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Ukraine war
Airstrikes on Kharkiv – Hundreds of thousands in Kyiv need immediate evacuation
A look at the damage after a shelling hit a sports hall in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city
© Yurii Kochubei/DPA
Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine continues. The parties to the conflict plan to meet again for negotiations on Monday. Follow the news situation and background information in the live blog.
The war in Ukraine lasted twelve days and the Russian attacks continued. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has again asked Western partners to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine. It is a human duty to protect people, he said in a video message on Sunday. In addition, Zelenskyj asked for fighter planes so that the country could defend itself.
Meanwhile, more and more people have fled Ukraine. The UN refugee agency UNHCR counts 1.5 million refugees. The organization said it was the “fastest-growing refugee crisis since World War II.”
The most important news of the day in brief:
- the rescue of civilians out of town Mariupol is a second time failed. Russia accused Ukraine of failing to comply with the agreed ceasefire.
- In Poland According to the border guards, they have been in Ukraine since the beginning of the war 922,400 refugees arrived from the neighboring country.
- Germany registered since the beginning of the war 37,786 refugee Ukrainians.
- The Ministry of Defense in Moscow announced that Russian forces and pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country brought more than a dozen localities under their control had. The information cannot be independently verified.
- International attempts to resolve the conflict diplomatically continue. France’s President Emmanuel Macron and the Turkish head of state Recep Tayyip Erdogan to have phoned Putin.
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