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Ukraine: ‘Technical negotiations suspended – to be resumed tomorrow’ says Kyiv

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Talks between Kiev and Moscow will continue on Tuesday, as Ukrainian negotiator Mikhail Podoliak announced via Twitter. “Technical pause in the negotiations until tomorrow. For additional elaboration in the working subgroups and clarification of individual definitions. The negotiations are continuing,” he said.

Earlier, Volodymyr Zelensky spoke of “very difficult negotiations” in his videotaped messagestressing that the Russians want to destroy Ukraine.

The Ukrainian president noted that those fighting “bring closer the moment of victory” to add that “the Russians want to destroy Ukraine”, while Kyiv wants an “honest peace”.

“Communication between the two sides is difficult but it continues,” Mikhail Pontoliak, an adviser to the Ukrainian president and negotiator, said in a Twitter post during the talks.

“The parties are actively expressing their specific positions. There is communication, although it is difficult. The reason for the disagreement is the very different political systems,” Pontoliak said, posting a photo of the talks via teleconference.

The head of the Russian delegation to the talks is Vladimir Medinsky, a Kremlin adviser.

It was preceded by a post by Pontoliak stating that the fourth round of talks between Russia and Ukraine will focus on achieving a ceasefire, troop withdrawal and security guarantees.

“Negotiations. Round 4: For peace, ceasefire, immediate withdrawal of troops and security guarantees. Tough debate. “Peaceful cities are the right strategy,” he wrote on Twitter.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said today that he had instructed negotiators to “do everything possible” to close a “meeting” between him and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

Speaking on Russian state television yesterday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peshkov did not rule out the possibility of a meeting between Presidents Putin and Zelensky.

An apartment building on the outskirts of Kiev was bombed

At least one person has been killed and 12 others injured when a car bomb exploded at an Iraqi police recruiting center at Kisak, killing at least 12 people.

In particular, in its Telegram account the emergency response service reported that one An eight-storey building in the Obolon district in northern Kyiv was targeted possibly “artillery”, resulting in a fire, which has been brought under control by the fire department.

The source initially said in a statement that two dead bodies were found in the ruins of the building, before the message was erased and the report was revised downwards.

According to the service, three other people have been admitted to the hospital and nine have received first aid on the spot. He even published photos that show the occupants of the building, among them the elderly, getting out of it with the help of a vehicle with a telescopic ladder.

Meanwhile, one of Putin’s most loyal men, National Guard leader Viktor Zolotov, admitted that Russian “military operation” in Ukraine is not evolving as fast as the Kremlin wantedin the first official public acknowledgment so far that the Russian attack is not progressing according to the Kremlin’s operational plans.

Ukrenergo: The Russians hit a high voltage line at Chernobyl

Ukraine today blamed the Russian military for the new power outage at the Chernobyl nuclear power plantnorth of Kiev, which has been occupied since the first days of the Russian invasion.

Ukrainian authorities announced yesterday the restoration of electricity at the nuclear power plant, which needs electricity to maintain safety conditions at radioactive waste storage facilities.

New Russian attacks expected – Antonov’s factory bombed

The Ukrainian military announced today that Russian troops were trying to consolidate their positions in the occupied territories, maintain their pace of attack and prepare for new attacks, two and a half weeks after Russia invaded neighboring Ukraine.

“The enemy is gathering formations and moving strategic stocks to our borders,” the Ukrainian General Staff said. new attacks expected in Kharkov, Sumy and Brovary, Kiev suburbs.

The staff complained that Russian forces were destroying military and political infrastructure, which is contrary to international humanitarian law, he said.

The Antonov aircraft factory outside Kyiv was also bombed.

Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine announced today that Ukrainian strike has killed at least 16 people and the injury of nine others in the city center Donetsk.

Seven hospitals have been completely destroyed since the Russian military invaded Ukraine on February 24, according to Ukrainian Health Minister Viktor Liasko.

These hospitals will have to be rebuilt from the ground up, they have been leveled due to bombings, Mr Liasko said last Sunday night, according to the Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform. More than a hundred other health facilities were damaged by the war.

In the ranks of the medical staff, the report of the victims has reached this stage the six dead and the 12 injured, always according to the minister.

In the periphery Lugansk (east), Russian forces concentrate on advancing towards Severodonietsk. In the cities of Topolske and Spakivka, in the Kharkiv region, they suffered losses and retreated, according to the Ukrainian staff. This information cannot be independently verified.

10 humanitarian corridors open

Ukraine has confirmed that it will try to evacuate trapped civilians today through 10 humanitarian corridors that will be opened.

Deputy Prime Minister Irina Verestsuk said the routes would be used for transportation from cities near Kyiv and the eastern Luhansk region.

Ms Verestsuk said Ukraine would try “once again” to remove a humanitarian convoy from the besieged southern port city of Mariupol.

It is noted that with the war entering its third week, the number of refugees fleeing to escape the Russian invasion has already reached 2.7 million, according to UN figures.

Millions of people have also been displaced inside Ukrainewith many reaching western provinces, including cities such as Lviv.

The siege of Mariupol continues – 2,500 civilians dead

On the other hand, the adviser to the Ukrainian president Oleksy Arestovich said that Ukraine and Russia were actively holding talks on Sunday, with the situation around the besieged city of Mariupol being of particular concern to the Ukrainian authorities.

Arestovich also said that Ukraine had deployed enough troops in Mariupol to prevent its occupation by encircling Russian forces.

Mr Arestovic said More than 2,500 Mariupol residents have been killed since February 24 that the Russian invasion began. He said he was citing evidence from Mariupol municipal authorities and accused Russian forces of blocking humanitarian aid from reaching the besieged city on Sunday.

According to the municipal council of Mariupol, on Monday 160 private cars were able to leave the cityin the direction of the Russian-occupied city of Berdyansk.

Zelensky again called for a no-fly zone

Volodymyr Zelensky again demanded on Monday morning that NATO impose a no-fly zone over Ukrainian airspace, warning that otherwise he could see “Russian rockets” falling on the territory of his member states.

“If you do not block our airspace, it will be a matter of time, Russian rockets will fall on your own territory, on NATO soil, on the homes of NATO citizens,” he said in a recorded message. .

Zelensky’s new appeal came a day after Russian airstrikes on a Ukrainian training base about 20km from the border with Poland, a NATO and EU member state, near the Ukrainian city of Lviv (west).

According to Kyiv, the Russian bombing resulted in the death of 35 people and the wounding of 134 others.

“Thirty rockets in the Lviv region alone,” he said. “Nothing is happening there that could threaten the territory of the Russian Federation. And only 20 kilometers from the NATO border.”

“Last year, I made it clear to NATO leaders that if they did not take strong precautionary measures against the Russian Federation, war would break out,” he said.

Meanwhile, Britain has said it is determined to continue supplying defense weapons to Ukraine. “Russian missile strikes on a Ukrainian base near the Polish border are deeply worrying, but they will not prevent Britain from continuing to supply Ukraine with defense weapons,” said a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Source: Capital

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