Officials said two bombs rocked the southeastern city of Mariupol as Russian troops entered the area.
office Mariupolcity in southeastern Ukraine, said “two super-powerful bombs” exploded and rocked the city on March 22, amid efforts to evacuate civilians. “Clearly the enemy is not interested in Mariupol. They want to erase it and turn it into ashes,” the city council said in a statement, without mentioning casualties or infrastructure.
Ukraine criticized Russian troops for blocking convoys of food and essential supplies to Mariupol, as well as buses carrying people to evacuate. “We demand the opening of a humanitarian corridor for civilians. The Ukrainian army bravely defends the city, we will not accept an ultimatum,” Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on television.
Smoke rises from an industrial area in Mariupol, Ukraine, in this photo released on March 22. Photo: Reuters.
The Russian military has not yet commented on the information. Moscow has repeatedly denied accusations of attacking civilians, insisting it only targeted military targets, and accusing Ukrainian nationalist forces of sabotaging humanitarian corridors.
Mariupol, with its strategic location on the shores of the Sea of Azov, has been the target of a siege by Russian troops since early March. About 400,000 residents are believed to be still trapped in the city amid the shooting without electricity. , water and heating systems.
Russian media quoted an official from eastern Ukraine as saying that half of the city was under their control.
Kiev also accused Moscow of blocking the arrival of the humanitarian aid convoy Kherson, the largest city controlled by the Russian military since the start of military operations in Ukraine. Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says 300,000 residents in Kherson are running out of food.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby says Ukraine’s military is open multiple counter attacks, rather than just focusing on defense. “They are trying to push the enemy away from areas controlled by Russian troops. We are seeing this happening more often in the last days,” he said.
US officials refuse to confirm information that Ukrainian troops have retaken the city Makariv near the capital Kiev after days of fighting with Russian troops.
The city of Makariv, about 50 kilometers west of Kiev, is considered a strategic location on the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital. Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said Russian forces would not be able to close the siege of Kiev from the northwest without taking control of the city.
The governor of Ukraine’s southeastern Dnipro province said a rocket attack destroyed the city’s train station pavlohradresulted in the death of one person.
Unnamed US and NATO officials told CNN that Belarus may soon join the Russian military campaign and the country is taking steps to prepare for this move. Minsk has previously repeatedly denied the possibility of fighting in Ukraine.
The emergence of the Ukrainian battlefield after 26 days of fighting. graphic: NY Times.
US President Joe Biden Confirmed that Russia fired a hypersonic missile. The Pentagon previously announced that it had detected Russia using the Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic missile against a target in Ukraine, confirming that the US military was able to track the flight of this weapon.
“Russia just launched a hypersonic missile because that’s the only thing they can be sure of to penetrate enemy air defenses. It is a high-impact weapon, but uses the same warhead as other missiles. The Russian missile has already been launched, so it doesn’t make much difference except it’s nearly impossible to intercept,” Biden said.
An unnamed US official said There is no strong indication yet that Russia will deploy chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine, but Washington is monitoring intelligence closely. The comments came a day after President Biden suggested that Moscow was considering the use of chemical and biological weapons in operations in Ukraine, but provided no evidence.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said: nearly 3.6 million Ukrainians have been evacuated to neighboring countries Since the outbreak of hostilities, the scale of the current crisis “far exceeds the worst-case scenario ever considered”. More than 10 million people, more than a quarter of the population in areas controlled by Kiev before the conflict, have been displaced.
Vu Anh (Based on Reuters, AFP)
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