War in Ukraine: That happened at night - the situation in the morning

Created: 03/24/2022Updated: 03/24/2022 08:13

By: Delia Friess

Developments and background to the Ukraine war: On Thursday (03/24/2022) Russia's invasion of Ukraine was a month ago.

Kyiv – The tensions in the Ukraine conflict* continue.

Exactly one month after Russia* attacked Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj* called on people around the world to protest against the Ukraine war.

"Come in the name of peace, come with Ukrainian symbols to support Ukraine, freedom and life!" Zelenskyy said in a video speech on Thursday night.

War in Ukraine: Russian troops near Kyiv could be pushed back.

© FADEL SENNA / dpa

War in Ukraine: Russia continues to attack cities - but is stopped in front of Kyiv and pushed back

According to the Ukrainian military, the Russian units are continuing to attack numerous cities and areas, but have been prevented from advancing near Kyiv.

Russian troops were stopped near the eastern Kiev suburb of Brovary, the Ukrainian general staff said.

They also failed to break through Ukrainian defenses to reach the north-western edge of Kyiv*.

On the contrary, according to British intelligence, Ukrainian troops have launched successful counterattacks north-west of Kyiv.

According to Kiev sources, the vast majority of Ukrainian units were under fire in the Donetsk region in the east.

Russian troops wanted to take the towns of Werchnoterezke, Marjinka and the hard-fought city of Mariupol.

However, the reports from the combat zones still cannot be independently verified.

According to the US Department of Defense, even a month after the start of the war, Russian forces have not seized air sovereignty in Ukraine.

The US and its allies worked to provide the Ukrainians with more long-range air defense systems.

The Ukrainians are using the current systems “very effectively”.

That's one reason "why we're seeing quite risk-averse behavior on the part of some Russian pilots."

Ukraine War: Zelenskyy calls for demonstrations against invasion of Russia

Russian shelling in Kyiv killed Russian journalist Oxana Baulina, who worked for the independent investigative portal The Insider (theins.ru) on Wednesday.

Since the beginning of the war there have been reports of at least six journalists killed.

The United States accuses Russia of more war crimes.

"Come out of your offices, your homes, your schools and universities!" Zelenskyy said in his call for global protests.

The war is not only aimed at Ukraine, but Russia is trying to nullify the freedom of all people in Europe and the world, he said.

Moscow is trying to show "that only gross and cruel violence counts".

The President in Kyiv once again addressed the citizens of Russia in Russian.

He is convinced that there are many people there who are already "sick" from the "lies of the propagandists".

Ukraine has never threatened the security of the Russian Federation and Kyiv is doing everything to end the war.

War in Ukraine: Chernobyl conflagration extinguished

Several wildfires have been successfully fought in the restricted area around the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

The Ukrainian nuclear regulatory agency has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that the Chernobyl city fire brigade has put out four fires.

This was announced by Director General Rafael Grossi on Wednesday evening.

There was no information on the cause of the fire.

Russian troops took control of the area around the nuclear power plant about a month ago.

It was there in 1986 that the worst nuclear accident in the history of civilian use of nuclear power occurred.

War in Ukraine: Russian troops near Kyiv could be pushed back.

© Rodrigo Abd / dpa

Ukraine War: Summit Meetings with NATO, G7 and EU - This is important today

Thursday should also be a crucial day for the reaction of Western countries to the Ukraine war *: NATO summits, the group of seven important industrialized countries (G7), including the USA *, and the European Union (EU) are in Brussels at.

For this purpose, US President Joe Biden* came to Europe.

According to his national security adviser, Jack Sullivan, the top-level deliberations are intended to herald the “next phase” of military support for Ukraine.

At the three summit meetings of NATO, G7 and EU* in Brussels, the question of Russian energy supplies must also be dealt with.

Vladimir Putin * ordered on Wednesday that "unfriendly states" like Germany would have to pay in rubles in the future.

If Western states caved in, they would overturn their own sanctions against Russia's financial system.

"On these three peaks we will see: who is a friend, who is a partner, and who sold and cheated?" Zelenskyy said.

We must work together and prevent Moscow from drawing members of NATO*, the EU or the G7 to the side of the war.

Meanwhile, the fighting in Ukraine continued with the same intensity.

Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser (SPD*) also takes part online at the meeting of the interior ministers of the G7 countries.

At the same time, she is meeting with the interior ministers of the German federal states.

The focus is on the question of how the refugees from Ukraine can be distributed in Germany and the EU.

(dpa/df)