The presidents of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia – all NATO countries concerned that they could face a Russian attack in the future if Ukraine falls – were to meet with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky. In one of the most critical battles of the war, Russia said more than 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers had surrendered in the besieged port of Mariupol, where Ukrainian forces were being held in pockets. The information could not be verified. Russia invaded on February 24 with the aim, according to Western officials, of occupying Kyiv, overthrowing the government and establishing a pro-Moscow regime. In the seven weeks since then, ground advance has stopped and Russian forces have potentially lost thousands of fighters – and the war has forced millions of Ukrainians to flee, shaken the world economy, threatened global food supplies and upset Europe’s balance sheet. US President Joe Biden on Tuesday described Russia’s actions in Ukraine as “genocide” for the first time, saying “Putin is just trying to eliminate the idea of even being Ukrainian.” Zelensky praised Biden’s use of the word, saying that “calling things by their names is necessary to resist evil.” “We are grateful for the US assistance provided so far and we urgently need more heavy weapons to prevent further Russian atrocities,” he added in a tweet. The bodies were exhumed and removed from a mass grave in the Church of St. Andrew and Pervozvanno of All Saints in Bukha, northwest of Kiev, Ukraine, on Wednesday. (Sergei Supinsky / AFP / Getty Images)
Putin is defending the attack on Ukraine
European leaders visiting Ukraine planned to send “a strong message of political support and military assistance,” said Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda.
Nauseda, Estonian President Alar Karis, Poland’s Andrzej Duda and Latvia’s Egils Levits also plan to discuss investigations into alleged Russian war crimes, including the massacre of civilians.
Putin denied that his troops had committed atrocities and said on Tuesday that Moscow “had no choice but to invade” and that the attack was aimed at protecting people in parts of eastern Ukraine and “ensuring the security of Russia itself.” ». He swore “he will continue until his full completion and fulfillment of the assigned tasks”.
He insisted that Russia’s campaign was going well despite the long withdrawal, as its forces failed to occupy the capital and suffered heavy casualties.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin are photographed at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s Amur region on Tuesday. Putin insisted that the campaign in Ukraine was going as planned. (Sputnik / Mikhail Klimentyev / Kremlin / Reuters)
Following these failures, Russian troops are now preparing for a major offensive in the eastern Donbass region, where Russian allied separatists and Ukrainian forces have been fighting since 2014 and where Russia has recognized the separatists’ claims of independence. Military generals say Moscow believes local support, logistics and ground in the region favor its larger, better-armed army, potentially allowing Russia to eventually turn the tide in its favor.
The battle for Mariupol continues
The British Ministry of Defense said on Wednesday that “a lack of coherence and coordination of military activity has prevented the Russian invasion to date.” Western officials say Russia has recently appointed a new commander-in-chief of the war, Alexander Dvornikov, to try to control its campaign.
A key part of this campaign is Mariupol, which is located in Donbas and which the Russians have hit almost since the beginning of the war. Ukraine’s presidential adviser, Mykhailo Podoliak, wrote on Twitter that the city’s defenders were short of supplies, but “fought under bombs for every meter of the city.”
Carolina Fedorova, 3, sleeps inside a school used as a shelter for people who fled the war in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Tuesday. Carolina left Bahmund with her parents and four siblings. (Petros Giannakouris / The Associated Press)
The representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General. Igor Konashenkov said 1,026 soldiers from the Ukrainian 36th Marine Brigade had surrendered to the city. It was not clear when this happened or how many forces were still defending Mariupol.
According to the BBC, Aiden Aslin, a British man who fought in the Ukrainian army in Mariupol, called his mother and a friend to say that he and his comrades had no food, ammunition and other supplies and that they would be delivered.
Another Zelensky adviser, Oleksiy Arestovych, did not comment on the surrender claim, but said in a Twitter post that elements of the same brigade had been linked to other Ukrainian forces in the city as a result of a “risky maneuver”.
He claims that Russia used a poisonous substance
Ukraine is investigating allegations that a drone dropped a poisonous substance on the city. The claim of Azov’s Constitution, an extreme right-wing group now part of the Ukrainian army, could not be independently verified. The constitution stated that there were no serious injuries. Ukraine’s Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar said it was possible phosphorus munitions – which cause horrific burns but are not classified as chemical weapons – were used in Mariupol. Intentionally launching phosphorus munitions indoors to expose people to fumes could violate the Chemical Weapons Convention, said Marc-Michael Blum, former head of a laboratory at the Netherlands-based Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Western officials have warned that any use of chemical weapons by Russia would be a serious escalation of the already devastating war. Zelensky said that while experts were trying to determine what the substance might be, “people need to react now.” CLOCKS The battle for a critical airport near Kyiv:
How Russia lost the battle for a critical airport near Kyiv
North of Kiev is Hostomel Airport – a key target for Russian forces that would allow them to provide resources to bring down the Ukrainian capital. But Ukrainian troops put up fierce resistance and bombed the corridor to prevent Russian troops from landing. 2:53
In Washington, a senior US defense official said the Biden administration was preparing another $ 750 million military aid package for Ukraine to be announced in the coming days. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss plans that have not yet been made public.
