Russia stated yesterday that does not see anything “promising” in the negotiations of peace with Ukraine, which accused it of bombing the city of Chernigov and a Red Cross center in Mariupol.
“The occupants deliberately bombed a building of the ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) in Mariupol,” said Liudmila Denisova, head of human rights in the Ukrainian Parliament.
In the north, Chernigov was “bombed throughout the night”, declared the regional governor Viacheslav Chaus.
After the strategic port of Mariúpol (south), Chernigov, with 280,000 inhabitants before the war, is the city hardest hit by bombing since the beginning of the Russian invasion on February 24.
The spokesman for the Russian Presidency, Dmitri Peskov, threw a bucket of cold water on the expectations created by Tuesday’s negotiations in Istanbul.
“At the moment, we cannot report anything very promising or a breakthrough. There is a lot of work to be done,” said Peskov.
Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin had however stated on Tuesday that after these discussions Russia decided to “radically reduce” its military activity around kyiv and Chernigov.
But those promises were met with skepticism by Ukraine and its Western allies.
“The so-called ‘withdrawal of troops is probably a rotation of units intended to deceive the military command of the Ukrainian armed forces,” the Ukrainian General Staff stated.
The president of the United States, Joe Biden, and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodimir Zelensky, they talked on the phone on “additional” military capabilities needed to help Ukraine’s military, the White House said.
“The war continues. At the moment there is, as far as I know, no progress or news,” said French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged for his side to “continue to intensify sanctions” against Russia until the last of the Russian soldiers have withdrawn from the Ukraine.
Slovakia announced the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomatswhich are added to the dozens expelled the day before by Belgium, the Netherlands, Ireland and the Czech Republic.
“war crimes”
In kyiv and its surroundings, warning sirens were heard several times during the night.
“In the last 24 hours, the russians have bombed inhabited areas 30 times and civil infrastructure of the kyiv region,” said the region’s governor, Olaxander Pavliuk.
In Irpin, which the Ukrainians announced on Monday had been “liberated”, explosions were heard yesterday morning.
The Ukrainian army has also regained control of a strategic highway in the east of the country. “There are Russian corpses scattered everywhere”, a Ukrainian intelligence official said, stating that “Russian soldiers were exhausted”.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, assured that Russia’s indiscriminate bombings and attacks against populated areas of Ukraine generate “immense concern”. and could configure “war crimes”.
According to Bachelet’s office, from the start of the invasion to Tuesday, March 29, 1,189 civilians were killed, including 98 children. A balance that he, he recognizes, is far below reality.
Russia stated yesterday that does not see anything “promising” in the negotiations of peace with Ukraine, which accused it of bombing the city of Chernigov and a Red Cross center in Mariupol.
“The occupants deliberately bombed a building of the ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) in Mariupol,” said Liudmila Denisova, head of human rights in the Ukrainian Parliament.
In the north, Chernigov was “bombed throughout the night”, declared the regional governor Viacheslav Chaus.
After the strategic port of Mariúpol (south), Chernigov, with 280,000 inhabitants before the war, is the city hardest hit by bombing since the beginning of the Russian invasion on February 24.
The spokesman for the Russian Presidency, Dmitri Peskov, threw a bucket of cold water on the expectations created by Tuesday’s negotiations in Istanbul.
“At the moment, we cannot report anything very promising or a breakthrough. There is a lot of work to be done,” said Peskov.
Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin had however stated on Tuesday that after these discussions Russia decided to “radically reduce” its military activity around kyiv and Chernigov.
But those promises were met with skepticism by Ukraine and its Western allies.
“The so-called ‘withdrawal of troops is probably a rotation of units intended to deceive the military command of the Ukrainian armed forces,” the Ukrainian General Staff stated.
The president of the United States, Joe Biden, and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodimir Zelensky, they talked on the phone on “additional” military capabilities needed to help Ukraine’s military, the White House said.
“The war continues. At the moment there is, as far as I know, no progress or news,” said French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged for his side to “continue to intensify sanctions” against Russia until the last of the Russian soldiers have withdrawn from the Ukraine.
Slovakia announced the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomatswhich are added to the dozens expelled the day before by Belgium, the Netherlands, Ireland and the Czech Republic.
“war crimes”
In kyiv and its surroundings, warning sirens were heard several times during the night.
“In the last 24 hours, the russians have bombed inhabited areas 30 times and civil infrastructure of the kyiv region,” said the region’s governor, Olaxander Pavliuk.
In Irpin, which the Ukrainians announced on Monday had been “liberated”, explosions were heard yesterday morning.
The Ukrainian army has also regained control of a strategic highway in the east of the country. “There are Russian corpses scattered everywhere”, a Ukrainian intelligence official said, stating that “Russian soldiers were exhausted”.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, assured that Russia’s indiscriminate bombings and attacks against populated areas of Ukraine generate “immense concern”. and could configure “war crimes”.
According to Bachelet’s office, from the start of the invasion to Tuesday, March 29, 1,189 civilians were killed, including 98 children. A balance that he, he recognizes, is far below reality.
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