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Russian troops have entered Kharkov this Sunday, the second largest city in Ukraine (1.4 million inhabitants), located in the northeast of the country, as confirmed by the regional administration, while fighting continues in other parts of the country, such as the capital, Kyiv.
This Sunday, detonations and the sound of alarms that warn of possible attacks on the population continue to be heard in the city, according to the special envoy of EL PAÍS to Ukraine Luis de Vega.
Also on Saturday night, bursts of shots could be felt closer to the center of the city than in previous days.
The authorities have reported the bombing of oil installations in the town of Vasylkov, southwest of the capital.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces maintain that they are "repelling the aggressor in all operational areas" and claim to have inflicted 3,000 casualties on Russian ranks, in addition to having disabled 100 tanks and 540 armored vehicles.
In a statement issued this Saturday, the Army explains that Russia has not managed to take control of the entire territory of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, the original objective of the military operation launched by Moscow.
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A missile hits this Saturday against a residential building in Kiev. Photo: Telegram of Vitaly Klitschko, mayor of Kiev.
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What has happened in the last hours, on the third day of the Russian offensive in Ukraine
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What has happened in the last hours after the Russian invasion in Ukraine
On the fourth day of the offensive, these are the key data on how the attack is developing:
Kiev wakes up with the sound of detonations.
The Ukrainian city has woken up this Sunday with detonations and alarms to warn the population about the attacks.
The Ukrainian government has reported that the Russian Army has bombed oil installations in the town of Vasylkov, southwest of Kiev.
The capital lives under a strict curfew from Saturday afternoon to Monday morning, so the downtown avenues are completely deserted, according to the special envoy of EL PAÍS to Kiev, Luis de Vega.
Weapons for the Ukrainians.
The High Representative of the EU for Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell, meets this Sunday with the foreign ministers of the Union to agree on the joint shipment of military weapons to Ukraine.
Pending this joint decision, Lithuania, which belonged to the Soviet space, has already sent weapons, while Portugal hopes to do so shortly.
Blow to the Russian economy.
EU Foreign Ministers meet this Sunday to ratify whether to remove Russian banks from the SWIFT system, the platform that allows international payments to be made safely.
“We are committed to expelling certain Russian banks from the SWIFT system.
This will ensure that these entities are disconnected from the international financial system and will damage their ability to operate globally," the White House said in a statement signed by the leaders of the European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States. .
China opposes sanctions against Russia.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a telephone call with his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock on Saturday, in which he insisted on China's opposition to sanctions in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia.
According to Wang, "China opposes unilateral sanctions that have no basis in international law," since they "will not solve problems, but create new ones."
The EU is preparing to close its airspace to Russian airlines.
Throughout Saturday, there was a trickle of countries (Germany, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia...) that announced the closure of their airspace to Russian airlines.
Community sources point out that the EU is going to follow in the footsteps of these countries, but the approval of the Foreign Ministers is still missing.
Russia suffers a cyberattack that collapses some of its official websites.
The Kremlin's official website crashed this Saturday due to an organized denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.
It has not been the only official Russian website that has seen its service interrupted by this action.
The cyberattack occurred hours after the Anonymous collective declared cyberwar on Russia and Putin for their offensive against Ukraine.
PHOTO: A burning oil depot reportedly hit by shelling near the Vasylkiv military air base in the Kiev region.
/ MAKSIM LEVIN (REUTERS)
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The last train from Mariupol to Kiev: “I am going to the same place where other young people are fighting in the streets”
The train, bound for Kiev, was due to leave Mariupol station at five in the afternoon on Friday, February 25.
Something delayed it to seven.
Then they told the passengers, who were already in their seats, that they wouldn't start until seven in the morning.
At the station, inside the cars, nearby explosions and the noise of planes and helicopters could be heard.
These were signs that the Russian troops were already very close to this city of half a million inhabitants located in the Donbas region.
Mariupol, a port enclave with a large metallurgical industry, is the most important city in the region after Donetsk, previously the capital, fell into the hands of Russian separatists.
At half past seven in the morning, travelers are informed that the tracks are unusable and that travel by train is impossible.
