US and Russia face to face in UN, America said - Moscow wants to eliminate Ukraine from the world map, Russia said - the campaign will continue
In the United Nations, America and Russia fiercely attacked each other. The US said that Russia wants to wipe Ukraine from the world map. Russia, on the other hand, made it clear that its campaign for liberation from Nazism would continue...
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US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said that Russia wants to erase Ukraine from the world map. Greenfield told the UN Security Council on Friday that the US has received indications that Russia wants to annex Ukraine's Donsk and Luhansk, as well as Kherson and Zaporizhzhya, reports AP news agency. Its aim is to get it mixed with itself by holding a pseudo plebiscite in the region. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has also made such a statement.
Warned about the supply of weapons
Russia's deputy ambassador to the UN, Dmitry Polinsky, said that the work of demilitarizing and freeing Ukraine from Nazism (the ideology of German dictator Hitler) will continue. Polinski also warned Western countries about the supply of long-range weapons to Ukraine.
America talks to Russia for the release of its citizens
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken telephoned Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov and pressured the Kremlin to release two of its citizens. This was the first interaction between top diplomats of the two countries after Russia's attack on Ukraine.
Russia halts Latvia's gas supply
Russian company Gazprom said it had stopped gas supplies to Latvia for breach of contract. It is believed that this action was taken after refusing to pay in rubles to Russia.
Red Cross sought permission for inspection of jails
The Red Cross has sought permission to inspect the jails. The international body that oversees the treatment of prisoners of war in Russia and Ukraine said it wanted to know the health status of those in prisons. Russia alleges that Ukraine attacked the Olenivka prison, killing 53 Ukrainian prisoners of war and injuring more than 75. Ukraine blamed Russia and demanded an investigation by the Red Cross and the United Nations.
Ukraine claims an edge in Kherson
According to Reuters, the Ukrainian military claimed that it had killed at least 100 Russian soldiers on Friday and destroyed seven tanks and two weapons depots. Rail service connecting Kherson has also been disrupted. Ukrainian officials said that Russia carried out heavy bombings on Kharkiv and Mykolaiv overnight.
