Eighth day of war in Ukraine: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees announced tonight (Thursday) that one million Ukrainian refugees have fled their homeland since the Russian invasion. This is the largest influx of refugees since the turn of the century.
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According to the UN, the influx of refugees is growing rapidly in the shadow of the worsening humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.
Russian forces last night completed the occupation of Kherson in the south of the country – the first city to be fully occupied since the beginning of the war. The mayor posted on Facebook: “We have no armed Ukrainian forces in the city, only civilians who want to live.”
The port city of Mariupol is under constant attack, this after the separatists threatened earlier that they would shell the city if the Ukrainian army did not surrender.
During the night, the President of Ukraine Zalansky posted on Facebook in which he commented on the state of the campaign: “We broke the enemy’s plan within a week, they will not have a single moment of peace in our country. We killed 9,000 Russians. “
22:00: Ukrainian Foreign Minister tweeted on his Twitter account: “How can the allies who have not yet provided fighter jets to Ukraine sleep while children in Mariupol, Kherson and Kharkov sleep in basements under the bombs?”.
9:30 p.m .: Biden: “We continue to impose severe economic sanctions on Putin and those around him.”
21:00: Russia and Ukraine conclude: Humanitarian arrangements for citizens will be activated.
21:00: The death toll in Chernihiv, which is being attacked from the air by Russia today, has risen to 33.
20:45: The Belarusian news agency “Balta” reported: A third round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine will take place early next week.
19:15: President Zlansky: “We need to find compromises in talks with Russia, but we will not agree on everything. “I am ready to have an honest conversation with Putin, if the Kremlin treats the talks in good faith and sees us Ukrainians as equals.”
19:10: President Putin: “The military operation is progressing as it prepares. We will destroy the ‘anti-Russian’ alliance created by the West.
17:55: US estimates: Putin put into active combat about 90% of the amount of forces stationed around Ukraine before the invasion.
18:18: Ukrainian official source: Russian forces are still 25 km from central Kyiv.
17:00: A delegation from Kiev and a delegation from Moscow began the second round of talks in Belarus. We discussed an immediate ceasefire, a ceasefire and humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of civilians and the introduction of essential medical equipment.
16:35: President Macron’s adviser refers to the president’s conversation with his Russian counterpart: Putin is aiming for the occupation of all of Ukraine.
16:20: French President Macron spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart Zalansky, who stressed that Ukraine would not give up and that negotiations with a gun aimed at the head could not be held.
16:15: More details on the conversation between Macron and Putin: The Russian president told the Frenchman that if neutrality and disarmament of Ukraine are not achieved through diplomacy – he will continue the military operation. Macron, on the other hand, said that Putin was making a “big mistake” about Ukraine and that the regime there was not a Nazi and that he was deceiving himself and not describing reality.
16:00: Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with French President Emanuel Macron, making it clear to him that the objectives of the operation in Ukraine would be achieved “in any case and in any situation.”
16:00: Russian Ambassador to Israel, Anatoly Viktorov: “We are witnessing a wave of Pike News from the media trying to present Russia’s policy and our President, Vladimir Putin, in a monstrous way. Incitement against Russia all over the world. “We do not want to occupy Ukraine, but only act against those who took it hostage.”
He added: “Ukraine claimed that we bombed the Babi Yar monument. It was Pike News. “No damage was done to the memorial, despite claims by the President of Ukraine.”
15:30: Chernivtsi Governor: Nine people were killed in an airstrike that hit schools and residential buildings.
14:10: A Ukrainian official told Reuters: “Talks with Russia in Belarus will begin in about two hours.”
13:35: NATO official: Russia changed strategy and decided to act directly against Ukrainian cities. “We are seeing a strategic change from the Russian side. They are less focused on besieging cities and more active in penetrating content. The bombings are part of a change in attitude, “the source told CNN.
13:20: Kherson City Governor: Russian forces gained full control of the regional administration building.
13:00: Vitaly Klitschko, mayor of Kyiv, reported that the situation in the Ukrainian capital “difficult, but under control”.
12:30: Zalanski’s adviser confirms that the city of Mariupol is besieged on all sides.
12:00: The Mariupol City Council announced that Russia had been shelling the city non-stop, severely damaging infrastructure and its residents, who were left without water, electricity or means of heating, and even harmed the ability to receive supplies or evacuate the wounded. “They damaged the food supply, destroyed the infrastructure in the city and left us under siege.”
11:50: The Law Enforcement Committee of the Ukrainian Parliament unanimously decided to remove all restrictions on civilians’ use of weapons in order to allow them to assist in repelling Russian forces
11:50: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov clarified: “Our military doctrine has set parameters for the use of nuclear weapons.” In an interview with the TASS news agency, he added: “There is information about ‘provocations’ planned by the Ukrainians in Mariupol, the real killers are fighting on the side of Kyiv.”
Oil tank burned in Chernihiv, Ukraine
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11:00: CNN report: An oil depot in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernivtsi was hit by Russian military attacks. Firefighters are already operating at the scene and documentation coming from the scene of the incident shows thick black smoke.
11:30: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Rybkov warned the West against “further escalation” in the fighting in Ukraine and hinted that his country was ready to increase the intensity of adequacy if the West continued to support the Kyiv government.
11:30 a.m .: Ukrainians report that 34 civilians were killed in the last 24 hours as a result of Russian military attacks in the city of Kharkiv.
11:30: Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov: “I am sure a solution will be found to the crisis around Ukraine, Russia’s conditions are minimal.”
11:00: Ukrainian Foreign Minister tweeted a picture of masses blocking the road – and wrote: “This is a real war for Ukraine. Putin has no chance of winning. In this picture, civilians are blocking the Russian invaders in Energrad yesterday. One of thousands of such photos and videos. We need partners to help Ukraine defend itself. Especially in the air. Close the sky! ”
10:40: Ukrainian Army: Four Russian battleships on their way to Odessa.
10:10: The port city of Mariupol under prolonged attacks. The mayor: “We can not even take the wounded from the streets.” He said yesterday was the most difficult day so far of the Russian invasion, amid heavy shelling and the growing number of wounded civilians in hospitals.
9:45 a.m .: British intelligence confirms that Russian forces have arrived in the city of Kherson, but stresses that the military situation there remains unclear. British intelligence noted that despite the heavy shelling, the cities of Kharkov, Chernivtsi and Mariupol remained under Ukrainian control.
9:45 a.m .: Russian Ministry of Defense: Since the beginning of the ‘special operation’ we have hit 1,612 Ukrainian military targets.
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9:35 a.m .: Report in Russia: Pro-Russian forces threaten to launch a targeted attack on the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, unless the Ukrainian forces there surrender.
08:30: Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Urban claims that so far relations with Russia have been “good and stable”, but now the war has created a “new situation”. He does not intend to veto the sanctions that the EU will impose on Russia and that the unity of the EU is important.
8:00: The Ukrainian army claims this morning that Russian forces are “almost unable to advance”. A military update released stated that during the night, shelling of residential neighborhoods in major cities continued. Russian army forces were pushed towards the northern regions of Kyiv and Mariupol.