Ukraine last holdout fighters have evacuated the steel plant there …..
A retired Russian military colonel admitted on his countries state TV that Russian efforts in the Ukraine were not going well.…
Peace talks between the two countries have paused due to the changing dynamic ‘s of the conflict….
The Ukrainan’s are no longer under pressure to settle with their military gaining ground and strength each day….
“After their condition stabilizes, we will exchange them for Russian prisoners of war,” Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said Tuesday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russian President Vladimir Putin had “guaranteed” that the fighters evacuated from the plant would “be treated consistent with the respective international laws,” Russia’s Interfax news agency reported.
Sweden has signed an application to join NATO, and Finland’s Parliament voted overwhelmingly to apply. President Biden is preparing to welcome Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and Finnish President Sauli Niinisto to the White House on Thursday. Both countries are expected to submit their applications to the military alliance this week.
Attacks continued in other parts of Ukraine, with the regional governor of Lviv saying early Tuesday that Russian forces shelled a military facility near the border with Poland. Lviv’s mayor, Andriy Sadovyi, said the assault was “one of the largest” on the Lviv region “in terms of the number of missiles.”
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