March 22, 2023 11:20 am
Kiev: “The city of Zaporizhia is under attack”
The city of Zaporizhia in southern Ukraine is under attack by Russian forces, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak said on Twitter. “The Russians are bombing Zaporizhia. Residential buildings and Khortytsia island are under enemy fire,” Yermak wrote on his account, the Guardian reports.
March 22, 2023 11:17 am
Moscow: “West’s hostile reaction to Xi’s visit”
Russia has criticized the West’s “hostile” response to Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Moscow, but what matters to Moscow is “its result”. This was stated by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, quoted by RIA Novosti.
March 22, 2023 9:57 am
Zelenskyy: “Criminal raid with Iranian drones tonight”
“More than 20 Iranian killer drones, as well as missiles and numerous bombings. And that was just on the last night of Russian terror against Ukraine. Every time someone tries to hear the word “peace” in Moscow, another order for these criminal raids is issued there.” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on Twitter. “The success of Ukraine’s land, air and sea forces really brings peace closer. Full compliance with the sanctions regime against Russia restores the power of the UN Charter. Global unity can restore global stability.”
March 22, 2023 9:49 am
London: “Russians may lose momentum in Bakhmut”
There is a “realistic possibility” that the Russian attack on the town of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region will lose the limited momentum it has gained, partly because some units have been moved to other sectors, the Defense Ministry writes in its daily Intelligence updates.
In the past few days, Ukrainian forces have launched a local counterattack west of the city, which should ease the pressure on the threatened H-32 supply route, the report, also published on Twitter, said. Meanwhile, fighting around the city center continues and the Ukrainian defenses continue to face encirclement from the north and south.
March 22, 2023 9:49 am
Moscow: “We call on the USA not to take the path of escalation”
“We urge the American side not to go down the path of escalation.” This was stated by Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Ryabkov. The tax office reports it. According to Ryabkov, “Washington is reaffirming its status as a party involved in the conflict over Ukraine” as the United States “considers increasingly deadly systems to supply Kiev.”
March 22, 2023 9:47 am
Drones over Kiev region, three dead
Three people died and seven others were injured in a drone strike launched by Russian forces in the Kiev region last night, the regional military administration said on Telegram, as reported by Ukrinform. “As a result of a night drone strike in the Kiev region, a civilian target was damaged. We are currently aware of three dead and seven injured. The information is being clarified,” the message said. Units of the state rescue service, the state police and the responsible rescue services are on site, the military administration added.
March 22, 2023 9:46 am
President Duma: “Uranium shells are a tragedy that will hit Europe”
“A war against the last Ukrainian can turn into a war against the last European. Britain announced that the Nazi regime in Kiev would receive depleted uranium ammunition (by the way, Washington used similar shells in Yugoslavia and Iraq, which led to contamination of the territory, as well as a sharp increase in cancer among the people). This decision will lead to a tragedy of global proportions, which will primarily affect the European states.” This was announced by the Chairman of the Russian Duma Vyacheslav Volodin on his Telegram channel. “It must be clear – says Volodin – that the next step after supply of depleted uranium ammunition could be the use of a dirty bomb by the Kiev regime.Or the use of tactical nuclear weapons.When that happens, there is no turning back.Washington and its satellites (London, Brussels, Warsaw, etc.) are doing everything they can working to turn the “war on the last Ukrainian” into a “war on the last European”.
March 22, 2023 9:45 am
Moscow: “US will not test our patience with drones”
Moscow is warning the United States against “testing Russia’s patience” by continuing drone overflights over the Black Sea, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said. The diplomat, quoted by RIA Novosti news agency, said the US “cynically” denied Russia’s ban on overflights in an area of the Black Sea following the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.