The Russian shelling of Donetsk Oblast on June 1 killed at least three people and injured 12 more, Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko wrote on Telegram ... Show more https://kyivindependent.com/russian-forces-kill-2-injure-12-in-donetsk-oblast-over-past-day/
Russian forces attacked the town of Toretsk in Donetsk Oblast with Grad rockets, injuring five people, including an 11-year-old child ... Show more
Russian troops struck Sloviansk and Kramatorsk on May 5, damaging a ceramic granite factory and an administrative building of a heavy equipment plant ... Show more https://kyivindependent.com/governor-russian-forces-hit-industrial-enterprises-in-donetsk-oblast/
Photos published by Donetsk Oblast Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko on March 26 show the magnitude of destruction in Vuhledar, Donetsk Oblast.
Earlier ... Show more https://kyivindependent.com/donetsk-oblast-governor-shows-destruction-in-vuhledar/
A Russian strike hit an apartment building in the city of Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast, on Feb. 15, Pavlo Kyrylenko, the governor of Donetsk Oblast, reported ... Show more
Quick Glance: Ukraine claims that fighting continues in the key town of Soledar, despite Wagner's claims of control.
- Dmitry Peskov, a Kremlin spokesman, said Russian forces had "positive dynamics in advancing" in Soledar but stopped short of declaring victory.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky said late Monday that "everything" around Bakhmut and the nearby town of Soledar had been "completely destroyed," with "almost no life left."
- Capturing Soledar and its vast salt mines would have symbolic, military, and commercial significance for Russia.
- For months, Russian forces have been fighting to capture Bakhmut, a major step in the larger campaign to conquer all of Donetsk, one of the four provinces Russia claimed to have annexed three months ago.
Quick Glance: EU Sees Legal Justification for Using Seized Russian Central Bank Assets
- According to people familiar with the situation, European Union member states have been told that the bloc has the legal authority to temporarily leverage at least €33.8 billion ($36.8 billion) of Russian central bank assets to help pay for Ukraine's reconstruction.
- According to the people, the Council Legal Service of the EU told diplomats that such a plan is legally feasible as long as the assets are not expropriated and certain conditions are met.
- According to the people, these include a termination date, a focus on liquid assets, and assurances that the principal and interest would be returned to Russia at some point.