Ukraine war in the live blog: Selenskyj calls for resistance

Apparently in anticipation of Russian attacks, the Mayor from Boryspil the civilian population to the Exit the city called. Volodymyr Borisenko said his appeal also applies to all civilians who have fled to the city south-east of Kyiv from other parts of Ukraine. The appeal for evacuation was made for purely military-tactical reasons. “Experience from other places that are being fought over has shown that the work of the armed forces is easier when there is less civilian population in the city,” Borissenko said.

Ukrainian counterintelligence has a possible attack on President Zelenskyy according to their own statements stopped. A group of Russian saboteurs, led by a secret service agent, are in the city Uzhgorod was arrested in the border triangle between Ukraine, Slovakia and Hungary, the Unian agency reported on Tuesday night. The order of about 25 men included next to the attack on Zelenskyi in Kiew also running a series of acts of sabotage in the government district and in other parts of Ukraine.

Zelenskyj wants on all agreements reached in negotiations with Russia nationwide per referendum let decide. The head of state announced this on television. The final form of compromises with Russia on security guarantees and on the occupied areas of Ukraine must be approved in a referendum. Both warring parties are currently negotiating with each other. However, there are no concrete agreements yet.

The negotiations with Moscow are initially about one thing neutral status the Ukraine and international security guarantees for the country. “To find a way out, you have to take a first step,” said Zelenskyj. “And when we’ve done that, we can talk.” He would then be at a meeting with his adversary, Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin, ready to talks about the occupied territories. This means the Crimea and the renegade, self-proclaimed people’s republics Luhansk and Donetsk. Moscow demands, among other things, the recognition of the Crimea as Russian territory.

Around Ukrainian refugees from human traffickers and sex offenders protectthe police union (GdP) calls for the establishment of “safe zones” in the train stations. GdP chairman Andreas Roßkopf, who is responsible for the federal police, told the “Rheinische Post”: “We and the other authorities must be the first to register and investigate.”

The federal police have now established that criminals approach young women and children in a very targeted manner before the officers even come into contact with the refugees, said Rosskopf. “We therefore urgently need protection zones in the train stations,” he demanded. “After that, you can also direct people to friends or acquaintances.”

the USA want the Ukraine help to better defend against Russian missiles. However, the search for suitable air defense systems Is difficult. According to experts, mobile anti-aircraft batteries from the guy patriot, which have been used successfully in Iraq and the Persian Gulf in recent years. However, the Ukrainian military is not trained to handle these sophisticated US weapons.

The Patriot batteries are truck-mounted and have radar capable of automatically detecting and intercepting aircraft, drones or missiles within a radius of more than a hundred kilometers. However, the Ukrainian troops are de facto only with the S-300 anti-aircraft system familiar, the Russian competitor of the first generation of the Patriot.

A civilian admits the debris his apartment destroyed two days earlier by a bomb attack in one residential area in Kyiv was damaged.

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The one close to the Kremlin Russian newspaper “Komsomolskaya Pravda” has high numbers allegedly in Ukraine killed Russians published – and later deleted. An online article on Sunday, citing the Department of Defense, spoke of 9861 Russian soldiers, who are said to have died since the beginning of the war, according to an archived version of the text. That would be significantly more than that 498 dead, which Moscow has so far officially confirmed. A few hours later, however, the corresponding passage from the article in “Komsomolskaya Pravda” had disappeared again.

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In a video message to all Ukrainians has head of state Volodymyr Zelenskyy his compatriots to resistance and called to persevere. “To save our people. Fight. Fight and help!” The head of state, who was staying in Kyiv, called for the “invaders” to be expelled. “So that Ukraine lives, and all of us together with her, free and in peace.”