KHERSON, Ukraine — A triumphant President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday visited this southern city recaptured simply days in the past by his nation’s troops, saying in a speech in entrance of a number of hundred gathered within the central sq. that the victory marked the “starting of the top of the conflict.”
CIA Director William J. Burns met in Ankara on Monday along with his Russian counterpart to warn Moscow towards utilizing nuclear weapons in its conflict on Ukraine, in response to a White Home spokesperson who spoke on the situation of anonymity to debate a delicate dialog.
The Pentagon assesses that “tens of hundreds of Russian forces” have evacuated to the japanese aspect of the Dnieper river within the retreat from the town of Kherson, in what a senior navy official known as a “very important” growth within the conflict. The official, talking on the situation of anonymity beneath phrases set by the Pentagon, added that Russians are “shoring up their defensive traces” on the japanese banks of the river in a bid to carry on to the territory on that aspect.
Right here’s the newest on the conflict and its ripple results throughout the globe.
1. Ukraine reclaims Kherson
2. Different key developments
5. From our correspondents
Fighting-age men in Russia are still hiding in fear of being sent to war: Despite the fact that Putin has proclaimed Russia’s current navy mobilization full, many are scared they might be conscripted and deployed towards their will to battle on the Ukrainian entrance. The Washington Submit’s Mary Ilyushina interviewed six males who’ve spent weeks hiding in rented residences, nation homes and even a music studio — amongst hundreds believed to be evading enlistment officers whereas remaining in Russia.
Amongst them is a younger IT employee who lives in a tent within the forest to forestall navy authorities from catching him, utilizing photo voltaic panels and a satellite tv for pc dish to work remotely. “I feared that I’d get drafted if I’m going to the shop or that somebody will come to my home,” he advised The Submit. He requested anonymity as a result of he’s hiding from the authorities. Survival in a forest is difficult, however higher than the destiny he believes would await him in Ukraine.
“They’re struggling even earlier than they get to the entrance line and might simply get, say, pneumonia, and nobody will care, which put it into perspective for me,” he stated. “I’m both mobilized and put into one thing akin to a jail, the place you don’t have any rights, simply obligations, or I keep right here, the place I nonetheless have many issues and points, however I’m free.”
Pietsch reported from Seoul and Sands from London.
