Explosions were heard in Kyiv and Lviv, officials said
The smoke rises over the Darnytskyi district of Kyiv, Ukraine on April 16, 2022.
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Explosions were heard in the early hours of Saturday in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and the western city of Lviv, according to local authorities.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko told the Telegram news agency that Kyiv “came under fire” this morning with explosions heard in the Darnytskyi district on the outskirts of the city.
Rescuers and medics are currently working at the site, he said, and there was no information on the number of victims in the blasts.
Explosions were also heard in Lviv in western Ukraine this morning. In the Telegram, Governor Maxim Kozitsky said an air strike took place between 05:46 and 07:02 local time.
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Damaged roads in Ukraine hinder humanitarian aid, said the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom
A satellite multispectral image of Maxar shows burning homes in a residential area of Chernihiv, Ukraine on March 16, 2022.
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Ukraine’s roads and other infrastructure have been severely damaged by Russian troops, and this now poses a significant challenge to delivering humanitarian aid in some areas, the UK Ministry of Defense said in a daily intelligence update.
“Road infrastructure in conflict-affected areas of Ukraine has suffered significant damage. Russian troops have exacerbated this by destroying bridges, using anti-personnel mines and abandoning vehicles on key routes as they withdrew from northern Ukraine,” the ministry said in a statement. posted on Twitter.
River crossings in and around the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv have been destroyed, leaving only one pedestrian bridge in the city, the update said.
“The damage to Ukraine’s transport infrastructure is now a significant challenge in delivering humanitarian aid to areas previously besieged by Russia,” the ministry tweeted.
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Zelenski calls for “stronger, more destructive” sanctions
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he heard various predictions about how long the war with Russia would last.
“Some say a few weeks. Others say a few years. Some say the war will continue until the end of this year. And some advise us to prepare for a permanent confrontation with Russia as long as it exists,” he said in an evening address to the nation.
But Zelensky says the “effectiveness of the instruments of influence” on Russia used by Ukraine, as well as its entire anti-war coalition against Russia, must be taken into account when predicting how long the war will last.
“The success of our military on the battlefield is really significant. Historically significant. But it is still not enough to clear our land of occupiers. We will beat them more,” he said.
“Sanctions against Russia are very significant. Economically painful. But they are still not enough to leave the Russian military machine without means of subsistence. We are encouraging stronger, more destructive ones,” Zelensky said.
These two areas, he says, will determine how long this war lasts. The amount of support for Ukraine “literally determines how many more Ukrainians will be able to kill the occupiers.”
“If someone says: year or years, I answer: you can make the war much shorter. The more and sooner we get all the weapons we have asked for, the stronger our position will be and the sooner it will come. peace, “he said. . “The sooner the democratic world recognizes that the oil embargo against Russia and the complete blockade of its banking sector are necessary steps towards peace, the sooner the war will end.
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