The former Roman photographer, who has lived in Ukraine for 13 years, runs an animal shelter. He is in a difficulttoreach position and has been contacted by diplomatic staff
Andrea Cisternino was stuck in an area surrounded by Russian troops. This is confirmed by Farnesina sources, which are following the case “closely” through its crisis team and the Italian embassy operating in Lviv. According to the latest information, Cisternino is located north of Kyiv in a difficulttoreach place and was contacted by diplomatic officials. Vlada Shalutjko, his wife, left the country ten days ago while he, who has lived in Ukraine for 13 years, along with four employees, managed the animal shelter that takes in 453 animals of all species (ALL LIVE UPDATES THE SPECIAL).
The woman’s alarm
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” My husband stocked up before the war started, but now they’re gone. And there are four hundred dogs, cats, sheep, horses, cows and other animals to feed, says Vlada Shalutko, Cisternino’s wife, explaining that together with her husband she runs KJ2, an “animal shelter for animals rescued from slaughter “. and mistreatment”. The water has been used up, only the undrinkable water from a nearby well remains. Food supplies are gone, starting with flour. There is also no electricity, except that of a small generator running on diesel, which is now running out. It is the alarm raised by the woman.
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“The situation is tragic. The last time I heard from him was 48 hours ago, he messaged me to say they are alive,” Shalutko said yesterday. “We are working on getting the Red Cross to do it to bring food, but we need an agreement with the Russians”. The Kj2 refuge is located 45 minutes from the capital, near the village of Lisovychi, which today is almost uninhabited and has become a reference as a shelter for the animals of the fleeing people. Before the war, Cisternino told about life on his farm on social networks, with pictures and videos of jumping goats, dogs picked up and cared for on the road, cows grazing. Then he wrote some posts about sleepless nights due to bombing raids and artillery shells and communication has been cut off for a few days. So far Cisternino had managed to get the phone line by going to the roof of the shelter where there was a small field.
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Ukraine, Russia threaten Italy: what are the possible consequences
Director of the European Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Alexei Paramonov, said that if Rome were to go along with the “logic of French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire, who declared total financial and economic war on Moscow,” it would lead to “a series of corresponding irreversible consequences.” What could be the risks
“The sanctions they are not our choice. We would not like the logic of the French economy minister, Bruno Le Maire, who called the “totally financial and economic war‘to Russia, trailer found Italy and provoked a number of correspondents irreversible consequences“. This is what the Director of the European Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry said, Alexei Paramonov, in this which appears to be an explicit threat to Italy
For its part, the Farnesina he apparently does not want to turn back and has resolutely rejected “the threats”. But what could each be consequences for our country if Russia really decided to respond to sanctions?
The suspicion is that Russia could decide to close it gas taps towards Italy, but the Moscow official is not unbalanced: “The response to the sanctions is being worked out,” he confines himself to saying, but recalling that Italy’s dependence on Russian hydrocarbons “is reaching 4045%”