Moment by moment with the developments in Ukraine Lukashenko warns of World War III / Zelensky: The next 24 hours are crucial
According to Fars News Agency’s International Service, five days after the operation in Ukraine, Kremlin officials say they are still ready to talk to Ukraine about Russia’s security concerns, in response to which Ukrainian officials have apparently refused to talk to Russian officials. They are trying to isolate Russia in the international community through sanctions and cuts off access to the Swift interbank system.
On the other hand, some news sources have reported the siege of the Ukrainian capital Kiev and say that more armored vehicles than the Russian army are on their way to Kiev.
The thirteenth part of the moment-by-moment developments in Ukraine can be followed below:
00:09 The Russian-led Security Council, chaired by Russia, voted in favor of convening a general assembly to review the Ukraine crisis on Monday, Russia Today reported. The Speaker of the General Assembly also approved the meeting to be held on Monday morning, local time, in accordance with a Security Council resolution.
00:15 The Guardian reports that the British government is seeking to ban Russian ships from docking in British ports.
00:16 The French Foreign Ministry warned its citizens that they must leave Russia immediately.
00:17 The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense announced that the city of Odessa on the Black Sea is under fire from the Russian army.
00:30 Ukraine’s representative to the UN Security Council says 16 children have been killed since the start of the Russian military operation. He also claimed that 4,300 Russian troops had been killed. The Russian envoy said that Russia was carrying out a violent attack on Ukraine, adding that the Russian army was using a variety of heavy weapons, including missiles.
00:36 In an interview with the Associated Press, Ukrainian Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that Kiev was under siege and that it was not possible to evacuate civilians at this time.
According to the Tass news agency, he also acknowledged that government officials did not have complete control over civil defense battalions equipped with weapons.
00:44 The Saudi newspaper reported on a phone call between Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and French President Emmanuel Macron about Ukraine and its impact on the energy market.
00:47 The European Union is seeking sanctions against Russian business and political figures, including Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Al Jazeera reported, citing Bloomberg News.
00:50 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called on Vladimir Putin to order Russian nuclear deterrents to be on the lookout for confusion and distraction from what is happening in Ukraine.
00:56 Russian airline Aeroflot has suspended all flights across Europe.
01:32 Al Jazeera reported that sirens sounded in the Ukrainian capital after a loud explosion.
01:34 Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Meqdad blamed the West’s anti-Russian obsession for escalating tensions in the world and distorting the facts. He stressed that the policy of the United States and its allies is based on lies, misinformation and distortion of the past and present. Their stimulated media and political propaganda to maintain chaos in the world is in the interest of criminals, terrorists and neo-Nazis.
01:41 EU foreign policy chief Joseph Borrell says the bloc will provide fighter jets to Ukraine at the expense of Brussels.
“EU members have agreed to send € 450 million worth of deadly weapons to Ukraine,” Borrell told a news conference after an emergency video conference of EU foreign ministers. The European Union is also set to send another 50 million euros in non-lethal weapons, fuel and defense equipment to Ukraine.
01:49 Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko has warned of harsh Western sanctions against Russia, saying they could lead to a third world war.
“There is a lot of talk right now about the banking sector, oil and gas and Swift,” he was quoted as saying by local Belarusian media. These are worse than war. “This could push Russia into World War III.”
02:47 Brent crude traded up $ 7 at $ 105 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
02:53 “Of course, Russia still has friends in the world,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a televised interview with Russia’s Channel One in response to a question from the network’s host about whether Russia still has friends in the world. We have friends. Russia still has friends around the world. “China, for example.”
He added: Look at the reaction of the giants of the world. Although they do not want to introduce themselves as giants, they are in fact giants. Especially China. You must have seen these reactions.
03:06 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelinski announced a telephone conversation with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Polish President Andrzej Duda on Sunday evening. “I spoke with the British Prime Minister and the President of Poland about the security situation,” he wrote on his Twitter account. We agreed on further measures to counter the attacker. The anti-war coalition is in action.
03:16 The Office of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom announced that Boris Johnson had said in a telephone conversation with the President of Ukraine that he would do his utmost to send defense aid to Ukraine and its European allies.
According to the report, Zelensky also stressed that the next 24 hours are very important for Ukraine.
03:24 A reporter for the Times of Israel quoted Israeli sources as saying that the United States was disappointed with Tel Aviv’s decision not to support last week’s UN Security Council resolution.
03:20 Al-Jazeera reports quoting the Ukrainian news agency: Ukrainian forces bombed a Russian military convoy near the Makarov area, 60 km from Kiev.
03:37 “The European Union wants to make Ukraine a member of the European Union, and Ukraine is one of us,” European Commission President Ursula van der Alle told a European network.
03:40 Alexander Nebenzia, Russia’s permanent representative to the United Nations, told a Security Council meeting that he had provided “incorrect information” and “fake news” on social media about Russia’s special military operations in Ukraine, including the bombing of civilians.
According to Sputnik news agency, he added: “Today we are witnessing an information war against Russia on social networks.” There is no evidence that Russia is targeting civilian infrastructure. On social media, you can easily see tutorials that teach you how to spread fake news to undermine our military operations. In total there are more than 1.2 million fake news and misinformation on Ukrainian social networks.
Nebenzia also stressed that there is ample evidence that Kiev is using civilians as human shields, in violation of international humanitarian law and has so far been ignored by Western politicians and the foreign media.
Pointing out that these are terrorist tactics, he stressed that the responsibility for the consequences lies with the crazy Ukrainian government.
03:51 China’s representative to the Security Council stressed that the United Nations should help cool the situation in Ukraine and that Beijing would support diplomatic efforts in this regard.
04:22 The American company Google announced the temporary suspension of its online map service (google map) in Ukraine. Google claims that these measures were taken for security reasons and in consultation with Ukrainian field officials.
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