Russia has intensified its bombardments of the Ukrainian capital and launched new attacks on The harbor city of Mariupol, making bloody advances on on the ground as Ukraine’s president prepared to make a direct appeal on Wednesday for more help in a rare speech by a foreign leader before the US Congress.
As the invasion entered its third week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hinted that there were still reason to be optimistic, the negotiations could still lead to an agreement with the Russian government.
After their delegations met Tuesday via video, Zelenskyy said Russia’s demands became “more realistic.” The parties had to talk again later Wednesday.
“Efforts are still needed, it takes patience,” he said. in son video address to the nation. “All war ends with a deal.”
Moscow did not capture any of The 10 largest cities in Ukraine after son incursion that began on February 24, the most grand assault on a European state since 1945.
Ukrainian officials have expressed hope that the war could end sooner than expected, possibly by May, saying Moscow could come terms with son failure impose a new government by force and run out of fresh troops.
“Meetings are continuing, and I am aware that positions in the negotiations already sound more realistic. But it still takes time for the decisions to be in the interests of Ukraine,” said Zelensky in a video address to come of the next round of talks.
In a clue of a possible compromise, Zelenskyy said earlier that Ukraine was ready to accept security guarantees from the West that stop of it’s long-term goal of joining NATO. Moscow sees everything future Ukraine membership of the western alliance as one menace and demanded guarantees that he would not join.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it was too early to predict progress in the discussions. “The work is difficult, and in the current the very situation fact that (the talks) are continuing is probably positive.”
Russia calls its actions “special military operation “to demilitarize and “denazify” Ukraine. Ukraine and Western allies call it’s a baseless excuse for a war of choice that raised fears of wider conflict in Europe.
US President Joe Biden will son first visit to Europe since Russia invaded Ukraine to discuss crisis with NATO allies next week, the White House said.
Biden will attend a meeting of NATO leaders in military alliance headquarters in Brussels on March 24. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also attend.
Biden is expected to announce 800 millions additional dollars in security aid to Ukraine on Wednesday, a White House official noted.
NATO is set tell her military commanders on Wednesday to draw up plans for new means of deterring Russia from future military measurement, including more troops and missile defenses in Eastern Europe, officials and diplomats said.
“We need to reset our military posture for this new reality“, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters. on Tuesday. “Ministers will start an important debate on concrete measures to strengthen our security for the longest term, in all the domains.”
At least 10 of NATO’s largest allies, including the United States, Britain and France, have deployed more troops, ships and warplanes on son eastern flank, and put more on Be ready.
Kyiv bombing raid kills 5
Fair over 3 millions have now fled Ukraine, according to the United Nations, with over 1.8 million arrivals in neighboring Poland. His prime minister and those of Slovenia and the Czech Republic were in Kyiv on from Tuesday to show solidarity.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki expressed his solidarity and support for Ukraine at a meeting with Zelensky in Kyiv.
“We will never leave you alone. We will be with you because we know that you fight not only for ton homes, for your freedom, for your safety, but also for others,” he said.
New out of 10 Ukrainians could face poverty and extreme economic vulnerability if the war drags on on over the next yearwiping out two decades of economic gains, according to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on Wednesday.
In Kyivabout half of the 3.4 millions inhabitants have fled and some spend sheltered nights in metro stations.
Local authorities said Tuesday’s shelling on Kyiv killed at least five people that the buildings were set on fire and people were buried under the rubble. Russia denies targeting civilians.
About 2,000 cars left the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, the location of the worst humanitarian crisis, the local council said.
But a convoy with Provisions for Mariupol, where residents have taken shelter from repeated Russian bombardments and are desperate for food and water, was stuck in nearby Berdyansk, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said.
More than 100 buses transporting a few thousand civilians left the beleaguered northeast city of Sumy in a “safe passage” operation, the Committee international of says the Red Cross on Tuesday. They were headed for Lubny in central Ukraine after Russians give green to evacuation light.
Russia said it now controls Kherson region in southern Ukraine. Reuters could not independently verify the report.
Fox News said that a second journalist working for the cable network was killed in Ukraine in the same incident in what a fox camera operator died when their vehicle was hit on Monday per incoming fire.
Economical consequences
The conflict has brought isolation on Russia and the economy cost was fully exposed on Wednesday as his sanctions ravage government staggering on the edge of son first international debt by default since the Bolshevik Revolution.
Moscow had to pay 117 millions of dollars in interest on of them dollar- denominated sovereign bonds that he had sold back in 2013, but it encounters limits on make payments and spoke of paying in rubles, which trigger failure.
The crisis is also to be felt in the form of soaring energy costs in many westerners countries with some highly dependent on exports from Russia and after a US ban on imports of country’s oil.
The United States, the European Union and Great Britain announced new penalties on On Tuesday, as Moscow retaliated by putting Biden and other US officials on a stop list”which prohibits them from entering Russia.
the latest EU sanctions include bans on investments in the energy sector, exports of luxury goods to Moscow and imports of steel products from Russia.
They also freeze it assets of more business leaders believed support the Russian state, including Chelsea football club owner Roman Abramovich.
