The Russian military continues to attack Ukraine. Fighting continued on several fronts on Saturday, March 5, especially near the strategic port of Mariupol in southeastern Ukraine and the capital Kiev. At the same time, Russian President Vladimir Putin continued to threaten Western nations with setting up a no-fly zone.
Russian offensive in Mariupol resumed
The Russian military announced on Saturday, March 5, that it had relaunched “Attack” After the evacuation of civilians from two besieged cities in southeastern Ukraine was postponed, including the strategic port of Mariupol. The evacuation was postponed due to several Russian ceasefire violations, according to Mariupol City Hall, which blamed Moscow. “Nationalists” Prevent the evacuation of civilians by Ukrainians and use the ceasefire to strengthen their security.
The capture of this city of 450,000 inhabitants of the Sea of Azov would be a turning point in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This would allow a confrontation between Russian forces from the annexed Crimea, which had already captured the main ports of Berdyansk and Kerson, and separatist and Russian troops in the Donbass.
Russian army closes Kiev
Dozens of civilians have been killed in recent days by Russian forces occupying Kiev, facing stubborn opposition and sometimes bombing apartment buildings, especially in Chernivtsi, 150 km north of the capital. The Russian military has also been shelling the area Kiev Especially in the northwest and east.
On Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zhelensky announced that Ukrainian forces had launched a counter-offensive around Ukraine’s second city, Kharkiv, the deadliest bombing since the war began.
Vladimir Putin has warned that the area should not be flown
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday stressed that Russia would consider any country trying to impose a no-fly zone on Ukraine to be co-militant, a claim made by Kiev rejected by NATO.
US Chief of Staff General Mark Millie has rejected the idea of a no-fly zone in Ukraine. “Fight Fiercely” Russian forces. The Kremlin’s master announced that he did not plan to introduce martial law in Russia, in response to rumors circulating in this direction.
A third round of talks has been announced
David Arakamiya, a member of the Ukrainian delegation, announced on Saturday that the third round of talks between Ukraine and Russia would take place on Monday. Beijing, for its part, called for direct talks between Russia and Ukraine during a telephone conversation between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his US counterpart Anthony Blinken.
While waiting for these new talks, international debates continue. Israeli Prime Minister Naphtali Bennett met with Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Saturday to discuss the war in Ukraine. For his part, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinkan expressed solidarity with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba on the tenth day of Russia’s invasion of Russia’s pro-Western neighbor on the Polish-Ukrainian border on Saturday.
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