A month into the conflict in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to EU leaders, who had gathered on Thursday in Brussels, to shortly settle for the Eastern European nation’s utility to affix the bloc. Meanwhile, in a bid to indicate Western resolve in opposition to the Russian offensive, US President Joe Biden is about to go to the Polish city of Rzeszow, about 80 kilometers away from the Ukrainian border, AFP reported.
Here are the highest developments on the Russia-Ukraine conflict:
In a collection of conferences in Brussels on Thursday, US President Joe Biden and his Western allies vowed elevated sanctions on Russia and extra humanitarian support for Ukraine. Biden stated that the US would welcome as much as 100,000 Ukrainian refugees, however added that they might favor to remain nearer to house, AP reported. He additionally stated that the US would supply an extra $1 billion for meals, medication, and different provides. But the Western leaders have been unable to supply Ukraine the extra sturdy army help that Zelenskyy has been pleading for.
Ukraine has claimed that it destroyed a Russian army touchdown ship referred to as Orsk, which was offloading armored automobiles and tanks on the port of Berdyansk, CNN reported. The US and UK have stated that Ukraine has most definitely attacked “high-value targets” in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine, together with the ship and ammunition depots at Berdiansk.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is about to go to New Delhi on Friday. Wang and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar are anticipated to debate Russia’s invasion of Ukraine throughout their assembly immediately.
Brussels: US President Joe Biden, left, and European Council President Charles Michel arrive for a spherical desk assembly at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, March 24, 2022. (AP)
Russia is more likely to flip to ‘dumb’ bombs and artillery as it’s shortly working out of precision guided munitions, in response to Reuters. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl speculated that he didn’t consider President Vladimir Putin wished to have an all out battle with NATO.
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy shared a video of his look on the EU summit, the place he thanked European Council members for his or her help, however stated that their sanctions on Russia had come “a little late”. He identified that if the sanctions had been preventative, as an alternative of retaliatory, Russia could not have launched a full-blown assault on Ukraine. “You blocked Nord Stream 2. We are grateful to you. And rightly so. But it was additionally a bit of late. Because if it had been in time, Russia wouldn’t have created a gasoline disaster. At least there was an opportunity,” he stated.
US President Joe Biden will go to the jap Polish city of Rzeszow, positioned close to the nation’s border with Ukraine. The journey is supposed to exhibit Washington’s willingness to defend NATO allies amid the conflict in Ukraine. Biden has beforehand warned that Russian aggression on NATO soil may probably result in ‘World War III’.
Australia on Friday imposed sanctions on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and members of his household, citing the nation’s steady strategic help to Russia.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
