- Fighting in eastern and southern Ukraine intensified on Wednesday. The last Ukrainian fighters of Mariupol, in the Donbass, call on the international community to “security guarantees”when the Russian troops intend to take the whole besieged city where soldiers and civilians are blocked. “We are ready to leave Mariupol with the help of a third party”armed with weapons, “to save the people entrusted to our care”said Thursday morning Sviatoslav Palamar, deputy commander of the Azov regiment.
- the governor of Luhansky said Russian troops now control 80% of the region, one of two regions that make up Donbass in eastern Ukraine. Serhi Haidai said that after taking Kreminna, the Russians were now threatening the cities of Rubizhne and Popasna and he urged all residents to evacuate immediately.
- “We will do everything we can to support you and make sure Ukraine wins the war”said the President of the European Council in Kiev, Charles Michel, came to meet the president, Volodymyr Zelensky. In particular, he promised that sanctions would soon target Russia’s oil and gas exports.
- “Today I can confirm that the attitude of the West has become warmer”greets, Wednesday on BFM-TV, Volodymyr Zelensky on material aid to Ukraine “We are waiting for the delivery of weapons, we have preliminary dates and we have guarantees”said the Ukrainian president.
- Moscow said on Wednesday it had passed the first test shot of Sarmathis intercontinental missile† The Pentagon responded, assuring that the shooting was a test of… “routine” and did not form “no threat” for the United States or for its allies.
- New evacuation corridor has not been performed in Ukraine since Saturday, due to lack of agreement with the Russians.
- The Russian invasion has already pushed towards Ukraine’s neighbors – starting with Poland – more than five million Ukrainiansa record since World War II.
- A Ukrainian official on Wednesday accused the International Committee of the Red Cross not to cooperate with his country in the fate of Ukrainian refugees, suspected of it “partner in crime” by “deportations” to Russia, allegations strongly rejected by the ICRC.
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