New war night in Ukraine awaiting possible international news. President Volodymyr Zelensky says: “Difficult negotiations, but we continue”. US defense sources warn that the Russians have entered Mariupol, but the city is resisting. According to the Ukrainian president, the Russians have captured the rescuers of a humanitarian convoy. Tomorrow is the key day: the EU summit, the NATO summit and the G7 are scheduled. In view of the summits, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi overheard French President Emmanuel Macron on the phone, while the weight of the threat launched by Kremlin spokesman Dmitrij Peskov hovers: “We will use nuclear weapons only if our existence is threatened”.
Kiev: “Mariupol convoy personnel prisoner of the Russians”
Employees of the state emergency service and bus drivers were reportedly taken prisoner by Russian forces: “We are doing everything to free our people and unblock the movement of humanitarian loads,” Zelensky said in a speech on Telegram, referring to the kidnapping by of Moscow of the humanitarian convoy of 11 buses that headed towards Mariupol to rescue the Ukrainians fleeing the city. The Guardian reports it. “Despite all the difficulties, we saved 7,026 people from Mariupol. We will continue this important work, ”he added.
I russi a Mariupol
US sources meanwhile report that Russian forces have entered Mariupol. Among these also Donbass separatists. The United States believes that an amphibious attack on Odessa is not imminent. Also according to the Americans, Russia’s fighting power has dropped below 90% while the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, accuses: there are “solid” evidence of US bio-laboratories in Ukraine.
Biden announces new sanctions
US President Joe Biden will impose new sanctions on 300 Duma members. This was reported to the New York Times by sources informed on the announcement of the new measures against Moscow scheduled for Thursday, when the American president will be in Brussels to attend the NATO summit, the meeting with the leaders of the G7 and the European Council on Ukraine. . “The negotiations are difficult but we continue,” says Zelensky in an update on the talks between Kiev and Moscow. “I am grateful to all the international intermediaries who work with us,” added the Ukrainian president. “We will fight to the end in a courageous and open way.”
Draghi hears Macron
Draghi had a telephone confrontation with French President Macron late yesterday evening. At the center of the talks the war in Ukraine, the preparation of the NATO and G7 summits and the European Council. A decision on a possible new package of sanctions against Russia is awaited.