Russia-Ukraine warfare reside: ‘we’ll rebuild’ says Zelenskiy on anniversary of invasion; China requires finish to assaults on civilians | Russia

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Ukraine has responded to China’s publication of a position paper on ending the war, saying it is a “good sign and a sign that China wants to be involved in the global efforts to stop the war in Ukraine,” Reuters reports, citing Leshchynska Zhanna, the charge d’affaires at the Ukrainian embassy in China.

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Zhanna also called for China offering more support to Ukraine, saying, “Ukraine would like to see China on its side, at the moment hina is not supporting Ukraine efforts.”

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Ukraine has a peace plan which it hopes China supports, she said.

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Earlier this week, Zelenskiy said that he had not been shown what was then being referred to as China’s ‘peace plan’, but that he would be open to a meeting with Chinese leaders.

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The US will provide Ukraine an additional $2bn in security assistance, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan has said.

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Sullivan made the announcement while speaking with the news broadcaster during a special live town hall to mark one year of Russia’s invasion in Ukraine.

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Sullivan said US President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy have had “deep conversations” about providing Ukraine with the weaponry and tools needed to fight the war against Russia.

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We’re going to continue to look at what is necessary, and make sure that we provide what is necessary that Ukraine has what it needs to succeed on the battlefield.”

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He said during Biden’s recent surprise visit to Ukraine, the US president “brought with him an announcement of more artillery, more ammunition, more Himars on the back of major announcements about American tanks and armoured vehicles.”

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Sullivan also mentioned recently announced security assistance for Ukraine, as well as more technology.

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We will keep working with them month by month to figure out if there are additional tools that they need,” Sullivan said.

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US President Joe Biden will meet virtually on Friday with G7 leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to mark the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and announce new sanctions against those aiding Russia’s war effort, the White House said.

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The same group came together last year hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine, imposing the first round of a series of sanctions, Reuters reports.

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“The G7 has become an anchor of our strong and united response to Russia,” White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Thursday. The leaders on Friday will discuss “how we continue supporting Ukraine” and ways to increase pressure on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine a year ago, she said.

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The sanctions will include Russian banks, technology and defense sectors, and will impact both people and companies involved in the conflict, according to Jean-Pierre.

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The US will also announce a fresh Ukrainian aid package that will include economic, security and energy support, she added.

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We’re just getting the first look at what is inside China’s so-called “Peace plan” for Ukraine, which was notably not shared with Ukraine’s leaders.

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So far, it looks fairly unsurprising, noting the dangers of nuclear weapons, which should be avoided, stressing the need for negotiations, and saying that ‘“one country’s security cannot be at the expense of another country’s security”. But one thing stands out, which is that China says it is opposed to “any unilateral sanctions not authorised by UN security council”.

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Many countries have imposed their own sanctions against Russian products, including gas, selling products within Russia, and on wealthy Russians with links to the Kremlin. So it seems like the cat’s out of the bag on that one.

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The paper also warns that, “nuclear weapons cannot be used and nuclear war cannot be fought”

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Here are the dot points from the peace plan:

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  • Respect sovereignty of all countries

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  • Country’s security cannot be at expense of other countries’ security

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  • Regional security cannot be guaranteed by strengthening or even expanding military blocs

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  • Cease fire and stop fighting, prevent Ukraine crisis from further aggravating or even getting out of control

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  • Gradually promote de-escalation and easing of situation and finally reach comprehensive ceasefire

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  • Dialogue, negotiation are only viable way to resolve Ukraine crisis

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  • Maintain safety of nuclear power plants, oppose armed attacks on nuclear facilities

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  • Nuclear weapons cannot be used and nuclear war cannot be fought

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  • Prevent nuclear proliferation, avoid any nuclear crisis

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  • We oppose development, use of biological and chemical weapons by any country under any circumstances

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  • Oppose any unilateral sanctions not authorised by UN security council

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On Thursday, Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said he had not seen any Chinese peace plan but he would welcome a meeting between Ukraine and China.

