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The Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday that its forces had seized the cities of Berdyansk and Energodar, in the Zaporizhia region of southeastern Ukraine, as well as the area around the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, according to a report. Interfax agency.
Berdiansk, with more than 110,000 inhabitants, is a city located on the shores of the Sea of Azov, while Energodar (50,000 residents) is located on the banks of the Dnieper River.
At the moment, Ukraine has not confirmed that the enemy's troops have taken over these two cities, but has denied that they control the Zaporizhia nuclear plant.
The Russian ruble hit its all-time low on Monday after the West tightened sanctions and increased pressure on the country's financial system in response to its invasion of Ukraine.
After a quiet Sunday night, hostilities intensified in the early hours and shortly before dawn powerful explosions could be heard in both Kiev and Kharkov, two cities that the invading Russian forces are trying to take.
According to the Ukrainian authorities, the capital was attacked at dawn on the fifth day of the Russian offensive.
Kharkov, the country's second largest city, was also hit by missiles.
Talks begin this Monday between the delegations of Russia and Ukraine, near the Belarusian border.
In addition, the UN has scheduled a special session of the General Assembly on Monday to address Moscow's military operation.
two cities that the invading Russian forces are trying to take over.
According to the Ukrainian authorities, the capital was attacked at dawn on the fifth day of the Russian offensive.
Kharkov, the country's second largest city, was also hit by missiles.
Talks begin this Monday between the delegations of Russia and Ukraine, near the Belarusian border.
In addition, the UN has scheduled a special session of the General Assembly on Monday to address Moscow's military operation.
two cities that the invading Russian forces are trying to take over.
According to the Ukrainian authorities, the capital was attacked at dawn on the fifth day of the Russian offensive.
Kharkov, the country's second largest city, was also hit by missiles.
Talks begin this Monday between the delegations of Russia and Ukraine, near the Belarusian border.
In addition, the UN has scheduled a special session of the General Assembly on Monday to address Moscow's military operation.
03:24
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The defense ministers of the Twenty-seven meet with Borrell this Monday to coordinate the shipment of weapons to Ukraine
Josep Borrell, the EU's High Representative for Foreign Policy, announced this Monday that he will meet with the Defense Ministers of the Twenty-seven virtually to coordinate the delivery of weapons to Ukraine after the bloc decided for the first time to finance war material together and send it to Kiev.
"I am convening today the EU defense ministers to discuss the latest situation on the ground in Ukraine in light of Russia's unprovoked attack. We will discuss other urgent needs and coordinate our assistance, with the help of the clearing house managed by the EU General Staff," Borrell wrote on his Twitter account.
On Sunday, the EU announced that it is tightening sanctions against Russia and banning Russian state television Russia Today, the Sputnik news agency and other media outlets accused of spreading disinformation in the service of the Kremlin from broadcasting in the community space.
Brussels also announced that it will fund arms for Ukraine to help it defend against Russian invasion.
(THE COUNTRY)
08:46
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Zelenski, to Johnson: "The next 24 hours will be crucial"
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky believes that the next 24 hours will be crucial for the fate of his country, he said in a conversation with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
According to official sources reported on Monday, the head of the British government told Zelensky that he would do everything possible to ensure that defensive aid from the United Kingdom and its allies reaches Ukraine.
"The Prime Minister praised the courage of the Ukrainian people after the Russian invasion and praised President Zelensky's leadership in the face of such adversity. The resistance of the Ukrainian people has been heroic," Johnson said, according to a government statement.
President Zelensky stressed that he believed that "the next 24 hours" will be "crucial" for Ukraine,
and both leaders have agreed to continue in close contact, the note added.
Johnson has reiterated to the Ukrainian president the UK's strong support for Ukraine's sovereignty.
Meanwhile, Ukraine and Russia hope to negotiate this Monday a possible cessation of hostilities.
The meeting begins at 10:00 Spanish time (12:00 local time) at an unspecified point near the border with Belarus.
The head of the Russian delegation, the former Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinski, has assured that Moscow is looking for an agreement that benefits both parties.
The Ukrainian delegation is already on its way to the meeting point where it will arrive aboard a Polish helicopter.
(Agencies)
08:27
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Russia and Ukraine prepare to negotiate as the Kremlin steps up its offensive
As Vladimir Putin's offensive intensifies and the Kremlin chief raises his threats, Ukraine is preparing to sit down for talks "without preconditions" with a delegation sent from Moscow to an unidentified point in Belarus, along the border with Russia. Ukraine.
