This Friday (29), the 65th day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the death of a journalist has been confirmed during the Russian attacks on Kyiv, which took place yesterday during a visit by a UN (United Nations) delegation in the presence of the Foreign Minister. General, General of the Entity, António Guterres.
Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said that Radio Liberty’s Vira Hyrych was preparing to go to sleep when the apartment where she was living was hit by a Russian ballistic missile.
It is the 22nd death of a journalist since the war began on February 24. According to the Kyiv City Council, ten people were injured in the attack on the building.
The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed yesterday’s attacks on the city, which came after a reduction in offensives in the capital and a concentration of actions in eastern Ukraine.
In besieged Mariupol, one of Russia’s main targets on Ukrainian territory, local authorities are attempting to conduct an operation to remove civilians still held at the Azovstal Steel Plant, where resistance to Russian forces are operating.
The UN has already called for an immediate ceasefire in the area, where City Hall estimates at least 20,000 dead.
End of dialogue and invitation to the G20 meeting
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy today said it was entirely possible that the country might abandon negotiations for a peace deal with Russia he claimed the process was “too slow”.
“The risks of completely cutting off any dialogue with the Russians are very high,” he said.
Both Zelenskyy and Russian leader Vladimir Putin were invited by Indonesian President Joko Widodo to attend the G20 summit in Bali in November. Widodo had been criticized particularly by the US for inviting Putin, claiming there was a need to maintain impartiality in the conflict between the countries.
“Putin has isolated Russia and he must pay the consequences for what he did and is doing,” said John Kirby, a US Department of Defense spokesman.
Like Indonesia, Russia is a member of the G20, a summit that brings together the world’s largest economies. The other members are: South Africa, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, South Korea, USA, France, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, UK, Turkey and the European Union.
This week, at the suggestion of US President Joe Biden, he also handed over the invitation to Zelenskyy.
65th day of the conflict
The US Department of Defense announced on Friday that it has started training Ukrainian forces in Germany.
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With information from AFP, ANSA, RFI and Reuters