Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy to Belarus
Zelenskyy says a week should be enough time for Belarus to remove stations, calls for a stop to refined oil supplies to Russian army. What we know on day 1,578
TL;DR
- Zelenskyy demands Belarus remove Russian military equipment within a week, or Ukraine will.
- Ukraine also wants Belarus to cease supplying refined oil to the Russian army.
- EU leaders are open to diplomatic dialogue with Russia but note a lack of credible engagement signals.
- Poland is considering revoking a state honor from Zelenskyy after he renamed an army unit after the UPA, which massacred Poles.
- Russian shelling killed three civilians in Kramatorsk, Ukraine.
- French authorities arrested a Belarus-born man on suspicion of spying for Russia against a drone manufacturer.