Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 458 of the invasion

The decease toll from a Russian rocket attack connected an outpatient clinic in the eastbound Ukrainian metropolis of Dnipro has risen to two, with 30 radical wounded, according to media reports. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said: “Russian terrorists erstwhile again corroborate their presumption of fighters against everything humane and honest.”

A woody allowing the harmless export of atom and fertiliser from Ukrainian Black Sea ports has not yet resumed afloat operations, the UN said connected Friday, having travel to a halt earlier Russia’s determination past week to widen it.

Russia’s lawman information assembly chair, Dmitry Medvedev, has said the struggle successful Ukraine could past for decades and that negotiations with Ukraine were intolerable arsenic agelong arsenic Volodymyr Zelenskiy was successful power.

The US caput of state, Antony Blinken, plans to sojourn Finland, Sweden and Norway from this Monday to deepen practice connected apical nationalist information and economical issues, the US authorities section has. Since Russia’s penetration of Ukraine, Finland has joined Nato, with Sweden’s bid to articulation awaiting ratification from Hungary and Turkey.

Russian overseas minister, Sergei Lavrov, has told China’s peculiar envoy Li Hui determination are “serious obstacles” to resuming bid talks, blaming Ukraine and occidental countries.

The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has said successful a telephone telephone with his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, that Russia is unfastened to dialog implicit Ukraine. Lula tweeted that helium had reiterated Brazil’s willingness to speech to some sides of the warfare successful Ukraine but declined Putin’s invitation to visit.

The erstwhile UK premier curate Boris Johnson and erstwhile US president Donald Trump discussed Ukraine and “the captious value of Ukrainian victory” connected Thursday, a spokesperson for Johnson said.

Canada has said it backs Ukraine’s exertion to articulation the broad and progressive statement for trans-Pacific partnership (CPTPP). Canada’s commercialized minister, Mary Ng, tweeted: “Following the UK’s accession, arsenic much economies explicit involvement successful joining, Canada welcomes Ukraine’s exertion to articulation CPTPP.”

The cross-border incursion earlier this week into Belgorod is driving Russian governors successful the portion to request a alteration successful the instrumentality truthful that their unpaid borderline forces tin beryllium armed. At contiguous section unpaid self-defence units cannot beryllium armed, but Belgorod’s governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said helium and others were moving to effort to alteration the law.

The Russian arms institution Kalashnikov, shaper of the world’s astir wide utilized battle rifle, is launching a part for the accumulation of kamikaze drones – a cardinal limb utilized successful the Ukraine war

Canada volition donate 43 AIM-9 missiles to Ukraine to assistance the state “secure its skies”, the nationalist defence has said. “Canada’s enactment for Ukraine is unwavering,” said Canada’s defence minister, Anita Anand.

Moscow’s metropolis tribunal volition clasp a preliminary proceeding adjacent Wednesday successful a caller transgression lawsuit against the jailed Kremlin professional Alexei Navalny connected charges including incitement to extremism.

A blast that damaged a residential and bureau gathering successful the confederate Russian metropolis of Krasnodar, eastbound of Crimea, connected Friday was caused by 2 drones. Krasnodar’s governor, Veniamin Kondratyev, wrote connected Telegram: “There is immoderate harm to buildings, but captious infrastructure was not damaged. And astir importantly, determination were nary casualties.”

Ukraine claims to person changeable down 10 missiles and 25 drones launched by Russia successful overnight attacks connected the superior of Kyiv, the metropolis of Dnipro and eastbound regions. Several drones and missiles deed targets successful the Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions, officials said connected Friday. There was nary contiguous connection of immoderate deaths.

The metropolis of Donetsk has travel nether occurrence from Ukrainian forces, the Russian-imposed person of the occupied Donetsk region, Denis Pushilin, has said. As a result, helium said, a young pistillate died and different was injured.

Ukraine struck 2 regions successful confederate Russia with a rocket and a drone, though the rocket was changeable down by aerial defences, according to Russian officials and media reports. In the confederate Russian metropolis of Krasnodar, a blast damaged a residential and bureau building, officials said. In the neighbouring Rostov region, the section politician said a Ukrainian rocket had been changeable down by aerial defences connected Thursday adjacent Morozovsk, wherever determination is simply a Russian airbase.

Japan volition spot further sanctions connected Russia aft the Group of Seven (G7) acme the state hosted past week agreed to measurement up measures to punish Moscow’s penetration of Ukraine, the main furniture secretary, Hirokazu Matsuno, has said.