Russia has warned against the “real” danger of one
World War III, Russian Foreign Minister Serghei said Lavrov adding that a nuclear war would be “unacceptable”. However, Moscow will continue peace negotiations with Kiev. “Goodwill has its limits. And if it is not reciprocal this will not contribute to the negotiation process” but “we will continue to pursue negotiations with Volodymir Zelensky’s delegation, and contacts will continue”.
ANSA agency
World War III is a “real” danger even if the hypothesis of a nuclear conflict is unacceptable. (HANDLE)
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“Russia does not currently see a ceasefire as a viable option.” At the beginning of the third month of the war, Moscow continues its offensive in Ukraine relentlessly and excludes a truce until the achievement of its military objectives, from the Donbass to the entire southern belt. The raids continued unabated on cities and strategic infrastructures, aggravating the toll of thousands of civilian victims reported by Kiev.
A third mass grave was found outside Mariupol in the village of Staryi Krym. Mariupol city council reported on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.
“A mass grave was found in the village of Staryi Krym.
This is the third mass burial site near Mariupol “, reads the note. It is a further extension of the pits detected by the satellite on March 24 and April 7. This latest image, from yesterday, shows a new excavation.
The overall length has increased to over 200 meters.
Russian bombs focused on the railway network today. Missile attacks hit five stations in western and central Ukraine, killing at least 5 and injuring 18. “The Russians are trying to hit critical infrastructures” accused the authorities of the central region of Vinnytsia, explaining that the planned trains have been “canceled or diverted”. Moscow confirmed the raids, claiming the destruction of 6 railway lines and stating that they were military targets, because “foreign vehicles were being transported” along the affected routes.
The hammering also continues on the Donbass and in the Kharkiv region, where raids on the village of Bezruky caused another three victims among the population. The drama of the approximately one thousand civilians trapped in the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol also continues, almost all women and children, stuck with food and water supplies for only 48 hours, together with the two thousand fighters of the Azov regiment and the Ukrainian marines. “The humanitarian corridors open according to the agreements of the two parties. The corridor, announced unilaterally, does not provide security and therefore, in fact, it is not a humanitarian corridor”, explained the deputy premier of Kiev, Iryna Vereschuk, replying to the openings of safe passages for the evacuations promised by the Russians.
But Kiev’s troops, “also galvanized by the support of the international community”, continue to resist, according to London intelligence. “Our estimate – said the British Defense Minister Ben Wallace – is that about 15,000 Russian forces have been killed” so far, while 2,000 armored vehicles in Moscow have been destroyed and 60 helicopters or planes lost. Vladimir Putin’s army, according to the estimates of the government of Boris Johnson, would have effectively lost “over 25%” of the operational forces of 120 tactical battalions, with which it had started the invasion.
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ANSA agency
Coreper meets on Wednesday but the formal proposal is not on the table (ANSA)
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Meanwhile, alarm is growing over the opening of a new front from Transnistria. The pro-Russian separatist region of Moldova, which the military commands in Moscow explicitly declared as a target to be secured by conquering the entire coastal strip of Ukraine, was attacked according to local authorities with “portable anti-tank grenade launchers” fired. against the building that houses the Ministry of State Security in the self-proclaimed capital Tiraspol. An attack that did not cause casualties or injuries, probably also because the building was half-empty for the Orthodox Easter holidays, and at the moment without claims. But any accusations of Ukrainian “provocations”, already mentioned several times by the Russians, could ignite further tensions in Odessa, only a few tens of kilometers away, still in shock from Saturday’s missile raid.
And in the meantime from Moscow there are still accusations in Kiev of counterattacks on the border region of Belgorod, always without victims, while a fire of unknown origin has broken out in a fuel depot in Bryansk, not far from the border with Ukraine, where the authorities extended the state of alert until 10 May.
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