Talks between Russia and Ukraine resume today in Brest, Belarus, to try to stop the massacre that began a week ago and reach at least a meeting point with a truce .

"A solution will be found," said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

The circumstances under which the summit between the delegations will open - around 3 pm local time in Belarus - are not among the best. Even in the night the attacks from Moscow continued and late yesterday evening it was ascertained that the Moscow army took the first major city: Kherson, a strategic node that could allow the Kremlin to control an important part of the southern coast of the 'Ukraine and expand further towards Odessa.

The capital Kiev remains in the crosshairs of missiles, it is estimated that hundreds of civilians have been killed, thousands have been displaced, water and food supplies are starting to run out. The country is on its knees and yet it does not stop fighting.

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague has opened an investigation into the situation in order to ascertain alleged war crimes committed by Russia. The decision after receiving the green light from 39 states including Italy. Meanwhile, in a statement released yesterday, the OSCE (organization for security and cooperation in Europe) confirmed the death of one of its observers. Maryna Fenina was killed during the bombing of Kharkiv and was part of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine.

According to UN data, civilian casualties are close to 230, while more than 500 are injured. But the toll would be significantly higher due to delays in reporting. In recent raids, six adults and two children lost their lives in the attack on a residential building in the city of Izyum, in the Kharkiv district.

In the morning, Ukraine claimed to have killed 9,000 Russian soldiers, destroyed 217 tanks, 90 artillery pieces, 900 armored vehicles and 42 rocket launchers. A total of 30 planes were shot down.

(Unioneonline / ss)

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