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Ukrainian army: recaptured about 180 settlements in the south

According to their own statements, the Ukrainian armed forces have so far recaptured a total of 179 settlements in the south of their country after the withdrawal of Russian forces. In the Kherson and Mykolaiv areas, an area about 4,500 square kilometers northwest of the Dnipro River had been liberated in recent days, the Unian agency reported, citing the South Task Force.

Zelenskyy to Ukrainians: ‘We all feel our victory approaching’

Despite the ongoing Russian attacks, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy has encouraged his compatriots. “We all feel our victory approaching,” Zelenskyj said in his daily video message on Sunday evening. “There are always people fighting and working for our victory.” Zelenskyy thanked soldiers, doctors and diplomats who have been on duty in Ukraine 24 hours a day since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression.

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Selenskyj: Already 400 war crimes documented in Kherson

In the meantime, in the liberated Kherson in the south of the country, people are working feverishly to restore life as normal as possible. In addition, the “neutralization” of Russian saboteurs and the capture of remaining Russian soldiers is underway. About 400 Russian war crimes have been documented so far and, according to Selenskyj, the bodies of civilians and military personnel have also been found in the city. “In the Kherson region, the Russian army committed the same atrocities as in other regions of our country it entered,” Zelensky said. “But we will find every killer and bring them to justice.”

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov arrives in Bali for the G20 summit

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov has arrived at the summit of the Group of Great Economic Powers (G20) on the Indonesian island of Bali. Amid huge international tensions over Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, he will be on hand in the coming days to represent Kremlin boss Putin, who has canceled his participation. Russian state media released a video showing Lavrov getting off his plane in Bali.

Scholz regrets Putin’s cancellation of G20

German Chancellor Scholz (SPD) deplored Russian President Putin’s decision not to attend the G20 summit on the Indonesian island of Bali. “It would have been good if President Putin had gone to the G20 summit,” Scholz said in Hanoi, Vietnam. “Then he would have had to face all the questions and all the criticism formulated by many countries around the world. That’s probably why he isn’t there.”

Russia reports progress in Ukraine’s Donetsk region

The Russian Defense Ministry has reported minor success in the Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Russian soldiers have captured the town of Majorsk near the town of Horliwka, ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said. Initially, there was no information from the Ukrainian side. However, in his video address on Saturday night, President Selenskyj had already discussed the currently particularly violent Russian attacks in Donetsk. “It’s hell out there,” he said.

The Russian army captured large parts of Donetsk and annexed it in September in violation of international law, along with the neighboring regions of Luhansk and Zaporizhia and Kherson to the south.

In Kherson, on the other hand, the Russians recently suffered a heavy defeat: despite a successful Ukrainian counter-offensive, they withdrew more than eight months after the start of the war from the eponymous regional capital Kherson, and other places northwest of the Dnipro River. Ukrainian media continued to publish videos of people cheering greeting their troops in Kherson on Sunday.

Deutsche Bahn wants to use coal wagons for reconstruction Ukraine

According to Deutsche Bahn, reactivated coal wagons from Germany could help rebuild Ukraine. “I assume that we will convert the coal wagons that are currently in use so that we can use them differently,” the head of the rail freight subsidiary, Sigrid Nikutta, told the news portal T-Online. Everything that has to be dumped can be transported with the wagons, for example building materials such as sand or gravel.

Monday will be important

The foreign ministers of the EU countries want to decide during a meeting in Brussels on Monday about the start of a training mission for the Ukrainian armed forces. Plans for the mission drawn up in recent weeks foresee that some 15,000 Ukrainian soldiers will initially be trained in Germany, Poland and other EU countries. (sda/dpa)