Russia has intensified its bombardments of the Ukrainian capital and launched new attacks on The harbor city of Mariupol, making bloody advances on on the ground as Ukraine’s president prepared to make a direct appeal on Wednesday for more help in a rare speech by a foreign leader before the US Congress.
As the invasion entered its third week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hinted that there were still reason to be optimistic, the negotiations could still lead to an agreement with the Russian government.
After their delegations met Tuesday via video, Zelenskyy said Russia’s demands became “more realistic.” The parties had to talk again later Wednesday.
“Efforts are still needed, it takes patience,” he said. in son video address to the nation. “All war ends with a deal.”
Moscow did not capture any of The 10 largest cities in Ukraine after son incursion that began on February 24, the most grand assault on a European state since 1945.
Ukrainian officials have expressed hope that the war could end sooner than expected, possibly by May, saying Moscow could come terms with son failure impose a new government by force and run out of fresh troops.
“Meetings are continuing, and I am aware that positions in the negotiations already sound more realistic. But it still takes time for the decisions to be in the interests of Ukraine,” said Zelensky in a video address to come of the next round of talks.
In a clue of a possible compromise, Zelenskyy said earlier that Ukraine was ready to accept security guarantees from the West that stop of it’s long-term goal of joining NATO. Moscow sees everything future Ukraine membership of the western alliance as one menace and demanded guarantees that he would not join.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it was too early to predict progress in the discussions. “The work is difficult, and in the current the very situation fact that (the talks) are continuing is probably positive.”
Russia calls its actions “special military operation “to demilitarize and “denazify” Ukraine. Ukraine and Western allies call it’s a baseless excuse for a war of choice that raised fears of wider conflict in Europe.
US President Joe Biden will son first visit to Europe since Russia invaded Ukraine to discuss crisis with NATO allies next week, the White House said.
Biden will attend a meeting of NATO leaders in military alliance headquarters in Brussels on March 24. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also attend.
Biden is expected to announce 800 millions additional dollars in security aid to Ukraine on Wednesday, a White House official noted.
NATO is set tell her military commanders on Wednesday to draw up plans for new means of deterring Russia from future military measurement, including more troops and missile defenses in Eastern Europe, officials and diplomats said.
“We need to reset our military posture for this new reality“, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters. on Tuesday. “Ministers will start an important debate on concrete measures to strengthen our security for the longest term, in all the domains.”
At least 10 of NATO’s largest allies, including the United States, Britain and France, have deployed more troops, ships and warplanes on son eastern flank, and put more on Be ready.
Kyiv bombing raid kills 5
Fair over 3 millions have now fled Ukraine, according to the United Nations, with over 1.8 million arrivals in neighboring Poland. His prime minister and those of Slovenia and the Czech Republic were in Kyiv on from Tuesday to show solidarity.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki expressed his solidarity and support for Ukraine at a meeting with Zelensky in Kyiv.
“We will never leave you alone. We will be with you because we know that you fight not only for ton homes, for your freedom, for your safety, but also for others,” he said.
New out of 10 Ukrainians could face poverty and extreme economic vulnerability if the war drags on on over the next yearwiping out two decades of economic gains, according to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on Wednesday.
In Kyivabout half of the 3.4 millions inhabitants have fled and some spend sheltered nights in metro stations.
Local authorities said Tuesday’s shelling on Kyiv killed at least five people that the buildings were set on fire and people were buried under the rubble. Russia denies targeting civilians.
About 2,000 cars left the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, the location of the worst humanitarian crisis, the local council said.
But a convoy with Provisions for Mariupol, where residents have taken shelter from repeated Russian bombardments and are desperate for food and water, was stuck in nearby Berdyansk, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said.
More than 100 buses transporting a few thousand civilians left the beleaguered northeast city of Sumy in a “safe passage” operation, the Committee international of says the Red Cross on Tuesday. They were headed for Lubny in central Ukraine after Russians give green to evacuation light.
Russia said it now controls Kherson region in southern Ukraine. Reuters could not independently verify the report.
Fox News said that a second journalist working for the cable network was killed in Ukraine in the same incident in what a fox camera operator died when their vehicle was hit on Monday per incoming fire.
Economical consequences
The conflict has brought isolation on Russia and the economy cost was fully exposed on Wednesday as his sanctions ravage government staggering on the edge of son first international debt by default since the Bolshevik Revolution.
Moscow had to pay 117 millions of dollars in interest on of them dollar- denominated sovereign bonds that he had sold back in 2013, but it encounters limits on make payments and spoke of paying in rubles, which trigger failure.
The crisis is also to be felt in the form of soaring energy costs in many westerners countries with some highly dependent on exports from Russia and after a US ban on imports of country’s oil.
The United States, the European Union and Great Britain announced new penalties on On Tuesday, as Moscow retaliated by putting Biden and other US officials on a stop list”which prohibits them from entering Russia.
the latest EU sanctions include bans on investments in the energy sector, exports of luxury goods to Moscow and imports of steel products from Russia.
They also freeze it assets of more business leaders believed support the Russian state, including Chelsea football club owner Roman Abramovich.