


He did not identify the nations that have agreed to attend but said more details will be provided in coming days. The Pentagon press secretary, John Kirby, said Friday that about 40 nations, including NATO members, were invited and that responses are still arriving for the session to be held Tuesday at Ramstein air base. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will convene a meeting next week in Germany of defense officials and military leaders from more than 20 countries to discuss Ukraine’s immediate and long-term defense needs. The post accused Russian soldiers of torturing the residents and burning their bodies. In a separate Telegram post earlier, Kyrylenko said that as of Friday afternoon, Russians had opened fire at 20 settlements in the region and destroyed or damaged 34 civilian infrastructure facilities.Īlso on Friday, the local prosecutor’s office in the northeastern region of Kharkiv said in a Telegram post that charred bodies of two residents were discovered near the city of Izyum that same day.

Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko blamed the deaths of “three more peaceful residents” in a small town and two villages on Russian shelling. KYIV, Ukraine - At least three civilians died and seven more were injured in shelling attacks in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine on Friday, as Russian forces continue to roll into the country’s industrial east, the governor of the region said in a Telegram post. Follow all AP stories on Russia’s war on Ukraine at US to welcome Ukraine refugees but no longer through Mexico UN rights chief sees ‘horror story’ of violations in Ukraine EXPLAINER: Why Washington is boosting heavy arms for Ukraine EXPLAINER: Why the battle for Mariupol’s steel mill matters Possible mass graves near Mariupol shown in satellite images KEY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR: The discovery of mass graves has led to accusations that the Russians are trying to conceal the slaughter of civilians in the city. Earlier this week, satellite photos from Maxar Technologies revealed what appeared to be rows upon rows of more than 200 freshly dug mass graves in the town of Manhush, located to the west of Mariupol.
