rockets The Russians attacked Snake Island this Thursday morning and according to the Russian armed forces, this attack will have killed the soldiers who raised a Ukrainian flag there. Russia also attacked Kramatorsk, in a region not yet under Russian rule.

Below are the highlights of this 134th day of conflict in Ukraine.

What happened until the afternoon?

Casualties in Ukraine are mounting after the Russian army killed seven civilians in Toretsk, Avdiivka, Kodema and Siversk and a missile hit the center of Kramatorsk in the Donbass region. Both the governor of Donetsk and the governor of Donbass say that they do not yet have the exact number of victims in their respective situations.

Russia and Ukraine reacted to the resignation of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Before the resignation was confirmed, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “[Boris Johnson] he doesn’t like us and he doesn’t like us either. Ukraine presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak thanked Johnson for being “the first to arrive in kyiv despite missile strikes” and for “always being at the forefront of supporting Ukraine.”

In a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Boris Johnson is said to have reiterated the UK’s support for Ukraine, despite the political crisis. In the speech that followed the resignation, the prime minister said that he was proud that his government had led the West’s action against Russian aggression in Ukraine.

What happened in the early hours of this morning?

The Russian Defense Ministry officially confirmed that it hit Snake Island on Thursday. the launch of rockets, carried out by a Russian fighter plane, took place at 5 in the morning. “Around 5:00 in the morning, several Ukrainian soldiers arrived on the island on motor boats and took pictures with the flag. The aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces immediately launched a high-precision missile attack on the island of Zmeiny, as a result of which part of the Ukrainian military personnel was destroyed”.

Also this morning they fell rockets in Odessahitting agricultural areas and destroying two machines and 35 tons of grain, local authorities said.

The daily report of the British Ministry of Defense notes that “heavy shelling continues” in the Donetsk region, but the Russians are making “little progress” in the area. “It is likely that the units involved in last week’s advances are now regrouping,” the same document says.

The Russian army is trying to recruit inhabitants of the “captured” cities of Lysychansk and Sievierodonetsk. According to Luhansk Governor Serhiy Haidai, job offers are being posted to attract men with the intention of enlisting them in the army.

The European Union asked the China to take a ‘more constructive role’ in Ukraine conflict – It was the head of EU diplomacy who gave this indication through Twitter. Josep Borrell held a meeting with the Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wang Yi, and in that meeting one of the topics discussed was “how to combat the disinformation that is being spread about the causes [do conflito] and about the global economic consequences of the Russian attack.”

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, said at the end of the day on Wednesday that “weapons donated by the West to Ukraine are beginning to have the desired effect.” And he asked the inhabitants of the occupied areas, where internet access is blocked, to spread the information they have access to about the “truth about what is happening and about our potential.” [militar]that little by little we are increasing”.

Russia fires rockets at Snake Island and Odessa