At the Azovstal steelworks, in the strategic port city of Mariupol, work continues to evacuate all the soldiers who have been stranded for weeks in the bombed steelworks. At least 7 buses with Ukrainian fighters on board have left the steel mill in these hours, escorted by pro-Russian forces. It is believed that there were about 600 soldiers inside the steel mill and, according to Ukraine, 264 have already left the facility: fifty-three, seriously wounded, were taken to Novoazovsk and another 211 in Olenivka, to self-proclaimed medical facilities. pro-Russian republic of Donetsk. And Ukraine was “forced” to exchange Ukrainian soldiers wounded by the Azovstal in Mariupol with Russian prisoners of war, “since there was no other way to save them.” According to the president of the Russian Duma Vyacheslav Volodin, the soldiers “should not be exchanged, but tried as war criminals”.
Meanwhile, the International Criminal Court has sent a team of 42 investigators, forensic scientists and other support staff to Ukraine to investigate any war crimes committed during the conflict. The West is heading towards “a kind of energy suicide” with the imposition of sanctions against Russian supplies. “In the long term it will suffer the consequences, it is causing damage to the European economy,” said Russian President Putin speaking to Russian oil companies.
Yesterday evening the Ukrainian president spoke on video link at the Cannes Film Festival comparing the famous character of Charlie Chaplin to Vladimir Putin: “The dictator will lose,” he said, before a second cinematic quote: “I love the smell of napalm in the morning », One of the most famous phrases of Apocalypse Now, to denounce the atrocities committed by the Russian army.
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00.05 – Russian media: the Duma evaluates the withdrawal from WHO and WTO
According to Russian media, the Duma is considering withdrawing from the World Health Organization and the World Trade Organization. This was reported by the newspaper Kommersant citing the vice president of the assembly, Pyotr Tolstoy.
00.01 – US works with allies to develop grain supply routes from Ukraine
The Biden administration is working closely with European allies to try to develop routes to get Ukrainian wheat and corn out of the country, after Russia blocked Ukrainian ships of grain that is vital for food supply in Ukraine. all over the world, especially in Africa and the Middle East. CNN reports it.
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