Fourteenth day of war in Ukraine.

While there are now over two million refugees and displaced persons from the country invaded by Russia (160 people, including children, have found refuge in Sardinia ) and while the Moscow troops continue to hit the targets set by what Vladimir Putin continues to define “Special military operation”, Ukrainian President Zelensky leaves open the doors for a new negotiation, saying he is “willing to negotiate” on the future of Crimea and the Donbass. Furthermore, the meeting in Turkey between the Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers, scheduled for Thursday, has been confirmed.

From the US, meanwhile, after the announcement of the stop to imports of oil and gas from Russia (a decision criticized by China, which speaks of the West's "responsibility" in the conflict), the no comes to Poland's proposal to hand over to the army American stationed some Mig-29 jets in Germany and then turned them over to Ukraine. According to Pentagon spokesman John Kirby, the option would in fact be "not feasible".

In these hours, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, conquered by the Russians, remains under the lens. According to Kiev, the Moscow forces have shut down the plants, with a consequent risk of radioactive leaks.

Here are the live updates on the conflict. ( HERE instead all the articles on the crisis in Ukraine and HERE all the videos).

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20.20 - Zelensky: "Poland is also at risk"

"I am sure that Poland is also at risk". The Ukrainian president, Volodomyr Zelensky, says this in an interview with die Zeit, according to an anticipation. For Zelensky, Putin "wants to disintegrate Europe, just like Ukraine". And the president is convinced that the entire continent is in danger as long as Russia has a chance to attack another state. From his point of view, Putin's sights are also Moldova, Georgia and the Baltic.

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20.05 - Kiev "ready to discuss neutrality"

Ukraine is ready to "a diplomatic solution" and to discuss the Russian demand for neutrality, but it will not give "a single centimeter" of territory to Moscow. This was stated in an interview with Bloomberg TV Ihor Zhovkva, deputy chief of staff of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and one of his main foreign policy advisers. "Our first condition for having such a negotiation - says Zhovkva - is the immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of the Russian troops".

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8 pm - Moscow admits the use of conscripts

Russia today admitted for the first time the presence of conscripts among its fighters engaged in the offensive in Ukraine, after President Vladimir Putin assured that only "professionals" would be employed. This was confirmed by the spokesman of the Defense of Moscow, Igor Konashenkov, announcing the capture of some of them by the forces of Kiev.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov then announced that military prosecutors were tasked with "verifying and evaluating legal actions and punishing the officials responsible for violating this presidential order".

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7.45 pm - Zelensky: “Putin's nuclear threat? A bluff "

"I believe the threat of nuclear war is a bluff." Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky said this in an interview with die Zeit, according to an anticipation. "It is one thing to be a killer, it is quite another to be a suicide. You threaten with nuclear weapons only when the rest doesn't work," he added.

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7 pm - BoJo: "Ignoble hitting the Mariupol hospital"

There are "few things more ignoble than targeting the vulnerable and helpless." Thus the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson strongly condemned the news of the destruction in a Russian raid of a hospital in Mariupol, in southern Ukraine, with maternity and pediatric wards. "The UK is considering increased support for Ukraine to defend itself against air strikes and Putin will have to be held accountable for his terrible crimes."

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18.04 - Kiev, 17 injured in the raid on the Mariupol hospital

At least 17 people were injured in the Russian bombing of the maternity and pediatric wards of a hospital in Mariupol, in southern Ukraine. According to the governor of the Donetsk region, Pavlo Kyrylenko, among the injured are women in labor and the raid violated the ceasefire for humanitarian corridors.

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17.55 - Stop to Amazon's activities in Russia

Amazon has announced the stop of its commercial activities in Russia due to the war in Ukraine. The e-commerce giant suspended access to its Prime video channel for customers in Russia, stopped shipping products to Russia and Belarus, and stopped access to new Aws cloud service customers based in the two countries.

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17.25 - New Russian radios on Kharkiv

New Russian bombings are underway on Kharkiv, the second Ukrainian city in the east near the border with Russia, which has been under siege for days. Mayor Igor Terekhov reported this, speaking on Ukrainian TV.

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5 pm - New conversation between Putin and Scholz

New phone call between Vladimir Putin and Olaf Scholz. This was announced by the Kremlin, quoted by Tass, according to which the two leaders discussed the "political-diplomatic efforts" on the crisis in Ukraine, "including the results of the third round of talks between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations", and the "aspects humanitarians ", including" measures to open humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of civilians ".

