More than 1,500 civilians have been killed in the Kiev region alone during the Russian occupation to date 1,200 bodies have not been identified: they are 75% men, 2% children and the rest women, said the head of the Ukrainian National Police (Npu) Igor Klymenko in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.
“We have received reports from all over the country and criminal proceedings opened for the deaths of over 12 thousand people found mainly in mass graves “, he explained,” a large number of victims were discovered in the house, death due to the injuries sustained “, but precisely on the mass graves Klymenko stressed that it is too early to talk about definitive figures, “because every week the police find bodies”. “TO bushingIrpin, Gostomel and Borodyanka there were many killed people lying on the street: snipers fired from tanks, armored vehicles, despite the white bands that people wore on their arms as the Russians had imposed “, added Klymenko.
ZELENSKY: MARIUPOL WILL BE RELEASED
“On the eighth anniversary of Mariupol’s liberation from pro-Russian terrorists, we are once again fighting for this city and for all of Ukraine. As then, in 2014, Mariupol will be free again. The Ukrainian flag will return there, as well as in every city and village where the occupiers arrived. Because this is our country and our people “. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote it on Telegram referring to the fact that in 2014 Mariupol was under the control of the militants of the self-proclaimed Republic of Donetsk for a month.
I FILORUSSI: SEVERODONESTK RESSES DEATH
Ukrainian forces are blocked in Severodonetsk and “those Ukrainian military units that are there have.” two options: follow the example of their colleagues and give up, or die. They have no other option. “This was stated in a meeting with the press, as reported by Ria Novosti, the deputy head of the People’s Militia Department of the self-styled Donetsk People’s Republic Eduard Basurin. According to him, yesterday the soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces did blow up the last bridge that connected Severodonetsk with Lysychansk, and now they cannot leave the city.
According to the Ukrainians, Russian forces destroyed the bridge between Severodonetsk and the nearby twin city of Lysychansk. thus effectively preventing the possible evacuation of many civilians along that trajectory. In particular, the governor of the Lugansk region, Serhiy Gaidai, said that the Russian military destroyed a bridge connecting the two cities and that at the moment only one of three bridges connecting the two cities remains viable.
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Russia is making its superiority of men and means weighed on the field and within a few weeks can successfully conclude the offensive in Lugansk. (HANDLE)
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According to Gaidai the Russians currently control 70% of Severodonetsk and mass evacuation and transport of rubber items due to bombing are impossible. “The Russians totally control most of Severodonetsk. The fighting is so fierce that the fight can last a day, not even on the street, but only for a skyscraper. Azot has around 500 residents, 40 of whom are children. The industrial zone is heavily bombarded with large-caliber enemy artillery, “wrote Gaidai. Gaidai added that the refugees in Azot are not as strong as those in Mariupol’s Azovstal, so” the authorities and the military are trying to carry out an organized evacuation with security guarantees “.
KIEV: WE NEED EQUAL HEAVY WEAPONS
To end the war, Ukraine needs heavy weapons parity with Russia. The advisor to the head of the Ukrainian President’s Office Mykhailo Podolyak said on Twitter, indicating the type of armaments needed: 1,000 howitzers from 155 mm, 300 rocket launchers multiple Mlrs, 500 tanks, 2,000 armored vehicles, 1,000 drones. And he added that the decision on the number of weapons the West will send is expected by Wednesdaywhen defense ministers from around the world will meet at NATO headquarters in Brussels.
ZELENSKY’S ALARM
Russia is deploying reserve forces in Donbass to support the assault on the city of Severodonetsk, “where very fierce fighting is going on literally every meter”, as well as in Lysychansk, Bakhmut and other areas. He said it in his traditional video speech in the night, as reported by BBC, the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky who claimed that Russia is deploying in the eastern Donbass region “poorly trained conscripts and collected with a secret mobilization “.
For Zelensky, Russia can cross the milestone of 40,000 troops lost as early as June. “In no other war in many decades have they lost so much”, emphasizes the Ukrainian leader, accusing the Russian generals of considering their people as “cannon fodder“.
Since February 24, Russia has launched 2,606 cruise missiles in Ukraine. This is stated in the traditional night video Volodymyr Zelensky stating that on the 109th day “of a full-scale war” Ukraine asks “one simple thing from our partners: Ukraine needs modern missile defense systems”.
PUTIN RIMUOVE POKLONKAYA
Russian President Vladimir Putinmeanwhile, he signed a decree that solleva Natalya Poklonskaya from the post of Deputy Director of the Federal Agency for Affairs of the Commonwealth of Independent States, compatriots abroad and international humanitarian cooperation. Interfax reports it. The presidential decree, published on the official Internet portal for legal information, orders that “Natalya Vladimirovna Poklonskaya be relieved of the post of Deputy Director of the Federal Affairs Agency of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Abroad and International Humanitarian Cooperation “.
Poklonskaya, a Ukrainian naturalized Russian, was the prosecutor general of Crimea and was elected in 2016 with United Russia to the State Duma. In April, you criticized the Russian invasion of Ukraine, arguing that “the letter ‘Z’ symbolizes the tragedy and pain for both Russia and Ukraine”.
MOSCOW: OPEN DIALOGUE WITH THE VATICAN
Russia welcomes the Holy See’s mediation efforts in the conflict in Ukraine. This was stated in an interview with Ria Novosti by the director of the First European Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Alexey Paramonov. “The Vatican leadership has repeatedly declared its readiness to provide any possible assistance to achieve peace and end hostilities in Ukraine. These statements are confirmed in practice. We maintain an open and confidential dialogue on a number of issues, mainly related to the situation. aid in Ukraine, “Paramonov said.
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