The prospects that the negotiations reach some point of conflict resolution, however, are low.
Yesterday, President Putin ordered his nuclear forces to be put on alert and has prepared a convoy of hundreds of military vehicles to launch another offensive on Kiev, which until Monday has resisted the harsh siege.
Also about Kharkov, the country's second city, strategic to make a pincer and take the Donbas.
Russian forces have made a major advance in the south and now control the port city of Berdyansk,
Information from
María R. Sahuquillo
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In the photograph, which is by
Sergei Kholodilin
, from Agence France Presse, the table where the Russian and Ukrainian delegations will sit this Monday to negotiate.
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08:08
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A Ukrainian journalist, to Borrell: "What are you waiting for?"
At Sunday's press conference by Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Policy, after the fourth virtual meeting of the Union's Foreign Ministers in less than a week on the occasion of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a A Ukrainian journalist asks him: "What are you waiting for [to exclude all Russian companies from the SWIFT system]?"
With a small voice, the journalist tells him that she represents all the Ukrainian media, since "now we all broadcast under the same signal."
"The main cities of my country are still under the power of the Ukrainian government, and it is clear that we are not going to give up. Today I spoke with my mother and she told me that there is no way to find flour to make bread,"
07:53
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Russia claims its troops have taken two cities in southeastern Ukraine
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday that its forces had seized the cities of Berdyansk and Energodar, in the Zaporizhia region of southeastern Ukraine, as well as the area around the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, according to reports. published this Monday by the Interfax agency, which cites the Ministry of Defense.
Berdiansk, with more than 110,000 inhabitants, is a city located on the shores of the Sea of Azov, while Energodar (50,000 residents) is located on the banks of the Dnieper River.
At the moment, Ukraine has not confirmed that the enemy's troops have taken over these two cities, but has denied that they control the Zaporizhia nuclear plant.
As explained by the UK Ministry of Defense, Russia's advance on the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, has been slowed down by logistical problems and fierce Ukrainian resistance.
"Most of Putin's ground forces remain more than 30 kilometers north of Kiev, their advance was slowed by Ukrainian forces defending Gostomel airport [some 25 kilometers northwest of central Kiev], an objective key Russian for the first day of the conflict," the ministry explained on Monday.
"Logistical problems and strong Ukrainian resistance continue to frustrate the Russian advance," he added.
Intense fighting continues around Chernihiv, a city in northern Ukraine, and the northeastern city of Kharkov, the country's second largest city (1.5 million inhabitants), located about 30 kilometers from the border with Russia and under siege by Putin's troops for a couple of days.
The UK Ministry of Defense says both cities remain under Ukrainian control.
(Reuters and EL PAÍS)
07:40
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The NATO Military Committee reinforces its troops in Eastern Europe
The NATO Military Committee - made up of the chiefs of staff of the 30 allied countries - will study this Monday to strengthen its presence in the allied countries closest to Russia to dissuade Putin from any aggression against them.
In the extraordinary meeting to be held online this Monday, NATO's military response will be analyzed, once direct intervention in the conflict has been ruled out (beyond the donation of military equipment to the Kiev Government that many allied countries are making) .
The plan could consist of extending to Southeast Europe the multinational combat groups (Battlegroups) that were formed in 2017 in the three Baltic republics and Poland as part of the Enhanced Forward Presence (EPF) operation, in response to the annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014. In addition to reinforcing the four that already exist, NATO wants to launch new multinational battalions in Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Slovakia.
France has offered to lead Romania's new battle group.
In the case of Spain, the possibility that arises, although no resolution has been taken, is to reinforce its presence in the Latvian multinational battalion, in which it currently has a contingent of 350 soldiers, in addition to six Leopard battle tanks and 15 armored Pizarros.
By Miguel Gonzalez
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07:34
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The curfew ends in Kiev after 39 hours
The punished capital of Ukraine has just come out of 39 hours of strict curfew in which no civilian has been able to go out on the street.
Early this Monday morning, people begin to be seen on the street for the first time since Saturday afternoon.
In the image, people walking on the sidewalk and others queuing at the doors of a supermarket in the center of Kiev.
The alarm sirens have just sounded at this point in the city, but no shots are heard around.
