On the 32nd day of the war in Ukraine "Russian troops also used cluster bombs in a residential area of Krasnohorivka, in the Donetsk region", denounces Kiev, explaining on Telegram that "the enemy fired from multiple Tornado-C rocket launchers in the sector Krasnohorivka residential area. Russian troops used banned cluster munitions. Ammunition fell into the streets of the private sector. " In the last 24 hours there have also been at least 30 bombings in the Kiev area.
The Ukrainian defense, for its part, reacts by setting fire to the Russian military headquarters in the town of Henichesk, on the Sea of Azov. And the Ukrainian defense ministry, quoted by the BBC, reports that the seventh Russian general on the field, Yakov Rezantsev, was killed in an attack.
While it was announced that on Tuesday Russia-Ukraine talks resume in presence, in Turkey, on the contacts front, the most sensational news of the day is the interview that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky granted to the Russian media. Moscow had ordered not to broadcast it but Meduza, a Russian opposition site, did not respect the diktat. "There have been several attempts to eliminate me," the Kiev leader said, and Ukraine "is carefully considering the issue of neutrality." At the same time, however, "we don't sit at a table at all when it comes to a a sort of demilitarization, a sort of denazification. For me these are absolutely incomprehensible things ".
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Meanwhile, US-Russia relations remain tense after President Joe Biden on a visit to Poland first described Vladimir Putin as a "butcher" and then a "dictator", also saying that "he cannot remain in power". Secretary of State Antony Blinken "corrects" the president by saying he did not want to evoke regime change. And there is also the distinction of Emmanuel Macron, who would not use the word "butcher" in relation to Putin and invites us not to fuel an escalation.
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Ukraine "is carefully considering the question of neutrality": Prime Minister Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with some Russian media released by Meduza despite the Moscow ban.
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Zelensky: "There have been several attempts to eliminate me"
"I have heard many people who claim that my elimination is planned. There have probably been several attempts by different people": Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelensky said in his first interview with Russian media since the beginning of the war published on the anti site. Putin Meduza.
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Meduza publishes the "forbidden" interview with Zelensky
The Russian opposition site Meduza published the interview given by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky via videoconference to the portal and other Russian media, which Moscow had warned against broadcasting, threatening legal consequences. "This is not just a war. It is much worse", is the title of the long interview, of which the video is also published, lasting about an hour and a half.
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Moscow to Russian media: "Do not broadcast the interview with Zelensky"
The Moscow media regulator warned not to publish or broadcast the interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, released today to some Russian media for the first time since the war. Sky News reports.
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Zelensky to the West: "You have no courage"
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky today accused the West of not having enough "courage" when it comes to helping Ukraine, repeating his call to send planes and tanks to Kiev. Speaking in a new video on his social media channels, Zelensky said the West "plays ping-pong in deciding who should send the jets." "Today I spoke with the defenders of Mariupol - he says -. I am in constant contact with them. Their determination, their heroism and their steadfastness are extraordinary. If only those who for 31 days have been thinking about how to send us planes and tanks had the '1% of their courage ".
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Face-to-face talks confirmed by Russian chief negotiator
The face-to-face talks were also confirmed on his Telegram account by the chief Russian negotiator, Vladimir Medinsky, who specified that they will take place between Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Di Maio: "From Putin the danger of even more desperate actions"
"Peace. Every initiative at the national and international level must lead to the achievement of peace and stability in Ukraine and throughout Europe. In the coming weeks, the fury of the Russian army could intensify more and more. Putin's war must be stopped. . The danger is real, Russian bombs are exploding in Ukraine killing hundreds of civilians. Bombs exploding on the borders of the EU. This violent invasion must be stopped, before the war becomes even more catastrophic and Putin takes further action. more desperate ". Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio writes on Facebook.
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Nemtsov's suspected killer leads the Chechens to Mariupol
Leading the Chechen troops participating in the siege of Mariupol is Ruslan Geremeyev, suspected of being among those responsible for the murder of Boris Nemtsov, the former deputy prime minister of Boris Yeltsin and opponent of Vladimir Putin, who was murdered in 2015 in Moscow. This was stated in a video published by the Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, taken by Meduza.
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Tomorrow round of Russia-Ukraine talks in Turkey
The next round of talks between Ukraine and the Russian Federation will take place in attendance from 28 to 30 March in Turkey. This was announced by one of the members of the Ukrainian delegation, David Arahamiya on Facebook, reports Ukrinform. "Today, at the round of video talks, it was decided to hold the next round in presence in Turkey from 28 to 30 March," he said.
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Kiev: "The referendum on the annexation of Lugansk to Russia is worthless"
"Any" false referendum "in the temporarily occupied territories is legally insignificant and will have no legal consequences." This was stated by the spokesman of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Oleg Nikolenko, commenting on the hypothesis of a popular consultation in the self-proclaimed separatist republic of Lugansk for annexation to Moscow, which on the eve of the conflict had recognized its independence, together with that of Donetsk. The Kiev spokesman, quoted by Ukrinform, also said he was convinced that no country in the world would recognize the validity of the referendum.
