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news of the day
As the Russian army continues to bombard Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed MEPs in a speech that will surely go down in history. “We are fighting for our survival (…) but we are also fighting to be equal members of Europe in rights (…) So prove that you are with us, prove to yourself that you are not abandoning us, and that you are really Europeans”, declared the Ukrainian president in videoconference facing the members of the European Parliament.
“We are going to win, I am sure (…) the European choice of Ukraine, this is the path on which we are embarking today. And I would like to hear from you today that Europe chooses Ukraine”, he then launched, asking the EU to welcome Ukraine into its midst. “We are fighting for our rights, for our freedoms, for our lives, for our survival (…) No one is going to break us. We are strong, we are Ukrainians”, he finally concluded, arousing the emotion of the translator, but also ovation and applause in the whole hemicycle.
sentence of the day
Disgusting
These are the words of Boris Johnson to describe the Russian bombardments in Ukraine. At least eight people were killed and six injured on Tuesday in an airstrike on a residential area in Kharkiv, a major city in eastern Ukraine. The British Prime Minister also assured that Vladimir Putin will be “held responsible” for any war crimes committed in Ukraine.
The number of the day
677.243 people have fled heavy fighting in Ukraine since Thursday according to figures from the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
The trend of the day
Westerners are still considering new sanctions to isolate Russia a little more and push Vladimir Putin to stop this war. London thus assured that the expulsion of Russia from the UN Security Council was among “the options” on the table. On the other hand, the European Union has further affirmed its support for Ukraine by promising 500 million euros for humanitarian aid.
Despite everything, Vladimir Putin does not seem to want to back down and the attack on Kiev is now imminent with a Russian military convoy stretching over 60 km at the gates of the capital. The Russian army announced that it was going to hit the infrastructure of the Ukrainian security services. Threat carried out in the followingnoon with the attack and the Kiev television tower, killing five people. For their part, the inhabitants of the capital are courageously preparing for what they have already called “the battle of Kiev”.