evacuation of civilians from Mariupol suspended. Zelensky asks for no fly zone
They still remain 200,000 civilians blocked waiting to be evacuated from Mariupol, dove for the second time, the humanitarian corridor was suspended and the people, according to the Red Cross, “live in terror”. Putin accuses Kiev to have prevented the operation, because “continues to disregard agreements on these humanitarian questions “, and his government that” military operations “go on, and practically all points out the Ukrainian air forces” have been destroyed “. 1.5 million refugees departed from Ukraine in the last 10 days is underway “the fastest refugee crisis in Europe since World War II“, informs UNHCR. In Poland yesterday 129 thousand new arrivals were registered, while 14,237 Ukrainians entered Italy so far: in 24 they were more than 3 thousand, a number that signals an increase in the flow.
“We ask you every day for a no-fly zone, if you don’t give it to us, At least we have planes provided to protect us. If you don’t give us these either, there is only one solution left: you also want them to kill us slowly. This will also be responsibility for world politicsof Western leaders. “This is Zelensky’s latest appeal Poland he replies that he won’t send his jets and not to use its airports. Zelensky also announced that he was direct Vinnytsia airport250 km southwest of Kiev, while Moscow claims that “virtually all of the Kiev regime’s battle-ready air forces have been destroyed”
In the morning today they were there heavy shelling to the west and northwest of Kiev and the impact of the explosions was felt by CNN teams in Kiev and the area southwest of the capital. Mortar rounds have also reached a checkpoint that allows civilians to enter the city. There are currently three deaths reported by the Ukrainian authorities, two kids. President Zelensky, after having warned that “the Russians are preparing to bomb the Ukrainian port of Odessa“announces that Vinnytsia airport -250 km southwest of Kiev- is the Russian rocket state.
The Turkish president Erdoganin his This morning’s telephone conversation with Putinhe said it is necessary “to ensure a ceasefireopen the humanitarian corridors and sign the peace treaty. “The Kremlin replies that” special operations “can be suspended only if Kiev ceases its military actionsand expresses his “hope that during the next round of negotiations the representatives of Ukraine will show a More constructive approach that takes fully into account the existing reality “.
A telephone interview – the fourth since the invasion of Ukraine – between French president Macron and Putin it lasted almost two hours. Israeli Prime Minister Bennett, who yesterday saw Putin in Moscow and German Chancellor Scholz in Berlin, spoke today with Zelensky, later reporting to his government that “even if the odds are not great, as long as there is a small crack, our moral obligation is to make every attempt. “