Like Russia invasion of Ukraine has entered its third week, Kyiv accused Moscow of killing seven civilians, including one child, who were trying to flee the fighting by taking place close Kyiv.
Ukraine’s intelligence service said seven people were killed as they fled the village of Peremoha and that “the occupiers forced the remains of the column turn back.”
Reuters was unable to immediately verify the report, and Russia offered no comment. Moscow denies targeting civilians sinceinvasion from Ukraine on February 24 and blame Ukraine for failed attempts to evacuate civilians from the encircled towns.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said earlier that Moscow was sending in new troops after Ukrainian forces put 31 of Russian battalion battle groups out of action in what he called Russia’s greatest military losses in decades. It was not possible to verify his statements.
He also said around 1,300 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed so far and urged the West to get more implied in peace negotiations. The President suggested that the Russian forces face a fight to the death if they sought to enter the capital.
“If they decide to bomb a rug (Kyiv), and just erase the history of this region … and destroy all of then they will enter Kyiv. If it’s their goal, let them come but they’ll have to live on this land by themselves,” he said.
Zelensky spoke about the war with Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Emmanuel Macron, along with German and French leaders later spoke to Putin by phone and urged the Russian leader to order an immediate ceasefire.
A statement from the Kremlin on 75 minutes call made no mention of a ceasefirefire and a French presidency official said: “We have not detected any will on Putin’s role in ending the war.”
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov accused the United States of the escalation of tensions and said the situation had been complicated by convoys of Western arms deliveries to Ukraine which Russian forces considered “legitimate targets”.
In comments reported by Tass news agency, Ryabkov made no menace specific, but all attack on such convoys before they reach Ukraine risk the expansion of the war.
Reply to Zelenskyy call for the West to be more implied in peace negotiations, a US State Department spokesman said: “If there are steps that we can take only Ukrainian government think it would be useful, we are ready to accept them.”
Crisis talks between Moscow and Kyiv continued via a video link, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, quoted by Russian RIA news agency. He gave no details, but Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Kyiv would not give up or accept any ultimatum.
Humanitarian Corridors
Air raid sirens sounded in most Ukrainian cities on Saturday morning, local media reported.
Russian rocket attacks destroyed a Ukrainian air base and hit an ammunition depot near the town of Vasylkiv in the Kyiv regionInterfax Ukraine quoted son mayor as saying.
The Governor at theair exhausted of Chernihiv, about 150 kilometers (100 miles) northeast of Kyiva given a video update in of face of the ruins of the city’s Ukraine Hotel, which he said had been hit.
“There is no such hotel anymore,” said Viacheslav Chaus, wiping away tears from son eyes. “But Ukraine itself still exists, and it will prevail.”
The British Ministry of Defense said the fighting in the northwest of the capital continued, with the essential of Russian ground forces 25 kilometers from the center of Kyivwhich he said Russia could attack within a few days.
Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Sumy and Mariupol remained surrounded by heavy Russian shelling, he added.
Russia invasion was almost universally condemned around the world and this has drawn severe western sanctions on Russia.
The Russian bombardment trapped thousands of people in besieged towns and sent 2.5 millions Ukrainians flee to neighboring countries countries. Zelenskyy said the conflict meant that some small Ukrainian cities no longer existed.
200 millions additional dollars in Ukraine military aid approved by US President Joe Biden on Saturday will provide assistance, including anti-armour weapons, anti-aircraft systems and small arm, one senior we official noted.
Russia calls its actions in Ukraine a “special operation” that he says is not designed occupy a territory but destroy that of son next to military capacities and “denazify” the country.
Ukrainian officials had planned to use humanitarian corridors of Mariupol as well as towns and villages in the regions of KyivSumy and some other regions on Saturday.
But Russian shelling threatened attempts to evacuate trapped civilians, they said.
A senior Russian defense ministry official says the humanitarian situation in Ukraine continued to decline quickly and blamed the Ukrainian fighters, accusing them of mining neighborhoods and destroying bridges and roads, the RIA news reports the agency.
Russian officials have previously accused Ukrainian forces of bombarding their own people then seeking to blame Moscow, the allegations that Kyiv and Western nations dismissed as lies.
The governor of the Kyiv regionOleksiy Kuleba, said fighting and threats of Russian air the attacks continued on Saturday morning, evacuations were underway.
The Donetsk region’s governor said constant shelling made it difficult to get aid to the south city of Mariupol.
“There are reports of looting and violent clashes between civilians over how little basic Provisions remain in the city”, the bureau of ONU for the coordination of says Humanitarian Affairs.
“Medications for deadly diseases run fast outhospitals are only partially functioning and food and water are in shortage.”
Makeshift burials
People were boiling underground water for while drinking, using firewood for cooking and burying dead bodies near where they lay, a member of the personnel for Doctors Without Borders (Doctors Without Borders) in said Mariupol.
“We saw people who dead because of lack of drugs,” he said, adding that many people had also been injured or killed. “Neighbors just dig a hole in the ground and put the dead bodies inside.”
At least 1,582 civilians in Mariupol were killed as result of Russian bombings and a 12-day blockade, the city the board said on Friday. It was not possible to verify the number of victims.
Efforts to economically isolate Russia have intensified up, with the imposing united states new punishments on senior Kremlin officials and Russian oligarchs on Friday.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the EU on Saturday suspend the privileged of Moscow trade and economic treatment, crack down on son use of crypto-assetset disallow import of steel products from Russia, as well as the export of luxury products in The other direction.