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Zelensky's first interview with the Russian media
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky today gave an interview to Russian journalists for the first time since the beginning of the war, who promised to publish the entire conversation uncensored in the evening. Ukrainian Pravda reports it. The conversation lasted two hours. Journalists who interviewed the Ukrainian president included Meduza chief editor Ivan Kolpakov, Dozhd TV chief editor Tikhon Dzyadko, writer and journalist Mikhail Zigar and Kommersant correspondent Vladimir Solovyov.
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Ukrainians set fire to the headquarters of the Russian military
Ukrainian protesters set fire to a building, home to the local military district, which temporarily housed the Russian occupying military, in the town of Henichesk, on the Sea of Azov, in the Kherson region. This was stated by Serhii Khlan, a deputy of the Kherson Regional Council, quoted by the Kyiv Independent.
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The Azov Brigade: "Putin calls us Nazis as an excuse for massacres"
"There is no link between us and the Nazi movement. Our aim is to save Ukraine and its integrity. Putin uses his propaganda to call us Nazis to find a pretext to kill Ukrainians." This is what he underlines in an interview with Ansa Maksim Zhorin, third commander of the Azov Brigade, currently operating in the Kiev Oblast. "In Irpin in these two days the attacks have decreased, we destroyed some Russian tanks and threw them in the river. Now they are there, together with the fish", says Zhorin, one of the leading exponents of the Azov regiment and among the fighters who, in the 2014, they drove the Russians out of Mariupol.
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13.45 - Turkey: "We must not burn bridges with Moscow"
Turkey and other nations have yet to speak to Russia to help end the war in Ukraine. Turkey's presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said today, quoted by Reuters, adding that Kiev needs more support to defend itself. "If everyone burns their bridges with Russia, who will talk to them at the end of the day?" Kalin said at the Doha International Forum, quoted by the Guardian.
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Macron, "I would not use the word butcher for Putin"
French President Emmanuel Macron said that he "would not use" the definition of "butcher" in relation to Vladimir Putin, used for the Russian president by the American Joe Biden. And he added that there should be no "escalation of words or actions" regarding the war in Ukraine. The French president has made it known that "tomorrow or the day after" he will speak on the phone with Putin to organize an evacuation of civilians from the city of Mariupol.
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Blinken, no strategy for regime change in Moscow
The United States has no strategy for regime change in Russia: Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in Israel after yesterday Joe Biden said that Russian leader Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power". "I think the president and the White House just pointed out last night that Putin cannot have the power to wage war or engage in aggression against Ukraine or anyone else."
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He tries to enter the Kiev subway with a grenade, arrested
The Kiev police arrested a man who tried to enter a subway station in the city with a grenade and a lot of ammunition: the police of the capital made it known on their Facebook page. Officers stopped him for a checkup and found an F-1 grenade, fuse and 76 bullets in his bag. Now he faces up to seven years in prison.
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Moscow, 18 Ukrainian drones shot down overnight
Russian air defense systems shot down 18 Ukrainian drones last night, spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, Igor Konashenkov, said today, according to Tass reports.
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Air defense missile depot near Kiev hit
Russian missiles launched from ships into the Black Sea hit and destroyed a missile depot and defense systems near Kiev, according to the Moscow Defense Ministry quoted by Russian agencies. The depot, the ministry adds, contained S-300 air defense systems and Buk missiles. The same source points out that the fuel depot hit yesterday near Kiev, which supplied Ukrainian troops in the western regions of the country, was hit by long-range missiles launched from airplanes.
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Two humanitarian corridors agreed by Donbass
Two humanitarian corridors in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions have been agreed for today. This was announced by the Minister for the reintegration of the occupied territories of Ukraine, Iryna Vereshchuk, during a briefing. "To date, two humanitarian corridors have been agreed for the Donetsk and Lugansk regions: from the city of Mariupol to the city of Zaporizhia with their own means. While the centralized evacuation by bus from Berdyansk to Zaporizhia has been agreed", said the minister, adding 15 buses depart from Zaporizhia on this route.
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Russian attacks in the east repelled
Ukrainian forces have successfully repelled Russian attacks in Donetsk and Lugansk (east) regions in the past 24 hours, the Kyiv Independent reports. In the same period, Kiev soldiers destroyed eight Russian tanks, 11 armored vehicles and other military vehicles, and a mortar. Furthermore, according to the Ukrainian Air Force, one plane, 12 unmanned aircraft and two cruise missiles were shot down.
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Kiev, "139 children were killed"
139 Ukrainian children have been killed in the war since the Russian invasion began, according to information from the Attorney General's office reported on Telegram and cited by Ukrinform. More than 205 children were injured.
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"The Russians try to encircle the Ukrainian forces in the east"
The Russian forces are trying to encircle the Ukrainian ones in front of the separatist regions in the east of the country: the British Defense Ministry announced in a tweet in its daily intelligence report on the war in Ukraine. At the same time Russian soldiers are advancing from Kharkiv to the north and Mariupol to the south, but the battlefield in northern Ukraine "remains largely static with local Ukrainian counterattacks hampering Russian attempts to reorganize their forces."
