Zelensky calls for protection like that of Israel; Ukraine orders power generation equipment from the EU and more

2024-04-22 10:17:16

The war between Russia and Ukraine comes to your day 782 since its beginning on February 24, 2022, when the Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered a “special military operation” to free the pro-Russian population from the Donbas region of Ukraine.

Hoy Monday April 15, 2024, Volodímir Zelenski calls for a defensive shield for Ukraine like the one that already protects Israel.

At least yesSix people killed in Russian bombings in eastern Ukraine on Sunday and Monday, according to authorities, at a time when Moscow increases pressure on the eastern front of the former Soviet republic.

Four civilians died in Siverskin the Ukrainian region of Donetsk, Russian rocket victimslocal authorities indicated this Monday.

“The city [de Siversk] was bombed last night with multiple rocket launchers. Four men between 36 and 86 years old have died,” Governor Vadim Filashkin said on social media.

Siversk, a mining city that had 11,000 inhabitants before the Russian invasion, is close to the eastern front and has suffered continuous bombing since the start of Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine in February 2022.

In the region of Jarkovin the northeast of the territory, a Russian bombing killed two people on Monday in the town of Lukyantsiaccording to regional governor Oleg Synegubov.

“Two people died, the number of injured is yet to be determined. “They were all civilians,” he stated.

Ukraine admitted on Sunday that the situation is “very tense” on the eastern front, where the Russian army continues on the offensive to seize the strategic city of Chasiv Yar, 35 km southwest of Siversk.

The Russian offensive occurs at a very delicate time for the Ukrainian army, which is having difficulties recruiting and lacks sufficient ammunition against a more forceful and better-equipped enemy.

Emmanuel Macron justifies Israel’s participation and Russia’s exclusion in Paris-2024

The French president, Emmanuel Macronjustified this Monday the different treatment applied to Russia at the Paris 2024 Olympic Gamesexcluded from the competition as a nation for having decided on “a war of aggression” in Ukraine, and Israelwhose flag will be present, because it is not the “aggressor” country.

“There is a very different situation” between Russia and Israel, Macron said in an interview for the BFM TV network and the RMC radio station.

Deputies of the left-wing French opposition had asked at the end of February International Olympic Committee (COI) that in the next Games “apply to Israel (…) the same sanctions as to Russia and Belarus”, a country allied with Moscow.

“Israel was the victim of a terrorist attack (…). We can disagree with Israel with the way it responds and protects itself, but we cannot say that Israel is an aggressor. There is a clear difference.

For this reason, the Israeli flag will be present. Their athletes too and I hope they will be vectors of peace, since they will have to compete with many participants from the region.”

Emmanuel Macron, president of France

Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the IOC decided to ban Russia from the 2024 Paris Games and will only allow Russian athletes to participate in individual events under a neutral flag.

Instead, this organismwho recognizes the Israeli and Palestinian Olympic committee, maintains a more equidistant position regarding the conflict in Gaza.

Ukraine asks the EU for electricity generation and air defense equipment to protect them

He Ukrainian Energy MinisterGerman Galushchenko, asked to the European Union countries what send electricity generation equipment to supply the infrastructure attacked by Russia and air defense systems to protect them.

“Air defense is the answer,” Galushchenko told the press after participating in an informal council of energy ministers from EU countries, held in Brussels.

The Ukrainian politician pointed out that Russian attacks on energy infrastructure ukrainian han destroyed about 70 gigawatts of electricity generation capacityshowed photos to the European headlines and told them that “it is very important to increase support” because it is “vital” so that Ukraine can face the next winter.

Galushchenko added that he believes that “unfortunately” attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure will continue throughout the summer and explained that Moscow is now using “new types of weapons and more different weapons at the same time,” compared to its 2022 actions.

Last week, the UE shipment a Ukraine 167 electric generators and there is also more than 400 million euros in donations to the energy fund created to help the attacked country.

Ukraine houses in its deposits about 3 billion cubic meters of gas (3 bcm) from European companies, and kyiv considers that Russia wanted to send “signals” that it is willing to attack these deposits.

Las reserves are very close to the European borderstherefore, if the Twenty-seven want to guarantee the security of supplycould use the anti-aircraft defense systems of the EU countries from within the community itself.

Russian attack in Kupiansk, Kharkiv province, northeastern Ukraine (EFE)

Volodymyr Zelensky calls for a defensive shield for Ukraine like the one that already protects Israel

The Ukrainian president, Volodímir Zelenski, asked to their allies what take the necessary steps to create in Ukraine an anti-aircraft defense network like the Israeliwhich early Sunday morning intercepted almost all of the more than three hundred drones and missiles fired by Iran against the Jewish State.

“The whole world sees what a real defense means. See that it is possible. And the whole world saw that Israel was not alone in this defense, since the air threat was also countered by its allies,” Zelensky said, referring to the interceptions of Iranian projectiles carried out by Israel’s allies from their bases in the region.

The Ukrainian president recalled that, just last week, Russia launched 130 Iranian Shahed kamikaze drones against Ukraine, 80 missiles y about 700 guided aerial bombs.

These attacks again caused civilian casualties and destroyed or damaged several power plants in Ukraine, among other infrastructure.

“When Ukraine says that its allies should not close their eyes to missiles and drones, it means that actions are needed; ambitious actions,” stressed Zelensky, who stated that the effectiveness shown by the Israeli defenses early Sunday morning demonstrates that “unity” between allies “provides the best defense.”

The Ukrainian head of state added that “Ukraine, the Middle East and all other regions of the world equally deserve a just and lasting peace,” and called for concrete measures, and not “rhetoric” or “opinions,” to slow down “the production of missiles and drones for terror.”

Zelensky He recalled again in his speech that many of the projectiles what Russia launched against Ukrainian territory continue to contain components manufactured “in the free world” despite the sanctions that weigh on the military industries of Russia and Iran, which throughout the Ukrainian war has supplied Moscow with Shahed kamikaze drones.

The Ukrainian president He asked his allies again what take drastic measures to prevent Russia from continuing to circumvent sanctions to import these components through third countries.

Ukraine urgently need more air defense and missile systems for these systems to be able to safely protect their infrastructure from Russian air attacks. kyiv must also receive throughout this year the first F-16 fighters promised by their allies.

After weeks of devastating attacks on the Ukrainian electrical system, Germany announced this weekend that it will send another Patriot anti-missile system to Ukraine. Berlin is also preparing the transfer to Ukraine of an additional IRIS-T system, and will send more missiles for the anti-aircraft systems that kyiv already has.

US ATACMS missiles delivered to Ukraine (Courtesy)

2024-04-22 10:17:16