Doctors deal with sufferers by candlelight in basement of Mariupol’s final hospital
Medical workers within the final functioning hospital within the besieged metropolis of Mariupol are treating sufferers within the basement largely by candlelight, officers mentioned Wednesday.
In an effort to save gasoline for diesel turbines, medical doctors and nurses at City Hospital No. 1 are solely utilizing the machines for complicated operations and hemodialysis for cleansing blood, the town council mentioned.
“Right now it is no longer possible to provide the necessary medical procedures for blood purification in renal failure,” the council mentioned.
The officers added that as well as to medical workers and sufferers, roughly 600 to 700 residents from close by neighborhoods are additionally sheltering within the facility.
“Despite the extremely difficult situation, doctors continue to heroically fulfill their mission – saving lives,” the council mentioned.
Earlier Wednesday, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk mentioned that almost 3,000 folks evacuated the town after weeks of Russian bombardment and allegations Tuesday that civilians had been captured whereas attempting to flee.
Vereshchuk mentioned that buses and different automobiles that efficiently left Mariupol had been blocked on the outskirts of their vacation spot, Zaporizhia, and unable to enter the town. They would strive once more Thursday, she mentioned.
On Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned that roughly 100,000 folks remained in a metropolis that when had a inhabitants of practically half 1,000,000.
U.S., allies discussing Russia’s elimination from G20
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The Biden administration and U.S. allies are discussing whether or not Russia ought to be faraway from the G20 group of nations that tackles international financial points, three folks acquainted with the matter informed NBC News.
While the U.S. isn’t actively pushing for it, Russia’s elimination most likely gained’t occur partially as a result of China and India, that are G20 members, would doubtless block the efforts, the three sources mentioned. The G20 is made up of 19 nations and the European Union.
Still, the problem has been mentioned on the National Security Council and at a gathering that U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo held final week with Polish Economy Minister Piotr Nowak.
Poland has publicly pushed for Russia’s ouster, however a Commerce Department spokesperson mentioned Raimondo “did not express a position on behalf of the U.S. Government” concerning Poland’s proposal to kick Russia out.
Calls to take away Russia have grown amid considerations that Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend the G20 summit in November in Indonesia.
Russia was kicked out of the G8, which primarily focuses on politics, in 2014 after it invaded Ukraine and annexed Crimea. The group grew to become the G7.
Ukrainians discover heat refuge in Spanish city
GUISSONA, Spain — As Ukrainian refugees fleeing bombs and bullets at dwelling fan out throughout Western Europe, few locations they arrive really feel as welcoming as a Spanish city recognized for years as “Little Ukraine.”
Even earlier than Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine final month, one in seven residents of Guissona was initially from there. Guissona’s inhabitants greater than doubled to round 7,500 residents, and drew in quite a lot of immigrant labor, together with the Ukrainians, after a regional grocery store chain opened a distribution heart close by 20 years in the past.
More than 3.5 million folks have already fled Russia’s battle in Ukraine. The refugees are discovering protected havens in small communities on the continent the place household and associates who went to discover work have put down roots.
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Atomic vitality company affords to safe Ukraine nuclear energy crops
The International Atomic Energy Agency mentioned Wednesday that it stands prepared to ship consultants and tools to Ukraine to assist guarantee the protection and safety of its nuclear services and stop the chance of a extreme accident that would threaten each folks and the surroundings.
In a video assertion, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi mentioned he remained gravely involved concerning the scenario and burdened the pressing want for an settlement would permit the IAEA to present technical help to Ukraine’s nuclear services, which embrace 15 reactors, in addition to the decommissioned Chernobyl website.
He mentioned “a positive outcome still eludes us” and “the need to prevent a nuclear accident becomes more pressing with each day that passes.”
Lion and wolf safely evacuated from zoo in war-torn Ukraine
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RADAUTI, Romania — Simba the lion and a wolf named Akyla have been evacuated from a zoo in war-torn Ukraine and introduced to security in Romania in what an animal rights group says was a four-day mission “full of dangers” additional hampered by border entry forms.
