On Russia's effectiveness in the war, Petraeus is very critical: "No one predicted Russia's sheer incompetence, at every single level," he says. Ukraine "performed above even the highest of expectations most of us had". Speaking to the BBC, he says he's not surprised by Ukraine's ability to repel Russian forces. This war is approaching 100 days duration. Russia's last estimate of its troop losses was 1,351, given on 25 March. This is "many multiples of what they lost in nine years inĪfghanistan", he says. Over 20,000 Russian troops may have been killed during the Ukraine conflict, says retired US General David Petraeus.
Getty Images Copyright: Getty Images General David Petraeus Image caption: General David Petraeus The writers were Alexandra Fouché, GarethĮvans, Jack Burgess, James Harness, Sam Hancock and Victoria Lindrea. Today’s live page was edited by Chris Giles, Emma Owens,Ĭlaire Heald and Tiffany Wertheimer. Khan described the ICC's Ukraine war crimes probe as its largest ever. ICC: In a meeting with International Criminal Court prosecutor, Karim Khan, Ukraine's top prosecutor, said officials had identified more than 600 Russian war crime suspects and were already prosecuting around 80 of them.Alexander Bobikin and Alexander Ivanov, who belonged to a unit that shelled a school in Kharkiv, were each sentenced to 11 and a half years in jail. War crimes: Two more Russian soldiers have been jailed for war crimes by a Ukrainian court.The EU-wide ban will affect oil that arrives by sea, but not pipeline, to appease Hungary. After weeks, leaders agreed on a sixth package of sanctions, including banning oil imports from Russia by almost 90% by the end of 2022. EU summit: It's been day two of the EU Council Summit in Brussels.But President Volodymyr Zelensky was upbeat about his troops' advances both there and around Kharkiv Kherson: Communications in the city were reported to be shut down, leaving residents of the southern city without mobile or internet services."The whole territory is a battlefield," he said
In Donetsk - a few hours away - Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko accused Russia of bombing a residential area overnight.