It continues with undiminished intensity the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
New Russian bombings hit the Ukrainian city of Nikolaev in southern Ukraine, according to its mayor, who called on city residents to cover up and stay away from windows.
According to local media in parts of the city fires broke out.
In the siege Mariupol, Ukrainian officer lying fortified inside the Azofstal steel plant, he posted on Facebook asking the international community to intervene and “get” them out of there.
«We are probably living our last days, if not our last hours»he characteristically stated, emphasizing that the enemy has ten times the power.
In the meantime Russia has sent a new ultimatum to Ukrainian troops which have been fortified in the steelworks asking them to lay down their arms today.
The Russian Defense Ministry emphasizes that not a single Ukrainian soldier had accepted the previous proposal for surrender of weapons yesterday.
Russian troops will observe the ceasefire in the area around Azofstal as long as the proposal is in force, starting at 2pm on Wednesday.
In Kyiv, the “Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said during his evening sermon that the situation in Mariupol remains.”very serious and difficult“accusing the Russian army of thwarting all attempts to organize humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians.
The same time, pro-Russian separatists say they have taken control of the city of Kremina in the Luhansk region, a fact that was reported yesterday by the Ukrainian governor. The city is said to have had around 4,000 of its 18,000 inhabitants before the war broke out.
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 5 million people were forced to flee Ukraine after the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February.
At the same time, as he announced yesterday US Pentagon, Ukrainian Armed Forces Receive Military Aircraft and Spare Parts to repair damaged aircraft.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby did not provide further details on which countries sent the aircraft, adding that Washington had not sent any aircraft to Kyiv.
However, that may soon change. The United States has announced plans to transport Russian helicopters to Ukraine that were previously destined for Afghanistan.
