Northwest Ukraine is under Russian attack. Kiev, ‘new talks with Moscow soon, including on the truce’
The Russian-Ukrainian conflict it is expanding dangerously and is now a step away from the borders with the EU. Russian troops launched airstrikes on Javoriv International Center for Rhythm Maintenance and Security, halfway between Lviv and the Polish border, which is about 25 km away. Foreigners are also active in the center. They would have been thirty missiles launched that fights resulted in 35 dead and 57 wounded. The Russian armed forces also hit the Ivano-Frankivsk air base. while in Lviv the alarm sirens went off in broad daylight. A Russian bombing raid on the southern city of Mykolaiv, about 100km east of Odessa, left nine dead. Kiev accuses Moscow to use phosphorus bombs in the Donbass. “In front of barbarism of the killing of children, innocent people and defenseless civiliansthere are no strategic reasons that hold, there is only to stop the unacceptable armed aggression “, the Pope said at the Angelus.
New talks between Russia and Ukraine they could take place next week, “already tomorrow or the day after tomorrow”. This was stated by Mykhailo Podoliak, advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, according to CNN. “As soon as mutual formats are established, the fourth round of negotiations will be scheduled“said Podoliak.” There are various proposals on the negotiating table now“, also”on a political solution and, above all, on a military solution. I mean a formula for a ceasefire and the withdrawal of the troops, “he added. Nobody excludes the possibility of a meeting between Putin and Zelensky, but we need to understand what to discuss in this meeting and what the result should be. This was stated by the spokesman of the Kremlin Dmitry Peskov quoted by Interfax.
If Putin used weapons of mass destruction it would be a “turning point” for NATO – Polish President Andrez Duda told the BBC. Duda argues that Russia could use chemical weapons if Russian President Putin finds itself in “a very difficult situation”. “Surely NATO will have to sit down at the table and will have to really think seriously about what to do, because at that point it would start to be dangerous, not only for Europe, our region, but for the whole world”.
Turkey will not join the Western sanctions against Russia. This was stated by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, according to reports from Tass. Turkey also helped Russia evacuate its citizens stranded in the besieged city of Mariupol, Ukraine. “We called yesterday” Moscow foreign minister Serghei Lavrov and asked for his help for the evacuation of our citizens“Cavusoglu said.
About 1 million people are without gas and heating in Ukraine, due to the Russian attacks. The country’s gas supplier said this, according to the Guardian. GTSOU has made it known that it is working to repair the damage caused by the bombing and restore the furniture. The bombings damaged the infrastructure of Donetsk, Luhansk and Mykolaiv.