On the 16th day of the war against Ukraine, Russian troops continue to strike at settlements in many regions of the neighboring country and do not stop trying to capture them. The Ukrainian army and territorial defense detachments are putting up stubborn resistance and claiming significant losses of Russians among personnel and military equipment. Under the conditions of hostilities, the statements of representatives of the armed forces of both sides of the conflict cannot be verified from independent sources. Western countries and international organizations are tightening sanctions against Russia. DW is following developments on Friday, March 11 (Moscow time).
In Northern Europe, media texts about the war in Ukraine are being translated into Russian
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The largest newspapers in Denmark, Finland and Sweden – Politiken, Helsingin Sanomat and Dagens Nyheter – began to translate into Russian materials related to topics around the war between Russia and Ukraine. They explained this as a response to the attempts of the Russian authorities to hide the truth from the Russians. “Russian mothers should know how their sons were sent into the unknown, how innocent civilians are killed and injured, and how millions of Ukrainians were forced to flee their country,” the publications said in a statement.
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Employees of the special police regiment shot dead the former deputy head of the Main Directorate in the Ukrainian capital Security Services of Ukraine in Kyiv Dmitry Demyanenko, according to a number of Ukrainian media. Law enforcement officers forcibly stopped a Toyota Camry car at one of the checkpoints, from which they opened fire on the police. The police returned fire on the vehicle, which, according to media reports, was Demyanenko.
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A large Russian military convoy moving towards Kiev has split into small groups, US company Maxar Technologies said, citing its satellite imagery. According to her, armored units are maneuvering close to Antonov airport northwest of the Ukrainian capital and in nearby settlements.
Vladimir Putin (left) and Gerhard Schroeder
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Former Chancellor of Germany Gerhard Schroeder (Gerhard Schröder) is in Moscow to negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the war with Ukraine, Politico online publication, Bild newspaper and dpa agency reported. According to dpa, the first meeting between Schroeder and Putin took place on March 10, and it is not yet known about possible further contacts. In turn, the federal government of Germany earlier stated that the trip of the ex-chancellor was not coordinated with official Berlin. The current head of government, Olaf Scholz, declined to comment on the sidelines of an informal EU summit.
Red Cross: Food supply problems in Mariupol
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IN Mariupol there is a tense situation with the supply of food and medicine, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). All the shops and pharmacies of the besieged city were looted a few days earlier, and many residents do not have drinking water, said an organization employee who is himself in Mariupol.
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Ministry of Science and Innovation Spain suspends cooperation with Russia and Belarus. The Office will not enter into new contracts and agreements with organizations from these countries. At the same time, the Ministry of Science, as a support for the scientific community of Ukraine, will propose the creation of a line of projects at the European level to restore the Ukrainian science system, official Madrid said.
Zelensky rejects Russia’s allegations that Ukraine is developing weapons of mass destruction
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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, in another appeal, rejected Moscow’s claims about the development by Kiev weapons of mass destruction. “No chemical or any other weapons of mass destruction have been developed on my soil. The whole world knows this. And if Russia does something like that against us, it will receive the most severe sanctions response,” the head of state stressed.
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Russia requested a meeting on March 11 United Nations Security Council. It is expected that the event will discuss “US military biological activities on the territory of Ukraine,” said First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Dmitry Polyansky. The Russian Defense Ministry has previously stated that in Ukraine there is allegedly a network of biolaboratories working within the framework of joint programs with the Pentagon. At the same time, the United Nations noted that it did not know anything about weapons of mass destruction allegedly produced in Ukraine, and the US State Department stressed that the United States does not have laboratories for the production of biological or chemical weapons in a state neighboring the Russian Federation.
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Russia offered Ukraine until 03:00 Moscow time on March 11 to agree on humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of residents of Kyiv and a number of other Ukrainian cities, said Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation. The Ukrainian side at the time of publication did not comment on this information. Mizintsev previously said that humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of civilians from Ukraine to Russia will be opened daily from 10 am without coordination with Kiev.
Interpol will not exclude Russia from the organization
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International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) will not exclude Russia from its ranks. However, the organization will introduce a new scheme for considering Russian requests – they will not go directly to member states, but will go through the Interpol General Secretariat to check for compliance with the rules of the organization.
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Vladimir Klichko, brother of the Kiev mayor Vitali Klitschko, said that German citizens donated over 100 million euros in support of Ukraine. “I am very happy, but not surprised, because the German people have a big heart,” Klitschko said.
UN: Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, 549 civilians have died
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Since the Russian military invasion in Ukraine, 549 civilians have been killed and another 957 injured. Such data leads Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Thus, 123 deaths were recorded in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, including 24 in the territories of the self-proclaimed “DPR” and “LPR”. In other regions of Ukraine (Kyiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Kherson, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Odessa, Sumy, Zaporozhye and Zhytomyr regions), which are under the control of the Ukrainian authorities, 426 people died. In most cases, deaths were caused by shelling from heavy artillery and multiple launch rocket systems, as well as rocket and air strikes, the department noted. OHCHR believes that the actual number of victims is even higher.
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