On Tuesday morning there were heavy explosions in the Ukrainian capital.
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Munich The European Union has sent a signal of solidarity with Ukraine in the midst of hostilities. Despite Russian attacks on Kyiv just hours earlier, the leaders of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia made their way to a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv.
According to the Polish government, the train carrying Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, his deputy Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala and his Slovenian counterpart Janez Jansa has already crossed the Polish-Ukrainian border in the direction of Kyiv.
“The purpose of the visit is to express the European Union’s unequivocal support for Ukraine and its freedom and independence,” Czech Prime Minister Fiala wrote on Twitter. A wide package of support for Ukraine and its citizens will be presented during the trip.
Peace talks resume
At noon went to that According to Ukrainian negotiator and presidential adviser Mykhailo Podoliak peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. It’s about a ceasefire and a troop withdrawal from Ukraine, he tweeted.
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The talks were adjourned on Monday due to a “technical break”. His delegation did a good job, said Ukrainian President Zelensky on Tuesday night.
According to the Kremlin, it is a positive sign that talks with representatives of Ukraine are continuing. However, it is difficult to predict what the results might be, said Russian Presidential Office spokesman Dmitry Peskov in Moscow. He admits that there are difficulties in the Russian economy. But difficulties could also open up new opportunities.
A rescue worker tends to a resident after a Russian attack on Kyiv early Tuesday morning. Mayor Vitali Klitschko imposed a curfew on the capital, which will apply from the evening.
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According to Ukrainian sources, Russia had attacked Kyiv in the morning. Two heavy explosions shook the city. Shock waves from an explosion damaged the entrance to a downtown subway station, which was also used as a shelter from Russian attacks. The information cannot be independently verified.
Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko imposed a long curfew on the city. From Tuesday evening, 7:00 p.m. (CET) to Thursday morning, 6:00 a.m. (CET), residents are only allowed to leave their homes to seek shelter in shelters and bunkers, Klitschko wrote on the Telegram news channel.
Exceptions therefore only apply to people with special ID cards. “That’s why I call on all Kievans to prepare for the fact that they have to stay at home for two days or in the shelter in the event of an alarm,” emphasized Klitschko.
Russia continues attacks unabated
In other regions, too, Russia carried out its attacks with undiminished severity. Sirens warned of fresh airstrikes in several parts of the country, including in Odessa in southern Ukraine and Chernihiv in northern Ukraine.
According to the UN children’s charity Unicef, the hospital in the Ukrainian city of Lviv (Lemberg) on the Polish border is overwhelmed by the number of injured children arriving from embattled regions. Unicef and the World Health Organization (WHO) are trying to supply this and other hospitals with material.
The UNHCR refugee agency is sending two ambulances from a warehouse in Dubai to Ukraine as humanitarian aid.
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According to Ukrainian sources, 19 people died and nine were injured in an attack on a television tower near the north-western Ukrainian city of Rivne. The information cannot be independently verified.
The Ukrainian general staff announced that the Russian advance was halting across the country. The Ukrainian attacks on supply lines had an effect. More than 13,500 Russian soldiers have been killed since the war began on February 24. According to the General Staff, Ukrainian forces also destroyed more than 400 tanks and around 1,300 armored vehicles, as well as 81 combat aircraft and 95 helicopters. Again, this information cannot be independently verified.
The port city of Mariupol is still heavily contested. According to their own statements, Ukrainian troops repelled a Russian advance. About 150 attackers were killed and two tanks and several armored vehicles were destroyed, the Ukrainian General Staff said.
Artillery fire and air raids were said to have destroyed further military equipment and fired on advancing enemy columns. The ultra-nationalist Azov battalion posted photos of destroyed Russian military vehicles on its Telegram channel. The information cannot be independently verified.
Russia declares control of Kherson region
Russia also reported military advances. According to the Russian news agency Interfax, the Moscow Ministry of Defense announced that it had gained full control over the entire Kherson region in the south. Combat information cannot be independently verified.
According to the British Ministry of Defence, Russia could aim for a separatist area in Cherson. The ministry said Russia may be planning to set up a pro-Russian government in the city occupied by Russian troops.
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The aim is to exercise “political control” in Ukrainian areas. Accordingly, Russia could try to hold a “referendum” in Kherson to legitimize the area as a “breakaway republic” along the lines of the separatist areas in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions and on the Crimean peninsula annexed by Russia.
This is how the Handelsblatt reports on the Ukraine war:
Ukrainian authorities on Tuesday set up nine “humanitarian corridors” from Kyiv and other cities to bring civilians from embattled towns and villages across the country to safety.
Among them is a renewed attempt to evacuate the besieged port city of Mariupol in the southeast. Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Wereschuk said on Tuesday that a convoy with dozens of tons of aid was trying to reach the badly damaged city from Berdyansk, around 70 kilometers away.
According to the UN, more than three million people have already fled abroad. This figure was given by the UN Organization for Migration (IOM). The United Nations has described the exodus of refugees from the country as Europe’s biggest refugee crisis since World War II.
Thousands of people have been killed in fighting and bombing since the Russian invasion on February 24. Russia describes its actions in Ukraine as a “special operation to denazify” the neighboring country. The US and its allies see this as a pretext for an unjustified attack on the ex-Soviet republic.
With agency material
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