© Reuters. Ukrainian nationwide flag is seen by the window of an condo destroyed throughout Russia’s invasion of Ukraine within the city of Borodianka, in Kyiv area, Ukraine Could 13, 2022. REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko
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(Reuters) – Russia stated its forces have been in full management of the Ukrainian city of Lyman, a railway hub within the Donetsk area, in a achieve that might assist set the stage for the following part of the Kremlin’s offensive within the japanese Donbas.
FIGHTING
* Russia’s defence ministry stated its forces had taken full management of Lyman, a railway hub west of Sievierodonetsk.
* Russia additionally stated it had used missile strikes to destroy Ukrainian command posts in Bakhmut and Soledar. Each cities lie on an essential highway working southwest from Lysychansk and Sievierodonetsk.
* Luhansk’s governor, Serhiy Gaidai, stated on Friday Russian troops had entered Sievierodonetsk, the most important Donbas metropolis nonetheless held by Ukraine.
* Gaidai stated 90% of buildings in Sievierodonetsk have been broken with 14 high-rises destroyed within the newest shelling.
* The Normal Employees of Ukraine’s armed forces stated Ukrainian forces had repelled eight assaults in Donetsk and Luhansk within the earlier 24 hours. Russia’s assaults included artillery assaults within the Sievierodonetsk space “with no success”, it stated.
* Ukraine has began receiving Harpoon anti-ship missiles from Denmark and self-propelled howitzers from the US, Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov stated.
DIPLOMACY
* Ukrainian presidential adviser and peace talks negotiator Mykhailo Podolyak stated any settlement with Russia can’t be trusted and Moscow can solely be stopped in its invasion by pressure.
* President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated on Friday Russia was weaponising a world meals provide disaster and the world should forestall large-scale famine. Moscow didn’t seem prepared for critical peace talks, he stated.
* The Kremlin blamed Kyiv for stalled peace talks.
ECONOMY
* A ship has entered the Ukrainian port of Mariupol for the primary time since Russia accomplished its seize of the town to load steel and ship it east to Russia, TASS information company reported, in a transfer that Kyiv decried as looting.
* The EU is in search of a deal this weekend to ban Russian oil deliveries by sea however not pipeline to win over Hungary. Zelenskiy has accused the EU of dithering.
COMING UP
* An EU summit on Monday and Tuesday might see divisions between members who need to take a tough line towards Russia and people calling for a ceasefire.
