The Presidents of Russia and China, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, will hold a video conference call later in the day, during which they will discuss bilateral relations and regional issues. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia has fewer and fewer missiles and is heading towards an impasse with its missile attacks. Air raid sirens were activated in the early hours of this morning in the capital Kyiv and in 3 regions of central Ukraine.
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9:33
Zelenskyy: Let’s fight for Europe’s values, it’s difficult, but Russia will fail
“We fight for them Ukraine , for the values that unite Europe and the democratic world, for the global value of life. For everything that the terrorist state tries to destroy”. This was written by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky Posting a photo of rescuers on duty in Ukraine on Telegram. “It’s not easy, it’s difficult, but I’m confident that we will succeed and Russian aggression will fail so that all other potential aggressors in the world dare not repeat what Russism is doing,” he added he added.
9:16
Pope appeals to Ukrainian women to release prisoners of war
– Representatives of Ukrainian prisoner-of-war organizations took part in the general hearing this Wednesday Pope Francis in the Sala Nervi and at the end they spoke to the Pope. They are women, mothers, wives, sisters – explains Vatican News – who are asking the Church and international organizations to mediate for the liberation of their relatives and friends at the hands of the Russian armed forces.
According to estimates by the same associations, there are 15,000 prisoners in the self-proclaimed pro-Russian republics, on Ukrainian territory or in the prisons of the Russian Federation, all traces and contacts of whom have been lost. Of these, 1,300 were liberated by the Russians. “We turn to international organizations such as the UN and the Red Cross – explains Viktoria, one of the women involved in the search for prisoners of war – and call on them to act, as do the ambassadors of Turkey, for example.”
8:59
Teatro Arcimboldi cancels Polunin show
The Arcimboldi Theater in Milan has decided to cancel the two dates of the show by Serghei Polunin, a “rock star of dance” as stated on the theater’s website, but also a controversial figure, a Ukrainian Kherson but so pro-Russian that he had Putin’s likeness tattooed on his body. Anticipating Corriere della Sera by TAM editor Gianmario Longoni, the decision was made “in agreement with the company”. There isn’t the climate to represent an art exhibition and get the right sentiments out of it. Perhaps the climate has changed forever. There had been several protests against the show by Polunin, one of the best known and most popular dancers, so that 3,500 tickets had already been sold for the two dates.
