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Kiev wants unconditional talks, the US says Russia sends more troops to Ukraine

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People in Mariupol. Photo: AP

According to Reuters and CNN news agency, negotiator Mykhailo Podolyak of Ukraine Yesterday (April 20) said: “negotiations can be one-on-one, two-on-two, to save our people, the Azov battalion, the army, civilians, children, those left alive and wounded”.

Ukraine accused Russian forces yesterday of not complying with a local ceasefire long enough for large numbers of women, children and elderly people to leave Mariupol.

Meanwhile, the last warriors entrenched in Azovstal steel plant ignored Russia’s arms-laydown deadline. Negotiator David Arakhamia said he and Podolyak were in regular contact with Ukrainian forces in the city of Mariupol. He said: “Today, in conversation with the defenders of Mariupol, the proposal of direct, on-the-spot negotiations was made, on the evacuation of our military garrisons. As for them. We are ready to come at any time to negotiate as soon as we receive confirmation from the Russian side.”

Azov battalion commander Svyatoslav Palamar said that the troops in Mariupol with their small arms were ready to evacuate with the help of a third party to “evacuate the wounded, take the bodies of the dead. dead and bury them with honor in territory not yet controlled by the Russians.”

Ukrainian President Zelensky said that about 120,000 people are still trapped in Mariupol. He also said that Ukrainian forces do not have enough powerful weapons to defeat Russia in this port city.

Russia has not yet responded to Ukraine’s proposal.

Russia sent more troops, controlling most of Luhansk

A senior US defense official said on April 20 that Russia added 17 tactical battalion groups (BTGs) to Ukraine last week and four more groups were deployed in the past 24 hours. According to the US assessment, there are currently 82 BTG groups inside Ukraine, out of the 4 newly deployed groups, three have gone east, into the Donbass region.

The head of the regional military government Luhansk Serhii Haidai said that 80% of Luhansk territory is currently under Russian control. According to him, if Ukraine does not resist, Russia certainly does not stop here and will continue to push.

Speaking to CNN reporter Becky Anderson from an undisclosed location, the official said phase two of the war had already begun, but warned it was not yet a full-fledged war.

Norway donates air and missile defense systems to Ukraine

Norwegian Defense Minister Bjorn Arild Gram said on April 20 that Norway had donated a Mistral air defense system and 100 anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine. The air defense system is an effective weapon and will bring great benefits to Ukraine, he said.

Minister Gram said that the Mistral system has been gradually phased out by the Norwegian military, but it is still a modern and effective weapon, bringing benefits to Ukraine. The weapons have been sent.

Previously, Norway donated 4,000 anti-tank missiles and some types of protective equipment as well as military equipment to Ukraine.

US begins training Ukrainian troops to use new weapons

AP news agency quoted a senior defense official of the America The training of Ukrainians in the use of American 155mm cannons has begun in a European country outside Ukraine, kicking off efforts to allow the Ukrainian military to use new US-supplied artillery in the war in the region. Donbass, east of the country.

The US official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that 18 US 155mm cannons were delivered to their destination yesterday and more guns were being shipped.

These artillery systems will be shipped directly to Ukraine, and training for Ukrainians in its use is underway somewhere in Europe.

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