More than 200 civilians remain in Azovstal
VideoJohnson’s speech through contact Kyivan additional £ 300 million (£ 376 million) dollars) is expected to announce military assistance in the amount of
At least at the Azovstal steel plant in the besieged Ukrainian port city of Mariupol 200 civilians remained. The mayor of the city Vadim Boychenko said on May 3.
According to him according toMarupolda 10There are about 0 thousand civilians. Before the war, the city’s population was about 400,000.
More than a million Ukrainians have been deported to Russia
From Mariupol on May 1 10About 0 Ukrainians left for the city of Zaporozhye, 230 km south-east. But on May 2 Russia The evacuation of civilians was not possible due to the re-firing of Azovstal. This iron-steel complex has become the last stronghold of Ukrainian fighters.
Russia’s state news agency TASS reported on May 3, citing the Defense Ministry that, including more than 1 million people from Ukraine to Russia in the last two months 20About 0 thousand children were taken away.
A ministry official said civilians in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine and “Dangerous places of Luhansk oblasts Russia He was transferred to the territory of the federation. ” The territories are under Russian control.
Johnson will announce additional assistance
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on May 3 Boris Conson In Kiev parliamentwill make a statement on additional military assistance to Ukraine. Russia Ukraine snowFor the first time since the beginning of the war without a reason, the president of a foreign country Ukraine will address the parliament.
VideoJohnson’s speech through contact Kyivan additional £ 300 million (£ 376 million) dollars) is expected to announce military assistance in the amount of.
Britain So far, it has sent missiles and rocket launchers to Ukraine. The new assistance includes electronic military equipment, anti-battery radar system, GPS choking system, thousands of night vision devices.
In Johnson’s speech, the leader of World War II Winston Churchillwill refer to his speech in 1940. When Britain was attacked by Nazi Germany.
New sanctions are coming
Europe The commission is expected to announce a new package of measures, including an embargo on Russian oil. The country’s largest sanctions banki Sberbank is also included. Its SWIFT is global bankis expected to be removed from the communications system. This was stated by diplomats who did not want to be named.
The United States, meanwhile, has issued a warning that, Moscow plans to officially annex the eastern regions of Ukraine. US Ambassador to the OSCE Michael Carpenterin the words of according toLuhansk in the eastern Donbas region of Russia and It envisages the annexation of Donetsk through referendums.
In the north when Russia began its occupation of Ukraine on February 24 Kyiv and Chernigov has faced stiff opposition in the provinces. Later, Russian forces moved to the south of the country and directed to the east.
By occupying these territories, Russia wants to establish a land connection between Crimea, which it illegally annexed in 2014.