The authorities of Ukraine announced Tuesday a new attempt to evacuate civilians from the port city MariupolBesieged by Russian troops almost since the beginning of the invasion a month ago, and the capital Kyiv placed under curfew.
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More than 200,000 people are trapped in it Mariupoldescribed by those who managed to get out as “a frozen hell full of corpses and ruined buildings”Human Rights Watch said, citing data from a local official.
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“We know there will not be enough space for everyone on Tuesday,” but “we will try to carry out the evacuation until we have removed all residents.” Mariupol‘ said Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshuk.
With his country under constant attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy invited Pope Francis to mediate between the two sides, a day after he agreed to discuss all issues in direct dialogue with Vladimir Putin.
There was no truce with violence on the ground, albeit without major victories for the troops Russialeading some to fear a resurgence of attacks.
US President Joe Biden warned that Putin was considering using chemical and biological weapons in Ukraine while discussing what he called Moscow’s “brutal tactics” with his European allies.
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This Thursday, the White House leader will travel to Brussels for a series of meetings with NATO, European Union (EU) and G7 leaders before heading to Poland, which has taken in the majority of Ukraine’s 3 million exiles.
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At least 117 children have been killed in the war since the invasion began on February 24, the Ukrainian prosecutor’s office said. In addition, 548 schools were damaged72 of them completely destroyed.
That’s what a US defense official said Moscow intensified military activity with 300 flights in 24 hours in a “desperate” attempt to turn the tide on Ukrainian resistance.
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This was claimed by the Ukrainian military command Russian troops only have enough ammunition, food and fuel for three days. He also assured that 300 Russian soldiers deserted in the Sumy region (northeast).
Even in the territories conquered by Russia, resistance continues. Ukrainian authorities on Tuesday accused Russian troops of shooting at unarmed protesters in the occupied southern city of Kherson.
Videos uploaded to social networks and the Telegram application showed dozens of people gathering in Jersón’s Plaza Libertad to protest the takeover of the city.
Russian soldiers are shown firing in the air while a bloodied elderly man was removed, although authorities said no one was killed.
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On the front line, Ukrainian authorities said evacuating residents was a priority on Tuesday Mariupol. For this, three routes were designed between this city and Zaporizhia, more than 200 km northwest by car.
The city on the shore of the Sea of Azov was relentlessly bombed and more than 2,000 people diedaccording to the local authorities.
Russia had given Mariupol until 5 a.m. Monday to surrender, but Kyiv rejected the ultimatum, saying resistance in the city had strengthened defenses across Ukraine.
Mariupol is an important goal in war Putinbecause it served as a bridge between Russian forces in Crimea and the Russiancontrolled areas to the north and east.
Negotiations between Moscow and the former Soviet republic have made little progress so far. After a phone call with Pope Francis, Ukraine’s president reiterated Tuesday that his government “would appreciate” the Holy See playing “a mediating role.” […] to end human suffering in Ukraine.
the night before, Zelensky had insisted on having a facetoface conversation with him Putin in which all issues could be “addressed”, including the status of Russia’s annexed Crimea peninsula and the proRussian separatist areas of the Donbass (east).
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“I am ready to raise these issues at the first meeting with the Russian President,” he said. Zelensky. “Would we solve everything there? No, but there is a possibility that we can at least partially stop the war,” he added.
He insisted Ukraine He “already understood” that he could not join NATO, but added that his compatriots could not simply “hand over” the capital or the cities of Kharkiv and Mariupol, a heavily bombed port.
“Ukraine cannot accept an ultimatum from Russia. In the first place it will be necessary to destroy us all, only then will their ultimatums be respected, he claimed.
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A group of people survey the damage caused by the Russian bombing of a shopping mall in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. (EFREM LUKATSKY AP).Curfew in Kyiv
this tuesday, Kyiv still respect a 35 hour curfew which began at 20:00 (18:00 GMT) on Monday after a Russian bombing raid destroyed the Retroville shopping center and killed at least eight people.
“It was the biggest bomb that has fallen on the city so far”commented Dima Stepanienko, 30 years old.
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Russia He claimed that the mall was used to store missile systems and ammunition.
The head of human rights in the Ukrainian parliament, Liudmila Denisova, reported on Tuesday about several Russian attacks in the east.
According to her, “artillery fire and air strikes” “completely” destroyed Avdivka on the outskirts of the city Donetskwhere five civilians died.
At Lysychansk, 150 km northeast, two more people were killed. And in Kharkiv (Northeast) Two parents and their nineyearold daughter were killed and their 17yearold son injured when a Russian tank fired on their car despite waving a white flag.
The war has displaced around 10 million Ukrainians, a third of whom have fled the country, the UN said, as fears of starvation in other countries grow as Russia and Ukraine are major agricultural exporters.
To try to mitigate Ukraine’s economic devastation, European leaders pushed for the establishment of a trust fund for the country, according to a draft document seen by AFP.
“The EU pledges to support the Ukrainian government for its immediate needs and, once the Russian onslaught has ended, for the reconstruction of a democratic Ukraine,” the text reads.
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