Ukraine War Day 12: New negotiations, Kharkiv under fire

Ukraine War Day 12: New negotiations, Kharkiv under fire

Fighting in Ukraine continues in the new week. This is the situation in the evening.

The brutal skirmishes between the Russian invaders and the Ukrainian defenders continue – but at least they are talking again. According to Russian media reports (to be read with extreme caution) in Belarus in the afternoon the next and thus third round of negotiations began. There was initially no confirmation from the Ukrainian side. The representatives of both countries want, among other things, about humanitarian Corridors to rescue people from contested areas to speak. Kyiv had initially rejected this, since the escape routes offered by the Russian side were supposed to lead primarily to the neighboring countries of Russia and Belarus. It is to be hoped that the talks will be more successful this time than in the past few days.

Russian troops are advancing on Kyiv

Meanwhile he goes March of Russian troops towards Kyiv. According to reports, the invaders initially continue to try to take control of those located just outside the Ukrainian capital Suburbs of Irpin and Bucha to get. From there it is only a few kilometers to the northwestern city limits.

According to Ukrainian sources, more and more people are also falling victim to the fighting in the Kiev area. At least 13 people are said to have been killed in a Russian air raid west of Kyiv – a grenade hit the site of a large bakery in Makariv.

Big city of Kharkiv still under fire

Simultaneously the Russian military continues its heavy attacks on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. According to Ukrainian sources, 133 civilians have been killed there since the first shelling, including five children. This information cannot be independently verified. The “Strana.news” portal, citing a spokesman for the Kharkiv city council, reported that hundreds of objects in the city of over a million inhabitants had been hit and damaged.

Millions of people fleeing

The number of war refugees reached a new high at the start of the week. According to the United Nations, So far, 1.7 million Ukrainians have been brought to safety in neighboring countries – one in six of them is said to have fled to Poland be. That’s 200,000 more people than yesterday. As reported by the Federal Ministry of the Interior, 50,294 of them have arrived in Germany.

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is already talking about the “greatest humanitarian emergency situation in Europe in the coming years”.

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Ukraine is taking Russia to the International Court of Justice

Before the International Court of Justice in The Hague Ukrainian officials called on the United Nations to take immediate action against Russia. the Ukraine has sued the neighboring country for violating the 1948 Genocide Convention. The seats of the Russian representatives in the Peace Palace in The Hague remain empty: Russia boycotted the meeting.

The international judges want to judge “as soon as possible,” as President Donoghue said. Judgments of the UN court are binding. But experts doubt that Russia would comply with an order

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Source: Stern

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