![]() ![]() The warrant was issued on Friday by the international criminal court, and accuses Putin of war crimes, giving him personal responsibility for the abduction of Ukrainian children during the invasion.ĪP reports that Serbian president, Aleksandar Vučić, who has previously boasted of his personal relationship with the Russian leader, told reporters in Belgrade on Sunday: Serbia’s president has attacked the decision to issue an international arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin, saying it will only prolong the war in Ukraine. ![]() Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic at a news conference in Belgrade on Sunday Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Serbian president, Aleksandar Vučić, who has previously boasted of his personal relationship with the Russian leader, told reporters in Belgrade: “I think issuing an arrest warrant for Putin, not to go into legal matters, will have bad political consequences and it says that there is a great reluctance to talk about peace (and) about truce.” Serbia’s president attacked the decision to issue an international arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin, saying it will only prolong the war in Ukraine. It means Europe’s defence industry may be unable to meet expected EU orders for Ukraine. Industry insiders told the Financial Times that gunpowder, plastic explosives and TNT are in short supply and could delay a planned ramping up of shell production by as much as three years. They also report destroying eight Russian artillery systems since Saturday.Ī shortage of explosives is hampering the efforts of European countries to provide Ukraine with arms, according to a report. Of these, they say 710 were killed in the 24 hours to Sunday morning. The country’s army now claims to have killed 164,910 Russian troops since the start of the war. Ukraine’s armed forces have released their latest estimate for war casualties, although we cannot verify them. The post warned residents to leave danger areas. It says that a residential building in the village of Kamyanske in Vasylivka district was targeted in a “cynical attack”. Three civilians have been killed and another two injured by Russian shelling of a village in Zaporizhzhia, according to posts on the regional military administration’s Telegram. It comes after Putin traveled to Russian-occupied Mariupol by helicopter on March 18, and visited Russian-occupied Crimea. Russian state-owned news agency TASS said Putin held a meeting at a military command and control post in the Russian city. Vladimir Putin visited a command post in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don on Sunday. 18.19 GMT A summary of today's developments Driving a car, Putin travelled around several districts of the city in the Donetsk region, making stops and talking to residents. It is the closest to the frontlines Putin has been in the year-long war. Putin flew by helicopter to Mariupol, Russian news agencies reported, citing the Kremlin. Mariupol, which fell to Russia in May after one of the war’s longest and bloodiest battles, was Russia’s first major victory after it failed to seize Kyiv and focused instead on south-eastern Ukraine. Reuters reported that the visit came after Putin travelled to Crimea on Saturday in an unannounced visit to mark the ninth anniversary of Russia’s annexation of the peninsula from Ukraine, and just two days after the international criminal court (ICC) issued a warrant for his arrest. ![]() Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to Mariupol, Russian state media reported on Sunday, in the Kremlin leader’s first trip to the Russian-occupied territories of eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region since the start of the war. 07.17 GMT Putin visits occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol, according to Russian state media ![]()
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