Deputy Commander and Speaker of the Azov Regiment, Svyatoslav Palamar (Kalina) denies surrender but according to Russian media he left Azovstal last night. The President of the Republic Mattarella intervenes on the war in Ukraine: “Let’s not close our eyes”. First phone call between American-Russian generals, confirmation also comes from the Pentagon and NATO says there may be hope for a solution. Turkey reiterates its opposition to Sweden and Finland joining NATO, but US President Biden has responded with strong support for the two Scandinavian countries to join the alliance. And another $40 billion in US aid is coming to Kyiv.
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1:43 Governor Donetsk, five civilians killed, six injured
Five Ukrainian civilians were killed and six others injured by the Russian army yesterday in Donetsk Oblast. This is the budget set out by Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko in a post on Facebook. According to Kyrylenko, two deaths were registered in Bakhmut, one in Krasnohorivka, one in Avdiivka and one in Khretyshche. The governor also said that it is currently impossible to know the exact number of victims of the Russian attacks on Mariupol and Volnovakha.
00:50 UN, 90% of the Ukrainian population risk ending up in poverty
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has warned that 90% of Ukraine’s people could end up in poverty if Russia continues its attack. “We are talking about nine out of ten Ukrainians who will fall into poverty if this war continues through the end of the year,” said UNDP’s deputy representative in Ukraine, Manal Fouani, as quoted by the BBC. He called the number “shocking” given that the country’s poverty rate was just 2.5% just before the war began. Fouani said 18 years of development gains could be lost by the end of the year: “Investments by the European Union and all donors and development partners of this country over the last 20 years”.
00:23 Zelensky, there is hell in Donbass and it’s no exaggeration
In his daily evening message, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave a terrible assessment of the situation in Donbass. “There is hell, and that’s not an exaggeration,” Zelenskyy said, as reported by the Guardian. “The brutal and utterly useless bombing of Severodonetsk, killing 12 and wounding dozens in a single day. The bombing of other cities, the air and rocket attacks by the Russian army: all this is not just hostility to war,” said the Ukrainian leader.
“Russian attacks in the Chernihiv region, in particular the terrible Desna attack, debris clearance continues, there are many dead; continuous attacks in the Odessa region, in the cities of central Ukraine, the Donbass is completely destroyed – all this it does not have and cannot have a military explanation for Russia,” said Zelenskyy. “This is a deliberate and criminal attempt to kill as many Ukrainians as possible.” “The brutal and utterly senseless bombing of Severodonetsk. Twelve dead and dozens injured in a single day,” Zelenskyy added. Russian attacks in the north-eastern region of Chernihiv include a horrific attack on the village of Desna, where he said many were killed and where rescuers are still making their way through the rubble. “The bombings of our other cities, the air and missile attacks by the Russian army are not simply wartime military operations… It is a deliberate and criminal attempt to kill as many Ukrainians as possible,” Zekensky continued. “destroys more houses, public places, shops. This will be classified as genocide against the Ukrainian people and the occupiers will certainly be brought to justice