Ukraine newest: Myanmar military chief visits Russia, seeks stronger army ties

The Russian invasion of Ukraine that started on Feb. 24 continues, with casualties mounting on each side.

Ukrainian forces are placing up resistance within the east, the place the main target of the struggle has shifted, and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy commonly calls on the world to do extra to assist. Governments across the globe have imposed heavy sanctions towards Moscow however have stopped in need of direct intervention for worry of sparking a wider battle.

In the meantime, rising geopolitical danger and unstable vitality and monetary markets are rocking Asia.

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Word: Nikkei Asia on March 5 determined to quickly droop its reporting from Russia till additional info turns into obtainable relating to the scope of the revised legal code.

Listed below are the newest developments:

Wednesday, July 13 (Tokyo time)

2:00 a.m. Myanmar armed forces chief Min Aung Hlaing has agreed to deepen army and “military-technical cooperation” with Russia on his second journey to the nation since taking management of the Southeast Asian nation final yr.

The Myanmar basic met with Russian protection ministry officers in Moscow on Tuesday, Tass studies, citing a Ministry of Protection assertion. He additionally reportedly met with state house firm Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin.

“The assembly was held in a historically pleasant environment and confirmed the mutual dedication to progressively improve the wide-ranging cooperation between the protection ministries of the 2 nations,” the protection ministry says.

12:30 a.m. A court docket in Russia finds Apple responsible of failing to localize Russian customers’ private information throughout the nation’s territory.

The U.S. tech large has been fined 2 million rubles ($34,000), Russian and different media report. Apple representatives reportedly advised the court docket that the corporate isn’t answerable for gathering private information in Russia.

12:00 a.m. The euro is inside a hair of parity with the greenback for the primary time since 2002 as traders weigh the danger of a deep financial droop triggered by an vitality shock.

International trade markets are “discounting a extreme European recession,” into the euro-dollar commerce, Greg Anderson and Stephen Gallo of BMO Capital Markets write in a observe to shoppers, the Monetary Occasions studies.

Tuesday, July 12 (Tokyo time)

5:46 p.m. A Russian ammunition depot was apparently focused by Ukrainian forces in a single day, leading to a large blast captured on social media. The Ukrainian army’s southern command stated the rocket strike focused the depot in Russian-held Nova Kakhovka, about 35 miles (55 km) east of the essential Black Sea port metropolis of Kherson, which can also be occupied by Russian forces. Video on social media confirmed a large explosion. The character of the strike prompt that Ukrainian forces used U.S-supplied multiple-launch Excessive Mobility Artillery Rocket Techniques, or HIMARS, to strike the realm.

12:00 p.m. The White Home says it believes Russia is popping to Iran to offer it with “tons of” of unmanned aerial automobiles, together with weapons-capable drones, to be used in its struggle in Ukraine. U.S. nationwide safety adviser Jake Sullivan stated that it’s unclear whether or not Iran has already supplied any of the methods however that Iran apparently is getting ready to coach Russian forces to make use of them as quickly as this month. “Our info signifies that the Iranian authorities is getting ready to offer Russia with as much as a number of hundred UAVs, together with weapons-capable UAVs on an expedited timeline,” he advised reporters.

11:44 a.m. The worldwide value of oil may surge by 40% to round $140 per barrel if a proposed cap on the value of Russian oil isn’t adopted, together with sanctions exemptions that will permit shipments beneath that value, a senior U.S. Treasury official says. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will talk about implementation of the U.S. proposal and international financial developments with Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki after they meet afterward Tuesday. The aim is to set the value at a degree that covers Russia’s marginal price of manufacturing so Moscow has an incentive to proceed exporting oil, however not excessive sufficient to permit it to fund its struggle towards Ukraine, the official stated.

9:12 a.m. The United Nations publicizes it would begin monitoring the struggle in Ukraine and conflicts in Ethiopia, Mozambique and Africa’s central Sahel area for violations towards youngsters, together with killings, accidents, recruitment, rape and different types of sexual violence. Secretary-Basic Antonio Guterres stated in his annual report back to the Safety Council on youngsters and armed battle that these 4 new conflicts have been added to 21 conflicts that the U.N. already is monitoring for violations of the rights of kids. He stated the latter conflicts noticed “a excessive variety of grave violations” in 2021.

