Ukraine closes a new day of Russian siege with the enormous roar of the sky in the capital. And it is that Kyiv It has suffered new attacks on Saturday night, with explosions that have intensified until around 9:30 p.m. UK intelligence places Russian troops at less than 25 kilometers from Kievwhich has begun to stockpile essential products in the face of the inevitable arrival of Russian troops.
The mayor of the city, Vitaly Klitschkocalled on its citizens to prepare “for defense” From the capital. During the day this Saturday, Ukraine has confirmed that the negotiations with the Kremlin have continued through videoconferences. “Working subgroups have been created. Ukraine’s positions have been strictly defined in previous directives,” said Mikhailo Podoliak, a Ukrainian presidential adviser.
While trying to move forward on the diplomatic track, Ukraine has denounced the pillage by Russian troops to a humanitarian convoy. The convoy left from Zaporizhia when, at the Tokmak checkpoint, “it was looted by the Russian invaders, who took food, clothing and hygienic material by force“, as explained by the head of the military region of the area, Oleksander Starkuj.
For its part, Russia accuses Ukraine of preventing the opening of ten humanitarian corridors, assuring that the humanitarian situation is catastrophic in some Ukrainian cities. “While the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation fully observe a temporary ceasefire (for the evacuation of civilians), the Ukrainian side continues to cynically violate the agreements reached on the opening of humanitarian corridors to Russia,” said the head of the Russian National Defense Control Center, Mijail Mizintsev.
Mariupol in a state of humanitarian catastrophe
One of the cities in which this situation of humanitarian catastrophe is suffered is Mariupol. There is no water, food, electricity or medicine there, leading to chaos in a city that has not even been able to open a humanitarian corridor to get civilians out of the city.
In just 12 days, more than 1,600 people have died in the city. Not only that, but Russian tanks have mercilessly attacked civilian homes, leaving terrifying images such as the testimony of Anastasiaa Ukrainian mother who was attacked by a Russian mortar while in a shelter.
“Who will bring back those who have died?‘ she asked through tears. A similar situation is experienced in Irpin, where control of the city is divided equally between Russians and Ukrainians. In the center of the city you can see the impact of shells on blocks of buildings, residential areas that, like in Mariupol, have been attacked by Russian troops.
Putin, without “will to stop the war”
Throughout the day this Saturday, Vladimir Putin has held talks with the presidents of France and Germany, Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz. After that call, from Elíseo they have sent a clear and discouraging message: “Putin has not shown no will to stop the war“.
From the French presidency they assure that the objective is to “put maximum pressure” on a Putin who has put them in front of a conversation “very frank and difficult“. The Russian president, for his part, has denounced what he considers to be “numerous flagrant violations of the norms of international humanitarian law by the Ukrainian security forces,” according to the Kremlin.
Source: Lasexta
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