Ukraine continues to be in the throes of war, as fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces continues in the greater Donbas region.
As Moscow said on Friday, the first phase of the “military operation” has been completed and they are now focusing on the liberation of Donetsk and Lugansk.
The Russian-backed self-proclaimed People’s Republic of Lugansk in eastern Ukraine could soon hold a referendum on joining Russia, local leader Leonid Pasetsnik said today.
“Russia is trying to divide Ukraine in two to create a Moscow-controlled area after it failed to occupy the whole country,” the head of Ukraine’s military intelligence service said on Sunday.
He noted that this was in fact an attempt to create North and South Korea in Ukraine, said Kyrylo Budanov, adding that Ukraine would soon start a guerrilla war in the Russian-occupied territories.
French President Emmanuel Macron has distanced himself from the remarks of US President Joe Biden, who said in a speech in Warsaw yesterday that Putin was a “butcher” and that “this man can not stay in power.”
“I would not use those words,” he told France 3 television, adding that “everything must be done to stop the escalation of the situation” if there is any hope of ending Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Macron also told France 3 that he saw his task as “achieving a ceasefire first and then the complete withdrawal of the [ρωσικών] troops by diplomatic means. “If we want to do that, we can not escalate it in words or deeds.”
Turkey and other countries must continue to talk to Russia to help end the war in Ukraine, the Turkish presidential spokesman said today, adding that Kyiv needed more support to defend itself.
The interview of Olena Kirillo, the kindergarten teacher whose photo of her blood-stained face appeared on the front pages of the international media, sparked a wave of disgust against Putin.
Speaking exclusively to the Daily Mail from the hospital bed, the 52-year-old woman said: “I am grateful and I will be until the end. “Now I have hope.”
In the presence of the Mayor of Athens, Costas Bakoyannis and the Ukrainian Ambassador to Athens, the international charity concert-telethon #StopWar in support of Ukraine will take place today at 18.30 in the afternoon, uniting more than 20 countries and gathering more than 50 participants.
It will be broadcast in Athens in the afternoon, at 18:30, via a giant screen in Kotzia Square, according to an announcement by the Ukrainian embassy in Greece.
On the occasion of the event, the TV marathon “Save Ukraine – #StopWar” will be shown in the squares of many major cities and capitals around the world, during which participants will be given the opportunity to support Ukraine by sending donations to The resolution of the biggest humanitarian problems caused by the Russian military invasion of Ukraine is mentioned in the same announcement.
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