New bombings have taken place in several cities in Ukraine in recent hours. On the international stage, the Ukrainian president invited his French and American colleagues to come and watch the “genocide” of the Russian army.
The Kiev region is again the target of Russian attacks. As Moscow focuses its military operation on eastern Ukraine, bombings on Sunday destroyed a munitions factory in Brovary, not far from the country’s capital.
At least five people have been killed in a series of strikes in Kharkov, one of the worst-hit cities since the conflict began. In the south, Mariupol is preparing more than ever for fierce fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces. Story of this 53rd war day in Ukraine.
• Several cities targeted by new bombings
A series of strikes in northeastern Ukraine, in Kharkov, the country’s second-largest city, killed at least five people and injured 13 others on Sunday. Bombings that caused fire, according to local emergency services.
Russian forces also announced that they had bombed a new arms factory in Brovary near Kiev for the third consecutive day on Sunday, carrying out their threats to intensify their attacks on the Ukrainian capital after the destruction of their fleet’s flagship. †
• No humanitarian corridor this Sunday
Ukrainian authorities have announced the suspension of humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of civilians from eastern Ukraine, amid lack of agreement with the Russian military on the ceasefire.
“This morning we failed to negotiate a ceasefire with the occupiers on the evacuation routes. Therefore, unfortunately, we will not open humanitarian corridors today,” Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on Telegram. “We are sparing no expense to get the humanitarian corridors back to work as soon as possible,” she added.
Iryna Vereshchuk also demanded the opening of an evacuation route for wounded soldiers from the city of Mariupol, devastated by the fighting.
• In Mariupol, Ukrainian soldiers will “fight to the end”
The last Ukrainian defenders of Mariupol still control parts of the city and they “will fight to the end,” Prime Minister Denys Chmyhal said in a statement. interview broadcast on the American channel ABC†
“No, the city has not fallen. Our forces, our soldiers are still there. They will fight to the end. As I speak to you, they are still in Mariupol,” assured Denys Chmyhal.
Ukrainian soldiers besieged in Mariupol on Sunday appeared to have ignored Russia’s ultimatum to lay down arms and evacuate this strategic port in southeastern Ukraine, whose capture would be a major victory for Moscow.
• Zelensky invites Macron to see the “genocide”
The Ukrainian president claimed to have invited his French counterpart to go to Ukraine to see for himself that the Russian armed forces are committing “genocide”, a term his French counterpart has so far refused to use.
“As for Emmanuel, I spoke to him,” President Zelensky said in an interview with US broadcaster CNN that was held Friday and aired Sunday. “I think he wants to make sure that Russia enters into a dialogue,” he added, explaining the French leader’s refusal to denounce a “genocide” in Ukraine, unlike the president. of the United States Joe Biden.
The Ukrainian president initially found this refusal “very hurtful” on Wednesday. “I told him I wanted him to understand that this is not a war, that it is nothing but genocide. I have invited him to come when he has the opportunity,” Volodymyr Zelensky said. CNN† “He’ll come, and he’ll see, and I’m sure he’ll understand.”
