Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine unabated. Selenskyj is disappointed in NATO. And the negotiations are entering the third round.
Kyiv – It is day ten of the Ukraine war. Ukraine is preparing for a new round of negotiations with Russia on a ceasefire. Fighting and war rhetoric continued unabated on Saturday night. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy bitterly reproached NATO for not wanting to get involved militarily in the conflict. In a live broadcast of solidarity demos in Europe, Zelenskyy warned: “If Ukraine falls, everyone will fall.”
Ukraine war: Russia continues the offensive uninterrupted – the night on Saturday at a glance
According to the Ukrainian army, Russian troops continue their offensive with air support and the use of high-precision weapons. The Russian side is trying to encircle the capital Kyiv and the metropolis Kharkiv, it said on Saturday night. In the east, she wants to create a land corridor from the separatist areas of Luhansk and Donetsk to the Crimean peninsula annexed by Russia. The city of Mariupol with 440,000 inhabitants was also under pressure. Mayor Wadym Boitschenko spoke on Telegram on Saturday night of a “blockade” and said he hoped for a humanitarian corridor out of the city.
The Ukrainian armed forces continue to emphasize that attacks will be repelled and opponents will be defeated. The account cannot be independently verified, nor can Russian information. The Russian agency Tass reported that the Ukrainian army had shelled two settlements in the self-declared People’s Republic of Luhansk three times within 24 hours. Details on possible victims or damage are not yet available.
Ukraine News: Major western media such as CNN and BBC stop reporting from Russia
Reliable information about the war is likely to become even more sparse. Because in response to a new media law in Russia, several international broadcasters and agencies are partially or completely shutting down their work there, including CNN, the BBC, the Canadian broadcaster CBC and Bloomberg. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed several laws on Friday evening, according to which “false information” about the Russian armed forces could be imprisoned. In the Ukrainian war zone, on the other hand, journalists are in danger. A television crew from British broadcaster Sky News came under fire near Kyiv on Friday.
War in Ukraine: Saturday night – third round of negotiations between the warring parties
The announced third round of negotiations on a ceasefire is expected to take place again this weekend in Belarus. An exact date was not initially given. The Russian government spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, according to the TASS agency, that Moscow is concerned with security guarantees. He hopes that Ukraine will accept the Russian demands during the negotiations. Among other things, Putin has set the goal of deposing the Ukrainian leadership.
Ukraine News: Ukraine disappointed by NATO – Selenskyj makes accusations
Ukraine recently asked NATO to enforce a no-fly zone over the war zone. The Western alliance rejects this because it could entail direct participation in hostilities. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg made this clear again on Friday. President Zelenskyj reacted disappointed. The alliance gave the green light for further bombing of Ukrainian towns and villages, he said in a video speech.
In his live broadcast of demonstrators in Frankfurt and several other European cities, Zelenskyy called on the people of Europe: “Don’t be silent, take to the streets, support Ukraine.” (dpa/aka)
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