Day 51 of Russia’s war on Ukraine: krone.at reports live on the day’s key developments.
The most important news of the day in short:
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked his compatriots for 50 days of resistance against Russia.
- About 2,550 civilians were evacuated from disputed areas in Ukraine on Thursday.
- Air-raid sirens have been blaring since midnight in Luhansk and Zaporizhzhya in eastern Ukraine. Huge explosions were previously reported from Kiev, southern Kherson, Kharkov in the east and Ivano-Frankivsk in the west.
- In an early morning video speech, Volodymyr Zelenskyy alludes to the sunken Russian warship Moskva and praises all those “who have shown that Russian ships… can reach the bottom”.
The Russian military offensive in Ukraine is the culmination of a conflict that has been raging for years. A chronology of the events can be found here.
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