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“We would like to meet with China,” he said during a news briefing in Kyiv with the visiting Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, on the eve of the first anniversary the invasion.

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In joyful news: the Ukrainian football team that has not played in their home city since 2014, qualified for the knockout stages of the Europa League on Thursday with coach Igor Jovicevic hailing the win at French side Rennes as a “victory for Ukraine.”

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AFP reports that Shakhtar defeated Rennes 5-4 in a penalty shootout after their playoff had ended 3-3 on aggregate and then went to extra-time.

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The win comes on the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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“It was crucial. This match was for you, Ukraine, it was for our nation, for Ukraine,” stated Croatian nationwide Jovicevic who has labored in Ukraine for greater than 20 years.

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“I can’t discover the phrases in the mean time, we had been within the sport till the top,” he added.

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“You may nearly say that we died on the pitch, that we left our legs and arms there. This victory is a reward for our work.”

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Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine has reported that Russia is in talks with a Chinese manufacturer about buying 100 drones for use in the war, with a delivery date of April, but has not cited any specific sources.

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Over the past week the US has suggested China may be considering supplying weapons to Russia, while warning that any such move would have severe consequences. Beijing has denied this, saying they would continue to take “an objective and impartial stance” on the conflict.

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Der Spiegel said a Chinese drone manufacturer was prepared to make 100 prototypes of a model that they claim could carry a 35-50kg warhead.

It claims the drone is similar to Iran’s Shaheed-136, which Russia has used to launch countless attacks on Ukraine, claiming hundreds of lives and damaging civilian infrastructure.

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Moldova’s government has dismissed an accusation by Russia’s defence ministry that Ukraine is planning to invade the breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria after staging a false-flag operation.

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“We call for calm and for information to be received [by the public] from official and credible sources of the Republic of Moldova,” the federal government stated in an announcement.

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“Our establishments cooperate with international companions and within the case of threats to the nation, the general public will probably be promptly knowledgeable,” including that the federal government “don’t verify” the Russian defence ministry’s allegations.

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On Thursday, Russia’s defence ministry claimed Ukraine – which borders Moldova – posed “a direct risk” to Russian troops within the Russian-speaking area.

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At least 137,780 Russian military personnel have died in the war so far, according to the Ukrainian military, with around 824Russian soldiers dying a day this month, a marked increase from recent months and a figure not seen since the start of the war.

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A recent estimate by the US military said that each side had probably suffered about 100,000 deaths and injuries, putting the total number of deaths and casualties for Russia and Ukraine at 200,000.

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Russia’s own figure for casualties is far lower than the Ukrainian estimate, with The Conversation pointing out this month that Russia has provided only two official reports since the start of the war.

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“The most recent was on 21 September 2022, when defence minister Sergei Shoigu said that 5,937 Russian troops had been killed. Mediazona, an independent Russian publication which is working with the BBC News Russian service to monitor the death toll, puts the figure at 12,538 deaths. So the numbers vary wildly from source to source.”

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Ukraine has additionally shunned offering casualty figures, however in August final yr, the armed forces’ commander-in-chief, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, stated that 9,000 have died.

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As safety research knowledgeable Lily Hamourtziadou explains within the dialog:

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Casualty reporting is a strong software of warfare propaganda, seen most starkly within the tit-for-tat accounts of two incidents across the new yr. Ukraine claimed that its rocket assault on a Russian military barracks in Makiivka close to Donetsk within the east of Ukraine on New 12 months’s Eve killed 400 Russian troopers.

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Russia countered that the assault, whereas lethal, had killed solely about 60 troops (though distinguished pro-Moscow blogger and former army chief Igor Girkin reportedly claimed the dying toll was within the a whole bunch).

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The UN has overwhelmingly voted to call for Russia to immediately and unconditionally withdraw from Ukraine, marking one year since Moscow’s invasion by calling for a “comprehensive, just and lasting peace”.