2:45 a.m. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan plan to fulfill quickly to debate facilitating grain exports from Ukraine. Turkey has been mediating between Moscow and Kyiv since Russia despatched its armed forces into Ukraine on Feb. 24. The final talks between representatives of Russia and Ukraine have been held in Istanbul in late March.

2:00 a.m. Russian President Vladimir Putin indicators a decree extending a simplified Russian naturalization course of to all residents of Ukraine, a doc revealed on the federal government’s web site exhibits.

Beforehand, the simplified process utilized solely to residents of the self-proclaimed breakaway territories of the Donetsk Individuals’s Republic and Luhansk Individuals’s Republic in japanese Ukraine.

Monday, July 11

5:50 p.m. Ukrainian forces have recaptured the village of Ivanivka within the southern Russian-occupied area of Kherson, a Ukrainian infantry brigade says. “The one factor left of the Russian occupiers in Ivanivka are horrible reminiscences and ‘lifeless’ army gear,” it stated. There’s a couple of village of Ivanivka within the space. One among them is situated alongside the entrance line.

3:20 p.m. A serious gasoline pipeline from Russia to Germany started shutting down for annual upkeep Monday, amid German concern that Russia might not resume the stream of gasoline as scheduled. The Nord Stream 1 pipeline, Germany’s primary supply of Russian gasoline, is scheduled to be out of motion till July 21 for routine work that the operator says contains “testing of mechanical components and automation methods.” The operator stated the gasoline stream was diminished progressively, beginning at 6 a.m., German information company DPA reported. German officers are suspicious about Russia’s intentions, significantly after Russia’s Gazprom final month diminished the gasoline stream by Nord Stream 1 by 60%. Gazprom cited technical issues involving a gasoline turbine powering a compressor station that companion Siemens Vitality despatched to Canada for upkeep and could not be returned due to sanctions imposed over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

5:02 a.m. Dozens of Ukrainian emergency staff labored Sunday to tug individuals out of the rubble after a Russian rocket assault smashed into house buildings in japanese Ukraine, killing at the least 15 individuals. Greater than 20 residents have been believed nonetheless trapped. The strike late Saturday destroyed three buildings in a residential quarter of the city of Chasiv Yar, inhabited principally by individuals who work in close by factories. On Sunday night, rescuers have been in a position to take away sufficient of the bricks and concrete to retrieve a person who had been trapped for nearly 24 hours. Pavlo Kyrylenko, governor of the Donetsk area that features Chasiv Yar, stated an estimated 24 individuals have been believed nonetheless trapped, together with a 9-year-old little one.

Sunday, July 10

11:03 p.m. The Russian Tennis Federation was fast to say Elena Rybakina as “our product” on her run to the ladies’s title at Wimbledon. They then praised her coaching program within the nation after she gained the Venus Rosewater Dish as Wimbledon champion whereas representing Kazakhstan. “It is the Russian college, in any case. She performed right here with us for a very long time, after which in Kazakhstan,” Russian Tennis Federation President Shamil Tarpishchev advised sports activities web site Championat on Saturday.

5:15 p.m. The Canadian authorities says it would permit the supply to Germany of kit from a key Russia-Europe pure gasoline pipeline that has undergone upkeep. Russia’s Gazprom final month cited the lacking gear as a motive for greater than halving the stream of gasoline. The return of generators from the Nord Stream 1 pipeline despatched to Montreal for a scheduled overhaul has been difficult by sanctions. Jonathan Wilkinson, Canada’s minister of pure sources, stated in an announcement late Saturday that “Canada will grant a time-limited and revocable allow for Siemens Canada to permit the return of repaired Nord Stream 1 generators to Germany.”

Saturday, July 9

3:46 p.m. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Chinese language International Minister Wang Yi on the Indonesian island of Bali. The 2 high diplomats held their first face-to-face talks on the sidelines of the Group of 20’s ministerial assembly since final October and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February this yr. “In a relationship as advanced and consequential because the one between the USA and China, there’s a lot to speak about,” Blinken stated as the 2 high diplomats started the assembly. Wang stated, “We do must work collectively to make sure that this relationship will proceed to maneuver ahead alongside the proper observe.”

3:00 p.m. Russia is transferring reserve forces from throughout the nation and assembling them close to Ukraine for future offensive operations, British army intelligence says. A big proportion of the brand new Russian infantry models are in all probability deploying with MT-LB armored automobiles taken from long-term storage as their main transport, Britain’s Ministry of Protection tweeted in an everyday bulletin.

