing assault boat “Stanislav” was destroyed.
Konashenkov said that the Russian army also launched high-precision missiles from the air and sea, hitting Ukrainian airfields in the cities of Arziz, Odessa and Voznesensk not far from Snake Island, including drones The Ukrainian Air Force equipment, including it, was destroyed.
The report quoted military expert Dmitry Boltenkov as saying that Russian troops had said they would withdraw from Snake Island, so the Ukrainians believed that they could seize Snake Island now, but were hit when they tried to occupy the island. , suffered heavy losses. Kyiv appears to have made the move for propaganda purposes, aimed at presenting the public with a notable victory. However, this attempt appears to have failed.
According to a report on the Ukrainian News Agency website on the 8th, the Ukrainian and Russian troops had an air battle near Snake Island on the 7th, and the Russian army suffered significant losses.
The Southern Combat Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces announced on social media Facebook that dozens of aircraft participated in the fighting that day, and the Russian army Snake Island troops and naval ships suffered significant losses. The Ukrainian army used the “Banner-TB2” drone to attack the Russian army, killing 46 Russian soldiers and destroying and injuring 4 Russian landing ships.
Austrian official: There is no fast track for “joining the EU”
Ukraine will not be able to join the EU for the next 5 to 10 years
In Ukraine, on May 8, local time, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held talks with visiting Croatian Prime Minister Plenkovic in Kyiv. The two sides discussed the situation in Russia and Ukraine and European energy issues.
In addition, when Zelensky met with German Bundestag President Bass, Uzbekistan hoped to get the support of the German Bundestag on Ukraine’s accession to the European Union.
However, according to CCTV News, citing Russian media reports, Austrian Chancellor Ettstadler recently told the media that there is no fast track to join the EU, and Ukraine will not be able to join the EU in the next 5 to 10 years.
According to a report on the website of Russia Today TV on the 7th, Etstadler said that Ukraine’s accession to the European Union will be a long process, which will not be realized in the next 5 to 10 years. She also said that some Balkan countries have waited decades to join the EU and Ukraine cannot have a fast track. Earlier, Austrian Foreign Minister Schallenberg expressed a similar view.
Austria is not the only EU member state urging caution over Ukraine’s “fast-track accession” application, the report said. German Foreign Minister Bell Burke warned in March that “joining the EU is not something that can be accomplished in a few months”. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte also warned that speeding up Ukraine’s EU membership could be seen as unfair by long-awaited candidates such as Turkey and Montenegro.
After the Russian-Ukrainian conflict broke out, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on the EU to initiate “new special procedures” to quickly absorb Ukraine. In April, Ukraine said that it had completed the “questionnaire” provided by the EU, expecting the EU to grant Ukraine candidate status in June. However, the leaders of some EU member states clearly expressed their opposition to Ukraine’s quick accession to the EU.
SpaceX provides Starlink ground terminal equipment to Azov Battalion
Rogozin calls Musk ‘responsible’
On the Russian side, according to RIA Novosti reported by the World Wide Web, Rogozin, general manager of Roscosmos, called on Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, on the 8th, saying that the latter would have to send Ukraine to Ukraine for participation. “Fascist forces” are responsible for providing military communications equipment.
Rogozin posted on the instant messaging software Telegram that day, judging from the testimony of the captured Ukrainian Marine Corps Chief of Staff Dmitry Komyankov, the 36th Brigade of the Ukrainian Marine Corps, the US space exploration technology company (SpaceX) “Starlink” Ground terminal equipment for the satellite system, which was transported by military helicopters to the armed men of the “Nazi gang ‘Azov Battalion'” and the Ukrainian Navy. In this regard, Rogozin called Musk responsible.
Rogozin went on to write on Telegram, “According to the information we have, the Pentagon shipped and handed over the transceiver of the ‘Starlink’ network to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.”
“In this way, Elon Musk is involved in providing military communications equipment to the Ukrainian fascist forces. Elon, you will have to be responsible for this in a mature way, don’t be perfunctory.” Rogozin finally told Ma Ske shouted.
In addition, according to RIA Novosti, the chairman of the Russian State Duma (lower house of parliament) Volodin posted a picture on the instant messaging software Telegram on the 8th. According to the information shown in this graph, Russia has been subject to 10,128 sanctions since 2014, of which 7,374 were imposed after the special military operation against Ukraine. He called the sanctions a challenge but would make Russia stronger.
According to a CCTV report on May 8, Ukrainian State News Agency reported that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video speech to the Royal Institute of International Affairs on the 6th that Russia should return to the state before the outbreak of the conflict on February 24, namely Withdraw Russian troops to the pre-conflict military line of contact or borderline, in which case the two sides can resume “normal” negotiations.
It is reported that negotiators from Russia and Ukraine have not held a physical meeting for more than a month. The last face-to-face negotiation was held in Turkey on March 29.
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