Because the Russia-Ukraine warfare enters its 354th day, we check out the principle developments.

Right here is the scenario because it stands on Saturday, February 12, 2023:

Preventing

• Ukraine’s prime army commander says the nation’s forces are holding their defences alongside the entrance line within the jap area of Donetsk, together with the besieged city of Bakhmut, with the fiercest battles for the cities of Vuhledar and Maryinka.
• The top of Russia’s Wagner Group mentioned it may take two years for Moscow to regulate the entire two jap Ukrainian areas whose seize it has acknowledged as a key aim of the warfare.
• Galina Danilchenko, the Russia-installed mayor of the Ukrainian metropolis Melitopol within the southeastern Zaporizhia area, mentioned one civilian died and two folks had been injured in in a single day shelling by Ukrainian forces.

Diplomacy

• NATO ought to maintain an emergency assembly to debate current findings about September explosions on the Nord Stream fuel pipelines, mentioned Russia’s overseas ministry spokeswoman.
• US Protection Secretary Lloyd Austin and Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov mentioned “priorities”, together with air defence and artillery, for upcoming conferences of Kyiv’s allies in Brussels, each side mentioned.
• Russian Sports activities Minister Oleg Matytsin mentioned calls from greater than 30 nations to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from the 2024 Olympics had been unacceptable, TASS information company reported.

Corruption

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sacked a senior safety determine, promising to proceed his drive to scrub up the federal government.