3:20 a.m. The U.S. will ship one other $400 million in army assist to Ukraine, together with extra HIMARS missile launchers, the Monetary Occasions and others report, citing a senior protection official.

4 extra Excessive Mobility Artillery Rocket Techniques can be delivered to assist Ukrainian forces, the official is quoted as saying.

The Biden administration is reportedly contemplating sending extra coastal protection methods and updating Ukraine’s air protection capabilities.

“If the Russians assume they’ll outlast the Ukrainians, they should rethink that as a result of we’re already pivoting towards pondering what the Ukrainians want within the months and years forward,” the official says.

Friday, July 8

11:55 p.m. Russia warns Lithuania and the European Union of “harsh measures” it may use towards them if the transit of some items to and from the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad didn’t resume.

“If the state of affairs doesn’t stabilize within the coming days, then Russia will take harsh measures towards Lithuania and the European Union,” Maria Zakharova, Russian International Ministry spokesperson, says, in keeping with Reuters. “The problem has taken too lengthy to resolve.”

Lithuania has banned the transit of products topic to EU sanctions throughout its territory to and from the Baltic exclave.

8:00 p.m. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy joins world leaders in condemning the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

6:40 p.m. Russia has used solely a small portion of its potential in its “particular army operation” in Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov tells reporters. President Vladimir Putin stated on Thursday that Russia had barely began in Ukraine and dared the West to attempt to defeat it on the battlefield, whereas insisting that Moscow was nonetheless open to the thought of peace talks. “Russia’s potential is so nice that solely a small portion of it’s getting used within the particular operation,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov stated in a convention name with reporters.

6:15 p.m. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen this month will go to the Indo-Pacific and use the journey to make the U.S. case for a value cap on Russian oil geared toward lowering income to the Kremlin. Yellen will tackle the financial and humanitarian challenges wrought by Russia’s struggle in Ukraine as she represents the U.S. at G-20 finance minister conferences on the Indonesian island of Bali and makes further stops in Tokyo and Seoul. Throughout the July 12-19 journey, Yellen will notably keep away from visiting China, though she did maintain a name with China’s vice premier on Monday.

4:50 p.m. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken addressed Russia straight on the G-20 overseas ministers assembly in Bali and known as on Moscow to let Ukrainian grain out to the world, Reuters studies citing a Western official. Blinken spoke at a plenary session of the assembly, which was targeted on meals and vitality insecurity, stated the official, who didn’t wish to be recognized. “He addressed Russia straight, saying: ‘To our Russian colleagues: Ukraine isn’t your nation. Its grain isn’t your grain. Why are you blocking the ports? You need to let the grain out,'” the official stated.

3:30 p.m. Russian International Minister Sergey Lavrov dismisses what he solid because the West’s “frenzied” criticism of the struggle in Ukraine at a G-20 assembly, scolding Russia’s rivals for scuppering an opportunity to sort out international financial points. “Throughout the dialogue, Western companions averted following the mandate of the G-20, from coping with problems with the world financial system,” Lavrov stated. He stated the West’s dialogue “strayed virtually instantly, as quickly as they took the ground, to the frenzied criticism of the Russian Federation in reference to the state of affairs in Ukraine. ‘Aggressors,’ ‘invaders,’ ‘occupiers,’ — we heard loads of issues as we speak,” Lavrov stated.

12:52 p.m. Indonesia urges the G-20 to assist finish the struggle in Ukraine, as overseas ministers from the group collect for a gathering that has put among the staunchest critics of Russia’s invasion in the identical room as Russian International Minister Sergey Lavrov. The buildup to the gathering on the Indonesian island of Bali has been dominated by the struggle and its impression on the worldwide financial system, with high officers from Western nations and Japan stressing it will not be “enterprise as typical” on the discussion board. Indonesian International Minister Retno Marsudi stated on the opening of talks, “It’s our accountability to finish the struggle earlier than later and settle our variations on the negotiating desk, not on the battlefield.”

7:00 a.m. Russian President Vladimir Putin accuses the West of many years of aggression towards Moscow and warns that if it desires to try to beat Russia on the battlefield it’s welcome to strive, however this may convey tragedy for Ukraine. His remarks got here as Russian International Minister Sergey Lavrov ready for a closed-door overseas ministers’ assembly at a G-20 gathering in Indonesia on Friday. “We now have heard many instances that the West desires to battle us to the final Ukrainian. It is a tragedy for the Ukrainian individuals, however it appears that evidently all the pieces is heading towards this,” Putin stated in televised remarks to parliamentary leaders.

