Ukraine war: That happened on Wednesday night

Created: 03/23/2022, 07:33

By: Alina Schroeder

Also on Wednesday night (March 23, 2022) there were new attacks by Russia in the war against Ukraine.

The developments here at a glance.

Kyiv – Russia's war in Ukraine has been going on for almost a month and the fighting isn't abating.

On Wednesday night, Ukrainian sources reported further Russian attacks on the city of Kharkiv in the east and on Rivne in the north-west of the country.

According to their own statements, Ukrainian units fended off an attack by Russian troops in new battles for Kharkiv.

Ka-52 attack helicopters were also used by the Russian side on Tuesday evening.

"Our troops are holding their positions," regional commander Oleg Sinegubov was quoted as saying by the Ukrayinska Pravda newspaper.

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However, the situation in the besieged city of Izyum is difficult.

There is no longer any connection to this.

All efforts to create an escape corridor for civilians have so far been rejected by the Russian side.

The information could not be independently verified.

The Russian military also fired at military installations in the vicinity of the city of Rivne in north-western Ukraine * with rockets.

In the Ukraine conflict*, the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj* threatened all pilots of Russian warplanes to hold them personally responsible for their attacks.

Apparently, the pilots did not understand what orders they were carrying out.

"The killing of civilians is a crime." According to Kiev, around 100 Russian warplanes have been shot down since the beginning of the war.

The situation on Tuesday morning in the Ukraine war was also extremely tense.

Millions of people seek protection from the war in Kharkiv.

The city in eastern Ukraine has been under fire for some time.

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News about the Ukraine war: Selenskyj praises the commitment of the population - "We will fight"

On the negotiations with Russia* about a way out of the Ukraine war* Zelenskyy said: "They are very difficult, sometimes scandalous, but we are moving forward step by step." Negotiators from Ukraine are on duty every day, he said in an in video speech distributed on Wednesday night.

“We will work, we will fight as much as possible.

Until the end.

Bold and open.”

He expresses his gratitude to all international forces who are helping his country.

Selenskyj is hoping for further support from the three summit meetings of the G7, NATO* and EU* taking place this week.

During a phone call, he also invited Pope Francis to visit Ukraine.

So far, there is no information on a response from the Vatican.

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Meanwhile, Russia continues to praise the use of its own military in Ukraine.

According to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, this is “strictly according to plan”.

He corresponds to the previously set goals, said Peskow the US broadcaster CNN.

The government in Moscow* describes the attack on Ukraine as a "special military operation" and not as a war.

When asked what President Vladimir Putin* had achieved in Ukraine so far, Peskov replied that the goals had "not yet" been achieved.

Among other things, he named the decimation of the Ukrainian military as an aim.

Kyiv* must come to the realization that the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, annexed by Moscow in 2014, is now an “unchangeable part of Russia”.

In addition, Ukraine must recognize that the separatist regions in the east of the country are now "independent states".

It has been rumored for some time that Belarus could join the war on Russia's side.

However, the Kiev leadership currently considers this to be very unlikely.

The probability that Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko will decide to take part in the war is "15 to 20 percent," said Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovich, according to the Unian agency.

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko is a close ally of Russian President Putin.

So far, however, the country has not taken an active part in the war, despite repeated pressures from Moscow.

News about the war in Ukraine: This will be important on Wednesday

US President Joe Biden* will embark on a trip to Europe on Wednesday that will be all about the Ukraine war.

His first stop is Brussels.

There, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will provide information about the Western Defense Alliance's summit meeting scheduled for Thursday.

The UN General Assembly is due to vote on another resolution against Russia's war in Ukraine on Wednesday in New York.

Ukraine is also likely to be an important topic in the general debate in the German Bundestag on the 2022 budget.

On Tuesday, Chancellor Olaf Scholz* (SPD*) again rejected an immediate import stop for Russian energy as a means of exerting pressure on Moscow.

According to him, sanctions should have a strong effect on Russia on the one hand, but also be manageable for the country's own economy on the other.

(as with dpa)