Russia-Ukraine War: List of Major Events, Day 484

These are significant developments as the war enters its 484th day.

This situation is on Thursday, June 22, 2023.

The fight

• 'Strong resistance': Ukraine's retaliation by Russia slows down
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• Suspected Pentagon leaker pleads not guilty to federal charges
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• Russia has offered to give legal status to prisoners of war in Ukraine.

The spokesperson for the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Andriy Kovalev, said that the country's forces had gained some ground in the Zaporizhia region towards Melitopol and Berdyansk, adding that these gains included near the settlements of Mala Tokmachka and Roboton. Areas included.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said on Tuesday that he thanked the Ukrainian government for "moving forward" and "for every step and every meter of Ukrainian land that Russian participants are liberating."

However, Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted that Ukraine said "nothing went as planned" and that it was possible to cause "catastrophic" damage to Ukraine.

Jens Stolten, head of the Russian network, said it was still "early days".

Designers from the US-based Institute for Urban War (ISW) also concluded that Ukraine continued to make "limited territorial gains".

Russia has stepped up missile attacks.

Russia has stepped up its missile and drone strikes in recent weeks in response to Ukraine's retaliation, and continues to do so.

On June 13, twelve people were killed following missile attacks on President Zelensky's hometown of Kryvyi Rih, and on June 14, three more people were killed in an unusual attack on the Black Sea port of Odessa, which is a hub for Ukraine's grain exports. is important for

Kiev has also been targeted again in recent weeks, resulting in several deaths, including an 11-year-old girl on June 1, although Ukraine says it has prevented many attacks on its capital and other areas. Has been - or at least limited - by its air defense.

Cross-border attacks in Russia

Vladimir Putin's latest statements on the progress of the war included an admission - that Moscow police can better assess the situation from Ukraine to Russia than across the border.

Russia blamed the June 2 shelling on Ukraine for the deaths of two women in the Maslova region of Beloit border region, saying others were injured.The shelling comes nearly two weeks after Moscow said it had killed 70 attackers crossing the border from Ukraine, adding that they were Ukrainian fighters.

Kiev denies involvement and two Russian troops say they are behind it.

The belligerents' claims have not been independently verified, but even a NATO chief on Russian soil is nervous, and the development could be a mixed bag for Ukraine.

Russian ground forces advance rapidly and are taking control of a few major Ukrainians.

They had advanced to the suburbs of Kiev, and controlled much of the surrounding north-east of the Sumy country.

Russian forces are bombarding Kharkiv and have taken over as far east as Kherson and surrounded the port city of Mariupol.

But, he said, all too strong Ukrainian resistance was watered down and the poorly led Russian troops faced serious logistical problems with shortages of food and ammunition.

Ukrainian forces will also quickly bring in Western supply-controlled weapons such as the En La anti-tank system, which has proven highly effective against Russian advances.

More Western arms followed and by October the picture was dramatic - after failing to turn on Kiev, Russia withdrew entirely from the north.

The Ukrainians achieved their first major success, pushing the Russians back from Kharkiv, and launched an assault on Kherson, eventually regaining control of the city.

After a year's worth, Ukraine is now hoping its latest retaliation will turn the tide of war.

Modi in US: Elon says Tesla will come to India "as soon as possible"

 Modi in US: Elon says Tesla will come to India "as soon as possible"

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the electric car maker would be in India "as soon as humanly possible".

His comments followed a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a state visit to the United States.

The Indian government said it had invited Musk to explore investment opportunities in electric mobility and the commercial space sector.

Musk said he was "trying to find the right moment" for this to happen.

Modi's meeting with Musk, who also owns Twitter, came days after Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey accused India of threatening to shut down the platform for not following his orders. to remove content from the website.

Dorsey's allegations, made in an interview with an independent news programme, have been strenuously denied by the Indian government, calling them "a complete lie".

Musk commented on the episode on Wednesday, saying Twitter had no choice but to obey local governments or "we'd be shut down."

"We will do our best to provide the freest expression possible under the law," he said.

Musk also called himself a "Modi fan" and said India had "more promise than any big country in the world."

“He [Mr Modi] really cares about India because he is pushing us to make big investments in India, which we intend to do. We are just trying to find the right time,” a- he told reporters. "I am confident that Tesla will be in India and will do so as soon as humanly possible."

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The bumpy road to electric car dreams in India

Tesla is in talks with Indian bureaucrats and ministers as it seeks to break into the domestic market.

Reuters reported last month that Tesla had offered to set up a factory to build electric vehicles and was also considering making batteries for electric vehicles in the country. “They take India very seriously as a base for production and innovation,” Federal Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar told the agency in May.

The company's initial plans to open a base in India were scrapped last year after the Indian government insisted Tesla build cars locally, while the automaker said it wanted to export first to India in order to be able to prove the claim.

Musk said he also hopes to bring Starlink satellite internet service, operated by his company SpaceX, to India.

"We don't want to rush into an announcement, but I think it will most likely be a significant investment in our relationship with India," he told reporters.

Modi arrived in New York on Tuesday for a three-day state visit seen as a watershed moment in bilateral relations between India and the United States.

He will be entitled to a welcome ceremony at the White House on Thursday before speaking directly with President Joe Biden.

day, more than 70 US lawmakers wrote to Biden urging him to raise human rights issues with Modi during his trip. They said they were concerned about growing religious intolerance, freedom of the press and attacks on civil society groups in India.