LAST UPDATE: 16.15
There will be new talks between Kiev and Moscow later in the day, the Russian news agency TASS reported, citing statements by Alexei Arestovich, an adviser to Volodymyr Zelensky, who spoke to Ukraine-24 television.
According to TASS, the new round of talks will take place in the Belovezhskaya Puscha region near the Belarus-Poland border and the composition of the delegations will be the same as in the first round. As it was officially announced from the Russian side, Vladimir Medinsky will continue to lead the Russian delegation in the talks with Ukraine.
At the same time, Kharkiv and Mariupol have been the target of heavy bombardment today. from where the departure of Greek citizens and part of the staff of the Greek Consulate to Zaporizhia began.
As for the diplomatic thriller for the second round of talks, it started this morning, as it remained unknown whether the two sides would finally sit at the same table today. The Ukrainian side argued that a “substantial agenda” was neededwhile the Kremlin later stated its readiness to continue the talks and how his delegation would wait for the Ukrainian negotiators to arrive.
In particular, speaking to Reuters, the adviser to the Ukrainian president, Mikhail Pontoliak, noted that holding more talks with Russia was under discussion. As he stressed, a “substantial agenda” is needed.
Meanwhile, the Kremlin said a delegation of Russian negotiators was ready to resume talks today with a delegation from Kiev.
“Around the beginning of the night, our delegation will be there, we will wait for the Ukrainian negotiators,” Dmitry Peshkov told reporters, adding that he “hopes” that they will enter the negotiations, without specifying where they will take place.
D. Kuleba: We will not accept Russian ultimatums
“We are ready to discuss, but not to accept Russian ultimatums,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said earlier, adding that it was unclear when more talks with Russia would take place and that Moscow’s demands were the same as Putin before the war.
According to the Ukrainian minister, Belarus will face the same sanctions as Russia if its forces enter Ukraine, while he said that today he discussed new sanctions against Russia in a telephone conversation with his British counterpart Liz Tras.
We discussed “coordinated new sanctions against Russia, its barbaric aggression against Ukraine, as well as steps to close any loopholes and leave no room for Russia to circumvent current and future sanctions.” he wrote on Twitter.
4 dead from the bombings in Kharkov
At least four people were killed and nine others were injured in what became known as the “Kharkov” bombing on Wednesday morning, killing at least 10 people and wounding dozens more.
The attack by the Russian armed forces continues and fighting is taking place in the streets of the city. Mayor Ihor Terekhov sent a message that “his city will not be handed over to Russian forces.”
“Kharkiv is a Russian-speaking city. One in four has relatives in the Russian Federation. But the attitude of the city towards Russia today is completely different from what it was before,” the mayor said in a videotaped statement posted on the internet.
“We never expected this to happen: total destruction, annihilation, genocide against the Ukrainian people – this is unforgivable,” he said, noting that Russian airstrikes were affecting residential areas.
On Wednesday afternoon, the deputy governor of the region announced that Russian forces fired a cruise missile against the city council building.
Ukrainian authorities had earlier announced that Russian airborne troops had landed in Kharkov in the early hours of the morning.
According to the Ukrainian army, “Russian airborne troops landed in Kharkov (…) and attacked a city hospital. A battle is underway between the invaders and the Ukrainians.”
Anton #Gerashchenkoan advisor to the head of #Ukraine‘s Ministry of Internal Affairs, published footage in which, according to his information, the building of the regional police department in #Kharkiv is being attacked. pic.twitter.com/pH10cb6rpH
– NEXTA (@nexta_tv) March 2, 2022
The morning alarm in Kharkiv: an ammo depot hit by Russian shelling @zn_ua pic.twitter.com/rkqq56HHU0
– Alec Luhn (@ASLuhn) March 2, 2022
According to Anton Herastshenko, an adviser to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, a fire broke out at a civic school in Kharkov after an air strike.
“There is practically no area left in Kharkov that has not been hit by a Russian artillery shell,” he said.
At least 21 people have been killed and 112 injured in bombings in Kharkiv over the past 24 hours, Governor Oleg Sinegubov said.
Rescuers put out fires in civilian buildings in #Kharkivregardless of the danger. pic.twitter.com/Fi4eHtjgdh
– NEXTA (@nexta_tv) March 2, 2022
Street fights in Hersonissos, “we understood it” say the Russians
“Russia has not occupied Kherson, street battles are taking place in the southern port,” which is located at the mouth of the Dnieper in the Black Sea, said an adviser to the Ukrainian president.
“The city has not fallen, our side continues to defend Kherson,” said Alexei Arestovich.
Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that the Russian armed forces had occupied Kherson, as reported by the RIA news agency.
“Russian military units have taken full control of the regional capital of Kherson,” said Igor Konachenkov, a spokesman for the Russian Armed Forces.
