As heavy shelling ravages Kharkiv and hits Lvivthe heated question and answer between the US and Russia about the war and the scenario to come doesn’t stop. Very harsh words, those spoken by Joe Biden on a visit to Poland, where he was also among the refugees: “Russia strangles democracy and threatens to bring decades of war. Putin is a dictator and a butcherhe says he is right, but there is no justification for invading Ukraine.” Moscow’s response was dry: “It’s not something Biden decides. It’s just a choice of the citizens of the Russian Federation,” retorted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. From the White House, they specify that there has been no talk of a change at the top of power in Russia, but the tension remains very high. In an earlier meeting with Ukrainian foreign and defense ministers Kuleba and Rezniko of Warsaw, Biden said that “Article 5 A Sacred Obligation” referring to the NATO treaty article that an armed attack against one or more members of the Alliance will be considered a direct attack against all parties. And he guarantees that the “US will be with Ukraine until victory”.
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The situation on the war fronts
Meanwhile, the war continues on the ground. Explosions were heard near Lviv, in western Ukraine, amid plumes of smoke. Heavy Russian Invasions in Kharkiv, Where He Was hit the Holocaust memorial. Moscow appears to have changed strategy but not according to Biden by reducing its goals definitely aiming for control of Donbass. He agreed at least in his statements to the opening of ten humanitarian corridors, freeing the mayor of Slavutych, focusing his attacks on southeastern Ukraine, but continuing to hit Mariupol, now a pile of rubble and besieging the city of Kherson, where a first attempt to evacuate a humanitarian convoy of women and children failed, bound for Odessa. AN Odessa, where Putin attempted a landing that has so far failed. And to reinforce his troops, tired, without food and with logistical difficulties, he enlists 800 Hezbollah fighters to whom he promises 1,500 dollars a month and has his troops in Georgia. Kiev talks about 16,000 dead Russian soldiers.
Move after move
Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin is filtering, among his soldiers engaged in the offensive in Ukraine, that the end of the war could occur on May 9, to proclaim the mission accomplished on the day of commemorations of the Liberation from Nazism. But one wonders if it’s a larks mirror, given that the information leaks out very clearly. In the intelligence update, British Defense reports that Russian forces do not engage in urban infantry operations, preferring the indiscriminate use of aerial bombardment and artillery to demoralize Ukrainian forces. Ukrainian President Zelensky which according to the New York Post could make a video appearance, live or recorded, on Sunday at Oscar night again accuses Russia of feeding him nuclear arms raceand in a video message at the Doha Forum meeting, he urges Qatar to increase gas production to counter Russian threats to use energy as a weapon.
Gas damage and tug of war
On the thirtyfirst day of the war, the damage bill inevitably worsened as well. Around 4,500 homes have been destroyed since the invasion began, as well as a hundred businesses, nearly 400 educational establishments and 150 health institutions, the result of 70 separate attacks against hospitals, ambulances and doctors.. More than a thousand civilians killed and hundreds of thousands fleeing to Western Europe. To the Council of the EU the agreement between the countries of the European Union that will continuejoint purchase of gas assert its strategic and political weight in the markets and obtain better conditions. At the same time, inventories will also be replenished. On the other hand, the question of gas price ceiling and electricity market reform remains open. In Rome, the source diversification plan will be ready in a few weeks.
US President Joe Biden (Ansa)
The Siege of Mariupol
On the floor then the siege of Mariupol remains, where 300 people would have died with the Russian bombs that hit the theater turned into a shelter in recent days. The deputy mayor has 150,000 to 200,000 citizens still in prison in an unsustainable situation. Pavlo Tomaszewski, parish priest of Our Lady of Czestochowa parish, said: “Yes, it’s true. People are being forcibly taken away. Some parishioners confirmed to me that their relatives were put on buses by the Chechens and taken to Russia“And the UN receives information that would confirm the existence of mass graves. France wants to launch a humanitarian evacuation operation with Turkey and Greece: President Macron will have a meeting with Putin in the coming days to work out the details and methods.