Negotiations between the delegations of Ukraine and Russia continue, but the conflict continues with serious losses of military and civilians and Putin’s war on gas is also exacerbated . Meanwhile, the US says it is supplying Ukraine with material in case Russia uses chemical weapons, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.
A column of buses carrying citizens fleeing the besieged city of Mariupol has reached Zaporizhzhia. This was confirmed by the AFP on the spot. The Red Cross will make another attempt on Saturday to rescue more civilians from Mariupol. The International Committee of the Red Cross explains that the evacuation was not successful because “the ICRC team, which includes three vehicles and nine people, did not reach Mariupol and was unable to facilitate the safe passage of civilians”.
Clashes continue near the capital. Russia also hit the Odessa region with three Iskander ballistic missiles, according to reports from the head of the regional state administration Maxim Marchenko, adding “there are victims”.
And it wasa fuel depot in the Russian Belgorod region burned with a raid, according to Moscow, of 2 Ukrainian MI-24 helicopters. The Kremlin’s anger: the Ukrainian attack “on Russian soil will weigh on the talks”. Kiev later denied the operation. Moscow: ‘Ukrainian attack sets fire to oil depot in Russia’ Karazin National University was “completely destroyed” by Russian army airstrikes in Kharkiv , Ukrainian Deputy Education Minister Andriy Vitrenko reported. Ukrainian TV Priamyi. Classes and activities will be moved to a “safer location,” he added. Kazanin is one of the main universities in Ukraine, the second oldest after Lviv.– The talks between the delegations of Russia and Ukraine have resumed but all the issues that prevent a solution of peace remain on the table. Turkish President Recep Tayyp Erdogan, during a telephone conversation with Vladimir Putin, reiterated the offer to host a meeting between the Russian leader and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The EU-China summit
was also held. Brussels is pressing on Beijing to stand up for a solution. “During the talks, Chinese President Xi Jinping indicated that certain actions are underway to exert influence on the Kremlin’s choices” in Ukraine, a senior EU official said at the end of the summit. “Anyone who expects a public turnaround on Chinese foreign policy, however, does not know Chinese foreign policy,” the source said. The Russian embassy in Moscow criticizes Italy’s arms shipment. “This decision of the Italian parliament was adopted on the very day when the first round of negotiations began, in Belarus. It is like trying to put out the fire with kerosene. It cannot be ruled out that with the weapons sent by Italy citizens will be killed and Russian military. And this introduces a bit of negativity into our bilateral relations. Tens of thousands of weapons have already been distributed to tens of thousands of people. In which hands will the weapons end up, and how they will be used, and a good question ” , says the Russian ambassador to Italy Sergey Razov in an interview with ‘Fourth grade’ on Rete 4. SICK PUTIN Russian President Vladimir Putin allegedly has thyroid cancer, points out the Russian independent media Proekt. The Kremlin denies these rumors. ZELENSKY SPEAKS IN A NEW VIDEO – Russian forces are regrouping and preparing to launch “mighty attacks” against the Donbass, where an Italian foreign fighter also died , and the south of Ukraine, starting with Mariupol: the Sos and of the Ukrainian president himself, Volodymyr Zelensky, in a new video message launched in the middle of the night. In the video, the Ukrainian president said – among other things – that he had fired two senior Ukrainian security officials, whom he called “traitors”. “Today a new decision has been made regarding the anti-heroes. I don’t have time to deal with all the traitors, but little by little they will all be punished,” said Zelensky, who mentioned two names, adding that “those who break the oath of loyalty to the Ukrainian people … will inevitably be deprived of their military ranks “, added the Ukrainian leader, without specifying further.
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Edy Ongaro, 46, fought against Kiev (ANSA)
