{"id":30408,"date":"2023-05-02T22:55:15","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T22:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/russias-war-on-ukraine-2\/"},"modified":"2023-05-02T22:58:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T22:58:24","slug":"russias-war-on-ukraine-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/russias-war-on-ukraine-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia’s war on Ukraine latest: General says Ukraine won’t give up on Bakhmut"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Reuters) – The Ukrainian general in charge of ground forces said his troops would not give up the eastern city of Bakhmut as they prepare to begin a counteroffensive against occupying Russian forces.<\/p>\n

FIGHTING\/MILITARY<\/p>\n

* The United States plans to announce as soon as Wednesday a $300 million military aid package for Ukraine that will for the first time include a short-range air-launched rocket, two U.S. officials said.<\/p>\n

* Ukrainian President Zelenskiy told the Washington Post in an interview that he was not informed by the White House about a leak this year of U.S. classified military documents. The materials posted online offered a partial, month-old snapshot of the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

* The European Union plans to boost ammunition production to aid Ukraine and replenish the stocks of EU member countries.<\/p>\n

* An explosion caused a second freight train to derail in the Russia region of Bryansk bordering Ukraine. One also derailed on Monday following a blast.<\/p>\n

* The Kremlin rejected as “plucked from thin air” a U.S. assessment of 100,000 Russian military casualties in Ukraine in the last five months, including more than 20,000 deaths. <\/p>\n

ECONOMY<\/p>\n

* Turkey’s trade data has started to reflect that Ankara has stopped allowing the re-exportation of Western goods under sanctions to Russia after repeated warnings from Washington, a senior U.S. Treasury Department official said.<\/p>\n

* The European Commission said it set restrictions until June 5 on imports of Ukrainian wheat, maize, rapeseed and sunflower seed to ease the excess supply of these grains in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.<\/p>\n

* Ukraine’s grain exports could fall to around 26 million tonnes in the 2023\/24 season, largely due to Russia’s invasion.<\/p>\n

QUOTES<\/p>\n

* “We will continue, despite all the forecasts and advice, to hold Bakhmut, destroying Wagner and other most combat-capable units of the Russian army” – General Oleksandr Syrskyi, commander of Ukrainian ground forces. <\/p>\n

RECENT IN-DEPTH STORIES<\/p>\n

* INSIGHT-Russia digs in as Ukraine prepares to attack<\/p>\n

* ANALYSIS-Russia crosses new lines in crackdown on Putin’s enemies <\/p>\n

* EXCLUSIVE-The Russian military commandant who oversaw reign of fear in Ukraine town<\/p>\n

* EXCLUSIVE-Kazakhstan has ramped up oil exports bypassing Russia -sources<\/p>\n

* Liberated villages offer glimpse of precarious Ukrainian health system.<\/p>\n

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(Compiled by Reuters editors)<\/p>\n

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