A new take from Moscow. The Russian army claimed, on Saturday May 25, the capture of a new village in eastern Ukraine, located near the town of Otcheretyne where it has made rapid progress in recent weeks. “Units of the central troop grouping liberated the village of Arkhangelsk (…) as a result of successful combat operations”, the Russian Defense Ministry said in its daily report published on Telegram. A statement that comes less than 24 hours after kyiv announced that it had stopped the Russian assault in the Kharkiv region. Follow our live stream.
Russian losses exceed 500,000 men, according to kyiv. “Russia’s imperial ambitions are expensive (…) it has lost half a million people” since February 24, 2022, the date the conflict began, writes the Ukrainian army, in a press release published on Facebook and on the social network X. However, these figures are unverifiable. For example, the BBC Russian service claimed, in mid-April, to have identified 50,000 soldiers killed since the start of the war.
The G7 meets on Saturday to decide on the use of Russian assets. Finance ministers from the G7 countries, meeting in Italy on Saturday, are expected to lay the foundations for an agreement in principle on the use of interest from frozen Russian assets to help kyiv. “We must reach a declaration of principle on Saturday which marks the overall agreement of the G7 countries to use the income from Russian assets to finance Ukraine”, said French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire on Friday. The final decision will be made at the summit of heads of state and government scheduled for mid-June.
Washington announces the sending of 275 million dollars in arms to kyiv. Ammunition, Himars rocket launcher system, vehicles, artillery shells, anti-tank weapons… Washington announced on Friday the sending of 275 million dollars in arms to kyiv in a press release from the American State Department. This shipment is the fifth authorized by President Joe Biden, since the adoption of a $61 billion package at the end of April by Congress, after several weeks of blockage.