The approximately 300 passengers are grouped into four buses, which, at nine in the morning, leave for an intermediate station, from where they can board another train to Kiev.
According to some of them, they are probably the last buses to leave before the final Russian assault.
Some of the travellers, like a mother traveling with her three young daughters, all under 10 years old, hope to be able to jump from Kiev, which is also increasingly worrying, to Poland and reach the city of Krakow, where they have relatives.
They travel very worried, because they left everything in the northern part of Mariupol and because they go without money and without PCR.
They don't know if they will let them cross the border.
Reports
Jorge Said
from Zaporizhya (Ukraine)
Photo: Some girls escaped on Saturday on the train from Mariupol to Kiev.
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Kiev dawns between detonations and alarm sounds
It dawns in Kiev and detonations and the sound of alarms that warn of possible attacks on the population continue to be heard.
Also on Saturday night, bursts of gunfire could be felt closer to the center of the city than in previous days.
The authorities have reported the bombing of an oil installation in the town of Vasylkov, southwest of Kiev.
Apparently, the Russian Army, which attacked buildings with civilians in Kiev on Friday and Saturday without causing fatalities, is seeking more strategic targets in this way.
Kiev lives under a strict curfew from Saturday afternoon to Monday morning.
The downtown avenues are totally deserted.
This curfew also affects journalists who are displaced to cover the conflict.
The authorities insist that this is the time they need to finish off groups of saboteurs working for the enemy.
Reports the country's special envoy to Ukraine,
Luis de Vega
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Russian troops enter Kharkiv, the country's second largest city
Russian troops entered Kharkov this Sunday, the second largest city in Ukraine (1.4 million inhabitants), located in the northeast of the country, according to the State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine.
"Enemy vehicles are moving through the city. Due to the operational situation, transport in the Oleksiyivka district was cancelled," the official entity reported on its Telegram channel, where it posted a video showing several Russian armored vehicles. in an urban area and a burning tank.
(REUTERS and EFE)
PHOTO: A residential building affected by Russian attacks.
/ SERGEY BOBOK (AFP)
06:18
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Lithuania hands over weapons to Ukraine
The Lithuanian Ministry of Defense has reported that "the first logistics operation" has arrived in Ukraine to offer military support to the country.
"The first logistics operation has just ended, during which Lithuanian soldiers delivered large quantities of automatic rifles, ammunition, helmets and bulletproof vests to the Ukrainian army," the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense explained on its official Twitter account.
The Lithuanian Armed Forces have thanked the Lithuanian soldiers who have "successfully" implemented the transport operation to Ukraine.
"Lithuania and the Lithuanian Armed Forces are among the countries providing military assistance to Ukraine, which is already at war," the department said.
The High Representative of the EU for Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell, meets this Sunday with the foreign ministers of the Union to agree on the joint shipment of military weapons to Ukraine (EUROPA PRESS).
In this report, Marc Bassets and Elena Sevillano, the correspondents in Paris and Berlin, explain that the EU plans to finance the shipment of weapons to Ukraine with community money
PHOTO: Several soldiers of the Ukrainian army observe the burned-out military vehicle of their army in Kiev (Ukraine).
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North Korea resumes missile tests amid crisis with Ukraine
North Korea fired an "unidentified projectile", the South Korean military reported on Sunday, after a month without launches by the communist regime during the Beijing Olympics.
The launch takes place in the midst of the crisis caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
It is the eighth launch of the year for North Korea this year, reports AFP.
In recent months, the isolated communist regime has stepped up its military tests and in January threatened to abandon a self-imposed moratorium on nuclear and intercontinental missile tests, suspended in 2017.
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China opposes Western sanctions against Russia
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a telephone call with his German counterpart, Annalena Baerbock, on Saturday, in which he insisted on China's opposition to sanctions in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia.
According to Wang, "China opposes unilateral sanctions that have no basis in international law," since they "will not solve problems, but create new ones."
Wang assured Baerbock that China "is paying close attention" to the "situation in Ukraine," and that the Asian country "supports all efforts to politically resolve" the conflict.
