U.S. President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he would send long-range air defense systems to Ukraine, where at least 13 civilians have been killed. Because Russia’s offensive continues, negotiations are underway on the basis of strengthened sanctions.
In a nutshell, Biden promised his country an additional $ 800 million in military aid to Kiev, an “unprecedented” $ 1 billion a week to support its military.
“We are assisting Ukraine to obtain additional and long-range air defense systems,” he said at the request of his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zhelensky, who previously addressed the US Congress. Drones will also be provided, he said. .
Shortly after the US President told a journalist that Vladimir Putin was a “war criminal”, he used a qualification for the first time. The comments, which the Kremlin considered “unacceptable and unforgivable,” were quick to respond.
Shooting in a row
In Ukraine, ten people lined up to buy bread in Chernikiv, 150 km north of Kiev, were killed this morning in a “preliminary” shooting by soldiers, the attorney general’s office said.
In the afternoon, the number of dead and wounded, including the severely wounded child, was not determined after the Ukrainian army fired grenades into a convoy of civilians leaving the besieged and continuously shelled port city of Mariupol.
The town hall added that a theater where “hundreds” of civilians were staying was “destroyed by a bomb blast by a Russian plane.”
The city of Zaporozhye, which had been a refuge for people fleeing Mariupol, had meanwhile been hit by at least one missile for the first time since the conflict began, apparently with no casualties. This region is home to Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, which has been occupied by the Russians since March 4.
According to relief, a bomb blast near the northeastern city of Kharkiv has killed at least three people and injured five others.
Moscow refuses
Moscow has denied most of these allegations, with a military spokesman specifically condemning the Ukrainian regime’s “propaganda” and promising that “no Russian soldier was and will not be in Chernikov (…)” during a televised conference.
At least 500 people have been killed since the start of the war in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city, according to Ukrainian relief.
Explosions were heard again at dawn in the queue, where dense columns of black smoke awoke.
The capital, which evacuated more than half of its 3.5 million people, remained under curfew until 7 a.m. Thursday after several missiles struck apartment buildings on Monday and Tuesday.
As a result of the conflict, more than three million Ukrainians – almost half of them children – have already taken the path of deportation, the majority to Poland.
No NATO forces
It is in this context that the United Nations Supreme Court (ICJ) on Wednesday ordered Moscow to immediately suspend its military operations in Ukraine. And the European Council, guaranteeing the rule of law on the continent, officially excluded Russia, while the European Court of Human Rights ceased to consider all applications relating to Russia.
Unhindered, Vladimir Putin hammered in a speech that the military operation launched three weeks ago on February 24 was a “success”. During this time his army was unable to capture any major city and advanced slowly.
Earlier, his Ukrainian envoy was hailed by US lawmakers via video conference and called for the re-establishment of a no-fly zone in his country.
Joe Biden has so far rejected the embargo, with the United States and NATO reiterating on Wednesday that “there is no question of NATO troops or aircraft being stationed in Ukraine.” World War III.
However, the Atlantic Alliance has announced its intention to strengthen its position in the East.
A compromise “?
The offensive and determination of the two camps did not prevent parallel talks from continuing, and resumed on Monday via video conference at the delegation level.
The Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that negotiators were now discussing a “compromise” that would make Ukraine a neutral country on the model of Sweden and Austria.
“There are very firm formulas, which are close to an agreement,” said Sergei Lavrov, head of Russian diplomacy.
Without denying the debates on neutrality, Ukrainian chief negotiator Mykhaïlo Podoliak rejected “a Swedish or Austrian model” and insisted on “complete security guarantees” against Russia.
President Zelensky on Tuesday night described the positions of the two camps as “very realistic”, while “taking more time to make decisions in Ukraine’s interest.”
He had previously stated that he was ready to relinquish any of his country’s membership in NATO, which is Gas Belle to Russia.
Blocked media
On Wednesday, Vladimir Putin promised financial assistance to individuals and businesses, calling sanctions a “blitzkrieg” against Russia.
Russian authorities continue to work in parallel to suppress any opposition to the war.
Authorities blocked the websites of about 30 additional media outlets, including the BBC, following the arrest of an employee of the Russian Channel 1 militant group fighting the war that erupted on a television news program on Monday evening.
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