Tracking the newest with the continued invasion of Ukraine by Russia…
Russian forces are continuing to advance in path of Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, in what’s seen as a direct attack on the capital and seat of Ukrainian authorities. President Zelenskyy claimed in a recorded broadcast that Russian troops “would try to take” the capital city Kyiv during the evening.
“ Extra will be tougher than the day. Many cities of our state are under assault.”
As the UN Security Council mount a vote to condemn the Russian attack on Ukraine, Russia vetoes the vote from going down. Russia is still a member of the security council, still traditionally known as the ’Soviet Union’ within the council minutes.
China abstained from the vote, a transfer diplomatic pundits see as a win for supporting Russia’s worldwide isolation. The UAE and India additionally abstained from the Council vote on the US-drafted text. The remaining 11 council members voted in favour of ‘condemnation’.
Following the veto, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has known as on troopers in Russia’s struggle on Ukraine to “return to their barracks” in one other procedural comment following Thursday’s invasion.
“We must not ever surrender. We must give peace one other probability.”
Ukraine officials are trying to fulfill with Russian officials to dealer a ceasefire. A spokesperson for the Ukrainian President Zelenskyy says they are keen to have discussions over a ceasefire.
The Kremlin announced earlier yesterday (Moscow time) that “it had provided to fulfill with Ukrainian officials in the Belarusian capital Minsk, however that Ukraine had as an alternative proposed Warsaw as an alternative venue, leading to a stand-off. But said…
“Ukraine was and stays prepared to speak about a ceasefire and peace.”
It’s been estimated that greater than 50,000 Ukrainians have already fled Ukraine into bordering nations because the combating began.
In the south of Ukraine, Russian warships have shelled two foreign-flagged ships – a Moldovan-flagged chemical tanker and a Panamanian-flagged cargo ship. Both have been preparing to dump grain on the Odessa port in the Black Sea.
On Thursday, a Turkish-owned Yasa Jupiter cargo ship was shelled off Odessa as nicely.
The US, regardless of relatively muted sanctions up to date, has now announced it will specifically sanction the Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Meanwhile, again in the US, the White House has asked Congress to approve US$6.four billion in funding to address the Ukraine disaster. US$2.9 billion would be for security and humanitarian assistance and one other US$3.5 billion for the Department of Defense..