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Olena Selenska opens the »Women in Conflicts« conference in Brussels
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Johnson warns of growing pressure on Ukraine for 'bad peace'
9.10 a.m .:
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson fears growing European pressure on Ukraine to conclude a peace agreement with Russia that is not in their interest because of the economic consequences of the war.
“Too many countries say this is a European war that is unnecessary.
And so the pressure will grow to get Ukrainians to make a bad peace – maybe even force it,” Johnson told TV stations in the Rwandan capital of Kigali, where he is attending a Commonwealth summit.
Should Russian President Vladimir Putin be able to get his way, the consequences would be dangerous for international security and “a long-term economic catastrophe”.
Apparently injured in rocket attack in western Ukraine
8.30 a.m .:
According to the authorities, four people were injured in a Russian rocket attack on a military facility in Javoriv.
Russian forces fired six missiles from the Black Sea, Lviv region governor Maxim Kosizky said in a video message.
Four missiles hit the base, two were intercepted and destroyed by Ukrainian air defenses.
Klitschko wants to talk to Giffey soon via “official channels”.
8.13 a.m .:
After a fake phone call by an alleged Vitali Klitschko with Berlin’s governing mayor Franziska Giffey, the real Kiev mayor is hoping for an early conversation with the SPD politician.
The "image" said Klitschko after learning about the fake call to Giffey and Madrid's mayor José Luis Martinez-Almeida: "I hope that we can call via my official channels soon." Klitschko added: "I need then no translators either.«
During a video call on Friday, Giffey had doubts as to whether she was actually connected to Kiev's mayor as planned.
The conversation then ended prematurely.
The Senate Chancellery assumes digital manipulation: "Apparently it was a deepfake," a spokeswoman told SPIEGEL.
In Madrid, too, Mayor José Luis Martinez-Almeida quickly became suspicious during the video call with the alleged mayor Klitschko and broke off the conversation, as the spokesman for the mayor's office confirmed.
A complaint was filed against unknown persons for using a false identity and the mayor's office in Kyiv was informed.
Munich State Ballet boss Hilaire: War throws back decades
8 a.m.:
From the point of view of the new director of the Bavarian State Ballet, the Ukraine war is also having a serious impact on the dance world.
"The war is throwing us back decades," Laurent Hilaire said in an interview with SPIEGEL.
“This is tragic, especially for Russian companies.
There has been a lively exchange in recent years, with choreographers from all over the world going to Russia to work.
That's over now.« Nobody from the West wants to work with Russian companies anymore – and they are undesirable in the West.
"It must feel like a prison."
Hilaire thinks it's wrong that many Russian artists are no longer being hired.
»If a Russian artist has never expressed himself politically, it makes no sense for me not to work with him anymore«.
You can read the interview with the new boss here: "We can't kick everyone out just because they're Russian."
First lady Zelenska accuses Russia of sex crimes
7.45 a.m .:
The wife of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj compared the Russian troops in her country with the terrorist militia Islamic State (IS) and accused them of sex crimes.
In the »Welt am Sonntag« Olena Selenska referred to the Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad, who had been enslaved by the IS and said: »It is terrible to say that, but many Ukrainian women experience the same thing under the occupation.« Selenska added: »Because the Russian occupiers are no better than IS terrorists.« Ukrainian women are experiencing the horror right now.
Murad survived crimes by the terrorist organization Islamic State against Yazidis in Iraq.
She has been the United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Human Trafficking Survivors since 2016.
In 2018 she received the Nobel Prize together with the Congolese doctor and human rights activist Denis Mukwege.
Apparently, Ukrainians are holding the supply route towards Lysychansk
7:23 a.m .:
The Ukrainian armed forces say they have repelled attacks on an important supply route for the city of Lysychansk in the east of the country.
"In the direction of Bakhmut, Ukrainian fighters stopped the attack of enemy infantry between the villages of Volodymyrivka and Pokrovske," the General Staff said.
An important supply road leads from Bakhmut to Lyssychansk past the above-mentioned villages.
The city itself, which has become the Russians' next strategic target after the Ukrainians largely retreated from neighboring Sievjerodonetsk, is still under fire.
Both artillery and the Russian air force fired at Lysychansk.
In addition, Russian troops "attempted to block the city from the south," reported the General Staff.
The Russian military had previously announced that Lysychansk had been blocked from the south.
There have also been attacks on the Slovjansk - Kramatorsk - Kostyantynivka conurbation.
According to the situation report, the Russian storm attempts were repelled from both the north and the south.
Read what happened on Saturday night here: Zelenskyj optimistic about EU accession, Russia condemns candidate status
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