Tanks have been rolling in Ukraine for two weeks, and people have been dying in the Eastern European country. In the early morning there should be a new ceasefire and escape corridors for the population of several embattled cities. Follow the latest developments in the star-Live blog.
The Russian attacks on Ukraine continued on Wednesday night. In the evening, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed MPs in the British House of Commons with a speech broadcast from Kyiv by video.
“We will fight to the end, at sea, in the air,” said Zelenskyy. “We will continue to fight for our country, whatever the cost, in the forests, in the fields, on the banks, on the streets.” With similar words, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill pledged his country to defense against Nazi Germany in June 1940 in the House of Commons.
The transfer of Polish Mig-29 combat aircraft to Ukraine is proving difficult. The US Pentagon rejected Poland’s offer to first hand over the planes to the US before they were taken to Ukraine as “untenable”. There are concerns that this could be interpreted by Putin as NATO entering the war directly.
The most important news of the day in brief:
- Ukraine true six corridors to rescue civilians
- evacuation off Sumy to be continued
- USA: Poland’s offer for the delivery of MiG-29 jets “untenable”
- Rating agency Fitch classifies Russia as “immediately before default” a