Reports the special envoy of EL PAÍS to Kiev,
Luis de Vega
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07:29
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What has happened in the last hours after the invasion of Russian troops in Ukraine
This Monday the world wakes up more insecure after the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, ordered on Sunday to activate his nuclear arsenal "in special combat mode" before the start of the negotiation with Ukraine, scheduled for today.
Putin accuses the West of taking "illegitimate measures" against his country in the form of sanctions.
Bombings in Kiev and Kharkov.
Shortly before dawn, powerful explosions have been heard in both Kiev and Kharkov, two cities that the invading Russian forces are trying to take.
The Russian ruble sinks.
The Russian ruble has plunged 28%, the historical minimum, in the first operations of this Monday.
The currency falls to 118 against the US dollar.
The Central Bank of Russia assures that it will guarantee the liquidity in national currency of the country's banking entities after the tightening of international sanctions.
Brussels on Sunday banned the broadcast to the main Russian international televisions, the publicly financed Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik TV, and their subsidiaries, and decreed the closure of the airspace of the 27 to Russian airlines.
It was also agreed to punish the Belarusian regime of Alexander Lukashenko for its collaboration in the aggression against Ukraine and to expand the list of more than twenty oligarchs, politicians, soldiers and journalists close to Putin.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
At least 352 civilians killed since the start of the invasion.
The Ukrainian authorities have raised this Sunday to 352 civilians killed after the invasion of the country by the Russian Army, including 14 children.
The Ministry of the Interior has also reported that it registers 1,684 wounded, of which 116 are minors.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has estimated this Sunday at 368,000 arrivals of Ukrainians in Poland, Romania, Hungary and Moldova.
Agenda of the day.
Russia and Ukraine have agreed to send delegations for talks on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border.
The meeting will take place early this Monday with the mediation of Belarus, whose government announced yesterday that it will support Moscow militarily in its war against Ukraine.
This Monday a UN General Assembly will also be held to debate a resolution condemning Russia's invasion of its neighbor, which was vetoed on Friday by the Russian ambassador at the Security Council meeting.
06:57
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The 106 Spanish evacuees land in Barajas
The 106 Spaniards evacuated from Ukraine landed this Monday at Terminal 4 of the Barajas airport at six in the morning, where they were received by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares.
The plane in which they were traveling, chartered by the Government, came from the Polish city of Krakow.
Another forty have decided to remain in Poland or return to Spain on their own, as reported by the ministry on its Twitter account.
This Monday the Government Committee that analyzes and monitors the situation caused by Russia's attacks on Ukraine will meet again.
(EFE)
In the photo, by
Víctor Sainz
, Minister Albares with several of the evacuees.
06:28
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Bombings at dawn in Kiev and Kharkov
Shortly before dawn, powerful explosions could be heard in both Kiev and Kharkov, the two most populous cities in Ukraine that the invading Russian forces are trying to conquer at all costs.
According to the Ukrainian authorities, after a quiet night, Kiev has registered new attacks at dawn on the fifth day of the Russian offensive.
Kharkov, the country's second largest city, was also hit by missiles.
The same sources, cited by the Reuters agency, have indicated that a residential building in the city of Chernihiv was on fire and that Zhytomyr had also been bombed.
Both locations are located in the north of the country.
05:36
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The Russian ruble sinks after the tightening of European sanctions
The Russian ruble has plummeted 28.34%, the historical minimum, in the first operations of this Monday in the Forex market (the foreign exchange market in which the currencies of the different countries are traded) after the tightening of the sanctions by the West and increased pressure on the country's financial system in response to its invasion of Ukraine.
Around six in the morning, the ruble lost 28.34% against the US dollar, whose exchange rate stood at 107.48 dollars per ruble, and 27.02% in the European market, up to 119.8 euros per ruble.
The sanctions imposed by the United States and Europe include, among others, the disconnection of several of its main banks from the Swift exchange platform and the freezing of the fund of some 570,000 million euros in foreign reserves that the Russian Central Bank has kept these years to deal with contingencies.