Biden used the word “genocide” to describe Russia’s actions during a visit to Iowa. He said it would be up to lawyers to decide whether Russia’s conduct meets international standards for genocide, but said “it certainly seems so to me.”
Neither he nor his government announced new consequences for Russia or assistance to Ukraine after the assessment.
War crimes investigation
A war crimes investigation is already under way in Ukraine, including atrocities uncovered after Moscow’s retreat from cities and towns around Kyiv.
Zelensky said there was still evidence of “inhumane cruelty” to women and children in Bukha and other suburbs of Kiev, including alleged rapes.
More than 720 people were killed on the outskirts of Kiev occupied by Russian troops and more than 200 were reported missing, the interior ministry said early Wednesday.
In Bucha alone, Mayor Anatoly Fedoruk said 403 bodies had been found and the toll could rise as miners combed the area.
Residents of Yahidne, a village near the northern city of Chernihiv, said Russian troops had forced them to stay in the basement of a school for almost a month, only allowing them to go to the toilet, cook in open fireplaces – and bury those who had died. in a mass grave.
A man rides a bicycle in front of damaged vehicles and an apartment building in Yahidne, near Dnipro, Ukraine, on Tuesday. (Evgeniy Maloletka / The Associated Press)
In one of the rooms, residents wrote down the names of those who went missing during the test – the list numbered 18 people.
“An old man died near me and then his wife died,” said resident Valentyna Saroyan. “Then a man who was lying there died, then a woman who was sitting next to me … She also died. Another old man looked so healthy, he did exercises, but then he sat down and fell. That’s it. “
Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk said that the humanitarian corridors used to evacuate people from cities under Russian attack will not work on Wednesday due to poor security.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian officials have arrested fugitive Ukrainian oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk, who is also a former leader of the pro-Russian opposition party and a close ally of Putin. Medvedchuk was under house arrest before the start of the war and disappeared shortly after the outbreak of hostilities.
title: “Polish Baltic Presidents Visit Ukraine In Show Of Support As Russian Troops Mount In East " ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-29” author: “David Wykes”
The presidents of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia – all NATO countries concerned that they could face a Russian attack in the future if Ukraine falls – were to meet with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky. In one of the most critical battles of the war, Russia said more than 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers had surrendered in the besieged port of Mariupol, where Ukrainian forces were being held in pockets. The information could not be verified. Russia invaded on February 24 with the aim, according to Western officials, of occupying Kyiv, overthrowing the government and establishing a pro-Moscow regime. In the seven weeks since then, ground advance has stopped and Russian forces have potentially lost thousands of fighters – and the war has forced millions of Ukrainians to flee, shaken the world economy, threatened global food supplies and upset Europe’s balance sheet. US President Joe Biden on Tuesday described Russia’s actions in Ukraine as “genocide” for the first time, saying “Putin is just trying to eliminate the idea of even being Ukrainian.” Zelensky praised Biden’s use of the word, saying that “calling things by their names is necessary to resist evil.” “We are grateful for the US assistance provided so far and we urgently need more heavy weapons to prevent further Russian atrocities,” he added in a tweet. The bodies were exhumed and removed from a mass grave in the Church of St. Andrew and Pervozvanno of All Saints in Bukha, northwest of Kiev, Ukraine, on Wednesday. (Sergei Supinsky / AFP / Getty Images)
Putin is defending the attack on Ukraine
European leaders visiting Ukraine planned to send “a strong message of political support and military assistance,” said Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda.
Nauseda, Estonian President Alar Karis, Poland’s Andrzej Duda and Latvia’s Egils Levits also plan to discuss investigations into alleged Russian war crimes, including the massacre of civilians.
Putin denied that his troops had committed atrocities and said on Tuesday that Moscow “had no choice but to invade” and that the attack was aimed at protecting people in parts of eastern Ukraine and “ensuring the security of Russia itself.” ». He swore “he will continue until his full completion and fulfillment of the assigned tasks”.
He insisted that Russia’s campaign was going well despite the long withdrawal, as its forces failed to occupy the capital and suffered heavy casualties.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin are photographed at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s Amur region on Tuesday. Putin insisted that the campaign in Ukraine was going as planned. (Sputnik / Mikhail Klimentyev / Kremlin / Reuters)
Following these failures, Russian troops are now preparing for a major offensive in the eastern Donbass region, where Russian allied separatists and Ukrainian forces have been fighting since 2014 and where Russia has recognized the separatists’ claims of independence. Military generals say Moscow believes local support, logistics and ground in the region favor its larger, better-armed army, potentially allowing Russia to eventually turn the tide in its favor.
