The Ukraine-Russia war does not stop. The sirens, as evidenced by the latest news, return to sound in Kiev and Russian tanks have entered the city near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, in southeastern Ukraine, by opening fire. As news arrives with dozens of deaths from the raids, the expected second round of negotiations has led to an agreement on humanitarian corridors as the fighting continues. And you look at a third round to be held early next week, the official Belta news agency reported, citing the adviser to the Ukrainian presidency, Mykhailo Podolyak. “I have to talk to Putin,” said the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky. The Russian president on his part reiterated: “I will never give up the belief that Russians and Ukrainians are one people”.
In yesterday’s talks “unfortunately, the results that Ukraine wanted were not achieved. Only a decision has been made on the organization of the humanitarian corridors “announced Podolyak.
The head of the Russian delegation, Vladimir Medinsky, said “significant progress” had been made and confirmed that the two countries have agreed to create humanitarian corridors to allow the evacuation of civilians and a ceasefire in these areas.
ZELENSKY – “This war must be stopped”. “It’s not that I want to talk to Putin. I have to talk to Putin“said the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, during a press conference in Kiev.” I fear for the life of my family “, said Zelensky, thanking” the countries that have supplied us with weapons “: but” perhaps the world has acted too late, “he added.
“Russia’s goal is to see us on our knees”, but in reality “it is afraid of our unity”, he said, underlining: “The sanctions are serious, they are a good start”. And he went back to asking NATO to impose a “no fly zone” on Ukraine to counter Russian attacks. If Ukraine were to “fall”, “Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia would end up in the sights of Russia. Remember this moment” warned the Ukrainian president. According to Zelensky, “the world must show her strength”.
“The Russians also bombed churches”, he said again at a press conference, accusing the Russian army of having brought with them “a crematorium” to burn the bodies of soldiers and “not having to show them to their mothers”. “The Russian soldiers are dying and no one is counting the bodies,” Zelensky said, accusing Moscow of wanting to hide the death toll among the military so that the Russian people ignore the true cost of the conflict.
PUTIN – “I will never give up on the belief that Russians and Ukrainians are one people“said the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, opening the meeting of the Russian Security Council, explaining that” Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine is going according to plan “and stressing that it will destroy the “anti Russia” created by the West. “Nobody can threaten Russia, not even with nuclear weapons” she said.
“We are taking care to do everything possible to avoid civilian casualties,” Putin said, adding that “the Russian military is fighting for us, for Russia, for peace, Donbass and the denazification of Ukraine”. “In Ukraine we are fighting neo-Nazis, who have foreign mercenaries, some come from the Middle East and use civilians as human shields,” said Putin, who accused “Ukrainian nationalists” for putting “armored vehicles in residential areas”.
In his speech he repeatedly called “heroes” the Russian military who are fighting in Ukraine, and announced that the families of the fallen would be given “7 million rubles and a monthly allowance” and there will be forms of assistance and compensation for the wounded. .
HIM-HER-IT – The United Nations estimates that over 10 million people in Ukraine could leave their homes and that four million of them could seek refuge in other countries. The spokesman for the United Nations Secretary General, Stephane Dujarric, underlined in a note.
“Our colleagues tell us that the needs in Ukraine are growing and spreading by the hour” and “although the number of displaced people is not yet clear, we predict that more than 10 million people could flee their homes if the violence continues. and that four million people could cross borders to neighboring countries, “the spokesman said.
EU AGREEMENT: “TEMPORARY PROTECTION FOR THOSE FAVING THE WAR” – The EU interior ministers reached a “historic agreement in Brussels: the EU will grant temporary protection to those fleeing the war in Ukraine” announced French minister Gérald Darmanin.
The agreement reached “gives a suitable response to the situation” in which Ukrainians fleeing the war find themselves, explained Darmanin at a press conference in Brussels at the end of the Council. “Eligible people will enjoy a protection status similar to that of refugees for one year, renewable. The unanimous decision reflects the solidarity we must give to the Ukrainian people, in the face of an unjustifiable war”.
It is “the first time that the directive has been activated”, underlined the European Commissioner Ylva Johansson, even though “it has existed for over twenty years”.