“I am ready to talk to Putin, but the Russians must leave. Crimea will never be Russian, but now let’s leave it aside.” Zelensky speaks to Porta a Porta, in the first interview with an Italian TV. Draghi, after meeting Biden, reports to the Council of Ministers: “Peace is what the Ukrainians will want,” he says. Finland (as well as Sweden), ready to join NATO, provokes the reaction of Russia which threatens to block gas supplies as of today and shakes the specter of a nuclear war. While the diplomatic route is being sought, the attacks continue. Cluster and phosphorus bombs on the Ukrainian president’s hometown, blocked the exits from Azovstal, where the Russian armed forces continue to strike with artillery and bombing. Cruise missiles were launched over Zaporizhzhia. The battle continues on all strategic fronts, from Kharkiv to Donbass: the Ukrainian forces claim the braking of the enemy advance even with sabotage actions on the bridges. Explosions in the evening in Mykolaiv.
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00.40 Russia, waiting for the gas moves
The gas war between Europe and Russia has come to a head. After the stop to flows at the entry point of Sokhranivka, in Ukraine, Gazprom announced the cessation of use of the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline, which carries supplies from Russia to the Old Continent via Poland. And in the next few hours, as a retaliation for its now certain accession to NATO, Finland could see the gas flows from Moscow canceled. The vice tightens and prices, on the stock market, have skyrocketed. The reference contract, traded in Amsterdam, recorded a jump of 9%, to 102.50 euros.
00.33 Zelensky, destroyed 570 health facilities
Russia has destroyed 570 health facilities and 101 hospitals since the start of the attack on Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said this in his message to the nation in the evening. Zelenzky added that Russian forces also hit some schools yesterday.
00.10 US denunciation: thousands transferred “by force” to Russia
The United States has accused the Russian army of having “forcibly” transferred several thousand Ukrainians to Russia since the start of the war, often by passing them through “camps” where they have had to undergo “brutal” treatment. According to Kiev, 1.2 million people are deported to Russia. Their phones and passports would have been confiscated; their social media activities sifted through for clues of their opposition to the Russian war.
00.01 Mayor Mykolaiv: hear explosions, stay in the shelters’
Several explosions were warned in the evening in Mykolaiv, in southern Ukraine, where the air alarm sounded. This was reported by the mayor of the city, Oleksandr Senkevych, who called on all citizens “to stay in shelters”. The Ukrainian media reported it.