What has happened in the last hours in Ukraine
On the 26th day of the war started by Russia against Ukrainethese are the key data at 8:00 this Monday, March 21
At least six people die in an attack on a shopping center in kyiv. Russian troops are advancing slowly towards the capital and as they pass from the north the bombardments intensify. The last one, on Monday night against a shopping center on the outskirts of kyiv that, for the moment, has left six dead. The city, where the tension is constant, prepares for the Russian assault. British Defense assures in a report that Putin’s Army is standing about 25 kilometers from the capital.
kyiv rejects Russia’s ultimatum to surrender Mariupol. At five in the morning (Moscow time, three o’clock, Spanish peninsular time) the deadline for Ukraine to hand over the southern port city of the country to the Russians has expired. “Lower your weapons. All those who do so are guaranteed safe passage,” demanded the director of the Russian National Center for Defense Management, Mikhail Mizintsev at a briefing this Sunday. Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk: “There can be no talk of surrender of any kind, of laying down arms. We have already informed the Russians.”
The threat over Odessa continues. The pearl of the Black Sea is awaiting an imminent attack by the Russians from the sea, as is happening in kyiv. At the moment, Ukraine’s anti-aircraft defenses intercept bombardments from Russian ships every day.
ammonia leak. The governor of the Sumi region, Dmytro Zhyvytsky, confirmed the leak of ammonia at the Sumykhimprom chemical plant as a result of a Russian attack, early Monday. First thing in the morning, the Ukrainian spokesman assured that there is no danger to the population because the leak has been controlled.
More diplomatic pressure against Putin. Joe Biden, president of the United States, will travel to Warsaw on Friday to talk with his counterpart, Andrzej Duda. Biden thus adds a scale to his European trip, which he undertakes on Wednesday. He will arrive in Brussels on Thursday, the day the “unjustified” aggression will be a month old. There he will attend an extraordinary meeting of NATO, as well as a meeting with the rest of the member countries of the G-7. This Monday he will speak with the presidents of France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Italy.
In the image, two policemen pass in front of the remains of the shopping center bombed by the Russians in the north of kyiv. (Thomas Peter / Reuters).
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