On the 19th day of the Russian invasion, Moscow and Kiev will negotiate again, this time by videoconference, with the aim of ending hostilities, while the danger of escalation in the conflict increased with the bombing of a military facility very close to the border with Poland and the alleged military and economic aid requested from China by Moscow.
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Both Russians and Ukrainians have dropped in recent days that the climate of the negotiations has somewhat improved and that, according to members of the Russian delegation, “we can speak of significant progress.”
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the ukrainian president, Volodomir Zelensky stated that his goal is to achieve a meeting with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.
Meanwhile, following the Russian shelling of a Ukrainian military facility just 25 kilometers from the Polish border, new information casts uncertainty on a further escalation in the conflict: according to US officials quoted by the press, Russia asked China for military support and economic assistancewhich would mean a major change in the international geopolitical landscape arising from this war, something that Beijing denied on Monday.
“That Russia asked China for economic and military assistance, as published by CNN and New York Times This weekend citing US officials, it is “pure disinformation,” foreign spokesman Zhao Lijian said today at a press conference in Beijing.
“China has stated its position on the crisis in Ukraine clearly and consistently. We play a constructive role, support negotiations to achieve peace, and above all, assess the situation impartially and independently. Denigrating China’s position is not acceptable.” “, he indicated.
The United States government regretted that Russia had opted to escalate the level of conflict of its invasion of Ukraine with the attack on Sunday against a military base in Yavoriv, just 20 kilometers from the border with Poland.
The US Embassy in Kiev issued a message saying it “deplores” the Russian military’s weekend attack on the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security in Ukraine, where US instructors had worked.
The United States Department of Defense indicated that the attack represents an expansion of the Russian military objectives in the war. “Clearly, from an air strike perspective, the Russians are expanding their military objectives,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said in an interview with ABC television.
At this time from Budapest, the third humanitarian flight is getting ready to take off for Madrid for a technical stop, the final destination will be Quito. As a team, we have managed to return the greatest number of compatriots, who have decided to return to their families in Ecuador. pic.twitter.com/7gHvjjiaa4
– Juan Carlos Holguin (@juancaholguin) March 13, 2022
Colombians, returnees from Ukraine
Various Colombians and Peruvians would be included in the list of passengers of the third humanitarian flight that the Government of Ecuador has coordinated for the return of their compatriots who fled Ukraine after the war with Russia broke out.
This was reported by the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry, which expects this third humanitarian flight to arrive in Quito on Monday morning.
Although the final figures of passengers on board will be known in the next few hours, the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry reported that the flight chartered by the Government will leave Warsaw this Sunday and will go to Budapest, to complete the shipment.
The Ecuadorian Foreign Minister, Juan Carlos Holguín, indicated on his Twitter account that he had already started the shipment in the Polish capital. “Boarding begins in Warsaw, where 140 passengers and 13 pets will board.
The humanitarian flight will go to Budapest to pick up 73 more passengers and 36 pets,” the foreign minister wrote. In addition, he specified that the personnel of his Foreign Ministry who are at the embarkation site have been joined by personnel from the Embassies of Colombia and Peru.
“The team from the Foreign Ministry of Ecuador is accompanied by the ambassadors of Colombia and Peru,” Javier Higuera and Hubert Wieland, respectively, Holguín said. In principle, it was expected that 10 Colombians and 5 Peruvians would board the Ecuadorian flight, although these preliminary data had yet to be confirmed.
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*With information from EFE
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