The grownup male lion and the grey wolf, who had been totally awake in the course of the harmful journey due to lack of tranquilizers in Ukraine, arrived Monday at a zoo in Radauti, from a zoo in Zaporizhzhia in southeast Ukraine.
After spending 4 days in cages at the back of a van, the 2 animals had been recovering of their new enclosure Wednesday, regaining their power as they lounged within the shade.
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Russian opposition journalist killed in Kyiv shelling
Oksana Baulina, a veteran Russian journalist whose final tweet included the hashtag #MadVlad, referring to President Vladimir Putin, died in a shelling in Kyiv’s Podolsk district, in accordance to The Insider, a “Russia-focused” unbiased news outlet.
Baulina had been filming the aftermath of a Russian assault on a shopping mall when she and three others got here underneath hearth. One civilian was additionally killed, and two folks accompanying Baulina had been wounded and hospitalized.
Prior to becoming a member of The Insider, Baulina labored as a producer for the Anti-Corruption Foundation, an opposition nonprofit based in Moscow and listed as an extremist group in Russia. She was pressured to depart her dwelling nation so as to proceed exposing Russian authorities corruption for The Insider, the corporate mentioned.
“The Insider expresses its deepest condolences to Oksana’s family and friends,” the corporate mentioned in an announcement. “We will continue to cover the war in Ukraine, including such Russian war crimes as indiscriminate shelling of residential areas which result in the deaths of civilians and journalists.”
Friends and former colleagues mourned Baulina’s demise, praising her “phenomenal sense of moral clarity” and denouncing the killing of journalists masking the battle in Ukraine.
Blinken formally broadcasts Russia has dedicated battle crimes
Secretary of State Antony Blinken formally introduced Wednesday that Russia has dedicated battle crimes since invading Ukraine.
Citing quite a few credible reviews of indiscriminate assaults, he mentioned a number of assaults intentionally focused civilians, together with folks in a Mariupol maternity hospital, a theater, house buildings and colleges.
“Since launching his unprovoked and unjust war of choice, Russian President Vladimir Putin has unleashed unrelenting violence that has caused death and destruction across Ukraine,” Blinken mentioned in an announcement. “Every day that Russia’s forces continue their brutal attacks, the number of innocent civilians killed and wounded, including women and children, climbs.”
As of Tuesday, within the besieged metropolis of Mariupol alone, greater than 2,400 civilians have been killed, officers mentioned. Not together with Mariupol, the United Nations has confirmed greater than 2,500 civilian casualties and emphasised the precise toll is probably going larger.
Power restored to greater than 47,500 Ukrainian prospects
Power provide to greater than 47,500 prospects has been restored in Ukraine previously 24 hours, in accordance to the Ukrainian authorities.
About 27,000 of those that had their energy restored had been within the Donetsk area, officers mentioned. Gas provide to about 3,000 shoppers has additionally been restored.
As of Wednesday, greater than 1,320 settlements in Ukraine remained with out electrical energy, with a complete of greater than 874,000 shoppers.
The Ukrainian vitality system has been working with the European energy system for greater than every week.
All 4 working nuclear energy crops in Ukraine proceed to generate electrical energy, officers mentioned.
At least 7,000 Russian troops have died since invasion started, NATO official says
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At least 7,000 Russian troops have died within the first month of the battle in Ukraine, however the precise quantity may very well be roughly double that quantity, a NATO official confirmed to NBC News.
The official mentioned the estimate is predicated on figures from Ukrainian officers, numbers that Russia has launched, open-source intelligence and different methodologies.
Adding in Russian troops who’ve been injured, captured or gone lacking, the quantity may very well be as excessive as 30,000 to 40,000, the official mentioned.
Russia has not publicly disclosed what number of of its troops have died combating in Ukraine.
Putin’s local weather envoy quits Kremlin function in wake of Russia’s Ukraine invasion
LONDON — An adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin has develop into the primary senior Kremlin official to give up since the invasion of Ukraine, Putin’s spokesman mentioned Wednesday.
Anatoly Chubais left his function as Russia’s envoy to worldwide organizations and sustainable improvement of his personal accord, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov mentioned, in accordance to the Interfax news company.
