Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin is visiting Irpin, one of the cities most devastated by the Russian invasion. "We showed the consequences of the 'Russian peace' left by the occupiers and discussed the issue of assistance in the reconstruction of our city," said the secretary of the city council Angela Makeyeva, thanking Finland for its position on the territorial integrity of Ukraine. , the imposition of severe sanctions against Russia and military support and assistance.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky , in a video message posted on Telegram, once again said no to changes to the borders in exchange for the ceasefire, rejecting any hypothesis of territorial transfers in exchange for peace with Russia . Hypotheses emerged, argues the Ukrainian president, in some Western media.
Yet, according to the Deputy Prime Minister of the Crimean government Georgy Muradov, " the Sea of Azov is lost forever for Ukraine ". “The ports of the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions - he said - will never be Ukrainian again. I am sure that after the reunification of our regions with Russia, the Sea of Azov will return to being, as before, exclusively an internal sea of the Russian Federation ".
Russia attacked 40 cities in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions , five civilian casualties and 12 wounded. "Enemies fired on more than 40 cities in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, destroying or damaging 47 civilian sites, including 38 houses and a school. Five civilians died and 12 were wounded as a result of these bombings." Facebook the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine , quoted by the BBC.
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The day by the hour:
6 pm - Draghi-Putin phone call
Draghi calls Putin, the Russian president guarantees him an "uninterrupted" gas supply to Italy. The Italian premier asked him for an effort to unblock ports and put an end to the grain crisis, an effort that Moscow is willing to make only with the lifting of sanctions, Putin replied.
Putin also said in the phone call that Moscow is making "efforts to ensure safe navigation in the Azov and Black Seas", stating that Ukraine is "hindering" it. On the negotiations, "they were interrupted by Kiev", Putin cut short.
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5 pm - Blinken: "Putin has failed"
Vladimir Putin "has failed to achieve his strategic objectives, he has not achieved even one". This was stated by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
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16.50 - Almost 14 thousand war crimes are investigated
Ukraine's chief prosecutor Iryna Venediktova told the BBC she was investigating nearly 14,000 cases of alleged war crimes by Russian forces. Speaking in London on her first trip out of Ukraine since the Russian invasion began, the prosecutor said that between 100 and 200 new cases come to light every day.
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4 pm - Kiev: "Russia ahead in Lugansk"
General Oleksiy Gromov admitted that Russia "has the advantage" in the fighting in Lugansk. "Russia has the advantage, but we are doing everything we can," he said, like the Guardian, adding that Russia was spotted moving Iskander missile systems to Belarus' western Brest region.
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3.10 pm - Lavrov: "The Italian peace plan is not serious"
"Serious politicians who want to get results and are not engaged in self-promotion in front of their electorate cannot propose this kind of thing." This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Serghei Lavrov commenting on the Italian peace proposals for Ukraine in an interview with Russia Today in Arabic. The broadcaster posted a Russian transcript on its website. Lavrov reiterated that Italy did not send the plan to Moscow, but "what appears in the media - he added, referring in particular to the hypothesis of Donbass and Crimea under Ukrainian sovereignty with an autonomous status - causes a feeling of regret".
"Mr. Luigi Di Maio - Lavrov said in the interview - is active in the media field and is promoting the Italian initiative of the four points. According to him, it is also written in the media, this Italian initiative could 'not only adapt to Russia and Ukraine, but also provide almost a new Helsinki process, new agreements on European security '"and would already be shared by the G7 countries and the UN Secretary General".
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2.40 pm - Kiev: "Signs of a Russian escalation"
"There are signs of an escalation" of Russia. Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Ganna Malyar said at a press conference, warning that the fighting has reached its maximum intensity in the east and that an "extremely difficult" and "long" period is expected. The minister added that Moscow is moving Iskander missiles to Brest, Belarus, which could be used to strike western Ukraine.
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13.40 - Zelensky: "Fighting and winning, there is no alternative"
There is no alternative for Ukraine other than fighting the Russian invaders and winning the war: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Telegram, according to reports from the Ukrinform agency. "We have no alternative but to fight. And win. Free our land and our people. Because the occupiers want everything we have. Including the Ukrainians' right to life," Zelensky wrote.
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1.10 pm - Putin: "No global policeman will stop us"
No "global policeman" will be able to stop countries that want to pursue an independent policy. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking at an economic forum of the former USSR countries.
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1 pm - Putin: "Russia stronger thanks to sanctions"
"Russia is getting a little stronger thanks to the sanctions." This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking at an economic forum of the countries of the former USSR, as reported by TASS. "Countries that aspire to harm us with sanctions harm themselves," he added.
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12.10 - Sanna Marin in Irpin
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin visited Irpin. This was reported by the City Council, recalling that over 70% of the city was damaged by the war. "We showed the consequences of the 'Russian peace' left by the occupiers and discussed the issue of assistance in the reconstruction of our city," said the secretary of the city council Angela Makeyeva, thanking Finland for its position on the territorial integrity of Ukraine. , the imposition of severe sanctions against Russia and military support and assistance.
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11.50 - Zelensky insists: "We will not make any territorial concessions"
No border changes in exchange for a ceasefire. This was reiterated by the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, in a video message posted on Telegram, rejecting any hypothesis of territorial transfers in exchange for peace with Russia. Hypotheses emerged, argues the Ukrainian president, in some Western media.
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10.10 am - The mayor of Kiev: "The war of the Russians will not stop at the border"
"We are an important puzzle" for Russia's colonial aims. "Moscow does not accept that we want to be part of Europe, it wants to occupy Ukraine and I believe that its objective will not stop at the border". This was stated by the mayor of Kiev, Vitali Klitschko, in his speech at the world economic forum in Davos. "We are not only defending Ukraine, but all of you because we have the same values," reiterated Klitschko. "This is the biggest war in Europe since the Second World War and we have to stop it," he added.
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9.30 - Kiev: "Russia has kidnapped 230 thousand Ukrainian children"
Russian forces have kidnapped at least 230,000 Ukrainian children since the beginning of the invasion of the country on 24 February: the Councilor of the Ukrainian permanent mission to the UN, Sergiy Dvornyk, said during a debate held yesterday at the UN headquarters. on the protection of civilians in armed conflicts. The news agency Ukrinform reports. "The kidnapping of at least 230,000 Ukrainian children, among the 1.4 million Ukrainian citizens forcibly deported to Russia, is a crime aimed at destroying the Ukrainian nation ...", said Dvornyk.
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8.55 am - Crimea, "Sea of Azov lost forever for Ukraine"
"The Sea of Azov is lost forever for Ukraine. The ports of the regions of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson will never be Ukrainian again. I am sure that after the reunification of our regions with Russia, the Sea of Azov will be once again , as before, exclusively an inland sea of the Russian Federation ", said Deputy Prime Minister of the Crimean government Georgy Muradov, reported by Ria Novosti.
(Unioneonline)