An exciting day. President Ukrainian Volodymyr Zhelensky traveled forward as fighting continued near Siverodonetsk. FranceInfo looks back at the highlights of the day on the battlefield in Ukraine.
Volodymyr Zhelensky goes to the front row
Volodymyr Zhelensky, who had been stranded in Kiev for several weeks at the start of the conflict when the capital was threatened by the Russian military, visited troops in the Mikholev and Odessa regions off the coast of the country preferred by Moscow. Black Sea, according to the President of Ukraine.
He thanked the motivated soldiers of the Russian troops who supported him in the east from the annexed Crimea. “Heroic Service”. “It is important that you are alive. As long as you are alive, there is a strong Ukrainian wall protecting our country.”He told them.
A video released by the president, with local governor Vitaly Kim in Mykolayiv, shows 37 people killed in a Russian strike in March in front of the intersection of the regional administration’s headquarters.
Westerners accuse Russia of threatening the world with famine
Westerners have accused Russia of exploiting grains as well as hydrocarbons. “Russia has turned the Black Sea into a war zone, preventing the shipment of grain and fertilizer from Ukraine” When applying “Allocation” Joseph Borel, head of European diplomacy, condemns its own exports and blames Moscow “Blackmail”.
“It is necessary to allow the resumption of Ukrainian exports by boat”One to avoid “World Food Disaster”He added.
Fighting continues near Severodonetsk
Further north, fierce fighting has erupted near Severdonetsk in the Donbass region, which has been partly controlled by pro-Russian separatists since 2014 and has targeted itself, including Russia, after failing to capture kyiv in the first weeks of its offensive, which began on February 24. Taking full control.
“Fierce battles are fought near Chevrolet Donetsk”The Russians there “Try to break”Said Sergei Kaitoy, governor of the Lukansk East region. The governor also said that the neighboring city is Liszansk “Severe bombing”. Russians “It can’t be approached, which is why they are firing on the city with airstrikes.”
Serguiï Gaidaï also mentioned “More destruction” More than 500 civilians, including 38 children, are missing at the Azot chemical plant in the besieged Severodonetsk.
Five killed in Ukraine shelling in Donetsk
Pro-Russian officials in Donetsk, a self-proclaimed “republic” of the Donbass region that has escaped kyiv control since 2014, say for their part five people were killed and 12 wounded in Ukrainian bombings over the city. Among the general public. “Early in the morning, a massive shelling of the enemy [ont visé] The capital of the Donetsk People’s Republic “They wrote.
Pro-Russian forces say 200 155 mm caliber artillery shells fell in several districts of the city on Saturday. According to Russian news agencies, the bomber struck shortly after noon in front of a cinema and a hotel.
Donetsk is the real capital of the self-proclaimed “republic” of Donetsk in the Donbass coal field. The area, which has been partially controlled by pro-Russian separatists since 2014, has been the subject of intense fighting between the Ukrainian military and Russian and pro-Russian forces.
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