Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 98 of the invasion

 Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 98 of the invasion

 Russia- Ukraine war at a regard 

 Russia- Ukraine war what we know on day 98 of the irruption 

Sievierodonetsk substantially under Russian control; Kremlin farther cuts gas inventories to Europe; seed bank in Kharkiv at threat 

 

Russia- Ukraine war rearmost updates 

Russia has said that a US decision to supply advanced rocket systems and munitions to Ukraine was extremely negative and would increase the threat of a direct battle. Russian deputy foreign minister, Sergei Ryabkov, said that Moscow viewed US military aid to Ukraine “ extremely negatively ”. “ Attempts to present the decision as containing an element of ‘ tone- restraint ’ are useless, ” Ryabkov said. “ The fact that the United States, at the head of a group of countries, is engaged in a purposeful pumping of munitions into the Kyiv governance is an egregious thing. ” 

 

 US President Joe Biden has verified he'll shoot the more advanced, longer- range rocket systems to Kyiv, a critical armament that Ukrainian leaders have been asking for as they struggle to stall Russian progress in the Donbas region. The medium- range high mobility ordnance rocket systems are part of a new$ 700m tranche of security backing from the US. 

Serhiy Haidai, Ukraine’s governor of Luhansk, has said that Russia now controls 70 of the megacity of Sievierodonetsk, which is the main gauntlet of Russia’s attack at the present time, and a crucial ideal if Russian forces are to control the total of the Donbas region. Haidai posted to Telegram claiming that “ the Russians control 70 of Sievierodonetsk. Ukrainian colors retreated to further profitable,pre-prepared positions. Another part continues fighting inside the megacity. ” 

 

 President Zelenskiy has blasted the “ madness ” of bombing a chemical factory in Sievierodonetsk. “ Given the presence of large- scale chemical product in Sievierodonetsk, the Russian army’s strikes there, including eyeless air bombing, are just crazy. ” Original officers said a nitric acid tank was hit and posted images of pink bank jutting. 

 Zelenskiy said Ukraine’s military forces have had some successes near Kherson and in corridor of the Kharkiv region. 

 

 The UK’s ministry of defence rearmost assessment of the situation on the ground in Ukraine says “ Russian ground operations remain tightly concentrated, with the weight of fire power concentrated within a small sector of Luhansk oblast. Over 30- 31 May, fighting boosted in the thoroughfares of Sievierodonetsk, with Russian forces pushing near to the city centre. Over half of the city is probably now enthralled by Russian forces, including Chechen fighters. Beyond the Donbas, Russia continues to conduct long- range bullet strikes against structure across Ukraine. ” 

 

 Overnight a videotape depicting children contended to have been killed by Ukrainian forces in the Russian- engaged Donbas region of Ukraine was projected on to the US delegacy in Moscow as part of a kick to coincide with International Children’s Day. 

 Germany will supply Ukraine with the IRIS- T air defence system, chancellor Olaf Scholz said, following pleas from Kyiv and German opposition parties to step up heavy munitions deliveries. 

Switzerland’s government has nixed Denmark’s request to shoot Swiss- made armoured labor force carriers to Ukraine. Denmark votes moment in a vote asking the nation whether it wants to end its decades- long conclude- out from common European Union defence programs. Denmark’s foreign minister, Jeppe Kofod, has said he'll ask congress hereafter for Denmark’s support of the accession of Sweden and Finland to Nato. 

Ukraine is working on an transnationalUN-led operation with nonmilitary mates to insure a safe trade route for food exports, according to Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, who said Russia was playing “ hunger games with the world by blocking Ukrainian food exports ”. 

 

 

 Pope Francis appealed to authorities to lift the block on wheat exports from Ukraine, saying the grain can not be used as a “ armament of war ”. 

 

 The African Union advised EU leaders that Moscow’s leaguer of Ukraine’s anchorages risked “ a disastrous script ” of food dearths and price rises. Senegal’s chairman, Macky Sall, who chairs the union, said “ the worst is maybe ahead of us ” if current global food force trends continued. 

 Ukraine would make 80 suspected war culprits, said the prosecutor general, Iryna Venediktova. Representatives of a group of countries probing Russian war crimes have met with the transnational felonious court prosecutor, Karim Khan, at The Hague. 

A elderly Russian legislator has suggested abducting a Nato defence minister. Oleg Morozov from the United Russia party said on Rossiya- 1 state television he'd a “ fantastical plot ” that a Nato war minister would travel to Kyiv and wake up in Moscow. 

 

 

 warrants against Russia are directed at ordinary citizens and motivated by abomination, the former chairman, Dmitry Medvedev, has said. Medvedev, who advises Vladimir Putin on public security, said on Telegram that the “ endless tango of profitable warrants ” wo n’t touch the political nobility but have brought losses for big business. 

 

 Russia has further cut off gas inventories to Europe. Gazprom turned off the gates to a top Dutch dealer and halted overflows to some companies in Denmark and Germany. The intensification follows the EU’s decision to place an proscription on utmost Russian oil painting significances. 

 Ukraine’s giant seed bank is in peril of being destroyed. The inheritable law for nearly crops rests in underground vaults grounded in Kharkiv, north- eastern Ukraine, which has come under violent bombing. 

Russia says it has has completed testing of its hypersonic Baguette voyage bullet and will emplace it before the end of the time on a new frigate of its Northern Fleet. 

 

 Ukraine will face Scotland tonight in what's set to be a largely- emotionally charged football match in Glasgow. The winners will play Wales on Sunday for the final situation at the 2022 Fifa World Cup in Qatar.