Russia Ukraine war map live: Ukrainian soldiers gains seen in Bakhmut

The Russian embassy in the United States has actually implicated its host country of “committing war crimes” over accepting send out cluster munitions to Ukraine in the continuing war.

“We paid attention to (White House national security spokesperson John) Kirby’s statements about the supply of cluster munitions to Ukraine. The official admitted de facto to committing war crimes by the United States in the Ukrainian conflict,” the Russian embassy in the United States said on the Telegram messaging app today.

The United States has actually revealed that it is sending out cluster munitions to Ukraine to help its military push back Russian forces entrenched along the frontline.

Despite issues from human rights group over using cluster munitions in a war, both Russia and Ukraine have actually implicated each other of already utilizing cluster munitions as the war raves on for more than 500 days.

Cluster munitions cover a bigger target location than routine weapons shells, and their usage in a military context is not naturally a war criminal activity.

Their usage in civilian locations or versus civilian targets, nevertheless, is thought about a war criminal activity, and more than 100 nations have actually signed a global treaty prohibiting them entirely due to their indiscriminate nature.

Neither Russia, the United States nor Ukraine are not celebrations to this treaty.

Last week, Ukraine guaranteed that the munitions delivered by the United States will not be utilized in Russia, hinting that they will likely be utilized in the locations of Ukraine where Russian forces are still active and combating.

Vladimir Putin’s close assistant Dmitry Medvedev has actually threatened to attack Ukraine’s nuclear reactor and other nuclear centers in eastern Europe in retaliation over unofficial claims on Telegram that Ukrainian forces attempted to strike a nuclear reactor in Russia’s Smolensk with British rockets.

“If the attempted Nato missile attack on Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant is confirmed, then it is necessary to consider the scenario of a Russian strike on the south Ukraine nuclear power plant, Rivne nuclear power plant, and Khmelnytskyi nuclear power plant, as well as nuclear facilities in eastern Europe,” he said in a post on Telegram messaging app.

The previous Russian president and now deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia was describing online claims about a tried attack – not reported by any authorities – on Russia’s Smolensk nuclear center by Ukraine’s militaries.

The exact same report declared there had actually been a tried strike on a military air base in the Kaluga area utilizing either 5В28 or British Storm Shadow rockets.

The claims were made by the popular Telegram channel Mash, which said Russian air defence systems shot down the rockets.

No Russian state media reports of the attack have actually been transmitted up until now, and authorities in the Smolensk and Kaluga areas did not report any occurrences on Sunday.

The Russian nuclear center said its 2 power systems are running regularly, while the 3rd system is under scheduled repair work.

An ‘important’ call in between United States secretary of state Antony Blinken and Ukraine’s foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba happened late last night ahead of the vital Nato Summit in Vilnius.

“I had an important discussion with Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba today ahead of this week’s Nato Summit,” Mr Blinken said on Twitter last night.

The 2 leaders likewise discussed “progress in Ukraine’s counteroffensive”, United States Department of State representative Matthew Miller said.

In Kyiv, Mr Kuleba said information of the Nato top were gone over on the call, hinting towards a “win” for Ukraine.

“I had a productive call with Secretary Blinken ahead of Vilnius,” Mr Kuleba said on Twitter. “With 48 hours left, we are working to make its final decisions a win for all: Ukraine, Nato and global security.”

The top begins tomorrow in Lithuania’s Vilnius.

Ukraine is wishing for positive actions towards Nato subscription, which it has actually strongly searched for Russia’s major intrusion, and anticipates a clear signal in Vilnius tomorrow.

The White House said that Joe Biden and his equivalents in the alliance will talk about the actions that still require to be finished by Ukraine.

Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukrainian forces have actually taken the “initiative” after making gains outside the eastern city of Bakhmut as part of a larger counteroffensive.

Stating that Ukraine is “advancing, albeit not as fast [as we would like]”, Mr Zelensky said: “We would all love to see the counteroffensive accomplished in a shorter period of time. But there is reality. Today, the initiative is on our side.”

“All of us, we want to do it faster because every day means new losses of Ukrainians. We are advancing. We are not stuck,” he said in an interview with United States news network ABC, keeping in mind that the armed force had actually gotten rid of a “kind of stagnation” in previous months.