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The resolution on Thursday night saw 141 countries in favour with seven against and 32 abstentions, including China.

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The Chinese deputy envoy to the UN, Dai Bing, said the west was throwing fuel on to the fire by arming Ukraine. That would only exacerbate tensions, he said.

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Leading the abstention camp, he claimed: “One year into the Ukraine crisis, the conflict is still grinding on and growing in scale, wreaking havoc to countless lives. A spillover effect is intensifying. We are deeply worried about this. China’s position on the Ukraine issue is consistent and clear. The sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries should be respected. The purposes and principles of the UN Charter should be observed. The legitimate security concerns of all countries should be taken seriously.”

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His remarks provoked a powerful rebuttal from Annalena Baerbock, the German foreign minister, rejecting his claim that the west was indulging in military spending at the expense of other priorities more important to ordinary people. She said it was specious to claim the military aid was worsening the crisis since if the west did not supply aid, the aggressor would be free to capture Ukraine and destroy the UN Charter.

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The military situation in Ukraine’s south is quite dangerous in some places while conditions in the east are very difficult, Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said in a video address early on Friday.

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Zelenskiy, speaking on the first anniversary of the Russian invasion, said pro-Moscow forces had again shelled the southern city of Kherson, this time cutting off heat for 40,000 people.

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“As for the south – in some places the situation is quite dangerous but our troops have the means to respond to the occupiers,” he said, summarising events on the various fronts.

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“In the east – it’s very difficult, painful. But we are doing everything to withstand it,” he continued, in reference to repeated attacks by Russian forces seeking to capture the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.

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Zelenskiy said repair work in Kherson, which is being shelled on a daily basis, would continue until heat was restored.

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“And we will rebuild. No matter what these Russian terrorists and bastards may do, we will rebuild and restore everything,” he said.

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On Friday morning, Ukrainians will wake up to an anniversary like no other: a year since Russia invaded their country and began a campaign of terror, striking civilian areas, targeting critical infrastructure and weaponising the freezing cold. Russia has been accused of war crimes including torture, raping women and children and carrying out mass executions.

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At least 8,000 Ukrainian civilians have been killed, though the true number is likely much higher. This figure includes 487 children. The war has turned more than eight million Ukrainians into refugees.

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Today, we will be looking back at the first year of the war in Ukraine, as well as reporting the day’s news and analysis on what might come next.

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My name is Helen Sullivan, and I’ll be bringing you news, photos and analysis throughout the day.

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If you would like to get in touch, the best place to find me is on Twitter @helenrsullivan.

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Here are the key recent developments in the war:

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  • Ukraine is bracing for possible fresh Russian attacks on key cities amid fears that the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, intends to mark the anniversary with a series of strikes. Ukraine’s general staff said Russian forces had stepped up attacks along the eastern frontline and its forces had repelled 90 assaults in the east and north-east in the past 24 hours.

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  • The Nato secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, has said the alliance has seen signs that China is considering supplying arms to Russia and warned Beijing against taking any such step. Stoltenberg said potential Chinese assistance would amount to providing direct “support to a blatant violation of international law, and of course [as] a member of the UN safety council China shouldn’t in any approach help violation of the UN constitution or worldwide legislation.”

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  • Vladimir Putin has stated Russia will deploy its new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, nicknamed “Devil 2”, in addition to roll out hypersonic missiles and new nuclear submarines. In an handle to mark the “Defender of the Fatherland” vacation on Thursday, Putin stated Russia would “pay elevated consideration” to spice up its nuclear forces on land, sea and within the air.

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  • Spain will ship Ukraine six Leopard tanks and is prepared to extend that quantity to 10 if crucial, the prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, confirmed throughout a go to to Kyiv on Thursday. “We are going to keep by Ukraine’s facet till peace returns to Europe,” he stated, including that Spain had supplied to coach Ukrainian troopers in tips on how to use the tanks.