The Chinese foreign minister explained that "the legitimate security concerns of all countries must be taken seriously", although he pointed out that "
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Macron asks the President of Belarus to withdraw Russian troops from his country
French President Emmanuel Macron has asked his Belarusian counterpart, Aleksandr Lukashenko, to quickly order Russian troops to withdraw from his country.
In a phone call on Saturday, Macron told Lukashenko that Belarus should "refuse to be Russia's vassal and accomplice in the war against Ukraine."
The French president has stressed that the Russian troops "are carrying out a unilateral and unjust war."
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Pentagon says Russia is "frustrated" by Ukraine's resistance
The Pentagon has stated that Russia, which has just announced the expansion of the offensive against Ukraine on all fronts, seems "increasingly frustrated" by the firm resistance of the Ukrainian army.
"We calculate that more than 50% of the force that (Russian President Vladimir) Putin has concentrated against Ukraine (...) is mobilized" inside the country, said a Pentagon official who requested anonymity.
The Pentagon estimates that since Russia launched its military offensive early Thursday morning, its concentrated forces in northern, eastern and southern Ukraine -- more than 150,000 troops equipped with heavy tanks, bombers and missiles -- have not advanced as fast as Moscow expected.
"In addition, we continue to see signs of a viable Ukrainian resistance," added the source.
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Mexico seeks to coordinate a new evacuation "soon"
The Mexican ambassador to Ukraine,
Olga García Guillén
, hopes "soon to be able to coordinate the evacuation," according to a video released this Saturday by Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard.
"I hear the detonations, the shots... and the truth is that we are all concerned about this state of emergency and war," said the diplomat.
García Guillén has called on Mexican citizens to
stay in communication
: "I urge you that we can work together to continue communicating any situation through the networks so that we can always hear from you, you from us."
Earlier, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that the first Mexican families evacuated were already "out of danger" after crossing the
border with Romania
.
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Zelenski welcomes the agreement to remove some Russian banks from the SWIFT system
The president of Ukraine, Volodímir Zelenski, has attacked this Saturday the agreement reached between the US, the European Union and its partners to remove some Russian banks from the SWIFT international interbank communications system.
In a video addressed to Ukrainians, the president stated that his country "has won the sincerity and attention of the entire normal and civilized world."
"Our diplomats fought 24 hours a day to inspire all European countries to agree on a very strong and fair decision to disconnect Russia from the international interbank network," the president said.
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The Ukrainian Army claims to be resisting the Russian offensive "in all operational areas"
The Ukrainian Armed Forces say they are "repelling the aggressor in all operational areas" and claim to have inflicted
3,000 casualties on the Russian ranks
, in addition to having disabled 100 tanks and 540 armored vehicles.
In the east, Russia has failed, according to the statement, to take control of the entire territory of the
Donetsk and Luhansk regions
, the original objective of the "special military operation" launched by Vladimir Putin.
On the other hand, the Ukrainian Army recognizes
the Russian advance in other parts of the country
.
In the north, Russian forces "have continued the offensive to blockade Kiev" and are "attempting to capture towns in Slobozhansky," a region bordering Russia.
In the south, the invading force is approaching the cities of Skadovsk and Gola Pristan, close to the Crimean peninsula, annexed by Russia in 2014, from where part of the military intervention was launched.
"The Armed Forces are fighting fierce battles to prevent consolidation on the left bank of the Dnieper River. We call on the defense volunteers of the Kherson and Nikolaev regions to resist the aggressor," the statement read.
