Peace by May: maybe. She said it today-twentieth day of the war- Oleksiy Arestovichadvisor to the chief of staff of the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky in a video published by various local media and filmed by Reuters: “The end of the hostilities will depend on how many resources the Kremlin is willing to commit. We are now at a crossroads. Either there will be a peace agreement reached quickly, within 1 or 2 weeks, with the troops withdrawing and all. there will be an attempt to bring together some, say, Syrians for a second round and then an agreement will be reached by mid or late April. ” Adding that “only a completely insane scenario could push Russia to send in new conscripts after just one month of training”.
Meanwhile, the peace talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations, which after the 3 rounds in Belarus were recorded on video already on Monday, continue today: “And this is already positive”, comments the Kremlin spokesman. Dmitry Peskov. But the dark shadow of the Russian president’s words weighs on the hopes of a negotiation that for the first time seems to be more constructive Vladimir Putincomplained to the leader of the European Council Charles Michel: “Kiev is not looking for acceptable solutions”.
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For his part, however, President Zelensky makes a statement that could give a boost to the negotiations: “Ukraine realizes that it is not in NATO. We have heard for years about open doors, but we have also heard that it is not we can enter it, and we must recognize it “as he said speaking online at the Joint Expeditionary Force in London (while tomorrow he will address the United States Congress instead).
At the same time, however, he also returned to asking the West for weapons: “Those that are supplied to us in a week last us 20 hours,” he said. Concluding with a dramatic appeal: “By helping us, you will help yourselves”. In the meantime, he has extended martial law in the country for a month (it was first introduced on February 24th). “In 19 days, the Russian army has had more dead soldiers than in the two bloody wars in Chechnya,” he said in a video broadcast on Telegram, where he also addresses the Russian military (in their language): “I offer you a choice : we give you the chance to live. If you surrender we will treat you with dignity. As your army has never treated you. As your army does not treat our people. ”
The repression in Moscow. The darkness after the arrest: insults and torture in the Russian police stations
by our correspondent Rosalba Castelletti
What certainly does not stop is the number of refugees: according to the latest data provided by UNHCR, almost 3 million have now escaped from the country (to be exact 2,969,600). While the city of Kharkiv suffered 65 bombings in one day, the Kherson region is now in Russian hands and in Mariupol patients and hospital staff are held hostage by enemy troops. The bombs continue to fall on Dnipro and also on the center of Kiev: where this morning a residential building was hit and there are at least 4 dead and 5 injured. Also for this reason a 36-hour curfew will be imposed in the capital tonight: from 20 today to 7 on Thursday. The mayor announced it Vitaly Klitschkothe same one who officially invited with a letter Pope francesco in his torn city.
The repression in Moscow. The darkness after the arrest: insults and torture in the Russian police stations
by our correspondent Rosalba Castelletti
A symbolic invitation: there are certainly no conditions for a visit by the pontiff, who in turn responded with a message in which he says he is “close to the sufferings of the city and its people, praying that they are protected from violence”). In the capital, however, someone is actually arriving: the Polish premier Mateusz Morawieckihis deputy Jaroslaw Kazcynski and the Slovenian premier Janez Janša. Left Poland by train to meet Zelensky. A mission that serves to reaffirm the support of the European Union for Ukrainian sovereignty. Unless you arrive first Ramzan Kadyrov: the bloodthirsty Chechen leader who on video claimed to be with his militiamen “near Kiev: I try to kill the entire government with my men”.
In this situation, Europeans do not find it better for now than to tighten the sanctions even more. The European council has launched a fourth package: this time, targeting steel products and luxury goods such as cars and jewelry. London and Washington, however, this time sanction vodka and caviar. However, actions to which the usual spokesman for the Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov reacted with defiant words: arguing that the sanctions are not at all “crushing the Russian economy: Every difficulty is an opportunity for development”.
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by our correspondent Rosalba Castelletti
In any case, Moscow has responded by imposing sanctions in turn: against the American president Joe Biden – who will come to Europe on 24 March to participate in the NATO summit – and then against the Secretary of State, Antony Blink, the secretary of defense Lloyd Austin and the head of the United States Major States Mark Milley, as well as other ministers and various personalities. The Canadian premier is also in the sights Justin Trudeau.
Finally, in the field there are new victims among the journalists: the cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski of the American Fox News, was hit in the same attack that wounded the correspondent of the network Benjamin Halland the Ukrainian journalist Oleksandra Kuvshynova.