"100 Days Of War": Russia Now Holds 20% Of Ukraine As Assault Intensifies


President Volodymyr Zelensky told Luxembourg lawmakers about 20 per cent of Ukrainian territory was now in Russian hands.

Ukraine War Status

  • Ukraine marked 100 days since Russia's invasion on Friday with fighting raging across the east of the country, where Moscow's forces are tightening their grip on the Donbas.
  • The sombre milestone came as Kyiv announced Moscow was now in control of a fifth of Ukrainian territory, including Crimea and parts of the Donbas seized in 2014.
  • After being repelled from around the capital, President Vladimir Putin's troops have set their sights on capturing eastern Ukraine, prompting warnings the war could drag on.
  • NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned Thursday that Ukraine's allies needed to brace for a gruelling "war of attrition". Also he Repeated that NATO does not want direct confrontation with Russia.
  • "It's very difficult here, Shooting is everywhere, it's scary. No water, electricity or gas," said paramedic Ekaterina Perednenko, 24, who only returned to the city five days ago but realises that she will have to leave again.

Financial ups and down

  • Led by the United States, Western nations have pumped arms and military supplies into Ukraine to help it survive the onslaught.
  • Bridget Brink, the new US ambassador to Kyiv, promised Thursday that the United States would "help Ukraine prevail against Russian aggression," after presenting her credentials to Zelensky.
  • Earlier, the United States announced that it was sending more advanced Himar multiple rocket launch systems to Ukraine.
  • They are the centrepiece of a $700 million package that also includes air-surveillance radar, ammunition, helicopters and vehicles.
  • Ramping up an already long list of bans, the United States blacklisted Putin's money manager and a Monaco company that provides luxury yachts to Moscow's elite.
  • Across the Atlantic, EU nations agreed new sanctions that would halt 90 percent of Russian oil imports to the bloc by the end of the year.
  • The war risks triggering a global food crisis, as Ukraine is one of the world's top grain producers.
  • It was already translating into higher costs for essentials from cereals to sunflower oil to maize, with the poorest among the hardest hit.

Since Russia's February 24 invasion, thousands of people have been killed and millions forced to flee. On the battlefield, up to 100 Ukrainian soldiers are dying every day.


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