Photo taken on April 6, 2022 shows a sculpture and flags at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)
BEIJING, May 16 (Xinhua) -- The following are the latest developments in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine:
Russia will strengthen its border with Finland if NATO's striking weapons are deployed in Finland, Viktor Bondarev, chairman of the Defense and Security Committee of the Federation Council, said Sunday.
"If NATO deploys offensive, striking weapons in Finland, in close proximity to us, we will strengthen our border and increase the presence of Russian troops on the border," he said on Telegram, calling Finland's intention to join NATO "disturbing" in a geopolitical sense.
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Four Russian rockets hit a military infrastructure facility in Ukraine's western Lviv region early Monday, said Maksym Kozytsky, head of the Lviv regional military-civilian administration.
"The facility is completely destroyed," Kozytsky said on Telegram, without giving details.
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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Sunday that he had discussed military aid for Kiev and global food security with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
"More weapons and other aid is on the way to Ukraine," Kuleba tweeted after the talks in Berlin.
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Ukrainian parliament chairman Ruslan Stefanchuk said that Ukraine will not compromise on the issue of territorial integrity in a possible peace deal with Russia, the government-run Ukrinform news agency reported Sunday.
"The issue of territorial integrity should be outside the brackets in this agreement. Crimea and Donbass are Ukraine," Stefanchuk said. ■
