This blog is now closed, thank you for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war on Tuesday, May 23.
This blog is now closed, thank you for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war on Tuesday, May 23.
- Russia says it has crushed one of the biggest cross-border incursions by pushing fighters back into Ukraine and killing dozens of attackers.
- Ukraine denies Russia’s allegation that Kyiv was behind the Belgorod attacks. Ukrainian military intelligence was quoted as saying two armed Russian opposition groups – the Freedom of Russia Legion and Russian Volunteer Corps, both consisting of Russian citizens – were responsible.
- Hungary’s Viktor Orban tells a forum in Qatar that Ukraine’s troops are unlikely to win the war against Russia.
- Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warns Western powers against sending more arms to Ukraine, saying shipments increase the risk of a “nuclear apocalypse”.
