The Ukrainian army claims that the Russian army shelled the city of Mariupol with chemical weapons last night (Monday), in violation of any treaty and international law.
The separatist ruler of Donetsk claimed to have succeeded in capturing the port of the city of Mariupol, one of the most important cities for Russia.
Meanwhile, the mayor of Mariupol claims that so far in the besieged city have managed to count about 10,000 people killed by the Russian army due to the siege imposed on the city in recent weeks.
The mayor added that the city streets are full of corpses and death. He further claimed that “the death toll could reach as many as 20,000 people, as we have not finished the count.
The new Austrian Chancellor Nihammer met earlier today (Monday) with Russian President Putin, the first face-to-face meeting of a Western leader (excluding Bennett) with Putin since the invasion.
Earlier today the Ukrainian army claimed that local intelligence was expecting a very large attack soon on the eastern Ukrainian region.
The Russian goal is to achieve a land corridor between the separatist areas of Donetsk and Luhansk and the Crimean peninsula, territories occupied in 2014.
In order to achieve this goal, the Russian army must occupy the city of Mariupol, which refuses to surrender and is under very heavy fire, and it is estimated that it will be a matter of time before it falls to the Russians.
After about an hour and a quarter of meeting between the two, the Austrian chancellor called the meeting “unfriendly.” He also claimed that “at the meeting I also referred to the massacre in Bocha and made it clear to Putin that those responsible would be held accountable. “Sanctions will remain tight as long as people in Ukraine continue to be murdered.”