Vadim Boychenko, who serves as mayor of Mariupol, claims that Russia is using mobile fires to conceal evidence of Russian atrocities.
“The high number of civilians killed is in my opinion the reason why Russia opposes the evacuation of civilians to Turkey by sea,” the mayor added.
Meanwhile, EU foreign policy chief Burrell claimed earlier today (Wednesday) that EU aid to Ukraine is significantly smaller than the amount EU countries bought Russian oil.
According to EU data, since the invasion the EU has spent 35 times more on Russia than on Ukraine. That is, 35 billion euros, compared to only one billion euros given as aid money to Ukraine.
“We need to help the Ukrainians defend themselves … We gave Ukraine a billion euros. It may seem like a lot but a billion euros is what we pay Putin every day for the energy he provides us,” Burrell said in a speech to the European Parliament today.
Ukrainian President Zalansky addressed the Irish parliament earlier today, claiming that Russia was taking advantage of the famine and using it as a weapon. “For them hunger is a weapon against us, to make ordinary and simple people a tool of control.”
In the king’s night speech of President Zlansky said that “we are aware that the occupiers are surpassing us, that they have more equipment, but we have no other choice – the fate of our country and our people is decided. We know what we are fighting for and do everything to win.”
Zalansky addressed the UN Security Council and said: “The UN Security Council exists, and there is no security in the world, for anyone. This means that the UN is not currently able to perform the functions for which it was created. And only one country is to blame – Russia, which defames the UN and all the other international institutions in which it is still involved. “
The Ukrainian president said he had spoken with French President Emmanuel Macron, and that: “It has been agreed that France will provide the technical and expert support required to investigate the crimes of the Russian occupiers in Bocha and other cities in Ukraine.”