4:00 a.m. Ukrainians really feel saddened by U.Ok. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s resignation, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says.

“We’re sincerely grateful for the decisive and uncompromising assist for the reason that first days of the struggle,” Zelenskyy says in a Fb put up. “I thanks particularly for the management in defending the pursuits of Ukraine within the worldwide area.”

3:00 a.m. U.S. President Joe Biden will talk about vitality safety with Gulf leaders on his journey to the Center East subsequent week, White Home spokesman John Kirby says.

His itinerary will embrace conferences with Saudi King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, Kirby says.

1:53 a.m. U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner pleads responsible to a medication cost in a Russian court docket however denies she deliberately broke the regulation. Griner was talking at her trial on the narcotics cost carrying a sentence of as much as 10 years in jail, days after she urged U.S. President Joe Biden to safe her launch.

Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was detained in February at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport after authorities discovered what they stated have been vape cartridges containing cannabis oil. She has been stored in custody since.

1:45 a.m. Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov posts an replace on the nation’s “dronation” marketing campaign of amassing drones and money donations to purchase them for front-line troops.

“An Army of Drones will permit us to always monitor the two,470 km lengthy frontline and supply an efficient response to enemy assaults,” the donation web site says.

Fedorov doubles as Ukraine’s minister of digital transformation and is understood for reaching out to Tesla chief and SpaceX founder Elon Musk with a request for Starlink satellite tv for pc telephones.

Thursday, July 7 (Tokyo time)

5:50 p.m. Pavel Zavalny, head of the vitality committee in Russia’s decrease home of parliament, says that the Sakhalin-1 oil and gasoline mission within the nation’s far east can be put beneath Moscow’s jurisdiction, as has the neighboring Sakhalin-2. President Vladimir Putin final week signed a decree enabling the seizure of full management of the Sakhalin-2 gasoline and oil mission, a transfer that would pressure out traders together with Shell and Japanese entities. 4 firms — Rosneft, ExxonMoobil, Japan’s SODECO and India’s ONGC Videsh — are companions within the Sakhalin-1 group of fields. ExxonMobil determined to tug out from the mission in March.

3:30 p.m. A staggering 71 million extra individuals around the globe are experiencing poverty on account of hovering meals and vitality costs that climbed within the weeks following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United Nations Improvement Program says in a report. The UNDP estimates that 51.6 million extra individuals fell into poverty within the first three months after the struggle, residing off $1.90 a day or much less. This pushed the overall quantity globally at this threshold to 9% of the world’s inhabitants. A further 20 million individuals slipped to the poverty line of $3.20 a day. “The associated fee-of-living impression is nearly with out precedent in a era … and that’s the reason it’s so critical,” UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner stated on the launch of the report.

11:00 a.m. Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says makes an attempt by the West to punish a nuclear energy reminiscent of Russia for the struggle in Ukraine danger endangering humanity. “The thought of punishing a rustic that has one of many largest nuclear potentials is absurd. And doubtlessly poses a risk to the existence of humanity,” Medvedev, now deputy chairman of the Russian Safety Council, stated on Telegram on Wednesday. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has triggered essentially the most critical disaster in relations between Russia and the West for the reason that 1962 Cuban Missile Disaster, when many individuals feared the world was on the point of nuclear struggle.

7:23 a.m. Spikes within the costs of meals, gasoline and fertilizer sparked by the struggle in Ukraine are threatening to push nations around the globe into famine, bringing “international destabilization, hunger and mass migration on an unprecedented scale,” a high U.N. official warns. David Beasley, head of the U.N. World Meals Program, stated its newest evaluation exhibits that “a file 345 million acutely hungry persons are marching to the brink of hunger” — a 25% improve from 276 million in the beginning of 2022, earlier than Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24. The quantity stood at 135 million earlier than the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020.

Greater than 424 million confronted starvation in Asia in 2021, in keeping with the newest State of Meals Safety and Diet within the World (SOFI) report.

3:00 a.m. Sri Lanka’s president has requested Russian President Vladimir Putin to assist finance gasoline imports for the crisis-stricken South Asian nation.

Gotabaya Rajapaksa tweets that he had a “very productive” cellphone name with Putin.

“I requested a proposal of credit score help to import gasoline,” Rajapaksa provides. He writes that he requested for Russian airline Aeroflot to renew operations in Sri Lanka.

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