Like Russia invasion of Ukraine has entered its third week, Kyiv accused Moscow of killing seven civilians, including one child, who were trying to flee the fighting by taking place close Kyiv.
Ukraine’s intelligence service said seven people were killed as they fled the village of Peremoha and that “the occupiers forced the remains of the column turn back.”
Reuters was unable to immediately verify the report, and Russia offered no comment. Moscow denies targeting civilians sinceinvasion from Ukraine on February 24 and blame Ukraine for failed attempts to evacuate civilians from the encircled towns.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said earlier that Moscow was sending in new troops after Ukrainian forces put 31 of Russian battalion battle groups out of action in what he called Russia’s greatest military losses in decades. It was not possible to verify his statements.
He also said around 1,300 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed so far and urged the West to get more implied in peace negotiations. The President suggested that the Russian forces face a fight to the death if they sought to enter the capital.
“If they decide to bomb a rug (Kyiv), and just erase the history of this region … and destroy all of then they will enter Kyiv. If it’s their goal, let them come but they’ll have to live on this land by themselves,” he said.
Zelensky spoke about the war with Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Emmanuel Macron, along with German and French leaders later spoke to Putin by phone and urged the Russian leader to order an immediate ceasefire.
A statement from the Kremlin on 75 minutes call made no mention of a ceasefirefire and a French presidency official said: “We have not detected any will on Putin’s role in ending the war.”
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov accused the United States of the escalation of tensions and said the situation had been complicated by convoys of Western arms deliveries to Ukraine which Russian forces considered “legitimate targets”.
In comments reported by Tass news agency, Ryabkov made no menace specific, but all attack on such convoys before they reach Ukraine risk the expansion of the war.
Reply to Zelenskyy call for the West to be more implied in peace negotiations, a US State Department spokesman said: “If there are steps that we can take only Ukrainian government think it would be useful, we are ready to accept them.”
Crisis talks between Moscow and Kyiv continued via a video link, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, quoted by Russian RIA news agency. He gave no details, but Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Kyiv would not give up or accept any ultimatum.
Humanitarian Corridors
Air raid sirens sounded in most Ukrainian cities on Saturday morning, local media reported.
Russian rocket attacks destroyed a Ukrainian air base and hit an ammunition depot near the town of Vasylkiv in the Kyiv regionInterfax Ukraine quoted son mayor as saying.
The Governor at theair exhausted of Chernihiv, about 150 kilometers (100 miles) northeast of Kyiva given a video update in of face of the ruins of the city’s Ukraine Hotel, which he said had been hit.
“There is no such hotel anymore,” said Viacheslav Chaus, wiping away tears from son eyes. “But Ukraine itself still exists, and it will prevail.”
The British Ministry of Defense said the fighting in the northwest of the capital continued, with the essential of Russian ground forces 25 kilometers from the center of Kyivwhich he said Russia could attack within a few days.
Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Sumy and Mariupol remained surrounded by heavy Russian shelling, he added.
Russia invasion was almost universally condemned around the world and this has drawn severe western sanctions on Russia.
The Russian bombardment trapped thousands of people in besieged towns and sent 2.5 millions Ukrainians flee to neighboring countries countries. Zelenskyy said the conflict meant that some small Ukrainian cities no longer existed.
200 millions additional dollars in Ukraine military aid approved by US President Joe Biden on Saturday will provide assistance, including anti-armour weapons, anti-aircraft systems and small arm, one senior we official noted.
Russia calls its actions in Ukraine a “special operation” that he says is not designed occupy a territory but destroy that of son next to military capacities and “denazify” the country.
Ukrainian officials had planned to use humanitarian corridors of Mariupol as well as towns and villages in the regions of KyivSumy and some other regions on Saturday.
But Russian shelling threatened attempts to evacuate trapped civilians, they said.
A senior Russian defense ministry official says the humanitarian situation in Ukraine continued to decline quickly and blamed the Ukrainian fighters, accusing them of mining neighborhoods and destroying bridges and roads, the RIA news reports the agency.
Russian officials have previously accused Ukrainian forces of bombarding their own people then seeking to blame Moscow, the allegations that Kyiv and Western nations dismissed as lies.
The governor of the Kyiv regionOleksiy Kuleba, said fighting and threats of Russian air the attacks continued on Saturday morning, evacuations were underway.
The Donetsk region’s governor said constant shelling made it difficult to get aid to the south city of Mariupol.
“There are reports of looting and violent clashes between civilians over how little basic Provisions remain in the city”, the bureau of ONU for the coordination of says Humanitarian Affairs.
“Medications for deadly diseases run fast outhospitals are only partially functioning and food and water are in shortage.”
Makeshift burials
People were boiling underground water for while drinking, using firewood for cooking and burying dead bodies near where they lay, a member of the personnel for Doctors Without Borders (Doctors Without Borders) in said Mariupol.
“We saw people who dead because of lack of drugs,” he said, adding that many people had also been injured or killed. “Neighbors just dig a hole in the ground and put the dead bodies inside.”
At least 1,582 civilians in Mariupol were killed as result of Russian bombings and a 12-day blockade, the city the board said on Friday. It was not possible to verify the number of victims.
Efforts to economically isolate Russia have intensified up, with the imposing united states new punishments on senior Kremlin officials and Russian oligarchs on Friday.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the EU on Saturday suspend the privileged of Moscow trade and economic treatment, crack down on son use of crypto-assetset disallow import of steel products from Russia, as well as the export of luxury products in The other direction.