© Reuters. Ukrainian nationwide flag is seen via the window of an condo destroyed throughout Russia’s invasion of Ukraine within the city of Borodianka, in Kyiv area, Ukraine Might 13, 2022. REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko
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(Reuters) – Ukraine mentioned it clawed again a bit of the economic centre of Sievierodonetsk, showing to stymie a Russian drive to seize the ruined jap metropolis, the main target of Moscow’s offensive to take the Donbas area.
FIGHTING
* Russia will proceed its navy operation in Ukraine till all its objectives have been achieved, mentioned Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.
* Ukraine doesn’t plan to make use of multiple-launch rocket methods it receives from america to assault amenities in Russia, a Zelenskiy adviser mentioned.
* Prosecutors investigating conflict crimes circumstances in Ukraine are analyzing allegations of the forcible deportation of kids to Russia for the reason that invasion as they search to construct a genocide indictment, the nation’s prime prosecutor informed Reuters.
* Two Reuters journalists had been injured and a driver killed on Friday after the automobile they had been in got here underneath hearth whereas heading to Sievierodonetsk.
ECONOMY AND DIPLOMACY
* Putin denied Russia was stopping Ukrainian ports from exporting grain, saying the most effective answer could be to ship it via Belarus if sanctions on that nation had been lifted.
* Turkey expects progress on a plan to unlock grain exports from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports when Russia’s overseas minister visits subsequent week, a senior Turkish official mentioned.
* U.N. officers warned a protracted conflict in Ukraine threatened a starvation disaster there and world wide.
* The EU blacklisted Russian navy commanders who it mentioned led troops concerned in atrocities in Ukraine, calling them the “butchers” of Bucha and Mariupol.
* Russia accused Germany of throwing European safety into imbalance by “remilitarizing”, as Berlin shores up its navy spending.* Russia’s International Ministry mentioned it was summoning the heads of U.S. media shops in Moscow on Monday to inform them of powerful measures in response to U.S. restrictions in opposition to Russian media.