Monday, 16 May 2022

Ukrainian troops defending the northern city of Kharkiv have reportedly reached the state border with Russia, after driving opposition forces away from its second-largest city

UKRANIAN TROOPS MAKE GOOD PROGRESS AS THEY SEEK TO TAKE BACK THEIR CITY OF KHARKIV FROM THE DEPLETED RUSSIANS 

  • Ukrainian troops defending the northern city of Kharkiv have reportedly reached the state border with Russia, after driving opposition forces away from its second-largest city
  • Ukraine's defence ministry posted a video showing a number of soldiers gathered around a yellow-and-blue-painted border demarcation post
  • The region's governor said troops had restored a sign marking the border

    The Ukraine presidency said in a briefing that Russia had continued strikes on the Luhansk region south of Kharkiv, killing two people and injuring nine others as a result of shelling on a Severodonetsk hospital.
  • Ukraine troops counter-attacking near the north-eastern city of Kharkiv have reached the Russian border, says the regional governor
  • Troops restored a Ukrainian sign marking the border, says Oleh Sinegubov, while video purports to show soldiers at the frontier
  • Ukrainian forces have been retaking territory in north-eastern areas in recent days, as Russian forces focus on the Donbas region further south
  • Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg says Ukraine could win the war as Russia's invasion is not going to plan

Russia threatens to deploy tactical nuclear weapons on its European border 'when NATO bases appear in Sweden and Finland' as Stockholm now joins Helsinki in confirming they want to join the alliance

  • Sweden's ruling Social Democratic Party has said it backs NATO membership bid
  • It comes after Finland said early Sunday it would be making its own application
  • Sweden reversed policy within hours of Finland and said it too will join NATO 
  • Russian state TV said the country may use tactical nuclear weapons in response
  • Yesterday, Russian strongman Vladimir Putin told the President of Finland he is making a 'mistake' by joining NATO as it faces 'no security threats'
  • The Finnish Parliament is expected to endorse the decision in coming days 
  • Public support for the two countries to join has swelled since invasion of Ukraine
  • FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10819347/Russia-threatens-nuclear-weapon-strike-NATO-bases-appear-Sweden-Finland.html
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