Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, starting a war that has already killed thousands of people, destroyed several cities and forced millions to flee the country.
Armed conflict also causes a serious crisis in the supply chain of certain products to other countries, such as grains, and contributes to rising inflation.
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Updated April 12, 2024 | 16:05
Kyiv and Moscow exchanged bodies of more than 120 soldiers
Authorities in Ukraine and Russia confirmed this Friday that they have carried out a new exchange of more than 120 soldiers killed in the war between the two countries, which began more than two years ago.
The Coordination Center for the Treatment of Prisoners of War of Ukraine, in a message published on the Telegram network, indicated that the authorities received the remains of 99 servicemen, of whom 77 died in battles in the Donetsk region, 20 in Zaporozhye and two in Kharkov.
For its part, the Russian government received the bodies of 23 servicemen, which was confirmed by deputy Shamsail Saraliev in a statement to the RBC news portal.
Kyiv condemns the use of Western components in Russian missiles
The head of the office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak, said this Friday that the missiles used by Russia in recent weeks to attack Ukrainian thermal power plants contain components produced in Western and Asian countries.
“The enemy is attacking Ukrainian thermal power plants with missiles containing components from Western and Asian countries,” Ermak wrote in a message published on his Telegram account.
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, an adviser and right-hand man, warned of the situation after Russia launched more than 40 missiles into Ukraine early Thursday morning, where the main target of the attack was energy infrastructure.
Russia attacks Ukrainian energy facilities
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia was forced to launch attacks that caused significant damage to Ukrainian energy facilities in response to Kyiv’s attacks on Russian facilities, Reuters reported.
The president said the attacks were part of the process of “demilitarizing” Ukraine, one of the goals he cited when he sent Russian troops into Ukraine in February 2022.
“Unfortunately, we recently witnessed a series of attacks on our energy facilities and were forced to respond,” Putin said.
Source: CM Jornal
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