by Francesco Battistini, Giusi Fasano, Marta Serafini
The news on Monday May 23 about the war, live. The Russian frigate Admiral Makarov has left Sevastopol and is heading for positions in the Black Sea
• The war in Ukraine has reached its 89th day
• Zelenskyy: Ukraine is doing everything to return to peace
• Foreigners are among the fighters who surrendered to Azovstal. The video about the threats of Russian soldiers
• Polish President Duda in Ukraine will address Parliament
• Helsinki, possible guarantees for the PKK not to release any Turks from NATO
• Moscow insists: ready to resume negotiations with Kyiv
06:35 – Ukraine: from New Zealand other trainers for Kiev soldiers
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said today that her country will send another 30 members of its defense forces to Britain to help train Ukraine’s army. The soldiers will remain stationed in the UK until the end of July, Ardern said, quoted by CNN. They will train the Ukrainian military on how to use the L-119 light pistol, the New Zealand PM added.
05:15 – Ukraine: Kiev army, Russian frigate Makarov towards the Black Sea
The Russian frigate Admiral Makarov has left Sevastopol and is heading for positions in the Black Sea, the Ukrainian army said, citing the Kyiv Independent. Task Force South believes that such a move will increase the likelihood of missile attacks on Ukraine.
02:25 – Ukraine: The Pentagon is considering sending troops to the US Embassy
The Pentagon and the US State Department are considering the possibility of sending special forces to protect the US embassy in Kyiv. Defense Department spokesman John Kirby told The Washington Post, confirming the Wall Street Journal’s progress. We are examining the security conditions of the diplomatic seat in Ukraine, but no decision has been made yet, Kirby stressed.
00:28 – Kyiv reiterates: No territorial concessions to Russia
Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s adviser Mykhailo Podolyak reiterated in an interview with Reuters conducted by Ukrinform that Kyiv is not ready to make territorial concessions. The war (after all the concessions) will not stop. It’s just going to be paused for a while. After a while, the Russians will build their weapons with renewed intensity, increase the manpower and work on their mistakes, modernize a little, and dismiss many generals. And they will launch a new offensive, even bloodier and on a large scale, he said. Russian troops would have to leave the country and the peace process could then resume, he stressed. According to Podolyak, an immediate ceasefire demanded by some Western countries that would keep Russian forces in the occupied territories after February 24 would only play the Kremlin’s game.
00:02 – Zelensky to Johnson: Aim to increase grain exports
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the evening: Zelenskyy himself said in a video, according to the Ukrainian agency UNIAN. After updating him on the situation on the battlefield, he told him that we are looking for ways to increase our exports, especially those of agricultural products, but also that an increase in fuel imports to Ukraine is needed. In his video, the President reminded that tomorrow he will take part in the discussions of the Davos Forum: the most influential economic platform in the world, and Ukraine has something to say, he said. Zelenskyy reminded that his calendar for next week includes a large number of bilateral contacts with representatives of different states and international organizations. Our country expands international relations every week to try to end the war as soon as possible, trying to find all possible solutions useful for our defense.
23:52 – Zazo: In Kyiv almost normal life, now we need a diplomatic solution
When we returned to Kyiv it was very sad, a ghost town, now we are returning to almost normal life. So said Italian Ambassador to Ukraine Francesco Zazo, guest of Fabio Fazio at Che tempo che fa on Rai3. People are slowly returning to Kyiv, the curfew has been postponed, the situation has improved, embassies are returning and the Ukrainian government and people in Kyiv appreciate this return very much. Zazo reminded that Italy, together with France, was the last G7 country to leave Kyiv and we returned first. We are countries that have supported Ukraine on political, economic, financial and humanitarian levels, but we have always shared the need to seek a diplomatic solution in order to achieve peace, we believe it is important to maintain dialogue with Not completely interrupting Moscow, a position expressed by both Draghi and Macron, he stressed.
10:15 p.m. – Kyiv, Russia fires missiles at the Tsitomyr region
Russia launches missiles in Zhytomyr region. This was announced by the Air Command Center of Ukraine, according to CNN. The Zytomyr region was attacked by cruise missiles from the south-east, according to the Air Command Center of Ukraine on Facebook. The center added that four Russian cruise missiles were destroyed by the center’s air defense units. Three missiles were destroyed by planes and one by a Ukrainian Air Force anti-aircraft missile unit, they added. Zhytomyr region is west of Kyiv.
19:46 – Moscow insists it is ready to resume negotiations with Kyiv
Russia is ready to resume talks with Ukraine froze by Kyiv. This was stated by Moscow’s chief negotiator Vladimir Medinsky, who was quoted by TASS as adding that the West is trying to make Ukraine its financially dependent slave.
May 23, 2022 (Modified May 23, 2022 | 06:53)
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