The images inside the ruined theater of Mariupol, bombarded by the Russian army
Three weeks after the start of the war in Ukraine, on March 16, the Mariupol theater was bombed by Russian aircraft, killing nearly 300 people according to local authorities. The theater housed hundreds of civilians, including women and children. Here the images of the blackened walls and the floor strewn with rubble.
Russian-Ukrainian talks open in Istanbul
New negotiations begin this Tuesday in Istanbul, while the Ukrainian forces claim to resist Russian assaults on major cities and even to have regained ground.
Russian negotiators arrived in Turkey on Monday, where a previous negotiating session had already taken place on March 10, at the level of foreign ministers, but had not resulted in any progress. The discussions then continued by videoconference.
One of the important points of the negotiations concerns “security guarantees and neutrality, the nuclear-free status of our state”, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told Russian media on Sunday.
The Wagner Group deployed in eastern Ukraine
Russian mercenaries from Wagner group deployed in eastern Ukraine, the British Ministry of Defense said on Monday, which estimates that more than 1,000 fighters from the sulphurous paramilitary company could be brought to fight in the country.
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Zelensky confirms “liberation” of the city of Irpin
In a video posted on social networks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirms the release of Irpin, a town located about twenty kilometers from the capital.
“Today we have good news. Our soldiers are advancing in the kyiv region, and regaining control of Ukrainian territory. We have liberated Irpin. Good job.”
Amnesty International calls Russian invasion of Ukraine a ‘rehearsal’ of war in Syria
The Russian invasion in Ukraine is a “repeat” of Syria with a “multiplication of war crimes” for more than a month of conflict, Amnesty International warned during the presentation this Tuesday in Johannesburg of its 2021-2022 report .
“What is happening in Ukraine is a repetition of what we have seen in Syria,” said the secretary general of the NGO, Agnès Callamard. “We are in intentional attacks on civilian infrastructure, homes”, bombings of schools, she castigated, accusing Russia of allowing humanitarian corridors to turn them into a “death trap”.
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Good morning all!
And welcome to this live dedicated to the 34th day of the war in Ukraine.