Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ordered reinforcements for Bakhmut. “I have asked the General Staff to find the appropriate forces to defend Bakhmut, no part of Ukraine must be abandoned,” he said in his usual evening message to the country. Zelenskyy explained that he discussed Bakhmut with high-ranking generals and emphasized that their position was not to withdraw but to strengthen the defense: “The command unanimously supported this position. There were no other positions. I told the commander in my head to find the right forces to help our guys in Bakhmut,” Zelensky said.
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05:04
China never supplied arms to warring factions
Beijing “has not provided arms to either side of the Ukrainian conflict. China is neither the architect of the crisis nor a directly affected party. So why threaten sanctions against China? This is absolutely unacceptable.” In his first briefing with the media on the fringes of the annual parliamentary work, the new foreign minister, Qin Gang, alluded to an “invisible hand” that seems to be propping up a protracted crisis. “It is a tragedy that could have been avoided: China chooses peace over war, dialogue over sanctions” and de-escalation over escalation,” Qin noted of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
04:28
China, crisis at critical juncture, talks as soon as possible
The Ukraine crisis has reached a critical point and conflict and sanctions will not solve the problem. This was stated by Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang. “Efforts at peace talks have been repeatedly damaged,” the Beijing foreign minister articulated, recalling the 12-point plan China unveiled on February 24, the first anniversary of the conflict’s start, to resolve the crisis peacefully. The Ukraine crisis has “reached a critical juncture,” he said, and “peace talks must begin as soon as possible.”
02:08
Ukrainian representative at the United Nations: No to the Russian presidency in the Security Council
Ukraine’s Permanent Representative to the UN Sergiy Kyslytsya has urged the organization not to allow Russia to hold a one-month rotating chairmanship of the UN Security Council from April. “The night of the invasion Antonio Guterres called ‘the saddest day of his tenure; indeed the saddest in the history of the United Nations to 1,” Kyslytsya pointed out in a tweet. In March, Mozambique will chair the United Nations Security Council. According to the United Nations program, Russia is to take over the presidency from April.