According to Mayor Igor Kolikhayev, Russian forces seized control of the railway station and port in Kherson, but said the area was still under Ukrainian control.
“We are still Ukraine. We continue to resist,” he said on his Facebook account.
“Kherson is completely surrounded by Russian forces,” Ukrainian authorities said.
“Today I will try to find solutions for the recovery of the dead, for the restoration of electricity, gas supply, water supply, heating in places where it has been cut off. But I warn you: to achieve this today would be a miracle.” , continued the mayor.
Russian troops patrolling Kherson city tonight. pic.twitter.com/TiOJPJ22ER
– CaucasusWarReport (@Caucasuswar) March 2, 2022
Mariupol is being pounded
Mariupol, a port of strategic importance in the Sea of ​​Azov – the last in the area that remains in the hands of Kiev – is under heavy bombardment. According to SkyNews, Russian forces have targeted residential complexes, hospitals and even makeshift shelters for the displaced. At the same time, street battles are taking place.
“We are fighting, we have not stopped defending our homeland,” Mariupol Mayor Vadim Boitshenko told Ukrainian television.
According to him, “more than a hundred people were injured yesterday by Russian fire.”
Bombings have also begun in Odessawith reports of an explosion near the city airport.
The occupants started shelling #Odesa. An explosion was detected near the airport. pic.twitter.com/KXen4jMBOi
– NEXTA (@nexta_tv) March 2, 2022
Warning of a Russian attack on a nuclear power plant
An alarm has been sounded by the warning of Anton Herastsenko, an adviser to the Ukrainian Interior Minister, about possible Russian attack on a nuclear power plant.
Herastenko told the Telegram that the Ukrainian National Guard had warned the government that about 20 Russian paratroopers had flown from the Mykolaiv area to the city of Voznesensk, where the Yuzhnukinsk nuclear power plant is located.
“There may be an attack on the nuclear power plant, the National Guard is ready to fight!” writes in his post.
NtAnton #Gerashchenko reports that the occupiers may attempt to seize the South #Ukrainian nuclear power plant.
– NEXTA (@nexta_tv) March 2, 2022
Russian troops are trying to storm two nuclear power plants in Southern Ukraine at the moment, according to Ukraine’s deputy minister of interior. There are fears of a potential disaster should they succeed. This is a threat not only to Ukraine, but to all of Europe
– Olga Tokariuk (@olgatokariuk) March 2, 2022
“Russian troops getting closer to Kyiv”
Russia is gathering troops closer and closer to Kyiv, wrote the mayor of the Ukrainian capital Vitali Klitschko in an internet post.
“We are preparing and we will defend Kyiv!” He added.
Photographs by US satellite imagery company Maxar released Monday through Tuesday night showed a long Russian convoy heading for the capital.
Two Russian Su-35 fighters were shot down
The air defense in the Kiev region on the night of March 1 shot down two Russian Su-35 fightersbroadcast the Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform, citing an announcement by the Command of the Air Force of Ukraine posted on Facebook.
“On the night of March 1, in the Kiev region, a particularly fierce air battle took place between two MiG-29 fighters of the Ukrainian Air Force and two Russian Su-35 fighters. During the air battle, both Russian aircraft were shot down. Except for the missiles.” “MiG-29 anti-aircraft remote-controlled S-300 anti-aircraft missiles were fired at the intruders by the Kentron Airborne Local Airborne Missile Brigade,” the statement said.
During the air battle, the Ukrainian armed forces lost a MiG-29 aircraft and efforts are being made to locate the pilot.
More than 2,000 civilians were killed
Since the beginning of the Russian offensive, more than 2,000 Ukrainian civilians have been killedincluding dozens of children, according to the announcement today at noon of the Ukrainian emergency services.
Hundreds of facilities, including transport, hospitals, kindergartens and homes, have been destroyed, according to the same source. “Children, women and members of the defense forces are losing their lives every hour,” the statement said.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense announced last night that it fears an invasion by Belarusian forces from the north.
The number of refugees fleeing Ukraine has soared to 835,928 as of March 1, of whom 453,982 have taken refuge in Poland, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Wednesday.
Ultimatum to the mayor of Konotop to hand over the city
Meanwhile, Russian forces sent an ultimatum to the mayor of Konotop in northeastern Ukraine to hand over the city, otherwise they would destroy it completely. The city of Konotop seems to be able to serve as an administrative center for the Russians.
The mayor of #Konotop declares that the occupiers have delivered an ultimatum – either he surrenders the city to them, or they will completely destroy it. pic.twitter.com/5crrndj5qx
– NEXTA (@nexta_tv) March 2, 2022
Russian forces have occupied its port Berdyansk.
In Borodyanka50 kilometers from Kyiv, air strikes destroyed two apartment buildings yesterday, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Tzaparova, who shared a video depicting properties that have been turned into rubble and apartments in flames.
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