The news was first reported by Bloomberg, which cited two folks acquainted with the scenario saying Chubais had left Russia over his opposition to the battle. Reuters additionally cited two nameless sources saying he had left the nation.
Chubais hung up the cellphone when contacted by Reuters. NBC News has been unable to attain him for remark and has not confirmed his causes for resigning or whether or not he has left the nation.
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Russia makes bid to host soccer’s European Championship in 2028 or 2032
Russia is attempting to host the European Championship regardless of being banned from taking part in worldwide soccer over its invasion of Ukraine.
The Russian Football Union, the governing physique of soccer in Russia, has positioned a bid to host the EURO in both 2028 or 2032.
Wednesday was the deadline to submit an ‘Expression of Interest’ to the Union of European Football Associations.
During an govt assembly Wednesday, the RFU mentioned it helps the choice to declare curiosity in internet hosting the championship.
Russia hosted the World Cup in 2018.
Kyiv mayor says Russian forces have killed 264 civilians in his metropolis
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko mentioned Wednesday that Russian forces have killed 264 civilians in his besieged metropolis because the begin of President Vladimir Putin’s invasion.
In an trade with reporters as air raid sirens blared and explosions went off within the distance, he mentioned that greater than 300 folks had been hospitalized there and a few 80 buildings have been destroyed.
Klitschko, standing beside his brother and fellow former boxing world champion, Wladimir, informed reporters that Ukrainian troops have retaken the cities of Makariv and Irpin from Russian management.
NBC News has not independently verified the mayor’s claims. Russia has denied concentrating on civilians in its navy assault on Ukraine.
E.U. fee president calls on Putin to launch ships with wheat
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen mentioned that Russia is obstructing lots of of ships with wheat within the Black Sea, contributing to the humanitarian disaster in Ukraine.
Belarus tells Ukrainian diplomats to depart, closes Ukraine’s consulate
Belarus informed Ukraine to lower its diplomatic presence and closed the Ukrainian consulate in Brest on Wednesday, citing “numerous unfriendly actions” by Ukraine.
The assertion by the Belarus overseas ministry, which additionally accused Ukrainian officers of interfering within the nation’s inner affairs, didn’t specify what number of diplomats it requested to depart. The Ukrainian ambassador and 4 different diplomats could be allowed to keep, in accordance to Reuters.
The consulate was closed due to what Belarus mentioned was a “lack of staff.”
Ukrainians and different folks fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine might be allowed to enter Belarus visa free till April 15, the assertion mentioned.
Russia has used Belarus as a staging submit for its invasion of Ukraine and the nation has hosted groups of Russian and Ukrainian officers for peace negotiations, which have been unsuccessful to this point.
NATO leaders anticipated to improve troop presence in Eastern Europe
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg mentioned Wednesday he expects the leaders of member states will add further troops alongside the alliance’s japanese flank, deploying 4 new battle teams in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia.
“I expect leaders will agree to strengthen NATO’s posture in all domains, with major increases in the eastern part of the alliance on land, in the air and at sea,” Stoltenberg informed reporters at a news convention earlier than a summit of NATO leaders in Brussels.
Stoltenberg confirmed that the United States already has some 100,000 service members in Europe, as well as to one other 40,000 troops underneath NATO’s direct command.
President Joe Biden might announce that the U.S. plans to completely preserve an elevated variety of its troops deployed in NATO nations close to Ukraine, in accordance to 4 folks acquainted with the discussions.
Nestlé to pull manufacturers together with KitKat from Russia, will maintain promoting ‘important meals’
Nestlé has mentioned it can pull numerous manufacturers from Russia, however will maintain promoting “essential food” within the nation to uphold “the principle of ensuring the basic right to food.”
“As the war rages in Ukraine, our activities in Russia will focus on providing essential food, such as infant food and medical/hospital nutrition — not on making a profit,” the corporate mentioned in an announcement.
The firm mentioned KitKat and Nesquik could be among the many manufacturers to be suspended.
“We have already halted non-essential imports and exports into and out of Russia, stopped all advertising, and suspended all capital investment in the country,” the corporate mentioned, including: “Of course, we are fully complying with all international sanctions on Russia.”
