Diplomacy appears powerless in the face of the conflict in Ukraine. With the failure of UN Secretary-General Guterres’ mission to Moscow, the tone becomes harsher and we witness a dispute between London and Moscow over Western arms supplies to Kyiv. And Putin reiterates that without agreement there can be no peace in Crimea and Donbass. In this situation, Russian attacks on southern and eastern Ukraine continue, and there have been new explosions in the Transnistrian breakaway region of Moldova.
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01.50 Zelenskyy: Nobody safe after Russian threats against nuclear power plants
Zelenskyi said “no one in the world can feel safe” after Russia threatened Ukraine’s nuclear facilities. The Ukrainian leader called for “global control” over Russia’s nuclear facilities and nuclear technology. “I believe that after everything the Russian military has done in the Chernobyl region and at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, no one in the world can feel safe knowing how many nuclear facilities, nuclear weapons and related technologies the Russian state has ‘ said Zelenskyy. in his address to the nation tonight. “If Russia has forgotten what Chernobyl is, that means global control over Russian nuclear power plants and nuclear technology is needed,” he added.
01.37 Transnistria, Zelenskyy: Russia wants to destabilize the region
Russia is trying to destabilize the region through military activities in Transnistria “and to threaten Moldova”. This was stated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a joint press conference in Kyiv with IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi. “It shows that this is exactly what will happen if Moldova supports Ukraine,” he said. When asked about Russian troops present in Transnistria, Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces are “prepared and not afraid” to face a new military invasion front.
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00:58 USA: Talks about nuclear weapons are irresponsible
“The talk about nuclear weapons, about nuclear escalation, is particularly irresponsible, it’s the pinnacle of irresponsibility.” US State Department spokesman Ned Price commented on Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s words that the world should not underestimate the threat of nuclear war. For Price, it was an attempt to distract from what he described as Russia’s failure in Ukraine. The spokesman added that the United States is still closely monitoring “Russia’s activities, what they are doing and what they are not doing.”
00:22 Johnson: Putin has the “political space” to end the war
Putin has the “political space” to end the invasion of Ukraine, thanks in part to media censorship in Russia. Boris Johnson to TalkTv. “Given the massive Russian support for what he is doing, the Russian media’s apparent indifference to what is really happening in Ukraine, the paradox is that Putin has a lot of political space to back down and walk away,” the prime minister said British.
00.05 Ukraine: Football championship declared over, no title will be awarded
The Ukrainian championship title will not be awarded this season. The Upl, Kyiv football league, has declared the tournament over, halted since the invasion of Russia began. But a winner will not be announced. Top of the table was Roberto De Zerbi’s Shakhtar Donetsk, two points ahead of Dinamo Kiev.
00:01 In Germany, US coordination center for arms deliveries to Kyiv
The US Department of Defense has established a control center in Stuttgart, Germany, within the purview of the European state command, to coordinate expeditions with allies and “streamline” the delivery of military aid to Ukraine. A senior US defense official told reporters.