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The Central Bank of Russia says it will guarantee the liquidity of banks
El Banco Central de Rusia (BCR) ha asegurado este lunes que garantizará la liquidez en moneda nacional de las entidades bancarias del país. El regulador ha indicado en un comunicado que "suministrará de manera ininterrumpida liquidez en rublos" a los bancos rusos. "El sistema bancario ruso es estable, tiene suficientes reservas de capital y liquidez para su normal funcionamiento en cualquier situación", ha subrayado la entidad reguladora. Según el BCR, todos los recursos en las cuentas de los clientes "están intactos y disponibles en cualquier momento". El inicio, el pasado jueves, de la invasión de Ucrania (que Putin calificó de "operación militar especial" con el propósito de "desmilitarizar" y "desnazificar" el país vecino) ha suscitado preocupación entre los rusos que tienen ahorros, sobre todo en divisas. (EFE).
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Hechos que marcarán la agenda del lunes en la guerra rusa contra Ucrania
Este lunes se presenta como un día clave tras la invasión de Rusia contra Ucrania. Estos son algunos hechos relevantes que marcarán la jornada:
- Llamada de Biden con sus aliados. La Casa Blanca ha informado que el presidente mantendrá una reunión por teléfono con socios y aliados de Estados Unidos, en la que discutirán los últimos acontecimientos de la crisis y nuevas acciones contra Moscú. El Gobierno estadounidense no ha adelantado quienes participarán en la reunión.
- El debate en la Asamblea General de la ONU de una resolución que condena la invasión de Rusia a su vecino. Los 193 países miembros discutirán la resolución de condena que vetó el viernes el embajador de Rusia en la reunión del Consejo.
- Negociaciones entre Rusia y Ucrania. Ambas naciones acordaron enviar delegaciones para mantener conversaciones en la frontera ucraniano-bielorrusa. El encuentro se realizará a primera hora del lunes con la mediación de Bielorrusia, un firme aliado de Moscú.
04:14
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Biden discutirá el ataque de Rusia a Ucrania con sus aliados
El presidente de los Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, será el anfitrión de una llamada con aliados y socios este lunes por la mañana para discutir los últimos acontecimientos relacionados con el ataque de Rusia contra Ucrania y coordinar una respuesta unida, según fuentes de la Casa Blanca citadas por Reuters. La administración Biden no dio más detalles sobre quién participaría en la convocatoria, que se realizará en momentos cuando la Asamblea General de la ONU debata una resolución que condena la invasión de Rusia a su vecino.
03:24
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Bolsonaro dice que Brasil seguirá 'en la neutralidad' sobre invasión rusa a Ucrania
El presidente de Brasil, Jair Bolsonaro, afirmó el domingo que Brasil seguirá "en la neutralidad" en relación a la invasión rusa a Ucrania. "Estuve hablando hace poco con el presidente Putin, más de dos horas de conversación, hablamos de muchas cosas (...) Obviamente él habló alguna cosa sobre Ucrania que yo me reservo como secreto, sin entrar en detalles de la forma como a ustedes les gustaría", declaró el mandatario ultraderechista en una rueda de prensa en Guarujá (litoral del estado de Sao Paulo), donde está pasando el feriado de Carnaval.
En una nota enviada por la noche, la Secretaría de Comunicación de la Presidencia precisó que Bolsonaro se refería a la "conversación reservada" que mantuvo con su homólogo ruso el pasado 16 de febrero durante su visita a Moscú. En la rueda de prensa, Bolsonaro explicó que Brasil seguirá con su postura de neutralidad y que se mantiene "a favor de la paz". "No vamos a tomar partido, vamos a continuar por la neutralidad y a ayudar en lo posible a la búsqueda de una solución", dijo. "Nosotros queremos la paz, pero no podemos traer consecuencias aquí", agregó el mandatario, que recordó que Brasil "depende mucho" de los fertilizantes rusos.
Bolsonaro ha evitado criticar a Rusia por la invasión de Ucrania. El pasado jueves, desacreditó al vicepresidente Hamilton Mourao, quien dijo que "Brasil no está de acuerdo con una invasión del territorio ucraniano". (AFP).
02:16
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La ofensiva de Rusia en Ucrania, en imágenes
Las tropas rusas han entrado este domingo en Járkov, la segunda mayor ciudad de Ucrania (1,4 millones de habitantes), situada en el noreste del país, según ha confirmado la administración regional, mientras siguen los combates en otras localidades, como la capital, Kiev.
Puede ver aquí la galería con las fotos más impactantes de la invasión rusa.
Foto: Andriy Andriyenko para AP.