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4.40 pm - "Women and children under the rubble in Mariupol"

"Mariupol. Direct attack by Russian troops on maternity hospital. People and children are under the rubble. Children under the rubble. What an atrocity! How long will the world be complicit in ignoring the terror? Close the skies now! Stop the killing!" You have the power to do it but it seems you are losing humanity. " Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky writes it on Twitter, publishing a video of the destruction caused by the Russian raid denounced by Kiev on a hospital in Mariupol.

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4 pm - Children's hospital in Mariupol destroyed

A Russian air raid destroyed a hospital in Mariupol with maternity and pediatric wards. The head of the regional military administration of Donetsk, Pavlo Kyrylenko, quoted by Ukrinform, reported on Facebook, showing images of the debris in a video.

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3.40 pm - "Mariupol under constant attack, 1,170 dead"

Mariupol is "under constant attack by Russian bombing". This is the alarm raised by the deputy mayor of Mariupol, Sergiy Orlov, according to the Guardian. Orlov spoke of 1170 people killed, 47 buried today in a mass grave. And a city where there is no more water, heating, electricity, gas, with residents drinking snow and burning wood: All of this "is medieval," he said.

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3.10 pm - "Moscow blocks humanitarian corridor in Bucha"

The Bucha city council, just north of Kiev, accused Russian forces of blocking the evacuation of civilians via the agreed corridor. CNN reports it.

"The occupants are interrupting the evacuation. Currently, 50 buses are blocked by the Russian military in the parking lot: they do not allow the column to pass," the city council said in a short post on Facebook. "Negotiations are underway to unblock traffic. We remind you that the" green corridor "was a very high level agreement", continues the post.

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2.40 pm - Downed Russian fighter crashes in Kiev

A Russian Sukhoi Su-27 interceptor fighter crashed into a residential building in the Osokorky district on the banks of the Dnipro in Kiev after being hit by Ukrainian forces. The pilot managed to operate the ejection seat before the crash, but was still dead. This was reported by the Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security, quoted by Ukrainska pravda, also publishing a photo of alleged debris.

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2.30 pm - Chernobyl, Aiea: "No risk"

"No critical impact on safety" from power outage in Chernobyl. This was assured by the IAEA, after the alarm raised by Kiev on the fact that the plant is completely stopped due to the Russian offensive.

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2 pm - Hundreds of Ukrainians arrested in Kherson

Over 400 Ukrainians who protested the occupation of Kherson by Moscow forces were arrested by the Russian National Guard, the Ukrainian military high command said, according to the Guardian. According to Kiev, due to the great resistance of the residents of Kherson, the Russian authorities are trying to introduce an administrative regime based on the police force in the city.

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13.48 - Chernobyl, "risk of losses within 48 hours"

"Within 48 hours, there could be radioactive leaks" following the damage done to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant which is shut down. This was stated by the Foreign Minister of Kiev, Dmitry Kuleba on Twitter. The backup diesel generators have a 48-hour capacity to power Chernobyl. "Thereafter, the cooling systems of the nuclear fuel storage facility will shut down, making radiation leaks imminent. Putin's barbaric war endangers the whole of Europe. It must stop immediately!" Kuleba writes.

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1.15 pm - Sanctions, another 160 names on the EU black list

Another 160 names have been added to the EU black list which includes sanctions against those who were responsible for or contributed to the attack against Ukraine. This was announced by the EU Commission.

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12.48 - Alarm in Chernobyl

The Ukrainian nuclear operator says Chernobyl is without energy, potentially preventing the cooling of spent nuclear fuel, which could lead to the release of radioactive substances. This was reported in a press release by Energoatom, the Ukrainian state company that deals with the management of the four nuclear power plants on Ukrainian territory.

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12.30 - EU: "We evaluate gas and electricity price caps"

"To deal with the current emergency, the Commission will examine all possible options to limit the contagious effect of gas prices on electricity prices, such as temporary price limits." Thus a spokesman for the European Commission responding to a question from journalists on the possibility of introducing gas price caps. The Commission, the spokesman recalled, "will urgently consult all the actors concerned and will propose options in the coming weeks".

