Ukraine marks 1,000 days of war with pledge to ‘never submit’ to Russia

Kyiv warns against appeasement of Moscow; Russia insists triumph coming, lowers period for usage of atomic weapons.

Ukraine and Russia person some declared that they will conflict until triumph arsenic they marked 1,000 days of war.

Kyiv insisted connected Tuesday that it will “never submit” successful defending against Moscow’s invasion, and warned that nan world must connection nary appeasement to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin made akin statements, and erstwhile much engaged successful atomic sabre-rattling.

“Ukraine will ne'er taxable to nan occupiers, and nan Russian subject will beryllium punished for violating world law,” a connection issued by nan Ministry of Foreign Affairs successful Kyiv declared.

In a connection to nan United Nations Security Council, Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha called 1,000 days “a very large number”.

“On 1 hand, it proves Ukrainian bravery successful nan look of sadistic Russian aggression. […] On nan different hand, this number proves nan nonaccomplishment of nan world community, including this esteemed council, to extremity wars of aggression and atrocities,” he said.

Amid anticipation that nan incoming United States management of Donald Trump could instigate bid talks pinch Putin adjacent year, Yevheniia Filipenko, Ukraine’s ambassador to nan UN successful Geneva, warned successful an question and reply pinch nan Reuters news agency that “Putin doesn’t want peace”.

“He sees these attempts [to commencement talks] arsenic a weakness. And what we request now is not weakness and appeasement. We request strength,” she said.

1,000 days of resilience. 1,000 days of bravery. 1,000 days of defending our lives and homes during nan full-scale shape of Russia’s invasion. Over 10 years of Russia’s warfare against Ukraine – against our people, sovereignty, and freedom. pic.twitter.com/ukk6GFyFc0

— MFA of Ukraine 🇺🇦 (@MFA_Ukraine) November 19, 2024

Meanwhile, Putin connected Tuesday approved an update of Russia’s atomic doctrine. The archive lays retired that Russia could see utilizing atomic weapons if it was taxable to a accepted rocket battle connected it supported by a atomic power.

The alteration is nan Kremlin’s reply to reports that US President Joe Biden has decided to let Ukraine to usage long-range missiles provided by Washington to onslaught heavy into Russia.

Putin’s spokesperson later told journalists that Moscow is assured of triumph successful what it labels nan “special subject operation” that it launched successful February 2022 pinch a full-scale penetration of its neighbour.

“The subject cognition against Kyiv continues … and will beryllium completed,” Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

Sumy attack

As nan grim day passed, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that 7 people, including a child, had been killed by an overnight drone onslaught connected nan northeastern region of Sumy which borders Russia’s Kursk region.

The strike, which deed a residential building successful nan mini municipality of Hlukhiv, besides near 12 group injured, nan subject management of Sumy said connected Telegram.

“Every caller Russian onslaught only confirms Putin’s existent intentions. He wants nan warfare to continue, he is not willing successful talking astir peace,” Zelenskyy said.

On Monday, nan Organisation for nan Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said it had recovered traces of tear state successful samples taken past period connected nan beforehand statement successful Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region.

The usage of riot power agents specified arsenic tear state arsenic a method of warfare is banned nether nan Chemical Weapons Convention, nan non-proliferation pact overseen by OPCW.

The UN assemblage did not delegate blame. Ukraine’s overseas ministry connected Tuesday blamed Russia and urged action from its partners.

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