Lviv is preparing for the arrival of IDPs from eastern Ukraine
The city of Lviv, the gateway to a large exodus of Ukrainian refugees to Europe and home to 200,000 IDPs, is preparing to resume arriving from the east of the country. The administrations of Kharkov, Luhansk and Donetsk regions on Wednesday called on the population to evacuate due to the intensification of the Russian attack in this part of the country.
Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk has confirmed that 10 humanitarian corridors have been agreed for Thursday, four from the Lugansk region, four from Zaporozhye and one from Mariupol to Zaporozhye, but the latter only for citizens who come out with their own cars. . According to the World Migration Organization, more than 7.1 million people have been displaced by the war in Ukraine, in addition to the nearly 4.3 million refugees who have fled the country.
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Zelensky accuses Russia of hiding war crimes in Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of hiding “war crimes” in the country by removing them “from the streets and cellars of the dead.”
“This is just an attempt to hide the evidence and nothing more,” Zelensky said in a statement issued this morning, adding that there were “thousands of missing people” and “thousands of people who could be deported to Russia or killed.” And promised to “reveal the circumstances of the majority of our missing citizens.”
The President of Ukraine believes that after the images of the Bucha massacre, the rest of the world seems to be changing its “attitude towards the modern Russian state” and now the position is simple: “Either you support the search for peace. Or do you support an unjustified massacre? ” He also called on Russian citizens to stand up to the “Russian repressive machine” because it would always be better than “equating ourselves with the Nazis for the rest of their lives.”
As for sanctions against Russia, Zelensky said they are still not enough and they will continue to insist on a complete blockade of the Russian banking system and the denial of oil from that country. The Ukrainian president insists that unless there is a tougher package of sanctions, Russia views it as a permit to attack the Donbas, the eastern regions of Ukraine whose independence Moscow has recognized, and where Russia now wants to focus its attack.
The Ukrainian army confirms that Russia is focused on preparing an attack on the Donbas
The latest part of the Ukrainian Army High Command War, published this Thursday morning, ensures that Russia continues to prepare for an attack in the east of the country, for full control of the Donbas.
“The main efforts of the occupiers are aimed at preparing an offensive operation in eastern Ukraine, aimed at establishing full control over the territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions,” the military said in a statement, adding that the Russians were continuing their operations. It is active in the direction of Slobozhansk (south of Zaporia), Donetsk and Tavriya (also in Zaporia, but further south, almost to the Sea of Azov).
Ukraine says Russia is blocking the city of Kharkov – in the north-east of the country – and is carrying out artillery bombardment, while in the direction of Donetsk and near the city “the occupiers also tried unsuccessfully to break through the defense of the troops.” In the Novotoshkovsky settlement district.
The United States Institute for War Studies confirms in its latest bulletin that Russia has continued to redeploy its forces along the axis of Slovyansk, east of the country, for the past 24 hours and that “there is no progress in the draft.” . This city is considered key in Russia’s impending attack on the eastern regions of Ukraine.
According to the institute, in the last 24 hours, Russian forces have completed the withdrawal from the Sumy region northeast, and part of the forces there have been transferred to the Russian city of Belgrade, near the border. “Then they will be stationed in Donbass.”
Ukraine’s foreign minister urges NATO allies to use “weapons, weapons and ammunition”
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said on Thursday that he had three items on the agenda of meetings with NATO allies in Brussels: “weapons, weapons and ammunition.”
“My agenda is very simple, there are only three issues on it: arms, guns and weapons,” he said as he arrived at the Atlantic Alliance headquarters.
“In recent weeks, the Ukrainian army and the entire Ukrainian nation have shown that we know how to fight, we know how to win, but without the sustainable and sufficient supply of weapons that Ukraine has demanded, these victories are accompanied by enormous sacrifices. He said. Said Kuleba.
As for the sanctions imposed on Russia, Kuleba considered that it was a step forward and only the restrictive measures proposed a week ago were much weaker. Nevertheless, he insisted on a full embargo on Russian oil and gas, expulsion of all Russian banks from the international Swift system, and closure of all ports for Russian ships and goods, with few exceptions, on humanitarian grounds.
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Source: El Diario
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