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Russia maintains assault operations in the eastern city of Severodonetsk

Russian troops maintain their offensive in the Ukrainian city of Severodonetskin the eastern region of Luganskwhere in the last few hours they have been carrying out various assault operations, according to the latest part of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

“The enemy is carrying out assault operations” with the support of mortar fire in Severodonetsk and in nearby towns such as Bobrove and Ustynivka, says the military report on Thursday.

In the last 24 hours, it adds, Ukraine has stopped thirteen enemy attacks in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, and has destroyed two tanks, six artillery systems, eight armored combat vehicles and four trucks of the invaders.

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Hungary blocks the sixth package of sanctions against Russia for the war in Ukraine, now by Kirill

Hungary again blocks the final agreement on the sixth European package of sanctions against Russia, demanding that Russia be removed from the list of sanctions Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirillreports the Hungarian news portal hvg.hu.

After the political agreement of the last European Council, the ambassadors of the member countries of the European Union (EU) should now give their final approval to the legal text that sets the sixth round of negotiations, but Hungary blocks the agreement by demanding that the name de Kirill is removed from the sanctioned list, says hvg.hu.

The Hungarian Prime Minister, the ultra-nationalist Viktor Orbán, had already announced in mid-May that Hungary would not support EU sanctions against Russia targeting religious leaders, including Patriarch Kirill.

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Borrell, satisfied with the Danish decision to join the common defense of the EU

The high representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, has welcomed with “satisfaction” the “historic” decision of Denmark to strengthen defense cooperation within the EU. “The Danish people have spoken. They have decided to abolish the 30-year defense-related opt-out clause from the EU,” Borrell said in a statement.

Denmark approved this Wednesday to strengthen defense cooperation within the EU by eliminating the exception that it had maintained in that area for three decades in a historic referendum called in response to the war in Ukraine.

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At the front with the tankers of the 92 Brigade: “We go out every day to kill Russians”

For Andrii today is a holiday. They just canceled the mission for the day and he’s donning sandals and a surfer hat instead of his bulky padded helmet. To be in this recently liberated village three kilometers from the front is to be on vacation, even if the roar of war is heard loudly. She has left her tank, a huge T72 captured from the Russians, of which she is commander, camouflaged under a tree, a stone’s throw from the front line.

Read the complete information from Alberto Rojas in EL MUNDO.

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Russia closes siege on eastern Ukraine after 99 days of war

The Russian army on Thursday tightened the siege on the strategic Ukrainian city of Severodonetskin the region of Donbásabout to complete 100 days of the war in ukraine. With its lightning offensive to topple the pro-Western government in kyiv frustrated, Moscow is concentrating on a war of attrition to conquer the mining area in Donbas, partially controlled since 2014 by pro-Russian separatists.

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Deputy Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament visits the Congress on Thursday

The vice-president of the Rada of Ukraine, Olena Kondratiuk, plans to make a visit to the Congress of Deputies this Thursday, where she will be received by its president, Meritxell Batet, at 11 in the morning.

Batet will welcome Kondratiuk in the Hall of Lost Steps where photographs that are part of the exhibition ‘Chronicles of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine 2022: The Beginning’, by photojournalist Maks Levin, who was killed by armed forces, will then be screened. of Russian occupation.

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The Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk, about to fall into the hands of the Russian army

It is about to be 100 days since the start of the war in ukraine and Russia continues to advance to the east of the country. Severodonetsk, a key Ukrainian city in the Donbas region, is about to fall to Russian troops in a conflict that could last “several months”, warns the United States, which yesterday promised to send more weapons to Ukraine.

“The Russians already control 70% of Severodonetsk,” said Sergei Gaidai, governor of the Lugansk region, yesterday. According to him, the city is destroyed at 90″.

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