Nestlé mentioned that whereas it doesn’t “expect to make a profit in the country or pay any related taxes for the foreseeable future in Russia, any profit will be donated to humanitarian relief organizations.”
Biden says Russia’s potential use of chemical weapons is a ‘actual menace’
President Joe Biden has mentioned that Russia’s potential use of chemical weapons towards Ukraine was a “real threat.”
Biden made the remark after being requested about the opportunity of Russia utilizing chemical weapons in its invasion of Ukraine as he ready to depart for Europe, Reuters reported.
The president is headed first to Brussels, with summit conferences deliberate with NATO, Group of Seven and European Union leaders to talk about the worldwide response to the battle in Ukraine.
Western leaders are anticipated to announce a contemporary spherical of sanctions to stress Moscow to finish the battle.
Moscow Stock Exchange to resume buying and selling partially after a month of closure
The Moscow Stock Exchange will resume buying and selling partially Thursday after being shut for nearly a month from Feb. 25.
The Bank of Russia introduced its resolution to resume buying and selling of 33 shares of Russian Stock Exchange Index in a assertion Wednesday. Short promoting might be banned for these securities.
Russia had suspended inventory buying and selling utterly because it tried to include the fallout from the blow of sanctions following its invasion of Ukraine.
Ukrainian forces encompass cities on the outskirts of Kyiv
Ukrainian forces have surrounded a number of strategic areas on the northwest outskirts of Kyiv, the Bucha metropolis council mentioned Wednesday.
“Irpin, Bucha, Hostomel were taken into the ring by the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” the town council mentioned in a submit on Facebook. Hostomel is dwelling to the Antonov Airport the place a number of the earliest battles within the battle occurred.
Russian forces closely shelled Irpin and Bucha, together with two different areas Wednesday, with a number of the strikes sparking fires.
Meanwhile, in areas underneath the management of Russian forces, a “humanitarian catastrophe” was unfolding, the town council mentioned, including that “the population has no food, medicine, hygiene products, baby food left.”
Russian troopers, themselves in search of meals and alcohol, have additionally damaged into houses and are “looting, shooting dogs, and slaughtering cattle,” the town council mentioned.
Zelenskyy urges united response from Asia to Ukraine battle
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Japan to unite the Asian entrance towards Russia’s invasion within the type of harsh financial sanctions on Moscow and help to Ukraine.
In an deal with to the Japanese Parliament on Wednesday, Zelenskyy mentioned that Ukraine wants highly effective safety ensures and known as on firms to withdraw from the Russian market, emphasizing that Japan was the primary Asian nation to put actual stress on Russia.
He known as for concerted efforts by Japan’s Asian buying and selling companion states to stabilize the scenario in order that Russia seeks peace and “stops the tsunami of its brutal invasion of Ukraine,” a post on his official Telegram account said.
Russian foreign minister calls sanctions against Moscow ‘unimaginable’
Punishing sanctions on Moscow imposed by the U.S. and its allies were “unimaginable,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov mentioned Wednesday.
In remarks to staff and students at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Lavrov appeared to admit that the strength of the measures taken in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine took officials by surprise.
“The current scale is very unimaginable, and I didn’t know that the West would even consider this,” he said of the sanctions.
He said that “nobody could have foreseen” the freezing of central bank reserves and called it “theft.”
He also accused the U.S. of implementing the sanctions because it finds Moscow a barrier to its efforts to create a “unipolar world.”
Poland considering expelling 45 Russian diplomats
Poland’s special services have requested that the foreign ministry expel 45 Russian diplomats, with some suspected of working for Russian intelligence under the cover of diplomatic assignments.
“Given the policy pursued by Russia against Poland and its allies, as well the Russian aggression against Ukraine, the Head of the ABW is requesting the expulsion of the indicated individuals from the territory of the Republic of Poland,” spokesperson Stanisław Żaryn said in a statement Wednesday.
According to the Internal Security Agency, the activities of diplomats served the Russian undertakings “designed to undermine the stability of Poland and its allies” and posed a security risk to the country.
