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 Ukraine said its forces were managing to push back against Moscow’s troops in fierce fighting in Severodonetsk despite Russia “throwing all its power” into capturing the strategic eastern city. At least 11 civilians were reported killed in the Lugansk region where Severodonetsk is located, the nearby Donetsk region, and in the southern city of Mykolaiv. Meanwhile, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said on June 3 that his country's military would fend off the Russian invasion in a video marking 100 days of Moscow's all-out assault on its pro-democracy neighbour. Meanwhile, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said that  India is not a conduit for Russian oil sales to other countries , categorically denying international media reports that suggest Indian private refiners are “profiteering” by buying Russian crude at discounted rates and then selling it to other buyers at much higher prices.

 Ukraine’s state gas company and gas infrastructure operator have issued a demand to the German government to either halt or severely curtail gas flows through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, the head of the gas system operator said on Friday. “With Naftogaz we sent an appeal to the German economy ministry and the German regulator... on the suspension of Nord Stream 1,” the head of Ukraine’s gas system operator Serhiy Makogon told national television. Ukraine is willing and able to provide an alternate transport route to the pipeline, which runs under the Baltic, he said. READ MORE : https://english.alarabiya.net/business/energy/2022/05/27/Ukraine-demands-Germany-cut-or-halt-Nord-Stream-1-gas-flows

  Sweden's ruling Social Democratic Party approved the country's NATO bid on Sunday. It was followed by Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson's announcement earlier in the day about Sweden's intent to join the military alliance, thereby making it official. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday said his country Russia “does not have problems” if Finland and Sweden become members of the US-led military alliance North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). To know more : https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/putin-says-no-problem-with-finland-sweden-s-nato-bid-but-there-s-a-warning-101652720473385.html