The battle for Mariupol continues
The British Ministry of Defense said on Wednesday that “a lack of coherence and coordination of military activity has prevented the Russian invasion to date.” Western officials say Russia has recently appointed a new commander-in-chief of the war, Alexander Dvornikov, to try to control its campaign.
A key part of this campaign is Mariupol, which is located in Donbas and which the Russians have hit almost since the beginning of the war. Ukraine’s presidential adviser, Mykhailo Podoliak, wrote on Twitter that the city’s defenders were short of supplies, but “fought under bombs for every meter of the city.”
Carolina Fedorova, 3, sleeps inside a school used as a shelter for people who fled the war in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Tuesday. Carolina left Bahmund with her parents and four siblings. (Petros Giannakouris / The Associated Press)
The representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General. Igor Konashenkov said 1,026 soldiers from the Ukrainian 36th Marine Brigade had surrendered to the city. It was not clear when this happened or how many forces were still defending Mariupol.
According to the BBC, Aiden Aslin, a British man who fought in the Ukrainian army in Mariupol, called his mother and a friend to say that he and his comrades had no food, ammunition and other supplies and that they would be delivered.
Another Zelensky adviser, Oleksiy Arestovych, did not comment on the surrender claim, but said in a Twitter post that elements of the same brigade had been linked to other Ukrainian forces in the city as a result of a “risky maneuver”.
He claims that Russia used a poisonous substance
Ukraine is investigating allegations that a drone dropped a poisonous substance on the city. The claim of Azov’s Constitution, an extreme right-wing group now part of the Ukrainian army, could not be independently verified. The constitution stated that there were no serious injuries. Ukraine’s Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar said it was possible phosphorus munitions – which cause horrific burns but are not classified as chemical weapons – were used in Mariupol. Intentionally launching phosphorus munitions indoors to expose people to fumes could violate the Chemical Weapons Convention, said Marc-Michael Blum, former head of a laboratory at the Netherlands-based Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Western officials have warned that any use of chemical weapons by Russia would be a serious escalation of the already devastating war. Zelensky said that while experts were trying to determine what the substance might be, “people need to react now.” CLOCKS The battle for a critical airport near Kyiv:
How Russia lost the battle for a critical airport near Kyiv
North of Kiev is Hostomel Airport – a key target for Russian forces that would allow them to provide resources to bring down the Ukrainian capital. But Ukrainian troops put up fierce resistance and bombed the corridor to prevent Russian troops from landing. 2:53
In Washington, a senior US defense official said the Biden administration was preparing another $ 750 million military aid package for Ukraine to be announced in the coming days. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss plans that have not yet been made public.
Biden used the word “genocide” to describe Russia’s actions during a visit to Iowa. He said it would be up to lawyers to decide whether Russia’s conduct meets international standards for genocide, but said “it certainly seems so to me.”
Neither he nor his government announced new consequences for Russia or assistance to Ukraine after the assessment.
War crimes investigation
A war crimes investigation is already under way in Ukraine, including atrocities uncovered after Moscow’s retreat from cities and towns around Kyiv.
Zelensky said there was still evidence of “inhumane cruelty” to women and children in Bukha and other suburbs of Kiev, including alleged rapes.
More than 720 people were killed on the outskirts of Kiev occupied by Russian troops and more than 200 were reported missing, the interior ministry said early Wednesday.
In Bucha alone, Mayor Anatoly Fedoruk said 403 bodies had been found and the toll could rise as miners combed the area.
Residents of Yahidne, a village near the northern city of Chernihiv, said Russian troops had forced them to stay in the basement of a school for almost a month, only allowing them to go to the toilet, cook in open fireplaces – and bury those who had died. in a mass grave.
A man rides a bicycle in front of damaged vehicles and an apartment building in Yahidne, near Dnipro, Ukraine, on Tuesday. (Evgeniy Maloletka / The Associated Press)
In one of the rooms, residents wrote down the names of those who went missing during the test – the list numbered 18 people.
“An old man died near me and then his wife died,” said resident Valentyna Saroyan. “Then a man who was lying there died, then a woman who was sitting next to me … She also died. Another old man looked so healthy, he did exercises, but then he sat down and fell. That’s it. “
Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk said that the humanitarian corridors used to evacuate people from cities under Russian attack will not work on Wednesday due to poor security.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian officials have arrested fugitive Ukrainian oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk, who is also a former leader of the pro-Russian opposition party and a close ally of Putin. Medvedchuk was under house arrest before the start of the war and disappeared shortly after the outbreak of hostilities.