Among the 45 is a Russian secret services officer whose activities were revealed in an investigation that resulted in the arrest of a Polish national on suspicion of spying last week, it said.
Red Cross chief arrives in Moscow to discuss humanitarian situation in Ukraine
International Committee of Red Cross President Peter Maurer arrived in Moscow on Wednesday and is expected to meet Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to discuss the pressing humanitarian issues in Ukraine.
“The devastation caused by the conflict in recent weeks, as well as eight years of conflict in Donbas, has been vast. There are practical steps guided by international humanitarian law that the parties must take to limit the suffering,” Maurer said in a statement.
Maurer will meet the representatives of the foreign affairs and the defense ministries, addressing the suffering caused by the conflict in Ukraine, as well as Syria. According to Reuters, Maurer may also meet Lavrov on Thursday.
Biden heads to Europe amid pressure to ramp up support for Ukraine
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BRUSSELS — President Joe Biden heads to Europe Wednesday under increasing pressure at home and abroad to do more to aid Ukraine, as he tries to walk a fine line between providing support and deterring Russia while avoiding further escalation.
The trip will provide a high-profile leadership moment on the world stage for Biden in one of the greatest periods of European conflict since World War II. But it will also come with pressure to respond to calls to do more for Ukraine from Democrats and Republicans at home, European allies, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
White House officials say a key purpose of the trip, along with discussing how to coordinate their assistance for Ukraine, will be to reassure NATO countries of the U.S.’s support and act as a show of unity against Russia that could deter a potential invasion into NATO territory.
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Russians destroyed Chernihiv bridge used for evacuations, governor says
LVIV, Ukraine — Russian forces bombed and destroyed a bridge in the encircled city of Chernihiv, the region’s governor, Viacheslav Chaus, said.
The destroyed bridge had been used for evacuating civilians and delivering humanitarian aid. It crossed the Desna River and connected the city to Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv.
Chernihiv authorities said Tuesday that the encircled city has no water or electricity and called the situation there a humanitarian disaster.
Explosions and bursts of gunfire shook Kyiv on Wednesday morning, and heavy artillery fire could be heard from the northwest, where Russian forces have sought to encircle and take the capital’s suburbs.
Strikes in Kyiv spark fires, at least 4 injured
Ukraine’s capital came under fire early Wednesday, with strikes hitting both businesses and residential buildings in several areas and sparking fires. At least four people were wounded, Kyiv’s city council said.
“Currently there are fires in several private houses and in high-rise buildings,” the city council said on its Telegram channel.
Air raid sirens sounded in the city throughout the morning.
Firefighters extinguish a burning house hit by Russian Grad rockets in Kyiv, on Tuesday.
Nine corridors to evacuate residents of besieged cities set to open
Nine humanitarian corridors to evacuate Ukrainians trapped in besieged cities and towns will open on Wednesday, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said.
The encircled southern port city of Mariupol, where a devastating humanitarian crisis is unfolding, was included in the list of areas slated for evacuations. Buses left earlier in the day from the nearby city of Berdyansk and headed to Mariupol to pick up evacuees. Several times in past weeks evacuation efforts have been marred by shelling, though thousands have made it out in recent days.
Ukrainian and Russian officials agreed to ceasefires in the Luhansk region in the east of the country to evacuate residents from four areas. Around 80 people were evacuated early Wednesday from the city of Rubizhne there, Serhiy Haidai, the region’s governor, wrote on Telegram.
“We have agreed on a ‘silence mode’ from 9:00, but be careful,” Haidai said in a separate post. “The shelling of the Russian army during these hours subsides only on the routes of evacuation of people, and not always.”
Several towns around the capital Kyiv were also among the areas listed for evacuation.
Moscow says sending peacekeeping troops to Ukraine could lead to NATO-Russia confrontation
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday that sending peacekeepers to Ukraine could lead to a direct confrontation between Russia and the NATO military alliance.
His comments came after Poland said last week that an international peacekeeping mission should be sent to Ukraine and be given the means to defend itself.
Lavrov also said that talks with Ukraine have so far been difficult, accusing Kyiv of constantly changing its position. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeatedly called for a direct conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin to bring to an end to the war.