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  • Finland will ship three Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine, the nation’s defence ministry has stated. The announcement comes after Sweden’s defence minister stated it was open to sending a few of its Leopard battle tanks. The Czech authorities has additionally introduced an extra army help cargo to Ukraine.

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  • A US military official has stated it might take as much as two years for M1 Abrams tanks to be delivered to Ukraine. The US introduced in January that it might provide Ukraine with 31 superior M1 Abrams tanks price $400m in a matter of months. However plans had been nonetheless being drawn up on how and once they can be delivered, the US military secretary, Christine Wormuth, stated.

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  • The EU’s prime diplomats have didn’t finalise the bloc’s tenth spherical of sanctions in opposition to Russia, which might ban the sale of extra military-critical applied sciences. Talks are understood to be caught on the query of rubber commerce with Russia. The US president, Joe Biden, will meet just about on Friday with G7 leaders and Volodymyr Zelenskiy to announce new sanctions in opposition to these aiding Russia’s warfare effort, the White Home says.

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Key occasions

“Russian warship, go fuck your self”: these could be the most well-known 5 phrases stated within the warfare.

Ukrainian troopers defending an island within the Black Sea from an air and sea bombardment reportedly instructed an officer on board a Russian navy warship to “go fuck your self” when requested to give up on 25 February 2022.

There have been 13 border guards stationed on Snake Island, a roughly 16-hectare (40-acre) rocky island owned by Ukraine that sits about 186 miles (300km) west of Crimea, when Russian troops bombed the island on Thursday.

Bohdan Hotskiy shot in Izmail, Ukraine in 2022. Hotsskiy was a captain on Snake Island when it was attacked by Russia on 25 February 2022.
Bohdan Hotskiy shot in Izmail, Ukraine in 2022. Hotsskiy was a captain on Snake Island when it was attacked by Russia on 25 February 2022. {Photograph}: Christopher Cherry/The Guardian

The trade went like this, my colleague Luke Harding reported later:

Russian warship: “Snake Island. I, Russian warship, repeat the provide: lay down your arms and give up, or you’ll be bombed. Have you ever understood me? Do you copy?”

First border guard to second border guard: “Effectively, that’s it then. Or do we have to inform them again to fuck off?”

Second border guard to first border guard: “May as nicely.”

First border guard: “Russian warship, go fuck your self.”

Quickly after the dialog, the Ukrainian army command misplaced contact with the island. It assumed all of its defenders had been killed.

However days later it emerged that they’d surrendered and had been prisoners of warfare. They had been freed in March that yr.

Within the meantime, Harding writes, the phrase “turned a nationwide slogan, a world meme and a logo of Ukraine’s heroic defiance within the face of Russian aggression.”

You may learn the complete story of what occurred to the lads in Snake Island right here:

G20 monetary leaders should condemn Russia’s aggression in opposition to Ukraine, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire instructed Reuters in an interview on Friday.

Talking on the primary day of the G20 monetary leaders assembly in Bengaluru, Le Maire additionally stated that Europe was “pondering and dealing on new sanctions on Russia”.

Here’s a video of the UN’s vote earlier on Russia withdrawing from Ukraine.

The United Nations overwhelmingly remoted Russia by calling for a “complete, simply and lasting peace”, demanding Russia withdraw its troops from Ukraine and cease combating. Marking one yr since Moscow’s invasion, the decision was adopted with 141 votes in favour and 32 abstentions. Six nations joined Russia to vote no: Belarus, North Korea, Eritrea, Mali, Nicaragua and Syria. China abstained from the vote – accusing the west of “including gas to the hearth” – a day after Beijing’s prime diplomat visited Moscow and pledged a deeper partnership with Russia:

UN marks one yr of Ukraine warfare with vote as Germany and China conflict over provide of weapons – video

On 9 March, two weeks after the invasion started, Russian forces bombed a maternity hospital in Mariupol.

The picture of Mariana Vishegirskaya, closely pregnant in cheerful pyjamas, her face smeered with blood, turned a beacon of Russia’s ruthlessness.