01:50
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Bielorrusia apoyará militarmente a Moscú en su guerra contra Ucrania
El Gobierno del presidente bielorruso Aleksandr Lukashenko enviará en las próximas horas el primer avión con paracaidistas bielorrusos que se desplegarán contra Ucrania, ha informado el diario The Kyiv Independent, que cita a fuentes bielorrusas. El periódico afirma de que "los rumores sobre la participación oficial de Bielorrusia en la guerra comenzaron a circular el 27 de febrero, el cuarto día de la guerra total de Rusia contra Ucrania, luego de un informe presentado a los círculos diplomáticos por periodistas de la oposición bielorrusa no identificados". La intervención de Bielorrusia se daría el mismo día que está previsto que inicien las negociaciones entre Rusia y Ucrania en la frontera ucraniano-bielorrusa, el lunes a primera hora, según fuentes de ambos países, citados por medios rusos y ucranianos.
01:37
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Al menos 352 civiles muertos desde el inicio de la invasión en Ucrania
Las autoridades ucranias han elevado este domingo a 352 los civiles muertos tras la invasión del país por el Ejército ruso, entre ellos 14 niños. El Ministerio del Interior ha informado, además, que registra 1.684 heridos, de los que 116 son menores. La crisis también ha obligado a los ucranios a dejar el país. El alto comisionado de Naciones Unidas para los refugiados, Filippo Grandi, ha cifrado este domingo en 368.000 las llegadas de ucranios a Polonia, Rumanía, Hungría y Moldavia (país que no pertenece a la UE). Los datos recopilados por la Comisión Europea indican que entre el 24 y el 26 de febrero entraron en Polonia 156.000 personas procedentes de Ucrania, con el ritmo acelerándose día a día a pesar de las dificultades de pasar la frontera. La información de la Comisión indica que el tiempo medio para el cruce oscila entre 20 y 70 horas para cada refugiado, informa Bernardo de Miguel.
01:07
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Filial europea del banco ruso Sberbank en "quiebra o probable quiebra"
El Banco Central Europeo (BCE) constató la "quiebra o probable quiebra" de la filial europea del banco ruso Sberbank, uno de los más grandes del país, a causa de los "significativos" retiros de depósitos ante la crisis en Ucrania y las sanciones occidentales. Sberbank Europe AG, con sede en Austria, y sus filiales en Croacia y Eslovenia, "tuvieron significativas salidas de depósitos como resultado del impacto de las tensiones geopolíticas", explicó el organismo de supervisión bancaria del BCE en un comunicado. Advirtió que "en el futuro cercano, es probable que el banco no pueda pagar sus deudas u otros pasivos a medida que vencen". (AFP).
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Von der Leyen: "Ucrania es uno de nosotros y los queremos con nosotros"
La presidenta de la Comisión Europea (UE), Ursula von der Leyen, afirmó este domingo que Ucrania es "uno de nosotros y los queremos con nosotros" en la Unión Europea, pero no puso un horizonte concreto. La jefa del Ejecutivo comunitario hizo esa afirmación en una entrevista en la televisión Euronews justo después de anunciar la propuesta de la Comisión de prohibir el paso de cualquier avión ruso en el espacio aéreo de la Unión Europea y vetar las emisiones de Russia Today y Sputnik en territorio comunitario, así como nuevas sanciones a Bielorrusia por su colaboración en la invasión de Ucrania.
Pero a pesar de respaldar la adhesión de Ucrania a la UE, la política alemana no dio fechas para la adhesión solicitada por el presidente ucraniano, Volodimir Zelenski este sábado. "Tenemos un proceso con Ucrania que es, por ejemplo, integrar el mercado ucraniano en el mercado único" y "una cooperación muy estrecha en la red de energía, por ejemplo. Por tanto, hay muchos temas en los que trabajamos muy de cerca juntos y, a través del tiempo nos pertenecen, son unos de los nuestros y los queremos con nosotros", dijo.
En cuanto a la adhesión en la UE y el estatus de candidato de Ucrania, fuentes comunitarias dijeron hoy que "en este momento no hay unanimidad sobre la perspectiva europea" del país en el club comunitario. "La ampliación es cuestión de unanimidad en el Consejo Europeo y no se tiene a todos los estados miembros en esta línea", indicaron las fuentes. Añadieron que el presidente del Consejo Europeo, Charles Michel, en sus contactos con los líderes europeos en esta crisis les ha planteado la cuestión de "qué se les puede ofrecer", pero que "algunos están siendo cautelosos". (EFE).
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