Russian forces flank eastern Ukraine and reorganize in the north, U.K. says
Russian forces are attempting to encircle Ukrainian forces in the east while the situation remained largely static in the northern part of Ukraine, according to the British Defense Ministry.
In an intelligence update published Wednesday, it said, “Russian forces are attempting to envelop Ukrainian forces in the east of the country as they advance from the direction of Kharkiv in the north and Mariupol in the south.”
Across northern Ukraine, Russian forces are likely conducting “a period of reorganization before resuming large-scale offensive operations,” it said. The ministry also said that Russia is continuing its efforts to reach west towards Odesa, bypassing the besieged city of Mykolaiv.
Putin plans to attend G-20 summit, envoy says
Putin intends to attend a G-20 summit in Indonesia later this year, Russia’s ambassador to Indonesia said Wednesday, dismissing suggestions by some G-20 members that Russia could be barred from the group of major economies.
Lyudmila Vorobieva, Russia’s ambassador to Indonesia, which holds the rotating G-20 chair, said Putin intended to travel to the Indonesian resort island of Bali for the summit in November. Asked about suggestions Russia could be excluded from the G-20, she said it was a forum to discuss economic issues and not a crisis like Ukraine.
“Of course expulsion of Russia from this kind of forum will not help these economic problems to be resolved,” she told a news conference. “On the contrary, without Russia it would be difficult to do so.”
U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, asked if Biden would move to push Russia out of the G-20 when he meets allies in Brussels this week, told reporters at the White House on Tuesday: “We believe that it cannot be business as usual for Russia in international institutions and in the international community.”
However, the United States plans to consult allies before any other pronouncements, he said.
Biden heads to Brussels, bringing in more sanctions
President Joe Biden heads to Brussels early morning on Wednesday, meeting NATO and G7 leaders as the U.S. coordinates its next steps of countering Russia.
The four-day visit ending Saturday will focus on deterrence and defense efforts in response to Russia’s “unprovoked and unjustified” attack on Ukraine, said the White House.
Biden is also expected to unveil fresh sanctions against Russia to pressure Moscow to end its war in Ukraine.
“He will join our partners in imposing further sanctions on Russia and tightening the existing sanctions to crack down on evasion and to ensure robust enforcement,” said National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Tuesday in a press briefing.
The President could also announce during his Europe visit plans to permanently maintain an increased number of its troops deployed in NATO countries near Ukraine, according to sources familiar with the discussions.
Russian forces seized Mariupol humanitarian convoy, Zelenskyy says
Russian forces captured humanitarian workers near Mariupol after agreeing on a safe route for aid into the besieged city, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday night.
Zelenskyy said in a speech that emergency services employees and bus drivers were taken prisoner near the town of Manhush, 12 miles west of Mariupol.
It wasn’t clear what happened to them. NBC News couldn’t independently verify Zelenskyy’s account.
“For more than a week now we have been trying to organize stable humanitarian corridors for Mariupol residents,” Zelenskyy said. “And almost all our attempts, unfortunately, are disrupted by the Russian occupiers. By shelling or deliberate terror.”
Zelenskyy made the comments a day after he refused to surrender the strategically important city, which has seen relentless attacks. He said just over 7,000 residents were rescued from the city Tuesday but that about 100,000 were still trapped “in inhumane circumstances, underneath full blockade, with out meals, with out water, with out drugs, underneath fixed gunfire, fixed airstrikes.”
Zelenskyy to address NATO summit
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address the NATO summit Thursday via video link, spokesperson Serhii Nikiforov said.
U.S. President Joe Biden will attend the summit in Brussels during a trip to Europe, which comes as member countries and other Western nations have rallied in opposition to Russia’s attack and invasion of Ukraine.
Zelenskyy has given other addresses via video since Russia invaded on Feb. 24, including one to the U.S. Congress last week in which he appealed for more military aid.
Zelenskyy has called on NATO to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine, which members of the treaty organization have said they do not want to do because it could bring their military forces in direct confrontation with Russian forces and cause an escalation of the war.