The situation in the besieged city of Mariupol is becoming more and more
dramatic
, where the Ukrainian forces are now on the brink and the Russians have stepped up their attacks.
"
Mariupol has not yet fallen
because the soldiers who defend it will fight to the end", said Ukrainian Prime Minister Smihal.
The lack of an agreement between the two parties has blocked the humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of civilians for today and the bombings by the Russian army on the main cities of the country, including the capital Kiev, continue.
"
The battle for Donbass is very important for us
", Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelensky said in an interview with CNN recorded a few days ago, underlining that Kiev" will not give up that part of the territory because doing so could affect the course of the war ". The first weapons of the
latest 800 million package US military aid dollars
in Kiev "started to arrive."
Zelensky to Biden: "We need more weapons now, not in months
." Meanwhile, Moscow is worried about NATO military exercises in northern Norway, which are increasing the risk of "unintentional accidents" in the Arctic.
ANSA agency
Ukraine, the news of the day.
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CHILDREN KILLED BY TRAPS IN THE NORTH-EAST
- Five Ukrainian children were killed by mines and traps left by Russian soldiers in the city of Trostianets, in the Sumy region, in the north-east of the country.
Mayor Yurii Bova reports this in a comment to Channel 24, quoted by a correspondent for Ukrinform.
"Five children have already been killed by mines and several traps. Injuries have also been reported. There are many such devices," Bova said.
Sumy Regional Military Administration Chief Dmytro Zhyvytskyi said earlier that hundreds of mines are found in the region every day.
WOMEN FIGHTING IN MARIUPOL -
To defend Mariupol to the end also a hundred female fighters.
They remained in the ranks of those who did not abandon the city, under the Russian siege, according to journalist Tetyana Danylenko.
Among them was also the sergeant major Olena Kushnir, doctor of the National Guard, who died in the latest clashes.
Olena had managed to evacuate her little son in recent days.
In the first days of the war she had lost her husband.
In March she made a video in which she testified to the martyrdom of the city and asked the West for help: "Don't pity me, I'm a doctor, a fighter, I'm Ukrainian, I do my duty", she said.
IN THE TERRITORIES AFTER THE RUSSIAN RETREAT -
In Borodyanka, in the Kiev region, the bodies of 41 people were pulled out from under the rubble.
In the Kiev region, the dramatic toll of civilians killed is worsening, with over a thousand bodies found.
BATTLE IN THE AZOVSTAL STEEL MILL
- Up to 400 foreign mercenaries fighting alongside Ukrainian forces have been encircled in the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol: spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, Igor Konashenkov said today.
Interfax reports it.
As is well known, the great steel mill - which with its vast network of tunnels allows you to escape from enemy assaults - has become the base of the nationalist Azov battalion.
The Russian armed forces offered Mariupol's defenders to cease hostilities and lay down their arms by 6 this morning (Sunday) Moscow time (5 am in Italy), guaranteeing their lives in exchange.
This was stated in a statement by General Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the National Defense Management Center of Russia, which commands the siege of Mariupol.
"If they keep resisting,
Russian agency Interfax, citing Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov.
"The group of Ukrainian forces, encircled and locked in the steel plant, was offered to voluntarily lay down their arms and surrender to save their lives" but Kiev prohibited the Azov regiment from negotiating surrender, Konashenkov added according to Interfax. , citing some intercepted radio conversations.
Russian agency Interfax, citing Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov.
"The group of Ukrainian forces, encircled and locked in the steel plant, was offered to voluntarily lay down their arms and surrender to save their lives" but Kiev prohibited the Azov regiment from negotiating surrender, Konashenkov added according to Interfax. , citing some intercepted radio conversations.
STOP HUMANITARIAN CORRIDORS -
The Ukrainian authorities have announced the suspension of the humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of civilians from eastern Ukraine, due to the lack of a ceasefire agreement with the Russian army.
"This morning we failed to negotiate a ceasefire on the evacuation routes with the occupiers. That is why, unfortunately, we will not open humanitarian corridors today," Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on Telegram.
ZELENSKY, IT'S GENOCIDE - "Russia in Ukraine is committing genocide
. They don't kill soldiers, they kill civilians".
Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelensky
said this in an interview with CNN which will be broadcast in full version at 9 am on Sunday (3 pm in Italy).
"We have audio and video evidence in which the Russians are heard saying that they hate us and that they will destroy us", Zelensky said in anticipations broadcast by the American all news.
Ukraine, Russian military equipment destroyed in Kharkiv Oblast
ABRAMOVICH IN KIEV -
Billionaire Roman Abramovich traveled to Kiev in an attempt to resume peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, which stalled after evidence of Russian atrocities against Ukrainian civilians emerged.
Informed sources report this to the Bloomberg agency.
A spokesman for the Russian billionaire has denied that he is in Ukraine.
Abramovich allegedly had a meeting with Ukrainian negotiators to discuss ways to revive the negotiations.
The Russian billionaire, who has a longstanding relationship with Vladimir Putin, has acted as a mediator since the beginning of the war at the request of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The vice president of the Security Council and former president Dmitry Medvedev warns that "the default of Russia could lead to the default of Europe".
Tass reports it.
"Anti-Russian sanctions can cause hyperinflation in Europe," he added.
MARIUPOL, THE MARTIRE CITY -
Mariupol has been "cleaned" by Ukrainian troops.
At the end of the
51st day of the war
, Moscow announces that in the entire urban area of the city on the Sea of Azov the resistance has been won, and only a handful of defense forces remain barricaded under the tunnels of the great steel plant.
The total surrender of the Ukrainians, which could happen overnight, would be the first real breakthrough in the invasion, but it could also be a tombstone on attempts to find a diplomatic solution.
Volodymyr Zelensky made it clear: if you destroy us in Mariupol, the negotiations will fail.
There is also fear of the arrival of reinforcements with the news, also from Moscow, that the Russians shot down a Ukrainian military cargo ship near Odessa carrying weapons sent from the West.
The Ukrainian Defense Council
called Moscow's announcement of the capture of Mariupol a 'fake'
.
"The Russian Defense Ministry is spreading false news, claiming that its army has cleared Mariupol of fighters from the Azov regiment," reports the Ukrainian Anti-Disinformation Center on Telegram.
"Ukrainian forces continue to defend Mariupol but the Russian Defense Ministry has already reported that the entire city of Mariupol has been completely cleared of Azov militants, foreign mercenaries and the military. We warn you: this is fake news!"
Volodymyr Baranyuk, commander of the 36th Ukrainian Marine Brigade, was found dead in Mariupol.
This was announced by the number two of the self-proclaimed separatist republic of Donetsk Eduard Basurin, according to reports from Tass.
"On the night between 11 and 12 April, a group of soldiers from the 36th Ukrainian Navy Brigade attempted a sortie from the Ilyich steel plant. But the action was thwarted by the special forces of the DPR", the militias separatists.
CHEMICAL WEAPONS -
Remains of alleged
chemical weapons, Sarin and other substances, were found
in the village of Bilka, in the Sumy region, after its liberation from the Russian occupiers, according to a statement by the mayor of Trostyanets Yuriy Bova on Ukrainian radio, Ukrinform reports. .
"We found the remains of chemical weapons in the village of Bilka, Sarin and other substances. Containers were found. Now the Ukrainian security service is working on them. Perhaps the occupiers wanted to spread these chemicals in Kiev, Poltava or other cities. ", he added.
Sarin is a nerve gas classified as a chemical weapon of mass destruction.
Poison 26 times more lethal than cyanide, it counteracts its effect with atropine and other antidotes.
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