Ukraine army withdraws from part of Chasiv Yar as Moscow forces inch closer

  • 2 months ago
Months of Russian artillery strikes have devastated Chasiv Yar, leaving homes and offices charred. The town, which once had a population of 12,000, has been deserted.
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00:00Law enforcement officers received state awards on Ukraine's National Police Day.
00:08Ukrainian President Zelenskiy presented the awards commending police and saying they helped
00:13evacuate people from Russian fire in frontline towns.
00:30The Ukrainian police were involved in the demining of our land,
00:35in the destruction of Russian mines and ammunition that did not explode.
00:41In the same days, Zelenskiy said the frontline situation remains challenging due to the slow
00:46arrival of weapons promised from Western allies.
00:51He said reserve brigades had been left with nothing to fight with and that weapons had
00:56to arrive for the frontline situation to change.
01:01The President said it was difficult to predict when the world might see Ukraine's counter-offensive.
01:08Meanwhile, Putin said Russia wouldn't declare a ceasefire until Ukraine took steps that
01:12are irreversible and acceptable to Moscow.
01:27Putin's remarks were made after the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, which was founded
01:32to counter Western alliances, ended in Kazakhstan.
01:37It was the first time in the history of the Russian Federation that the Russian Federation
01:42had made such a decision.
01:46It was the first time in the history of the Russian Federation that the Russian Federation
01:51which was founded to counter Western alliances, ended in Kazakhstan.

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