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Zelenskyy cautions Russia is considering other nations after Ukraine

Zelenskyy warns Russia is considering other countries after Ukraine

KYIV/MARIUPOL: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy cautioned that Russia’s intrusion of his nation was simply the beginning which Moscow has designs on catching other countries, after a Russian general stated it wants complete control over southern Ukraine.
“All the nations that, like us, believe in the victory of life over death should fight with us. They must help us, due to the fact that we are the first in line. And who will come next?” Zelenskyy stated in a video address late on Friday.
Rustam Minnekayev, deputy commander of Russia’s main military district, was estimated by Russian state news agencies as saying complete control over southern Ukraine would give it access to Transnistria, a breakaway Russian-occupied part of Moldova in the west.
That would cut off Ukraine’s entire shoreline and mean Russian forces pushing hundreds of miles west beyond existing lines, past the major Ukrainian seaside cities of Mykolaiv and Odesa.
The declaration was one of the most in-depth about Moscow’s aspirations in Ukraine and suggests Russia does not prepare to wind down its offensive there anytime soon.
On Twitter, Ukraine’s defence ministry stated Minnekayev’s remarks revealed Russia was no longer hiding its objectives.
Moscow, it said, had now “acknowledged that the objective of the ‘2nd phase’ of the war is not victory over the mythical Nazis, but simply the profession of eastern and southern Ukraine. Imperialism as it is.”
Russia says it is conducting a “unique military operation” to demilitarise Ukraine and free its population from harmful nationalists. Ukraine and its Western allies call Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion an unjustified war of aggression.
Moldova’s foreign ministry stated it had summoned Moscow’s ambassador on Friday to express “deep issue” about the general’s comments. Moldova was neutral, it stated. Moldova last month applied to join the European Union, charting a pro-Western course accelerated by Russia’s intrusion.
U.S. State Department spokesperson Jalina Porter stated Washington strongly supported Moldova’s sovereignty.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov declined to comment when asked if Russia had broadened the goals of its operation and how Moscow saw the political future of southern Ukraine.
As U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken fulfilled Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal in Washington, Zelenskyy said allies were finally delivering the weapons Kyiv had actually asked for.
President Joe Biden stated on Thursday he had licensed a further $800 million in military aid for Ukraine, consisting of heavy weapons, ammunition and drones. Canada said on Friday it had actually offered more heavy weapons to Ukraine.
A senior EU authorities stated the next number of weeks would likely be definitive.
“We are most likely to see a very considerable boost in the strength of Russian military attacks in the east (and on) the coast,” he told press reporters.
Ukraine’s military stated Russian forces had actually increased attacks along the frontline in the east and were attempting an offensive in the Kharkiv region, north of their primary target, the Donbas.
Ukrainian military commands in the south and east stated they had warded off 11 Russian attacks, killing up to 130 soldiers while destroying 12 tanks and 27 other armoured automobiles, information Reuters could not individually confirm.
Russia’s defence ministry said its forces had recorded a large arms depot in the Kharkiv region. It likewise reported hitting lots of targets in the Donetsk and Kharkiv areas on Friday.
Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Russia’s Chechnya area who has frequently described himself as Putin’s “infantryman”, composed on his main Telegram account late on Friday that Chechnya was releasing numerous extra volunteers to fight for Russia in Ukraine.
War criminal activities
In Geneva, the United Nations human rights workplace stated there was growing proof of Russian war crimes, including indiscriminate shelling and summary executions. It stated Ukraine also appeared to have utilized weapons with indiscriminate impacts.
Russia denies targeting civilians and states, without evidence, that indications of atrocities dedicated by its soldiers were fabricated. Ukraine has previously stated it will punish any soldiers discovered to have committed war criminal offenses.
Russia said it had “firmly blockaded” countless Ukrainian troops holed up in a big steel works in Mariupol, the primary port of the Donbas, a day after President Vladimir Putin said the army would not bother rooting them out.
Putin declared success in the city after an almost two-month siege. In a Russian-held section of Mariupol, dazed-looking homeowners ventured out today to a background of charred house blocks and trashed automobiles.
Volunteers in white hazmat suits and masks roamed the ruins, gathering bodies from houses and filling them on to a truck marked with the letter “Z”, symbol of Russia’s intrusion.
Ukraine estimates tens of thousands of civilians have died in Russia’s siege of the city and says 100,000 civilians are still there and need complete evacuation.
Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk on Friday said “there is a possibility” a humanitarian passage out of Mariupol could be opened on Saturday.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit Moscow on Tuesday to satisfy Putin and talk about urgently bringing peace to Ukraine, a representative stated, adding that Guterres will then head to Kyiv for talks with Zelenskyy.

Published at Sat, 23 Apr 2022 02:55:42 +0000

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