According to local authorities, more than ten people, including children, were killed in airstrikes on the north-eastern Ukrainian city of Sumy. According to the government in Kyiv, an escape corridor for civilians from Sumy should be opened at 9 a.m. Previously, several attempts to establish escape routes from embattled cities had failed.
President Volodymir Zelenskyy promised in a video message published on Monday evening that he would not leave the capital Kyiv despite the fighting. “I’m staying in Kyiv,” said Zelenskyj. He does not hide and is not afraid of anyone, explained the president of the attacked country. We will continue to talk to Russia. “We will insist on negotiations until we find a way to say to our people: This is how we come to peace.” Every day of fighting creates “better conditions” for Ukraine. “A strong position. To secure our future. After this war,” said the Ukrainian president.
During the attacks on Sumy, “residential buildings were bombed in some towns. And almost in the center of Sumy, several houses were destroyed by a bomb hit,” said the head of the regional administration, Dmytro Schywytskyi, on Tuesday night. The information was not independently verified.
According to the city council, the situation in the port city of Mariupol, which is besieged by Russia, is getting worse. “There is no street without broken windows, destroyed apartments or houses.” The city is without electricity, water and gas. Mariupol is near the so-called line of contact between pro-Russian separatists and the Ukrainian army in the Donetsk region. The city is strategically important.
Source: Nachrichten
