the arrived Day 100 of a war that according to the United Nations “will have no winner”. kyiv said this Friday, however: “Victory will be ours”, at a time when Russia seems to be very close to dominating the entire Lugansk area, in Donbass, and controls what is estimated to be 20% of Ukrainian territory. . . . The Kremlin says, to mark these 100 days of conflict, that “certain goals have already been achieved.”

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what happened this morning

“victory will be ours“, says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the 100th day after the start of the invasion. Already yesterday, Zelensky himself had given an update on the situation in Donbass where he spoke of “some success in the battles in Severodonetsk”. However, nearby cities such as Lysychansk and Bakhmut are facing “a powerful Russian attack,” he acknowledged.

Minutes after Zelensky’s message, the Kremlin also took stock of the situation at the end of these 100 days. “Certain goals have already been achievedsaid Moscow, who also this morning commented that the fact that Germany is planning to spend more on defense – to “remilitarize” – is something that contributes to the increase in tensions.

Also to mark the 100th day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United Nations considered this the war “will have no winners”. In the last 100 days, the United Nations has helped more than 7.6 million people, according to the international organization.

The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said that the “European Union stays with Ukraine”. “The bravery of the Ukrainians deserves our respect and admiration,” she said. Ursula von der Leyen will meet Emmanuel Macron in Paris this Friday to discuss current and future EU support for Ukraine.

A few weeks before the invasion of Ukraine, the Russia and China swore an “unlimited” partnership, but in recent weeks Russian officials have been expressing some frustration, in their interactions with the Chinese government, regarding what they see as a insufficient support in the “special military operation” that began 100 days ago in Ukraine. This is the idea transmitted to The Washington Post by diplomatic sources in China and also in the US.

Ukraine is trying to speed up diplomatic efforts to secure quick entry into the European Union but, according to sources heard by Britain’s The Guardian, there remains a lot of skepticism in Brussels about whether such quick entry will be possible. One of the diplomatic sources consulted by the newspaper succinctly summarizes the panorama of this process: “It will be hard to tell them no, but it will be even harder to say yes.“.

You financial markets predict an increasing speed in interest rate hikes in the euro zone – based on futures this morning the forecast is that rates could rise 125 basis points of interest in the euro zone, until December. This means that, although futures are characterized by some volatility, participants in this market believe that the European Central Bank (ECB) ends the year with interest rates at 0.75%.

The United Kingdom has announced that it will deliver to kyiv an unspecified number of medium range rocketsas well as training Ukrainian soldiers on how to use them in the fight against the Russian invasion.

The war in Ukraine reaches 100 days. “Victory will be ours,” says Zelensky. Kremlin speaks of “certain goals achieved”