Volodymyr Zelensky warns that Ukraine will lose the war against Russia if the US aid of 60 billion dollars wanted by Joe Biden remains blocked in Congress due to opposition from the Republican camp.
“If Congress does not help Ukraine, Ukraine will lose the war,” the Ukrainian president said in a serious tone during a videoconference this Sunday.
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War in Ukraine: attacks in Russia are increasing
ZELENSKY WARNS US CONGRESS
“If Congress does not help Ukraine, Ukraine will lose the war,” warned Volodymyr Zelensky during a videoconference exchange with ambassadors from the government fundraising platform, United24. American aid of $60 billion, wanted by Joe Biden, is still blocked in Congress due to opposition from the Republican camp.
VON DER LEYEN DENOUNCES RUSSIA’S “HYBRID ATTACKS”
“Russia does not only seek to wipe Ukraine off the face of the earth”, “Russia’s aggression is broader” with “hybrid attacks against Europe“, “the manipulation of social networks or the instrumentalization of migrants”judged the President of the European Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen, from Athens (Greece).
As polls predict a surge of the far right in the European elections on June 9, the leader warned that “Putin’s friends are trying to rewrite our history (…) whether in the guise of populists or demagogues“.
THE RUSSIANS “PUSHED” AROUND CHASSIV IAR
The situation around Tchassiv Iar (in the east of the country), a small town located west of Bakhmut which is the target of Russian attacks, is “difficult and tense“, the Ukrainian army said on Sunday, which however affirmed that the Russians had been “pushed back“.
Moscow has intensified its pressure around Chassiv Yar in recent days, with this key locality now located “under constant fire”, according to kyiv. This city, perched on a height, extends less than 30 kilometers southeast of Kramatorsk, the main city in the region under Ukrainian control and an important railway and logistics hub for the Ukrainian army.
LAVROV IN CHINA MONDAY AND TUESDAY
The head of Russian diplomacy Sergei Lavrov will make an official visit Monday and Tuesday to China, Moscow’s key diplomatic and economic partner, his services announced in a press release on Sunday.
“On April 8 and 9, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergei Lavrov, will pay an official visit to the People’s Republic of China, during which discussions with (his Chinese counterpart, editor’s note) (…) Wang Yi are planned“, indicated the Russian ministry.
TROOPS ON THE GROUND, ZELENSKY SAYS “NO”
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky has indicated that he “cannot call all the armies of the world to participate in the war“, otherwise what “Russia will raise its voice“.
Ground troops in Ukraine: Zelensky speaksSource : TF1 Info
THE SITUATION POINT
– New drone attack on Kharkiv: As in recent days, the city in northeastern Ukraine was once again hit by a drone attack during the night from Saturday to Sunday. Three people were injured by a Russian operation of this type, according to Ukrainian authorities. The day before, eight other victims died after drone strikes on the city, particularly targeted by the Russian army.
– Zelensky wants a summit for peace: the Ukrainian president announced his desire to bring together 80 to 100 countries for an upcoming world summit on peace. “Jhe thinks this is the number of countries that can at least try to force Russia into a fair peace“, he continued. The Kremlin has already indicated that it would not participate in a meeting of this type. The Ukrainian leader calls on the international community to find a date to organize this summit.
– Warning from Washington towards Chinese companies: visiting China since Thursday, the American Secretary of the Treasury, Janet Yellen, stressed that “companies, especially Chinese ones, must not provide material support to Russia’s war against Ukraine, to the Russian defense industry“and threatened with”significant consequences“those who would do so, according to a press release from the US Treasury.
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A double attack by missiles and then by Russian drones left six dead and more than a dozen injured during the night from Friday to Saturday in Kharkiv (north-east), Ukraine’s second city, according to the authorities. Elsewhere in Ukraine, several Russian strikes in the Donetsk region on Saturday afternoon caused “three dead and two injured”according to regional authorities.
In Kharkiv, “six people were killed and 11 injured as a result of the nighttime enemy missile attack”the Kharkiv prosecutor’s office said on social media on Saturday morning. “At approximately 12:20 a.m. (10:20 p.m. GMT), Russian armed forces launched their missiles at the residential area of Shevchenkivskyi”located in the north of the city, he said, adding that the attack had damaged “apartments, administrative buildings, dormitories, a nursery, shops and cafes”.
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“Russian terror against Kharkiv does not stop”condemned Volodymyr Zelensky in a message published on Telegram, once again calling on kyiv’s allies to provide him with more air defense systems.
The Kharkiv police reported two S-300 missiles fired at the sleeping city, then a second attack on the emergency response sites, this time carried out by drones which were shot down by the defense. anti-aircraft, according to her. Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov initially indicated that the six dead were killed by Iranian-made drones.
For its part, the Russian Ministry of Defense indicated in a press release that it had targeted and “touch” of the “enterprises of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex”. The Kharkiv attack came shortly after two other attacks in comparable circumstances in less than 48 hours.
Furthermore, a Russian strike on Saturday in the Kharkiv region left one dead and one injured, regional governor Oleg Synegoubov said on Telegram. “Civilian infrastructure has been damaged”he said, without giving further details.