Here are other headlines you should know:īakhmut developments: Ukraine's number of clashes with Wagner mercenaries in and around Bakhmut has been decreasing over the past few days, according to the spokesperson for the eastern grouping of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The Russian reconnaissance ship Ivan Khurs was seemingly hit by an unmanned surface vessel in the Black Sea, new video shows, disputing Moscow's claim it had been able to thwart a Ukrainian attack on the craft.įootage shared by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense on social media Thursday and analyzed by CNN appeared to show the moments just before the impact. He instead said the US is providing equipment 'to be used to defend Ukrainian soil.'Īn aerial image shows destruction in the frontline town of Bakhmut, Ukraine, in this handout picture released on May 21. Kirby said Thursday that he could not confirm that. In an interview with CNN’s Sam Kiley, one of the Russian nationals said the raid was conducted using American-manufactured equipment purchased on the open market. Some context: Kirby's comments come on the heels of a CNN report that anti-Putin Russian fighters, fighting alongside Ukrainian armed forces, conducted a raid inside Russian territory. He added that these discussions have happened 'as recently as over just the last day or so.' The conversations with Ukraine didn’t involve “outlining consequences” but were “simply a reaffirmation,' Kirby told CNN. 'But, we've also been clear, well, that we don't want to see this war escalate beyond this, the devastation and the violence that is already visited on the Ukrainian people.” They have a right to defend themselves,' he continued. “And we have gotten assurances from the Ukrainians that they will respect those wishes … we have been very clear that we want Ukraine to be able to defend its own soil, its own territory.

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