An injured pregnant woman walks downstairs in the damaged by shelling maternity hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine, Wednesday, 9 March 2022.
An injured pregnant girl walks downstairs within the broken by shelling maternity hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine, Wednesday, 9 March 2022. {Photograph}: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP

Vishegirskaya was later focused by a Russia disinformation marketing campaign accusing her of faking the accidents. The Russian embassy in London claimed in a sequence of tweets that Vishegirskaya had been employed as an actor to stage the photographs, together with a photograph of a totally totally different girl being stretchered out of the hospital.

On 11 March, she gave beginning to a child woman.

Marianna Vishegirskaya lies in a hospital bed after giving birth to her daughter Veronika, in Mariupol, Ukraine, Friday, 11 March 2022.
Marianna Vishegirskaya lies in a hospital mattress after giving beginning to her daughter Veronika, in Mariupol, Ukraine, Friday, 11 March 2022. {Photograph}: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP

Let’s check out among the pictures which have captured the occasions of the final yr.

The primary is Zelenskiy addressing Ukrainians on 24 February 2022. Showing shortly after midnight, Ukraine’s president urged Putin to, “Hearken to the voice of purpose”.

“The Ukrainian folks need peace,” he stated.

Later that day, as Russia launched strikes accross the nation, hitting 16 cities, Zelenskiy spoke once more.

Putin “desires to destroy our nation, and every part we’ve been constructing. However we all know the energy of the Ukrainian folks,” he stated.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks at a news briefing in Ukraine, 24 February 2022.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks at a information briefing in Ukraine, 24 February 2022. {Photograph}: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Reuters

A couple of days later, Zelenskiy walked streets of Kyiv’s authorities district defiantly, proving that, opposite to rumours he had fled, he was nonetheless within the nation – the place he would stay for nearly your entire first yr of the warfare.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks alongside other Ukrainian officials in the governmental district of Kyiv, confirming that he is still in the capital, in Kyiv, Ukraine 25 February 2022 in this screengrab obtained from a handout video.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks alongside different Ukrainian officers within the governmental district of Kyiv, confirming that he’s nonetheless within the capital, in Kyiv, Ukraine 25 February 2022 on this screengrab obtained from a handout video. {Photograph}: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Reuters

Right now on the Guardian’s Right now in Focus podcast: trying to find the primary casualty of the warfare in Ukraine.

Denys Tkach was killed within the early hours of 24 February 2022, an hour and twenty minutes earlier than Putin introduced a “particular army operation” in Ukraine. He was serving on a army checkpoint close to the village of Zorynivka within the japanese Luhansk area. Was this the second that the warfare actually started?

The Guardian’s chief reporter Daniel Boffey has been wanting into what occurred within the remaining hours of his life. He tells Michael Safi about assembly individuals who knew Tkach and studying in regards to the sophisticated penalties of his dying.

Ukraine welcomes China’s place paper as ‘ signal’ and requires China’s assist

Ukraine has responded to China’s publication of a place paper on ending the warfare, saying it’s a “good signal and an indication that China desires to be concerned within the world efforts to cease the warfare in Ukraine,” Reuters experiences, citing Leshchynska Zhanna, the cost d’affaires on the Ukrainian embassy in China.

Zhanna additionally known as for China providing extra help to Ukraine, saying, “Ukraine want to see China on its facet, in the mean time hina isn’t supporting Ukraine efforts.”

Ukraine has a peace plan which it hopes China helps, she stated.

Earlier this week, Zelenskiy stated that he had not been proven what was then being known as China’s ‘peace plan’, however that he can be open to a gathering with Chinese language leaders.

In cities world wide, individuals are protesting and commemorating the warfare.

In New York, a silent candlelight vigil occurred entrance of the Russian embassy on Thursday night time.

Ukrainian refugees and locals gathered for a ceremony within the village of Grabie, Wieliczka, Poland.

Nearer to dwelling, a commemoration occasion occurred on the Lychakiv army cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, the place relations visited the graves of fallen troopers.

