Russia’s offensive is suspended, the West will send more weapons to Ukraine. Results of the third day of the war
On Saturday, fighting in Ukraine returned, but Russian troops did not take control of large areas. In the middle of the day, the British Ministry of Defense said that, according to its information, Russia’s entry into force, possibly due to problems with support.
Fighting in Ukraine continues. According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, the main battles are for Chernihiv, Sumy, Mariupol, Kherson and Odessa. The department added that more than 300 Russians (Russian Ministry of Defense) were captured.
In Kyiv, a curfew went out in the late afternoon, but after dark, air raid alerts were still heard in the city. Also, after sunset, Kharkov was shelled, possibly from multiple launch rocket systems.
One of the anticipated developments that could be taken by Germany on the outcome of the conflict on Saturday was the decision to start acting on its policy and start providing the Ukrainian armed forces with lethal weapons.
Hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers and 500 Stinger surface-to-air missiles are sent to Ukraine. The latter could come in handy for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as the former Ukrainian defense minister, who spoke to BBC correspondent Gabriel Gatehouse, estimated that Russian forces would likely change tactics after their offensive faltered and conduct more extensive air checks.
The Ukrainian side today restored the airfield in Berdyansk. Presumably, the Russian force uses it to supply and receive reinforcements.
Chelsea and closed skies
Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich on Saturday said he would hand over control of London’s Chelsea Football Club to a board of trustees.
That is why today I am handing over the leadership and care of the club to the Chelsea Trustees Club. take care of clubs, players, staff and fans,” the billionaire said.
Chelsea head coach Thomas Tuchel linked this decision to the Ukrainian conflict.
One of the main results of the day was the expansion of inaccessibility for the Russian civil airspace. Several Eastern European countries at once banned solar companies from flying over their territory, forming something of a foundation.
What heals in the morning
On Saturday morning, Russia announced its exit from the crisis in Ukraine, accusing Kyiv of abandoning world negotiations. The Ukrainian authorities rejected these assessments. On the whole territory of Ukraine on the night of Saturday continued fighting for settlements. Tens of thousands of people tried it in shelters. On the outskirts of Kyiv, hostilities were conducted, but the positions of the parties as a whole did not change.
The peaceful features that were discussed the day before were thwarted even before they began. Addendum Russia has accused Ukraine of refusing to apply. “Since the Ukrainian side essentially refused to negotiate, the advance of the main forces resumed this afternoon in accordance with the operation,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
According to President Peskov, earlier Vladimir Putin ordered the suspension of the deployment of the Russian military.
An adviser to the office of the President of Ukraine, in turn, told the BBC Ukrainian Service that Kyiv was ready for negotiations with Russia, but only for full-fledged ones, without unacceptable conditions and ultimatums. He also rejected the assessment of the suspension of events in Russia.
“Ukraine reported on the negotiation protocol outlined in Moscow. It is clear that a different approach is needed.
“Well, the lie of the Russians that their forces had an order to stop disproves the very reality that I saw the whole world on Friday night. And this morning,” he added.
The press service of the Ground Forces of Ukraine previously reported that military personnel of military units attacked a military unit on Pobedy Avenue in western Kyiv.
As a result of hostilities, cars were burned there, but it is not yet clear whether these were military equipment or foreign vehicles.
Fires are also observed in the northern regions of the capital. One of the rockets hit a multi-storey residential building.
Nikolaev and Vasilkov
Judging by the messages of social media users, the battles were fought in the south of Ukraine – in Nova Kakhovka and Nikolaev, where the Russian army enters from the Crimea.
Around five in the morning, according to the rescheduling of time, the head of the Nikolaev regional administration, Vitaly Kim, reported that the night attack on the city was repulsed.
Later, he also stated that the townspeople would probably be able to build barricades and prepare for an all-round defense.
The mayor of the city of Vasilkov (near Kyiv) Natalya Balasyanovich reported at night that there were heavy consequences for heavy units and the air base in the city center. According to the authorities of the city, the Russian army is conducting a landing at the airfield.
This is also reported by the heads of several districts, but information about the successful landing of Russian units has not yet been received.
In Kharkov, the night passed again restlessly. An air raid alarm was sounded, many secondary days do not leave the shelters.
According to the resource “My Kharkov”, on the night of Saturday the city railway station was fired upon.
At dawn, an air alert was also announced in Vinnitsa, Uman, Rivne, Lutsk, Lvov and Kherson. This means that shelling of Ukrainian territory is directed in three directions – to production, in the south and in the west of the country.
New solutions and preparations for disconnecting Russia from SWIFT
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba said that the EU countries have begun preparations for disconnecting Russia from the international banking system SWIFT. “No official decision has been made yet, but technical preparations for decision making and decision making have already begun,” he wrote on Facebook.
US President Joe Biden signed up for an immediate $600 million in aid. Biden ordered 350 million of this amount to be directed to the homeless.
This decision is significant in that the White House made it without congressional approval. The US authorities believe that there is no time for delay in the current situation.
It also became known that the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky was offered assistance in the evacuation, but he returned. This was reported by the Washington Post. Washington, which expects at any moment the extradition of Zelensky from Kyiv.
Protests continue around the world against Russian aggression in Ukraine. While Europe was sleeping, the countries of North and South America took to the streets. In particular, crowded protests took place in Argentina.
Late Friday evening, a crowded rally took place in the center of Tbilisi, the participants of which demand that the authorities do not support sanctions against Russia.
Earlier, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said that Georgia was in solidarity with Ukraine, but participation in international sanctions against Russia could lead to significant losses. The authorities gathered on the square in the center of Tbilisi that it was Russia that encroached on the territorial territory of Georgia in 2008 and accuse the authorities of short memory and cowardice.