According to the United Nations, the Russian invasion, which President Vladimir Putin calls a “special operation”, has killed thousands, sent 3.6 million abroad and drove more than half of Ukraine’s children from their homes.
Ukraine War: Russia’s shelling has been relentless but its troops have barely moved in weeks.
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President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that Ukrainians “need to find peace” and stop Russian bombings that have forced millions to flee to countries such as Poland, where US President Joe Biden is the first to visit and the crisis. are about to see.
On the heels of a leaders’ summit in Brussels that aimed to showcase a united Western Front against Russia’s month-long invasion of its neighbor, Biden travels to Poland on Friday to meet with experts involved in the refugee response.
After announcing new military and humanitarian aid in Brussels on Thursday, Western leaders described Moscow’s invasion as barbaric, while the United States and Britain expanded sanctions on Russia for new targets.
According to the United Nations, the Russian invasion, which President Vladimir Putin calls a “special operation”, has killed thousands, sent 3.6 million abroad and drove more than half of Ukraine’s children from their homes.
Appearing weary in a brief video address early Friday, Zelensky said he had appealed to Western leaders “all for one reason – so that Russia understands that we need to achieve peace. Russia needs to achieve peace as well.” is required.”
Zelensky also said: “Every day we defend, we get closer to the peace that we so desperately need … and you can not stop for a minute. Because every minute is about our fate “It’s about our future. It’s about whether we live.”
New Western aid halted Zelensky’s appeal for a complete boycott of Russian energy and a no-fly zone over Ukraine, where Moscow bombs blew some residential areas into wastelands.
But Russia has so far failed to strike any major city in Ukraine, saying it was designed not to capture territory but to destroy Ukraine’s military capabilities.
Russia’s shelling has been relentless, but its armored columns, which stood near the capital Kyiv, have barely been gone in weeks. However, in the east, the Russian army has laid siege to the cities.
The Russian military has suffered heavy casualties and is short on supplies, and US officials told Reuters that Russia is facing failure rates of up to 60% for some of its precision-guided missiles.
The United States accused Russia of committing war crimes in Ukraine, a charge Russia denies. In video commentary released late Thursday, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk said Ukrainian prisoners were tortured by Russian forces.
The allegations of harassment could not be independently verified.
Vereshchuk said, “We will find every Russian soldier who has committed a war crime with his comrades… Do not think that your surnames are unknown to us. No one will escape punishment.”
city under siege
Russia says its aim in Ukraine is to capture dangerous nationalists. It also said that the eastern expansion of the NATO military alliance threatens Russia’s security.
Weeks-long peace talks between Russian and Ukrainian officials have not reached any conclusion. Meanwhile, civilians have been hit by heavy Russian air strikes and artillery attacks.
In the besieged southern port of Mariupol, which lies between Russian-backed Crimea and the eastern territories occupied by Russian-backed separatists, thousands are in basements with water, food, medicine or electricity.
A woman waiting in line to receive food supplies in the city told Reuters that her diabetic husband had slipped into a coma and died before help arrived. He was buried in a vase.
The woman who gave her name as Alexandra said, “We are planning to leave, but at the moment it is very difficult.” “I can’t leave my husband in a flower bed … and then we have nowhere to go.”
The chief of staff of Ukraine’s armed forces said on Thursday that Russia was trying to resume offensive operations by capturing Mariupol as well as Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy and Kharkiv, where hundreds of people were trying to escape Russian attacks. Leaning inside metro stations for
Nevertheless, Ukraine says it is going on the offensive and has pushed back Russian forces in some places. On Thursday, it said its forces had destroyed the Russian landing ship “Orsk” at the Russian-occupied port of Bardyansk.
Russian officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the ship. Video footage showed smoke rising from a fire in a dock and the glow of an explosion.
The civilians managed to escape from the fighting through humanitarian corridors negotiated by Ukrainian and Russian authorities. More than 3,300 fled on Thursday, officials said.
Poland, home to the largest Ukrainian refugee population in the region even before the war, has taken in more than 2.1 million people. Some plan to move elsewhere, but the influx has left public services struggling to cope.
A White House spokesman said that during his visit to the country, Biden would meet with President Andrzej Duda to “thank the people of Poland for everything they are doing and to support the many Ukrainians affected by Putin’s war.” To discuss our coordinated humanitarian response to Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters.
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