“Whomever would seek to test European solidarity by threatening or attacking their sovereignty… must be certain that France will stand shoulder to shoulder with Finland and Sweden”, the Elysee said in the English version of a press release. The French presidential office has said that France stands ready to support Finland and Sweden, who recently chose to join NATO, politically and through “enhanced military interactions”, and protect the country against any threats or aggressions. 18:15 GMT France will defend Finland, Sweden against whatever threat or attack Six other people were wounded, Pavlo Kyrylenko added on his Telegram channel. Some 600 servicemen were said to have been inside.Īt least nine people were killed due to Russian shelling in the eastern Donetsk region, its governor has said. It was also unclear whether those on board were all among the 40 wounded fighters Ukrainian officers said to have been beneath the plant. The new agency said it was impossible to determine how many servicemen were aboard the buses. 19:11 GMT About a dozen buses carrying Ukrainian Azovstal servicemen leave plant: ReutersĪ Reuters witness says about dozen buses carrying Ukrainian servicemen who were holed up in the Azovstal steel plant in Ukraine’s southeast left the structure. There was no immediate response from Russia to the report. The military task force said in a statement on its Facebook page that 25 communities in the regions were fired at, with 42 residential buildings and a school among locations hit. Ukraine’s Joint Forces Task Force said that 20 civilians, including a child, were killed in Russian shelling in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. 19:35 GMT Ukraine says 20 civilians killed in eastern regions “We must be able to make sensible, very deliberate and also very courageous decisions – and we have made those,” Scholz said, before reiterating that he would not make any decision that could lead to a direct conflict between NATO and Russia. There had so far been no sign that people had realized the importance of ending the conflict “as quickly as possible,” Scholz told German broadcaster RTL, adding that he was also concerned there could be “an escalation of the war.” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he sees no sign of an imminent end to the war in Ukraine and warned that a further escalation remains possible. 19:51 GMT ‘Further escalation remains possible’: Scholz “It should be noted that it was the unilateral actions of Western countries, primarily from the Group of Seven, that exacerbated the problem of breaking the logistics and financial chains of food supplies to world markets.” “Attempts to divert Russia economically, financially and logistically from long-standing channels of international cooperation are only exacerbating economic and food crises,” the foreign ministry said in a statement on its website. Russia’s foreign ministry has said that attempts by the West and the G7 group of nations in particular to isolate Moscow have worsened global food shortages. 20:28 GMT Moscow says G7 attempts to isolate Russia make global food crisis worse These were the updates on Wednesday, May 16: Follow our continuing coverage of the war in Ukraine on our new live blog. This live blog is now closed, thank you for joining us. Ukraine says troops defending the country’s northeastern region of Kharkiv have pushed Moscow’s forces back to the Russian border.Russian President Vladimir Putin warns new military infrastructure in Finland and Sweden would necessitate a response from Moscow.Hungary says a proposed European Union ban on Russian oil imports is unacceptable in its current form as the bloc weighs a possible sixth round of sanctions on Russia. Sweden’s government confirms the Nordic country will follow Finland and apply for NATO membership after decades of non-alignment.
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