THE Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday that nearly 6,000 Russians had been killed in the first six days of the Moscow invasion and that the Kremlin would not be able to occupy its country with bombs and airstrikes.
Referring to Russia’s attack on Babin Yar – the site of the massacre of World War II Jews by German occupation troops and Ukrainian aides – Zelensky said: “This strike proves that for many people in Russia our Kiev is completely foreign.”
He added that “they know nothing about Kyiv, about our history. “But everyone has orders to erase our history, to erase our country, to erase us all.”
On the seventh day of the war, the Russians have turned their war machines in urban centers in Kyiv and Kharkov. In Mariupol, it is expected to start today departure companyas Russian forces said they would open a safe passage to the city, where during the operation 100 civilians were injured.
Joe Biden warned Vladimir Putin that he has no idea what awaits him and called him a dictator.
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The situation in the field in detail
In the Kharkiv In the eastern part of the country, Russian airborne units invaded and fighting broke out in the city, as announced by the Ukrainian army.
“Russian airborne troops landed in Kharkiv (…) and attacked a hospital” in the city, the Ukrainian army said via Telegram.
“There is an ongoing battle between the invaders and the Ukrainians,” according to the same source.
In the last 24 hours, bombings in Kharkov have killed at least 21 people and injured 112, according to provincial governor Oleg Sinegubov.
Russian warning to residents of Kiev to leave
Explosions and gunshots were heard during the night in various neighborhoods of Kiev. Moscow yesterday warned residents of the Ukrainian capital to leave.
Ukrainian Health Minister Viktor Liasko said on Facebook that Russian forces had killed a pediatric anesthetist by firing on her car as she was transporting her injured niece to a hospital in the village of Kukhari on the outskirts of Kiev.
The Russians occupied Kherson
The Russian troops occupied the southern city of Hersonissos, according to the BBC.
It is not clear what the exact situation is in Hersonissos, but local reports say that the russian army is on the streets.
The city’s mayor, Igor Kolykhayev, had told local radio that Russian forces had seized the city’s train station and port on Tuesday night, according to BBC Russian.
“The fighting is going on now and the occupation of our city is in progress,” he said.
He added that many people had lost their lives, including Ukrainian soldiers and civilians, and that government officials were now trying to make sure that people could leave or reach shelters.
This video from the Russian service of the BBC shows the bombing and the entry of Russian troops into the city.
Hersonissos, which has a population of almost 300,000, is located between Mykolaiv and New Kahovka.
Russia’s most powerful military operation to date has been in the south, where Crimean forces are targeting several Ukrainian cities, including Odessa and Mykolaiv.
Mykolaiv officials said the city was still in Ukrainian hands.
More than 100 civilians were injured in Mariupol
More than a hundred residents of Mariupol (southeast) have been injured in Russian airstrikes, said the city’s mayor, Vadim Boitshenko.
“The number of injured civilians is growing daily,” Boychenko told Ukraine’s UNIAN news agency in the early hours of this morning.
“128 people are being treated in our hospitals. “Our doctors no longer even go home,” he added.
The information provided by the elected official cannot be verified independently, the German Agency notes.
Mariupol is located near the areas controlled by the separatists and is the last port of strategic importance in the Sea of ​​Azov that remains under government control.
Four dead in a Russian strike in Zhytomyr
Four people were killed yesterday Tuesday when houses were hit in Ukrainian city of Zhytomyr (northwest) of a Russian Cruise missile that apparently targeted an adjacent air base, Anton Gerashenko, an adviser to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, said via Telegram.
According to the official, houses were set on fire near the base of the 95th Airborne Brigade of the Ukrainian army in Zhytomyr, 120 kilometers west of the capital, and “so far” the deaths of “four people”, including “a child”, have been confirmed.
Biden: Putin a dictator – he has no idea what awaits him
“Vladimir Putin has no idea what awaits him,” he said US President Joe Biden during his speech to the US Congress. During his speech, the US head of state assured that Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom he described as a “dictator”, is “more isolated than ever.”
US President Joe Biden began his speech at the Federal Capitol on the “state of the union” by calling on members of Congress to stand up to show that “the United States stands with the Ukrainian people.”
Mr Biden has confirmed that Washington will close US airspace to “all Russian flights”.
He also noted that the US Department of Justice is setting up a special task force to prosecute Russian “oligarchs” for their crimes and that the US, together with its allies in Europe, will “find and seize your yachts, luxury apartments “your private jets,” he said, threateningly addressing a second person in the top echelons of the Russian business world.
The US president said his government aims to stifle Russia’s access to technological means, undermine its economic power and weaken its military in the coming years.
“Mr Putin can make a profit on the battlefield but he will pay dearly in the long run,” he said.
Referring to what he describes as a battle of “democracies” against “authoritarian regimes”, he said that “democracies were loyal to the date” but the struggle would “take time”.
The US president announced that the US could allocate another 30 million barrels of crude oil from its strategic reserves “if necessary” to stabilize the market after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“The United States has worked with 30 other countries to release 60 million barrels of oil from reserves around the world. “America will lead this effort by releasing (an additional) 30 million barrels” of its strategic reserves, “the head of state told members of Congress. He added that Washington is “ready to do more” if it deems it “necessary”.
Turning to the economy, Biden said bringing inflation under control is his top priority, and referring to the pandemic, he said he would soon send a request to Congress for additional funding for US businesses and households.
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