Phase two of the conflict in Ukraine began on the 55th day of the war. The alarm was also raised by the Ukrainian president Volodymir Zelensky: «We can now say that the Russian troops have started the battle for the Donbass, for which they had been preparing for some time. A large part of the Russian army is now dedicated to this offensive ». According to analysts, this is the beginning of the second phase of the war. The Russians conquered the city of Kreminna.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby has signaled the arrival of ten new Russian battalions in the south and east of the country. Moscow aims to end the conflict by taking the regions it has not occupied like Crimea and uniting them with its own territory. There are bombings on Kharkiv and the siege of Mariupol continues with the civilians in the city with nothing left. According to the mayor, over 40 thousand civilians have been deported by the Russians.
There would be more than a thousand hidden in the underground shelters of theAzovstal steel mill under constant bombardment. It is over 11 square kilometers of sheds, furnaces and underground corridors. There are also warehouses and reinforced concrete buildings. “Our men have entrenched themselves very well. With the Russians they play like cat and mouse, they go out, make sorties and then go back into hiding, leaving traps and nests of resistance that block their commandos, even the tanks are unable to advance “, he explained to the Corriere della Sera Lieutenant Andreij, a soldier from Mariupol.
The American president Biden will have a confrontation with the allies today on video call and the French president Macron is ready to go to Kiev. “From the massacres we uncovered in Bucha and other cities, the war has taken a different turn, so I haven’t spoken to him directly since then, but I’m not ruling out doing it in the future,” Macron told France 5. Moscow released the official document with which Putin decorated the 64th riflemen, the soldiers who allegedly killed 300 civilians and dug mass graves in Bucha. They were awarded for “heroism, tenacity, determination and courage”.
According to Ukrainian data, Russian troops have committed more than seven thousand alleged war crimes. The Kiev authorities are investigating these. They are 205 i children killed since the start of the Russian offensive on 24 February.
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