The war is not over but the time has already come for reconstruction. The British Foreign Minister, Liz Truss, will present, on Monday July 4, a vast support plan to help Ukraine in the long term. This financial assistance will be detailedduring the conference on the reconstruction of Ukraine in Lugano, Switzerland. “Ukraine’s recovery from Russia’s war of aggression will be a symbol of the power of democracy over autocracy. It will show Putin that his attempts to destroy Ukraine only resulted in a nation stronger, more prosperous and more united”, said the head of British diplomacy, ahead of the conference. Follow our live.
The Ukrainian army withdraws from Lysytchansk. The Russian army continues on Monday to pound eastern Ukraine and to advance its plan to conquer the whole of Donbass, after taking the strategic city of Lyssychansk. Moscow now seems to be concentrating its efforts on Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, two major cities further west, which have been bombarded relentlessly since Sunday.
kyiv claims to be “progressing” in other regions. In his address on Sunday evening, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tried to put on a good face, emphasizing the other front lines, where kyiv claims “progress”in the regions of Kharkiv (north-east) or Kherson (south). “A day will come when we will say the same about Donbass”assured President Zelensky.