Ukraine’s prosecutor general announced that a 21-year-old Russian soldier in custody will be the first to stand trial for an alleged war crime during Russia’s invasion. Vadim Shishimarin is accused of killing an unarmed 62-year-old civilian by the side of a road in a village in the Sumy region of northeastern Ukraine in late February.
The conflict appeared poised to disrupt some gas supplies via pipeline from Russia, as Ukraine said it would stop the transit of some Russian gas running through its borders into Europe starting Wednesday morning local time. “The interference of the occupying forces in technical processes” meant Ukraine could no longer ensure the transit of gas through territories occupied by Russia, and would impede the flow of about one-third of Russian gas running through Ukraine, according to the country’s state-owned energy company Naftogaz.
Russian forces continued to pummel eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, while Ukraine’s military said it successfully repelled a dozen Russian attacks. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said late Tuesday that Russian forces “are gradually being pushed away” from the Kharkiv region. Meanwhile, the Moscow-backed leadership of the occupied Kherson region in southern Ukraine plans to ask President Vladimir Putin to make Kherson part of Russia, the state-owned news agency Tass said Wednesday, citing a pro-Moscow official in the region. Ukraine responded by vowing to liberate Kherson.
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U.N. secretary general says ‘no immediate chance’ of end to war
Return to menuThe head of the United Nations said Wednesday that recent trips to Kyiv and Moscow made it clear that there is no immediate chance of a peace agreement or global cease-fire.
As a result, U.N. Secretary General António Guterres told reporters in Vienna, his organization has focused on improving conditions for evacuations and humanitarian aid, along with reintegrating food and energy production from the two countries into the global market. He said food insecurity is “an especially deep concern” and was a focus during his meetings in Russia and Ukraine.
“This senseless war must stop,” Guterres said. “It has inflamed a three-dimensional crisis — food, energy and finance — with devastating impacts on the most vulnerable people, countries and economies.”
The conflict has also shown that the global dependency on fossil fuels “is an enormous risk for all countries,” he said, noting that they are subject to security impacts. If there were earlier investments in renewable energy and electric vehicles, the world would not be hit as hard by increased energy costs that have been especially devastating in developing countries.
Guterres called for a lesson to be learned from the situation: “The sooner we get rid of fossil fuels, the sooner we have a green economy, and we have a full transition to renewable energy, the best protected we will be against the consequences of wars like the war in Ukraine and other disturbances of global peace and security.”
He said he is ready to do everything possible to facilitate peace negotiations and end the conflict.
“I hope nothing lasts forever. This war will not last forever,” Guterres said. But, he added, a resolution is “not on the immediate horizon.”
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