The Western world clings to Ukraine. “We will respond to Moscow’s use of chemical weapons, NATO will respond,” said US President Joe Biden from Brussels. “Putin did not think we would have such cohesion among allies, NATO is more united than ever”. “The allies today have decided to provide more assistance to Ukraine – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg had already said at the end of the extraordinary summit of the Atlantic Alliance – , also from a military point of view. These include anti-tank weapons, anti-missile and drone defenses, which have proved very effective. The allies will then assist Ukraine with financial and humanitarian aid “.In Brussels on the day of the G7, NATO and Europe summits, which was also attended by Ukrainian President Zelensky: he asked NATO for “unrestricted military aid”. “The threat of Russia’s large-scale use of chemical weapons on the territory of Ukraine is real,” Zelensky later said in a video link with the G7. And there is information that Russian troops have “used phosphorus bombs against the population in Ukraine,” he added. The G7 is ready to adopt new sanctions and will continue to work to prevent those already decided from being circumvented even with the sale of gold by the Russian central bank. This is what we read in the conclusions of the G7 leaders’ meeting.“It is not possible to involve neither NATO nor the EU in the guarantee of a no fly zone”, said Prime Minister Mario Draghi on the sidelines of the proceedings in Brussels. “This is a breach of contract”, the contracts would be considered “violated”, the premier replied on Putin’s claim to receive payments for Russian gas in rubles.
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From Putin’s announcement on February 24 to the massacres of civilians (ANSA) THE SITUATION ON THE FIELD –The Russian offensive in Ukraine continues unabated. But after a month of military hammering, with over 1,800 raids, progress on the ground appears slower and slower. If Moscow insists on repeating that “the special military operation is proceeding according to plan”, the Ukrainians now highlight a change of strategy. A “phase of war of attrition”, defined it Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky. A new approach which, for Kiev, is the result of the combined effect produced by the huge losses on the ground – 15,600 soldiers from Moscow were killed, according to the latest Ukrainian budget – and the difficulties in taking control of the strategic centers. For this, military reinforcements would be arriving in Belarus and Crimea, concentrating forces to try to surround the capital and fully occupy the Donetsk and Lugansk regions in Donbass. Day after day, the Ukrainian resistance strikes new blows. Like the missile raid that destroyed one of the largest amphibious assault ships in the Russian fleet, the Orsk, moored in the busy port of Berdyansk, on the Azov Sea. A bombardment that interrupted important military supplies for the siege of Mariupol, also affecting two other enemy ships. The fighting continues fiercely from east to south, up to the outskirts of Kiev. The use of phosphorus weapons was reported this time in the Lugansk region, with at least four deaths. In Kharkiv, the second largest center in the country near the Russian border, six civilians were killed and 15 wounded while they were waiting to receive help in the battered city, where basic necessities are in short supply, as are water, gas and electricity. The center was attacked with Kalibr cruise missiles launched from the Black Sea, for a total of 44 raids in 24 hours, including rocket launchers.
There is also a battle in Izyum, halfway between Kharkiv and the Donbass, of which the forces of Moscow had initially claimed the conquest. While in Irpin, on the northwestern outskirts of Kiev, the Ukrainian counter-offensive claims to have taken back 80% of the territory. In a country that is increasingly littered with weapons, there is the risk of dying even away from clashes. As in the village of Obilne, near Zaporizhzhia, where three children aged 15, 13 and 12 were seriously injured by a mine which they believed to be a toy. According to the UN budget, in a month of war the threshold of a thousand civilians killed was exceeded. Instead, the alarm for the new fire in the area of ​​the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the last of more than thirty fires reported in the last two weeks, has returned. Meanwhile,ZELENSKY SPEAKS – The Ukrainian president intervenes at the NATO assembly reiterating the accusation of the use of phosphorus weapons by the Russian army. Zelensky asked for “unrestricted military aid” at the Brussels summit. “You have at least 20,000 tanks. Ukraine has asked for one percent of all your tanks. Give them or sell them to us. But we don’t have a clear answer.” First interview of the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, with an Italian newspaper, the Republic, after a month of war with Moscow.The Russian blitzkrieg – underlines Zelensky – has failed, Kiev will defend itself to the end but asks for airplanes and air defense means against attacks from the air, Putin will not stop and the current one is a conflict that involves all of Europe. a secret location, he reiterates that Ukrainians are defending Europe, and believes that the entire civilized world will eventually unite with Kiev. He is willing to discuss a ceasefire, provided he does not suffer ultimatums. And he asks to continue to put pressure on the sanctions. The Russian blitzkrieg has failed, Kiev will defend itself to the end but asks for airplanes and air defense means against attacks from the air, Putin will not stop and the current one is a conflict that involves all of Europe.
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