Listed below are among the footage:

People hold banners during a silent candlelight vigil to show support for Ukraine in New York City, New York.
Folks maintain banners throughout a silent candlelight vigil to indicate help for Ukraine in New York Metropolis, New York. {Photograph}: David Dee Delgado/Reuters
A view of the main post office illuminated during a light show in Kyiv, Ukraine.
A view of the primary put up workplace illuminated throughout a lightweight present in Kyiv, Ukraine. {Photograph}: Anadolu Company/Getty Photographs
Ukrainian refugees and locals gather for ‘Light for Ukraine’ ceremony in the village of Grabie, Wieliczka, Poland.
Ukrainian refugees and locals collect for ‘Gentle for Ukraine’ ceremony within the village of Grabie, Wieliczka, Poland. {Photograph}: Artur Widak/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock
People attend a candlelight vigil in front of the Russian embassy in New York City, New York.
Folks attend a candlelight vigil in entrance of the Russian embassy in New York Metropolis, New York. {Photograph}: Irynka Hromotska/Reuters
A commemoration event takes place at the Lychakiv military cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, where family members visit the graves of fallen soldiers.
A commemoration occasion takes place on the Lychakiv army cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, the place relations go to the graves of fallen troopers. {Photograph}: Mykola Tys/SOPA Photographs/REX/Shutterstock
A woman seen in Asser Levy Park, Brooklyn, New York City, to mark one-year since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.
A girl seen in Asser Levy Park, Brooklyn, New York Metropolis, to mark one-year for the reason that invasion of Ukraine by Russia. {Photograph}: Edna Leshowitz/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock

Right here is the complete story on Shakhtar Donetsk’s thrilling – and really well-timed – Europa League win:

Hello, Helen Sullivan again with you.

Some US lawmakers have expressed displeasure with South Africa’s choice to host joint army workouts with Russia and China on the primary anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, however stated it might not scupper well being partnerships between the 2 nations.

South Africa’s 10-day joint naval workouts with Russia and China, that are being held off South Africa’s nation’s east coast and which South Africa has known as routine, have fuelled home criticism and fears that the drills will endanger necessary relations with western companions.

The Russian military frigate
The Russian army frigate “Admiral Gorshkov” docked on the port in Richards Bay on 22 February 2023. {Photograph}: Guillem Sartorio/AFP/Getty Photographs

Republican US Senator Lindsey Graham stated any nation that does such workouts are “gonna have issues,” however added that ending his nation’s 20-year-old US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Aid (Pepfar) programme geared toward HIV therapy and prevention might additionally damage the US. Graham was talking at a press briefing in Johannesburg.

Graham stated he would work with the Republican caucus to have Pepfar reauthorised this yr “regardless of the issues happening right here in South Africa with the Russians.”

Democratic Senator Chris Coons hinted that senators mentioned the army workouts with South Africa’s international minister, Naledi Pandor, in a gathering on Wednesday, however added that “each different minute right here has been about Pepfar.”

Pandor’s spokesperson Lunga Ngqengelele confirmed that the assembly occurred however couldn’t instantly verify the discussions.

I’ll hand you again to my colleague Helen Sullivan who will proceed to ship all the newest developments because the day unfolds.

Earlier than I’m going, right here is a bit more element from US nationwide safety adviser Jake Sullivan’s interview with CNN this night.

Sullivan instructed the broadcaster that the US has vowed to do “every part in our energy to get you the tools and the ammunition” that Ukraine wants.

That features 155-millimetre artillery shells, 120-millimetre tank shells amongst different instruments like Himars missiles.

He stated the US and Nato nations intention to extend ammunition for Ukraine “in order that the whole provide of every of those totally different types of ammunition grows month by month and we are able to proceed to maneuver to the entrance traces.”

He stated nations are placing in “immense effort and sources” into ramping up ammunition, however famous that “this isn’t one thing we are able to do with the snap of a finger.”

