Russia intensifies offensive in eastern Ukraine The missile strikes continued in the industrial area of Donbass and nearby Donetsk and Harkiv. Twenty Russian warships, including submarines, are stationed in the Black Sea. Extreme levels of flood danger were announced in Ukraine today. Meanwhile, Ukraine launched a heavy counterattack near the television tower in the Russian-held city of Harsen.
Mariupol, who withdrew from the Russian army, is under threat of an epidemic. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Selensky. He said an investigation by an international agency was needed into Bucha, where the mass graves were found. He said Putin had agreed to a UN plan to rescue thousands of people trapped with Ukrainian militants at the Azovastal steel plant in Mariupol.
European nations have launched a joint effort to prevent Russia from suspending natural gas supplies to NATO countries Poland and Bulgaria. It has been decided not to accept Putin’s demand that the price be paid in rubles. The two countries agreed to export food grains from Ukraine through the Bulgarian port of Varna.
The United States has accused Russia of plotting to overthrow the occupied territories of Ukraine. President Joe Biden has said that the United States and NATO will continue to support Ukraine until Russia’s end military action.
