Here are the highlights of the last 24 hours regarding the war in Ukraine:
– Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Thursday in Tallinn that any “pause” in Ukraine’s defense against Russian invasion would only help Moscow rearm and allow it to “crush” Ukraine.
– Hundreds of people gathered in kyiv on Thursday, despite the bitter cold, to pay tribute to a young poet and soldier, Maksym Kryvtsov, whose death on the front moved Ukraine.
Responding to the nom de guerre “Dali”, the latter was killed on Sunday at the age of 33. He joined the army as a volunteer in 2022, after the start of the Russian invasion, and notably served as a machine gunner.
– Ukrainian deputies on Thursday postponed the examination of a controversial bill on military mobilization, the army being faced with the problem of replenishing its ranks after almost two years of war with Russia.
– Two Russian missiles struck a hotel in Kharkiv, in northeastern Ukraine, on Wednesday evening, injuring at least 13 people, including two foreign journalists, Ukrainian authorities announced Thursday.