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Portugal will send weapons and military equipment to Ukraine
El Gobierno de Portugal anunció que enviará armas, municiones y otros equipos militares a Ucrania para responder a la solicitud de las autoridades del país tras la invasión por parte de Rusia. En un breve comunicado, el Ministerio de Defensa portugués informó de que mandará a Ucrania equipo militar como "chalecos, cascos, gafas de visión nocturna, granadas y municiones de diferentes calibres, radios portátiles completas, repetidores analógicos y fusiles automáticos G3". (Efe)
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El Consejo de Seguridad votará el domingo para convocar una sesión especial de emergencia sobre la invasión a Ucrania
El Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas votará este domingo para convocar una sesión especial de emergencia de la Asamblea General sobre la invasión a Ucrania, que se llevará a cabo el lunes, dijeron diplomáticos. La votación del consejo de 15 miembros es de procedimiento, por lo que ninguno de los cinco miembros permanentes del consejo (Rusia, China, Francia, Gran Bretaña y Estados Unidos) puede ejercer su veto. La medida necesita nueve votos a favor y es probable que se apruebe, dijeron diplomáticos citados por Reuters. Desde 1950, solo se han convocado 10 períodos extraordinarios de sesiones de emergencia de la Asamblea General. La solicitud de una sesión sobre Ucrania se produce después de que Rusia vetara el viernes un proyecto de resolución del Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU que habría deplorado la invasión de Moscú. China, India y Emiratos Árabes Unidos se abstuvieron, mientras que los 11 miembros restantes votaron a favor. leer más Se espera que la Asamblea General vote una resolución similar luego de varios días de declaraciones de los países en la sesión especial de emergencia, dijeron diplomáticos. Las resoluciones de la Asamblea General no son vinculantes pero tienen peso político. (Reuters).
26 Feb 2022 - 23:57 UTC
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Musk promete en Twitter cobertura satelital a Ucrania ante una petición del Gobierno
El multimillonario Elon Musk ha afirmado este sábado haber activado en Ucrania el servicio de Starlink, una red de satélites que dan acceso a internet. El empresario, dueño de SpaceX, ha respondido así a una petición que le había hecho vía Twitter el ministro de Transformación Digital ucranio, Mykhailo Fedorov.
Fedorov lanzó la petición en la mañana de este sábado: "Elon Musk, mientras tú intentas colonizar Marte, Rusia está intentando ocupar Ucrania. Mientras tus cohetes aterrizan exitosamente en el espacio, los cohetes rusos atacan a la población ucrania. Te pedimos que ofrezcas a Ucrania estaciones de Starlink", reza el tuit.
Unas horas después, Musk ha respondido afirmativamente: "El servicio de Starlink ya está activo en Ucrania. Más terminales en camino". Starlink tiene más de 1.700 satélites que ofrecen acceso a internet en la mayoría del planeta.
26 Feb 2022 - 23:39 UTC
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Rusia sufre un ciberataque que colapsa algunas de sus webs oficiales
La web oficial del Kremlin ha sufrido una caída este sábado debido a un ataque organizado de denegación de servicio (DDoS). No ha sido la única web oficial rusa que ha visto su servicio interrumpido por esta acción. El ciberataque ha ocurrido horas después de que el colectivo Anonymous declarase la ciberguerra a Rusia y a Putin por su ofensiva contra Ucrania. El viceprimer ministro ucranio, Mykailo Fyodorov, celebró el anuncio del colectivo, un “ejército informático” para combatir a Rusia.
“El grupo Anonymous está en estado de ciberguerra contra el Gobierno ruso", en su cuenta de Twitter, en un mensaje que acompañaron de un vídeo y la etiqueta #Ukraine. Los hackers, que en 2018 ya atacaron la web rusa que regula las comunicaciones (Roskomnadzor), amenazaron con tumbar los sitios del Servicio Federal Antimonopolios, del Kremlin, de Rusia Today así como otros vinculados a las autoridades rusa: “Su amenaza a Finlandia y Suecia sin ingresan en la OTAN es una vergüenza”, han agregado.
Además, Anonymous amenazó a Putin con revelar cierta información que representarían “un golpe demoledor” para el mandatario así como para sus “títeres corruptos”. “Solo es cuestión de tiempo hasta que encontremos la suciedad que usted trata de esconder de la sociedad a la que miente mezquinamente. Exigimos que se restauren los derechos del pueblo ucraniano", continuaba el mensaje del colectivo que hizo un llamamiento a sus simpatizantes para que busquen toda la información posible al respecto.
26 Feb 2022 - 23:18 UTC
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Alemania prepara el cierre de su espacio aéreo para aviones rusos
El Ministerio de Transporte alemán ha informado este sábado que Alemania está preparando el cierre de su espacio aéreo para vuelos rusos, siguiendo el ejemplo de Letonia, Lituania y Estonia. Además, la aerolínea alemana Lufthansa ha anunciado la suspensión de todas sus conexiones con Rusia.
