Last minute of the war, live | Ukrainian forces repel Russian troops in one Donbas province, but Moscow advances in another | International
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What has happened in the last hours in Ukraine
On the 94th day of the war initiated by Russia against Ukraine, these are the key data at 8:00 am this Saturday, May 28:
Zelensky: “Donbas will be ours again. We will rebuild every village, every community.” The president of Ukraine, Volodímir Zelenski, has assured this Friday in a video that “Donbas will be Ukrainian”. The president has assured that they will recover the cities of Limán and Sievierodonetsk, taken by the Russian troops. The focus of the fighting remains in the east of the country.
The former Ukrainian president fears that Ukraine will cease to exist as an independent state. The ousted former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych has expressed this Friday the fear that Ukraine will not only lose territories in the east and south of the country, but that it will disappear as an independent state. “As painful as it is to write, Ukraine as a state is in extreme danger. It is threatened with total destruction. It is not only about the risk of losing large territories in the south and east of the country,” Yanukovych wrote on social media.
International Criminal Court urges Russia to cooperate in Ukraine investigation. Russia must cooperate in the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation into alleged war crimes committed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, prosecutor Karim Khan told AFP on Friday. Khan has assured that Moscow refuses to work with the court since the opening of the investigation, but that its “door is open”
Germany advocates starting to “rebuild” Ukraine even if the war is not over. German Development Minister Svenja Schulze has advocated starting Ukraine’s reconstruction even though Russia’s attacks are not over yet. During her visit to kyiv, Ella Schulze stressed that aid for this purpose should be delivered immediately and “should not wait until the war is over.” “You need to start rebuilding now,” she has said. “Ukrainians need water and electricity. Those who have fled their homes need a roof over their heads, the children, to be able to go back to school,” she said.
NATO will hold its next defense ministers meeting on June 15-16 with the presence of Ukraine, Sweden, Finland and Georgia. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has announced that on June 15 and 16 it will hold a meeting of defense ministers to continue discussing the situation of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
The Champions League final, dedicated to the Ukrainian people. Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp has dedicated the Champions League Final against Real Madrid in Paris, which takes place this Saturday, to the Ukrainian people, expressing his support for the country against the Russian invasion.
In the picture, of Alexei Alexandrov (AP), a woman walks in front of a destroyed building in Mariupol.