The conference on peace in Ukraine will be held in Switzerland in mid-June. Russia, however, will not participate in the conference.
'It's a project of the American Democrats, they need photographs and videos of events that would indicate that their Ukraine project is still afloat,' says Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. Over 450,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or injured in Ukraine since the conflict began on February 24, 2022. At least three people - including a 14-year-old girl - died in the Russian attack that hit the village of Lyptsi in the north-eastern Kharkiv region today. The death toll from yesterday's Russian attack on Kostyantivka, in the region of eastern Ukraine, has risen to three: the State Emergency Service announced this morning. In 2024 the Russian Federation plans to recruit around 400,000 contract servicemen. It is the estimate of the British Ministry of Defense which publishes intelligence estimates on X. This is necessary to support its troops in Ukraine, which have suffered huge losses, says GB intelligence.