US to supply Ukraine extra $2bn in safety help

The US will present Ukraine a further $2bn in safety help, White Home nationwide safety adviser Jake Sullivan has stated.

Sullivan made the announcement whereas talking with the information broadcaster throughout a particular reside city corridor to mark one yr of Russia’s invasion in Ukraine.

Sullivan stated US President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy have had “deep conversations” about offering Ukraine with the weaponry and instruments wanted to struggle the warfare in opposition to Russia.

We’re going to proceed to have a look at what is critical, and ensure that we offer what is critical that Ukraine has what it must succeed on the battlefield.”

He stated throughout Biden’s latest shock go to to Ukraine, the US president “introduced with him an announcement of extra artillery, extra ammunition, extra Himars on the again of main bulletins about American tanks and armoured automobiles.”

Sullivan additionally talked about just lately introduced safety help for Ukraine, in addition to extra know-how.

We are going to preserve working with them month by month to determine if there are extra instruments that they want,” Sullivan stated.

The European Council has launched this assertion on the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The European Union will proceed to help Ukraine in political, financial, humanitarian, monetary and army phrases, together with by way of swift coordinated procurement from European trade. We can even help Ukraine’s reconstruction, for which we’ll try to make use of frozen and immobilised Russian belongings in accordance with EU and worldwide legislation.

We are going to additional enhance collective strain on Russia to finish its warfare of aggression. To this finish we’ll undertake a tenth sanctions bundle and we’ll take steps in opposition to those that try to bypass EU measures.

We help President Zelenskiy’s peace components. Along with our worldwide companions, we’ll ensure that Ukraine prevails, that worldwide legislation is revered, that peace and Ukraine’s territorial integrity inside its internationally recognised borders are restored, that Ukraine is rebuilt, and that justice is completed.

Till that day, we is not going to relaxation.”

Earlier, European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen raised the Ukrainian flag in entrance of the EU Fee.

The spirit and resolve of our Ukrainian associates are an inspiration to us all.

Right now we proudly elevate their flag in entrance of the @EU_Commission

Someday Ukraine will be part of our European household.

Someday this flag will fly excessive on a regular basis in Brussels, the place it rightfully belongs. pic.twitter.com/j25Q9MZnF0

— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) February 23, 2023

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The spirit and resolve of our Ukrainian associates are an inspiration to us all.

Right now we proudly elevate their flag in entrance of the @EU_Commission

Someday Ukraine will be part of our European household.

Someday this flag will fly excessive on a regular basis in Brussels, the place it rightfully belongs. pic.twitter.com/j25Q9MZnF0

— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) February 23, 2023

Samantha Lock

Samantha Lock

Hi there it’s Samantha Lock with you as my colleague Helen Sullivan takes a brief break.

As I mirror on one yr of overlaying the Russia-Ukraine warfare, here’s a brief snippet of what I recall on 24 February, 2022:

Putin’s forces invaded in an unprecedented pre-dawn assault that hit as most main European newsrooms had been sleeping. It was about 2pm in Sydney when the primary sequence of missiles had been launched in direction of Kyiv.

I used to be live-streaming the occasion when Putin introduced his invasion.

About an hour into the assembly when audio system took the ground to denounce Russia’s escalating tensions in direction of Ukraine, rumours started to flow into that an offensive in opposition to Ukraine had begun.

Again in Russia, President Vladimir Putin went on tv to announce a “particular army operation” in Ukraine’s japanese Donbas area had commenced.

The primary few hours of warfare had been frantic as missiles started to rain down close to Kyiv and Putin’s plan turned clear.

Handing over to my colleagues in London as Europe woke as much as a brand new actuality, I by no means imagined the warfare would dominate the information agenda one yr on.

US to impose new sanctions

US President Joe Biden will meet just about on Friday with G7 leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to mark the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and announce new sanctions in opposition to these aiding Russia’s warfare effort, the White Home stated.

The identical group got here collectively final yr hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine, imposing the primary spherical of a sequence of sanctions, Reuters experiences.

