Somewhere 100,000 people remain excluded and endure continuous bombing in besieged Mariupolalmost a month after the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army, which, however, has captured only one large city, although it has surrounded several others.
His offer Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to meet bilaterally with him Russian counterpart of Vladimir Putin to make “compromises”, which will concern, among other things, its occupied territories Crimea and his Donbassremained blank letter Yesterday, however, the Russians hoped for a “more active, more substantive” negotiation process, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peshkov.
“Nearly 100,000 people” remain trapped in anticipation of a possible ceasefire agreement, “Under inhuman conditions” in the wreckage of Mariupol, “in a state of absolute siege, without food, without water, without medicine, under constant bombardment”, Mr. Zelenski warned early today.
The head of state of Ukraine is expected today in its parliaments Japan and her Francea prelude to the weekend with intensive diplomatic activity: tomorrow Thursday, a month after the invasion began, Westerners meet in Brussels, NATO, G7 and EU summits.
They will be at the center of the talks “New sanctions against Russia”, according to Jake Sullivan, Joe Biden’s national security adviser. The US president is expected to travel to Poland the day after Friday, a country that has welcomed most of the 3.5 million Ukrainian refugees.
Mr Biden, who is leaving for the Old Continent today, will also work “with the Allies on long-term adjustments” on NATO’s presence in Eastern Europe.
Will Russia be excluded from international organizations? “On the issue of the G20, I will just say this: we believe that Russia can not pretend that nothing has happened in international organizations and in front of the international community,” he said. Sullivan. “But in terms of specific institutions and specific decisions, we would like to consult with our allies and our partners in them, before we express ourselves.”
“Frozen Hell”
Mariupol, The city is predominantly Russian-speakingσε strategic position between Crimea (south), which was occupied and annexed by Moscow in 2014, and the area where the self-proclaimed People’s Republic of Danieck (east) is located, have been bombed for weeks by the Russian army. Two “very powerful bombs” were targeted on Tuesday, according to the municipal authority, which did not release a report of the victims.
Satellite photos taken yesterday morning by the American company Maxar and received the French Agency show the destruction in neighborhoods of the city, in political infrastructure, in factories.
Russian tanks have entered the city. A US Pentagon official said last night that the Russian military’s tactic is to “Hits the city center with long-range weapons”, something that, as he said, Washington observes “in the last 24 hours”.
Residents who left Mariupol spoke to the non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch for “Frozen hell, with streets strewn with corpses and debris of destroyed buildings”.
“This is not a war, this is genocide,” said yesterday Tuesday speaking to the French Agency the Irina Benedictovaas “in war theaters there are rules, principles”, but “what we see in Mariupol (is) a complete absence of rules”.
President Zelensky denounced last night that Russian forces captured a humanitarian convoy. To supply the city with food and medicine, “unfortunately all our efforts were thwarted by the Russian occupation forces,” with “bombings” and “terrorism,” he said.
THE UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterresstressed yesterday Tuesday against the “irrational” war, which is “impossible to lead to victory” and stressed that “even if Mariupol falls, Ukraine can not be conquered city by city, street by street, house by house.”
Russian forces continued to bomb other Russian cities earlier in the week Kyivthe Kharkivthe Odessaτη Mikolaifthe Chernigiv…
In Kyiv, where the Curfew imposed on Monday morning was supposed to be lifted today, the advance of Russian troops seemed to have stopped.
And the population, a large part of 3.5 million of which is gone, waited, with anxiety but also determination, for the impending invasion of the Russian army. In the western, northern and eastern parts of the capital, at almost every intersection one can see fortified places with sandbags and anti-tank barriers.
Fear of remote-controlled drones, spies and kamikazes, as well as cybercrime that may reveal Ukrainian positions.
At least one person was killed in an attack on her property National Academy of Sciences, in northwestern Kyiv, found the French Agency. A total of 228 people, including 4 children, have been killed in the Ukrainian capital since the Russian offensive began.
The bombings were particularly intense yesterday in various locations around Kyiv and fighting was ongoing in various suburbs. from Irpin to Gostomel, according to Governor Alexander Pavliuk.
Counterattack
In southern Ukraine, where it is located the only big city they controlthe HersonissosRussian forces are trying to advance west and Black Seabut have not advanced around Mikolaif.
The Kharkiv (northeast), the second largest city in the country, is located in Russian encirclement on many sides and on major axes, but it is not completely surrounded.
The Ukrainians “have now, in some cases, come under attack,” Pentagon spokesman John Kerby told CNN, “they are pursuing and repelling the Russians” from occupied territories. According to him, the Russian army has problems with logistics, supply, coordination, administration, communication, while “it has not succeeded” in achieving many of its goals.
The Americans claim that the balance of power has changed. A senior Pentagon official said last night that “for the first time” Russians saw it fall “below 90%” the level of combat power they had amassed in Belarus and on the border with Ukraine.
The New York Times, citing sources close to the Pentagon, noted that the losses of 10% of the Russian expeditionary force (dead and wounded) undermine its ability to operate.
According to Washington, Russia has been intensifying its air and naval operations in recent days in the face of resistance from Ukrainian forces. “What we are seeing is a desperate attempt by the Russians to regain momentum,” a Pentagon official said earlier this week.
Washington, where expresses concern for the possible China’s military and financial support In Russia, they “do not notice” that there was a military supply from Beijing to Moscow after a conversation between Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart last week, Jake Sullivan said last night.
In the field of information, the Google began discreetly to withdraws its staff from Russia, according to Bloomberg news agency. The YouTube platform, which belongs to the same group as the search engine, has suspended a channel of the Russian Ministry of Defense, according to an internal document consulted by the same agency, according to which there is now a risk of being banned in Russia.
Russian court banned social networking sites on Monday Facebook and Instagramblaming them “Extremism”, at a time when Moscow is seeking full control of information on the Internet amid the attack on Ukraine.
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