The Ukrainian capital, Kiev, was the scene this Friday of fierce fighting between the invading Russian forces and the army, which Vladimir Putin called to take power.
On the second day of the invasion ordered by the Russian president, which has caused the flight of more than 50,000 Ukrainians from the country according to the UN and more than 100 dead according to Kievthe European Union announced new sanctions, still without specifying, against Putin himself and his Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
But Putin seems determined to continue his offensive and bring about regime change in Ukraine; this Friday, he called Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky and his government a “gang of drug addicts and neo-Nazis.”
“Take the power in your hands. It seems to me that it will be easier to negotiate between you and me,” Putin launched. the Ukrainian army in an intervention on Russian television.
Hours earlier, Lavrov stated that his country is open to negotiations if Ukraine “lays down its arms.”
Putin is ready to send a delegation to Minsk, the capital of Belarus, a country allied with Russia, to conduct negotiations with Ukraine, his spokesman said.
At the moment, the Ukrainian army is resisting the attacks of the invading forces, that this Friday entered neighborhoods in the north of Kiev.
In the residential neighborhood of Oblon, AFP saw a dead person on the sidewalk and ambulances helping a person, trapped in a vehicle crushed by an armored vehicle.
Residents of the place indicated that they saw two bodies that seemed to be Russian soldiers, but AFP could not confirm this information.
Ghost city
At dawn, Kiev recorded two strong explosions, AFP journalists said. “Horrible Russian missile shots over Kiev,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba denounced on Twitter. According to official sources, there were three wounded in the attack.
“They said civilians weren’t targeted, but that’s another one of their lies… Tonight, they started shelling civilian neighborhoods. This reminds us of (the Nazi offensive of) 1941″, Volodimir Zelensky denounced in a video broadcast on social networks.
After the flight of many inhabitants on Thursday, and Subject to a curfew, the capital of three million inhabitants has the appearance of a ghost town.
Ukrainian troops also said they are fighting Russian armored units in Dymer and Ivankiv, 45 and 80 kilometers north of Kiev.
Vote in the Security Council-
In the diplomatic field, the United States and Albania asked to vote on Friday night in the UN Security Council on a draft resolution that condemns the invasion and calls for the immediate withdrawal of Russian troops, but the initiative will collide with the right of Moscow’s veto in that instance.
In a conversation with Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping asked him to “negotiate” with Ukraine.
The Pope Francis also intervened and met with the Russian ambassador to the Vatican to express “his concern”.
The invasion triggered demonstrations around the world, in which thousands of people criticized Putin’s decision. There were even protests in Russia, where police detained more than 1,800 people, according to the UN.
This Friday, Zelenski asked the Russians to continue protesting against this offensive. “You heard us and believe us. Fight for us, fight against the war,” he said. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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