"El ministro Volker Wissing aprueba el cierre del espacio aéreo alemán para aviones rusos y ha ordenado los preparativos correspondientes", ha afirmado el Ministerio a través de su cuenta de Twitter. Está previsto que la prohibición entre en vigor esta medianoche para aviones de aerolíneas con licencia rusa, con una excepción para aterrizajes de emergencia y vuelos humanitarios.
Mientras tanto, Lufthansa ha afirmado, también vía Twitter, que "debido a la situación actual y a la situación normativa emergente, no sobrevolará espacio aéreo ruso en los próximos siete días". "Los vuelos hacia Rusia quedarán cancelados durante este periodo. Seguimos observando la situación y mantenemos el contacto con las autoridades", ha agregado la aerolínea. EFE
26 Feb 2022 - 23:02 UTC
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Estados Unidos, Reino Unido, Europa y Canadá bloquearán el acceso de Rusia al sistema financiero internacional SWIFT
Estados Unidos, Gran Bretaña, Europa y Canadá decidieron bloquear el acceso de Rusia al sistema de pago internacional SWIFT como parte de otra ronda de sanciones contra Moscú mientras continúa su ataque contra Ucrania, informa Reuters. Las medidas, que también incluirán la restricción de las reservas internacionales del banco central ruso, se implementarán en los próximos días, dijeron las naciones en un comunicado conjunto.
26 Feb 2022 - 22:46 UTC
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La Unión Europea planea excluir a "un cierto número" de bancos rusos del Swift
La Unión Europea está preparada para imponer una nueva ronda de sanciones, la tercera, ante la invasión de Ucrania, en coordinación con EE UU, Canadá y Reino Unido. La presidenta de la Comisión Europea, Úrsula von der Leyen, ha enumerado una serie de medidas que propondrá a los ministros de Asuntos Exteriores del club, que tienen previsto reunirse este domingo . "Estamos decididos a imponer un precio enorme a Rusia", ha dicho. "[Las sanciones] debilitarán la capacidad de Putin para financiar su maquinaria de guerra".
- Swift: Un "cierto número" de bancos rusos será excluido de Swift, el sistema de pagos internacionales. "Les impedirá operar globalmente y bloqueará las importaciones y exportaciones rusas", ha dicho Von der Leyen. Se trata de la sanción más dura impuesta hasta la fecha. Algunos socios europeos como Alemania se habían mostrado reticentes.
- Banco central ruso: Paralizar los activos del banco central ruso para "congelar" sus transacciones e "imposibilitar" que la institución pueda liquidarlos.
- Oligarcas: Prohibir que los oligarcas tengan acceso a los mercados financieros occidentales.
26 Feb 2022 - 22:36 UTC
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La UE ultima la desconexión parcial de Rusia de la plataforma para realizar pagos internacionales Swift
La Unión Europea va cumpliendo su amenaza de imponer “sanciones enormes” a Rusia si Vladimir Putin daba la orden invadir Ucrania. Si a comienzo de semana se empezó por vetar la entrada de políticos y altos cargos rusos, es muy probable que este domingo concluya con la activación del “arma nuclear financiera”, como llamó al Swift este viernes el ministro francés de Finanzas, Bruno Le Maire. Este sábado Alemania ha cedido y ha aceptado la desconexión parcial de Rusia del sistema que conecta a las entidades financieras de todo el mundo y permite las transferencias seguras de dinero. Hasta hora es la sanción más dura de las impuestas a Moscú por la invasión de Ucrania. La desconexión no será total, ya que se seguirá permitiendo el pago de los hidrocarburos (gas y petróleo) y ser selectivos a la hora de prohibir el acceso al mecanismo de pagos, según apuntan fuentes comunitarias. La medida tiene que ratificarse en una reunión de ministros de Asuntos Exteriores de la UE que se celebrará este domingo. Antes de eso habrá contactos del G-7 en los que también se abordará la decisión, apuntan otras fuentes comunitarias, informan Manuel V. Gómez and Elena G. Sevillano.
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Feb 26, 2022 - 22:24 UTC
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