Parisinou said their family members also will lose their Cypriot citizenship. They’re among 1,091 people sanctioned by the EU. NICOSIA, Cyprus - Cyprus is moving to strip citizenship from another four Russians who appear on the European Union’s updated list of sanctions imposed following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.ĭeputy government spokesperson Niovi Parisinou said Wednesday’s decision brings to eight the number of Russians whose Cypriot citizenship will be revoked. _ AP Military Writer Robert Burns in Washington contributed to this report. The official did not say how many of the groups are now in the Donbas, but on Tuesday the Pentagon said Russia had a total of 78 such groups in eastern and southern Ukraine. defense official also said that Russia in the past 24 hours has added another four battalion tactical groups in Ukraine, all but one in the Donbas region.
The artillery systems are to be moved overland directly into Ukraine the training of Ukrainian personnel is being done on other 155mm howitzers elsewhere in Europe, the official said. 155mm howitzers arrived on cargo flights to Europe on Wednesday and more are on the way. assessments of the war, said the first of 18 promised U.S. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal U.S. artillery in the escalating battle for the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. defense official says training of Ukrainian personnel on American 155mm howitzers has begun in a European country outside of Ukraine, kicking off an effort to enable the Ukrainian army to use newly supplied U.S. The Donetsk region, also part of the Donbas, has seen extremely heavy fighting as well - particularly around the port city of Mariupol.Ī senior U.S. Serhiy Haidai said the Russians, who renewed their offensive this week in eastern and southern Ukraine, have strengthened their attacks in the Luhansk region.Īfter seizing Kreminna, Haidai said the Russians now are threatening the cities of Rubizhne and Popasna and he has urged all residents to evacuate immediately. 24, the Kyiv government controlled 60% of the Luhansk region. One of Russia’s stated goals is to expand the territory in the Donbas under the control of Moscow-backed separatists.īefore Russia invaded on Feb. LVIV, Ukraine - The Luhansk governor said Russian forces now control 80% of the region, which is one of two regions that make up the Donbas in eastern Ukraine.
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