As the Russo-Ukrainian war enters its 398th day, let’s take a look at the main developments.
Here is the current situation as of Tuesday, March 28, 2023:
diplomatic
- Russian President Vladimir Putin says Western criticism will not affect Russian plan to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus.
- The United Nations Security Council has rejected a Russian resolution calling for an independent investigation into September explosions at the Nord Stream gas pipeline.
- Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy met Rafael Grossi, head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, in the city of Zaporizhzhia, where they discussed the situation at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant amid Ukraine’s concerns This nuclear plant may face water shortage.
- State news agency RIA reported that Russia had warned Armenia of “serious consequences” if it submitted to the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which issued the warrant for his arrest. Putin.
- Hungary’s parliament approved Finland’s NATO membership after months of delay. The move means that 29 of the 30 NATO member state parliaments have approved Finland’s accession, with Turkey expected to also ratify Helsinki next month.
- Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland have issued a Joint statement calls on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to restrict the permission of Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
Fight
- The governor of Ukraine’s Donetsk region said at least two people were killed and 29 wounded, including a child, following a Russian attack on the city of Sloviansk.
- Russian forces are turning Avdiivka, a city in the Donetsk region near Bakhmut, into “a location from a post-apocalyptic movie,” a Ukrainian official said.
- Zelenskyy met troops in southeastern Ukraine during his ongoing visits to frontline areas.
weapon
- Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of Russia’s Security Council, warned that Moscow has enough nuclear weapons to destroy “any enemy”, including the United States.
- Prime Minister Olaf Scholz said Germany has delivered 18 advanced Leopard battle tanks, 40 German Marder infantry fighting vehicles and two armored recovery vehicles to Ukraine.
- Poland and the European Union discussed the production of artillery shells as part of a new 2 billion euro ($2.2 billion) program to supply Ukraine and also to re-equip its forces. European armament.
