Because the Russia-Ukraine warfare enters its 398th day, we check out the primary developments.

Right here is the state of affairs because it stands on Tuesday, March 28, 2023:

Diplomacy

• Russian President Vladimir Putin says Western criticism is not going to affect Russia’s plans to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in neighbouring Belarus.
• The United Nations Safety Council has rejected a decision by Russia calling for an impartial inquiry into September’s explosions on the Nord Stream fuel pipelines.
• Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy has met with Rafael Grossi, the top of the UN’s nuclear watchdog, in Zaporizhzhia metropolis, the place they mentioned the state of affairs on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Energy Plant amid Ukraine’s fears the atomic plant may face a water scarcity.
• Russia has warned Armenia of “critical penalties” if it submits to the jurisdiction of the Worldwide Felony Court docket (ICC), which has issued an arrest warrant for Putin, the state-owned RIA information company reported.
• The Hungarian parliament has permitted Finland’s NATO membership after months of delay. The transfer signifies that 29 of 30 NATO member state parliaments have ratified Finland’s accession, with Turkey anticipated to additionally give Helsinki the approval subsequent month.
• Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland have issued a joint assertion calling for the Worldwide Olympics Committee (IOC) to chorus from permitting Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete within the 2024 Olympic Video games in Paris.

Combating

• The Ukrainian governor of Donetsk claims at the very least two folks had been killed and 29 injured, together with a toddler, after a Russian assault on town of Sloviansk.
• Russian forces are turning Avdiivka, a metropolis within the Donetsk area close to Bakhmut, into “a spot from post-apocalyptic motion pictures”, a Ukrainian official has mentioned.
• Zelenskyy has met troops in southeastern Ukraine throughout ongoing visits to front-line areas.

Weapons

• Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of Russia’s Safety Council, warns that Moscow has sufficient nuclear weapons to destroy “any adversary”, together with america.
• Germany has delivered 18 superior Leopard battle tanks, 40 German Marder infantry combating automobiles, and two armoured restoration automobiles to Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz mentioned.
• Poland and the European Union have mentioned artillery munitions manufacturing as a part of a brand new 2 billion euro ($2.2bn) program to produce Ukraine and restock Europe’s armed forces as nicely.