Ukraine is considering the possibility of postponing the counteroffensive to liberate its territories occupied by Russia until the summer, in order to be sure of the 100% readiness of this operation, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said in an interview with the American publication The Hill.

Summary of the last 24 hours of the war

• Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on world leaders to act after a video emerged on Wednesday showing Russian soldiers beheading a Ukrainian prisoner of war who was lying on the ground. The President of Ukraine noted that the world cannot ignore these videos

• Belarus extradited a Russian man who was separated from his daughter and sentenced to two years in prison for drawing anti-war cartoons at school. Oleksiy Moskalyov, a 54-year-old single father from the town of Yefremov, 240 miles south of Moscow, escaped from house arrest last month hours before a court sentenced him to two years in prison for ” discrediting” of the Russian army.

• Ukraine is considering postponing the counteroffensive. “You have to be 100 percent ready.” Ukraine is considering the possibility of postponing the counteroffensive to liberate its territories occupied by Russia until the summer, in order to be sure of the 100% readiness of this operation, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal said in an interview published on Wednesday by the American newspaper The Hill.

• The EU has vowed to prosecute those responsible for war crimes in Ukraine, a spokesman said, while the UN said it was “appalled by the horrific videos” circulating on social media.

• The World Bank said Wednesday it will fund $200 million to repair Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, with partners and others providing another $300 million as the project expands.

• The UK government has imposed sanctions against those who helped Russian oligarchs Roman Abramovich and Alisher Usmanov hide their assets.

• The Ukrainian military has again rejected Russia’s claims that Russian forces have captured more than 80 percent of the besieged city of Bakhmut. Serhiy Cherevaty, a spokesman for the Eastern Military Command, insisted on Wednesday that Ukrainian forces control “significantly” more than 20 percent.

• Russia has strengthened the law on military conscription, a new draft approved by the State Duma makes it much more difficult for Russians to evade the draft and prohibits conscripts from leaving the country.

• The international arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin puts “sticks in the wheels” of South Africa, which will host the BRICS summit in August in the presence of the Russian president, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s spokesman said on Wednesday.

• Russia and China are in “in-depth secret talks” with Iran about supplying the country with ammonium perchlorate, a chemical used to propel missiles, Politico reported Wednesday. Some of these missiles could be used to attack Ukraine if the deal is approved, the diplomats added.

• The Russian occupation forces took more than 100,000 Ukrainian children out of Donetsk and Luhansk regions for “treatment”, the National Center of Resistance of Ukraine claims, citing the Kyiv Independent. According to the center, Russia allocated 1.4 billion rubles ($17 million) for the so-called “medical inspection program.”

• Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov, who is visiting Madrid, on Wednesday asked Spain for naval assistance, especially against mines, and more artillery ammunition, including 155 and 105 calibers.

• Founder Wagner calls on Russian society to be fully mobilized for war. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder and financier of the private military company Wagner, called for the mobilization of the entire Russian society, saying that people are ready to support Moscow’s military efforts in Ukraine, CNN reports.

The latest on the war in Ukraine, day 414, LIVETEXT:

06:33 By deepening energy cooperation with Russia, Hungary financially supports the murders of Ukrainians, Oleg Ustenko, adviser to the President of Ukraine on economic issues, said in an interview with Politico. .

01:30Volodymyr Zelenskyi in his message on Wednesday evening: “The assets of the Russians should go to recovery. War should be the most expensive for the aggressor”

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, in his message on Wednesday evening, stated that the complete reconstruction of Ukraine will be proof of the complete defeat of the “terrorist state”. He noted that the funds of the Russians, who supported the aggression and got rich, should be used for the restoration of Ukraine.

00:44 A declassified US military document suggests that Wagner’s group tried to buy weapons and equipment from a NATO member

Wagner, which is fighting in Ukraine on behalf of Vladimir Putin, tried to buy weapons and equipment from an unlikely source: NATO member Turkey, according to a US Secret Service document that was declassified and obtained by CNN.

The leaked document appears to show how far Russia’s private military group Wagner has gone in trying to build up its capabilities as the war in Ukraine, in which it plays a key role, continues unabated.

00:14 Politico: Iran is in talks with China and Russia to restore its stockpile of rocket fuel

Russia and China are in “in-depth secret talks” with Iran about supplying the country with ammonium perchlorate, a chemical used to propel missiles, Politico reported Wednesday.

Some of these missiles could be used to attack Ukraine if the deal is approved, the diplomats added.