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12 pm - Kiev reiterates: "We need the no fly zone"

Without a no-fly zone over Ukraine, there is a risk of a "humanitarian catastrophe". Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said this in a televised message, according to the Guardian. Zelensky said the international community would be responsible for a mass "humanitarian catastrophe" if it does not allow the no-fly zone and that the country is at the highest level of threat. "Russia uses missiles, planes and helicopters against us, against civilians, against our cities, against our infrastructure. It is the humanitarian duty of the world to respond," he said.

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11 am - Moscow: "Progress in the negotiations"

According to Russia, "some progress" has been made in negotiations with Ukraine. Russian diplomatic sources reveal this. The same sources argue that "Russia is not trying to overthrow the Ukrainian government".

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10.40 am - EU, new sanctions in Moscow and Minsk

The EU has reached an agreement on a tightening of sanctions on Russia and Belarus regarding Ukraine. This is learned from the French presidency of the EU.

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10.08 - Beijing: "Born responsible for the conflict"

The Ukrainian question is very clear: "It was the actions of the US-led NATO that gradually pushed up to the Russia-Ukraine conflict." The spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry Zhao Lijian said on the recent reconstructions of the New York Times relating to Beijing's knowledge of Russian plans against Ukraine, based on what was learned from US officials.

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9.50 am - China against the blockade of Russian oil decided by the US

China "strongly opposes unilateral sanctions that have no basis in international law": said the spokesman of the Foreign Ministry Zhao Lijian on the blocking of Russian oil and gas imports announced by US President Joe Biden in response to the Moscow-wanted invasion of Ukraine. "It will only cause serious difficulties for the economy and for people, and will aggravate divisions and confrontation", Zhao added in the daily briefing, recalling that "China and Russia have always maintained good energy cooperation relations and will continue to do so also on oil fields and gas, in mutual respect ".

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9.36 am - Humanitarian corridors all day

Agreement between Russia and Ukraine on a series of "corridors" for the evacuation of civilians for the whole day today. This was announced by a Ukrainian official. The agreement between Russians and Ukrainians to respect the ceasefire on a series of humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians, involves six routes and will last from 9 to 21 local (from 8 to 20 in Italy).

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9.30 - Draghi-Macron interview

In view of the informal European Council, scheduled for tomorrow and the day after tomorrow in Paris, Prime Minister Mario Draghi had a telephone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron during which the latest developments of the crisis in Ukraine and its consequences on European economy.

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9 am - Bombing of Severodonestk

At least 10 people died following bombing on the Ukrainian city of Severodonestk, in the eastern part of the country, in the province of Lugansk Oblast (in the Donbass): a local manager reports.

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8.30 - Civil Protection: "Over 21 thousand refugees arrived in Italy"

Since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, over 21,000 refugees have arrived in Italy. The figure was reported by the head of civil protection Fabrizio Curcio to the microphones of Sky Tg 24.

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7.47 am - Lavrov-Kuleba meeting in Turkey confirmed

"We think that since Ukraine has confirmed it, the meeting will really take place, in particular because it was organized by Turkey, which hosts the event (the Diplomatic Forum of Antalya, ed) on the sidelines of which it is the meeting is expected to be held ". This was stated by the spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, quoted by the Tass agency, on the eve of the planned meeting in Antalya, Turkey, between the Russian Foreign Minister Serghei Lavrov and the Ukrainian counterpart Dmitry Kuleba.

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7.29 am - Humanitarian corridor in Sumy

The corridor for the evacuation of civilians from the Ukrainian city of Sumy, in the north-east of the country, will remain open today: the governor of the region, Dmytro Zhyvytskyy, announced it with a message on social media, according to CNN.

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Anti-aircraft sirens in Kiev

The anti-aircraft sirens have returned to sound in Kiev. This was announced by the town hall on its Telegram profile, inviting citizens to reach the shelters.

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Torture in Zaporizhzhia

"The Russian occupation forces torture the personnel of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant". According to the information in our possession, the occupiers forced the management to record a message to use it for propaganda purposes. ”The Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko announced on his Facebook page.

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The leaders of Arabia and the Emirates do not speak to Biden

Smacco for the White House, which unsuccessfully tried to arrange a phone call between Joe Biden and the de facto leaders of Saudi Arabia and the Emirates while he was working on building an international coalition to support Kiev and curb oil prices. The Wall Street Journal writes it. Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Emirati Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan have refused to speak with Biden in recent weeks, disappointed by weak US support in the war in Yemen and concerned about the Iran nuclear deal.

(Unioneonline)

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