Updated:
Tuesday, April 12, 2022 10:58 am
Posted: 2022-12-04 08:18
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyyhas asked for more resources to counter the Russian invasion of his country and end the siege of the port city Mariupolwhere he warns that chemical weapons could be used.
In his daily speech, the President indicated that Russian troops are preparing “A New Phase of Terror” in his country, concentrating troops in the east to prepare a new attack in the Donbass region.
The founder of the “Azov” regiment of Ukraine, Andrei Biletsky, in a telegram this morning, accused Russian troops of using a chemical substance in Mariupol and injuring three people. In his telegram message, Biletsky denounced that Russia used a toxic substance of unknown origin dropped from a drone at the Azovstal plant in Mariupol.
For his part, President Zelensky, in a speech offered on his official website, emphasized that a Russian spokesman stated that they could use chemical weapons against Mariupol, after which he recalled that “the use of chemical weapons by the Russian army has already been discussed with leaders of the world is discussing” and believes that “this moment means that it was necessary to react much stronger and faster to Russian aggression”.
An extreme that the pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk have denied. Donetsk separatist militia has denied using chemical weapons to storm the Azovstal plant in the besieged port city of Mariupol, where Ukrainian defenders are stationed, a spokesman for Russia’s Interfax agency said.
“The armed forces of the Donetsk People’s Republic did not use chemical weapons in Mariupol,” said militia spokesman Eduard Basurin.
Ukraine calls for more sanctions against Russia
Zelenskyy has insisted that sanctions against Russia should be designed in such a way that “the Russian side will not hear a word about weapons of mass destruction. an oil embargo against Russia is mandatory.”
“Any new package of sanctions against Russia that does not concern oil will be greeted with a smile in Moscow”has indicated.
On the other hand, intelligence reports from the British Ministry of Defense have warned that fighting in the east of the country will intensify in the next two or three weeks in the east of the country, in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, as well as new clashes in Kherson and Mikolaiv.
The bombing continues
Also, the head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration, Oleg Sinegubov, has reported that shelling in Kholodna Gora, west of the Ukrainian city, killed at least eight people and wounded 19, including a child. “This afternoon the shelling of the regional center continued, particularly in the area of Kholodna Gora. A few hours ago, the occupiers shot at Saltivka again,” he said, as reported by the Unian news agency.
Russia airstrikes several Ukrainian cities, including Járkov, Mariúpol y Mikolaiv. According to the above-mentioned agency, on Monday night Russia bombed the region up to 66 times, for which the Ukrainian authorities asked citizens not to go near dangerous objects.
Elsewhere in the country, the head of the Donetsk regional military administration, Pavlo Kirilenko, has said that three civilians were killed and eight others injured in several Russian bombings in Vuhledar, Michalovce and Krasnogórivka. Thus, on its Telegram channel, it reported two injured people in the Lugansk region in Bakhmut, and it was also possible to clarify information about seven more victims in Mariupol, but the exact number of victims in the city and in Volnovakha is not established can be, as Kirilenko said.
On the other hand, in their latest report, the Ukrainian Armed Forces assured that Russian troops are trying to complete the redeployment and transfer of units in the Belgorod and Voronezh regions. “There are signs that the air defense system in the Melitopol and Ilovaisk regions is being strengthened. It is likely that in the future the enemy will try to take control of the city of Mariupol, capture Popasna and launch an offensive towards Kurakhove to reach the administrative borders of the Donetsk region,” they said.
They also reported that “enemy troops continue to partially blockade the city of Kharkov,” and stated that the Ukrainian soldiers in Donetsk and Lugansk “repelled six enemy attacks, destroying four tanks, five armored units, twenty-six vehicles and eight enemy artillery.” .