Pope Francis asks to meet Putin. The evacuation of Mariupol continues
“I asked Cardinal Parolin, after twenty days of war, to get Putin the message that I was willing to go to Moscow. Of course, it was necessary for the Kremlin leader to grant some finerines. We have not yet received an answer and we are still insisting, even if I fear that Putin cannot and does not want to have this meeting right now. But so much brutality, how can you not stop it? “. Pope francescoin an interview with the director of Corrie della Sera, Luciano Fontana explains that “I’m not going to Kiev for now. first I have to go to Moscowfirst I have to meet Putin. ”
And supply of arms to the Ukrainians says he cannot answer whether it is right or not but stresses that “the arms trade is a scandalfew oppose it “and remembers the gesture of the dockers of Genoa who refused to unload their weapons for Yemen. “It’s a small thing, but a nice gesture. There should be a lot of them,” she observes.
It is expected for this morning resumption of the evacuation of civilians from Mariupol. The first released from the Azovstal steel mill started arriving in Zaporizhzhia late yesterday evening. But there are 200 more to be evacuated. The site also yesterday was under the “constant fire” of the Russians, according to Kiev. A church in Odessa was also affected: a 15-year-old died. Hungary would have been informed in advance by Russia of its willingness to invade Ukraine, meanwhile they say from Kiev.
At least three civilians were killed during a Russian bombing of the Ukrainian city of Vuhledar, in the eastern Donetsk region. This was reported by the office of the Ukrainian president quoted by the Guardian. Ukraine’s air defense yesterday shot down eight Russian unmanned aircraft, including a Forpost, a sophisticated reconnaissance drone worth seven million dollars. The Ukrainian Air Force Command made it known on Facebook, according to reports from the Ukrinform agency.
“What he said Lavrov is aberrant and regarding the part referred to Hitler it’s really obscene, “he said Draghi criticizing the interview on Rete 4 to the Russian Foreign Minister because it was done “without any contradictions”. Blinken spoke of “vile and dangerous rhetoric” on the part of the Kremlin. Russia has “forgot all the lessons of the Second World War“commented Zelensky.