“The G7 has turn into an anchor of our robust and united response to Russia,” White Home spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre instructed reporters on Thursday. The leaders on Friday will focus on “how we proceed supporting Ukraine” and methods to extend strain on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine a yr in the past, she stated.

The sanctions will embrace Russian banks, know-how and protection sectors, and can affect each folks and corporations concerned within the battle, in response to Jean-Pierre.

The US can even announce a contemporary Ukrainian help bundle that may embrace financial, safety and power help, she added.

Japanese chief cupboard secretary Hirokazu Matsuno stated on Friday that Japan, as chair of the G7, desires to strengthen G7 ties and present agency cooperation with Ukraine.

Japan is about to host a web based G7 summit afterward Friday to debate the battle.

China’s place paper on Ukraine requires ceasefire, ‘gradual de-escalation’ and negotiations

We’re simply getting the primary have a look at what’s inside China’s so-called “Peace plan” for Ukraine, which was notably not shared with Ukraine’s leaders.

Thus far, it appears pretty unsurprising, noting the hazards of nuclear weapons, which ought to be prevented, stressing the necessity for negotiations, and saying that ‘“one nation’s safety can’t be on the expense of one other nation’s safety”. However one factor stands out, which is that China says it’s against “any unilateral sanctions not authorised by UN safety council”.

Many nations have imposed their very own sanctions in opposition to Russian merchandise, together with gasoline, promoting merchandise inside Russia, and on rich Russians with hyperlinks to the Kremlin. So it looks as if the cat’s out of the bag on that one.

The paper additionally warns that, “nuclear weapons can’t be used and nuclear warfare can’t be fought”

Listed below are the dot factors from the peace plan:

  • Respect sovereignty of all nations

  • Nation’s safety can’t be at expense of different nations’ safety

  • Regional safety can’t be assured by strengthening and even increasing army blocs

  • Stop fireplace and cease combating, stop Ukraine disaster from additional aggravating and even getting uncontrolled

  • Step by step promote de-escalation and easing of scenario and eventually attain complete ceasefire

  • Dialogue, negotiation are solely viable approach to resolve Ukraine disaster

  • Preserve security of nuclear energy vegetation, oppose armed assaults on nuclear amenities

  • Nuclear weapons can’t be used and nuclear warfare can’t be fought

  • Forestall nuclear proliferation, keep away from any nuclear disaster

  • We oppose improvement, use of organic and chemical weapons by any nation beneath any circumstances

  • Oppose any unilateral sanctions not authorised by UN safety council

On Thursday, Volodymyr Zelenskiy has stated he had not seen any Chinese language peace plan however he would welcome a gathering between Ukraine and China.

“We want to meet with China,” he stated throughout a information briefing in Kyiv with the visiting Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, on the eve of the primary anniversary the invasion.

Right here is Zelenskiy on 25 February 2022, the day after Russia had invaded:

Zelenskiy, February 25, 2022: "Now I need to handle the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Stand firmly. You might be all we’ve. You might be every part that protects our state. Glory to Ukraine" pic.twitter.com/q61AuMCPmZ

— Alina Bondarenko 🇺🇦 (@alina_bondarnk) February 23, 2023

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Zelenskiy, February 25, 2022: “Now I need to handle the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Stand firmly. You might be all we’ve. You might be every part that protects our state. Glory to Ukraine” pic.twitter.com/q61AuMCPmZ

— Alina Bondarenko 🇺🇦 (@alina_bondarnk) February 23, 2023

Extra now on the importance of the UN basic meeting’s decision calling for Russia to withdraw from Ukraine, by way of AP.

The Basic Meeting has turn into a very powerful UN physique coping with Ukraine as a result of the Safety Council, which is charged with sustaining worldwide peace and safety, is paralyzed by Russia’s veto energy. Basic Meeting resolutions will not be legally binding, in contrast to Safety Council resolutions, however function a barometer of world opinion.

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