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Tuesday, March 22, 2022 1:59 p.m
Posted: 03/22/2022 10:40 am
Ukrainian resistance continues to disrupt Putin’s plans. Journalist Alberto Sicilia has assured that Russian troops are digging trenches 20 kilometers from the center of Kiev and are placing artillery on the capital. “It seems that it will be a war of attrition and artillery against the center of the city,” he hinted in statements to Al Rojo Vivo, noting that the war is not going as Putin expected.
The population waits with fear and under strict curfew imminent bombings as images of the harsh siege of Mariupol leak out. On this twentyseventh day of the war, the efforts of the Zelenskyi government, which is trying to evacuate as many as possible, are concentrated in the southern part of the city the residents of Mariupolbesieged for more than three weeks.
Attacks on the Azov Sea coast are intensifying after Ukraine refused to give in to the Kremlin, which carried out one Ultimatum to take control of the city in exchange for stopping the attacks on it. That’s appreciated there at least 4,000 civilians were killed, and 90% of the buildings are damaged. However, the data arrives in a trickle, since so far the Associated Press journalist Mstyslav Chernov and Yevgeny Maloletka they were the eyes of the west in the besieged city. Now both had to leave the city to find themselves in the Kremlin’s “goal”.
“We are concentrating on the evacuation in Mariupol”, has assured Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk, who assured that some humanitarian corridors will continue to be active this Tuesday, after yesterday more than 8,000 civilians managed to be evacuated through 8 different routes in the country. Specifically, 3,007 civilians from Mariupol managed to reach Zaporizhia At least 4,750 people were evacuated from the Kyiv region. In total, around 45,000 people managed to leave Mariúpol in the last few days, but there are still more than 350,000 civilians in an extreme situation inside.
Ukraine claims that the offensive of the Russian armed forces There has been little progress for a few days, and in the past 24 hours “there have been no significant changes in the nature of his actions.” In the face of deadlocked ground forces, Russia’s tactics are therefore focused on punishing the country’s key cities. According to Ukrainian authorities, in Kharkov, another of the hardesthit cities since the invasion began, more than 1,000 buildings have already been destroyed in the city by the bombing of Putin’s army.
In addition, the Ukrainian army assures that the Russian troops “They stored ammunition and food for no more than three days“. An extreme that could not be confirmed. “The occupiers were unable to organize a route that would meet the needs of the troop group,” stressed the General Staff of the Ukrainian Army, who ensure this The situation is also extreme when it comes to fuel. He also reiterated that Ukraine continues to hold back Kremlin troops. On the last day he assures managed to shoot down a plane, six drones and two helicopters from the Kremlin.
Ukrainian troops have also reportedly regained control of the town of Makariv, west of Kyiv, in the past few hours. an important enclave as it is the main exit route from Kyiv to poland, as stated by analyst Oleksii Otkydach. “It is a city that controls the main road west from Kyiv. Whoever controls this city controls this street, the expert said.
Selenskyj speaks with the Pope and warns of the consequences of the war for Europe
President of Ukraine Volodimir Zelenski has assured that he had a conversation with Pope Francis, who informed the President of Ukraine that he “pray and do everything to end the warprovoked after the invasion of Russia,” Ukrainian Ambassador to the Holy See Andrii Yuash reported on Twitter.
Zelensky He also highlighted his phone meeting with the Pope in a speech to the Italian Parliament, where he reiterated that the invasion of his country It is the door that Putin will use to “enter Europe”.
Likewise, Zelensky has asked the Italians to imagine one of their port cities like Genoa, “Totally devastated like Mariúpol”: “Your ultimate goal is not Ukraine, but Europe. Being in control of politics, values, democracy and human rights. Ukraine is just the gateway for the Russian army to invade Europe. But barbarism cannot occur‘ he hinted.
This isn’t the first time Zelenskyy has appealed to the emotions of a Western parliament to demand that the international community act to help Ukraine win the war against Russia. Previously, the Ukrainian President had appealed against 9/11 in the US during his time in the Bundestag and had done the same with the Berlin Wall: “With his experience as an actorI think that he understands that he has to influence the mood of MPs around the world. After each of its interventions, the relevant country changes its position on the conflict in Ukraine. He’s very successful and uses all his experience to influence them,” explained Otkydach.
Russia broadcasts video of attack on Kiev shopping center
The fourth week of the war began on a Monday to mourn the death of eight civilians in the Ukrainian capital in a bomb attack on a shopping center that Russians say housed rocket launchers. It’s about Attack with more fatalities from those previously registered in Kyiv.
The Kremlin has published images to prove this fact the video of the recorded attack from the starting chamber itself, as reported by the journalist Alberto Sicilia on Twitter.