Up to 200 civilians remain trapped inside warehouses at the Azovstal steel plant, despite a UN-led evacuation operation to rescue civilians from the site, a Ukrainian fighter said in Mariupol. Captain Sviatoslav Palamar, 39, deputy commander of Ukraine’s controversial Azov regiment, said his fighters could hear the voices of people trapped in the huge industrial complex’s warehouses. The United Nations had earlier carried out a “safe passage operation” for civilians at the steel plant, which served as the last remaining Ukrainian stronghold in the city of Mariupol. As many as 1,000 civilians are believed to have been trapped under the Azovstal plant with minimal supplies, along with hundreds of fighters – some said to be suffering from injuries – after Vladimir Putin told Russian troops to blockade the area last week “to allow a fly”. do not pass “. One evacuated from the steelworks said the survivors who were still trapped inside ran out of food. “The kids always wanted to eat. “You know, adults can wait,” he said.
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Zelensky suggests Russia “never learned lessons” from World War II
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s proposal that Adolf Hitler be of Jewish descent shows that Moscow has forgotten or never learned the lessons of World War II, said Volodymyr Zelensky. “I have no words. No one has heard any denial or excuse from Moscow. “The only thing we have from there is silence … this means that the Russian leadership has forgotten all the lessons of World War II,” said Mr. Zelensky, who is Jewish, in his night video. “Or maybe they have never learned these lessons.” Andy Gregory3 May 2022 00:21 1651532245
Boris Johnson hails Ukraine’s “best time” addressing Verkhovna Rada
Boris Johnson will address the Ukrainian parliament – in the Verkhovna Rada – via video link tomorrow to give details of a υποστήρι 300 million military support package. Downing Street said the package would include electronic warfare equipment, a battery-powered radar system, GPS interception equipment and thousands of night-vision devices. In his speech, the Prime Minister will reiterate Winston Churchill’s words to the British people during World War II, as Mr. Zelensky did when he spoke to Westminster in March. “When my country faced the threat of invasion during World War II, our parliament, like yours, continued to sit throughout the conflict and the British people showed such unity and determination that we remember time of greatest danger to our best time. Mr. Johnson is expected to say. “This is the best time of Ukraine, an epic chapter in your national history that we will remember and tell for future generations. “Your children and grandchildren will say that the Ukrainians have taught the world that the brute force of an aggressor does not count against the moral strength of a people determined to be free.” Andy Gregory2 May 2022 23:57 1651531177
US Senate could begin working on Ukrainian aid package next week, Sumer says
The U.S. Senate could accept Joe Biden’s request for $ 33 billion in emergency aid to Ukraine next week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Sumer has suggested. “I hope a bipartisan agreement can be reached very soon and that the Senate can start working on this floor aid package as early as next week,” the Democratic leader said at the start of the Senate. “The rapid approval of this emergency funding is necessary to help the people of Ukraine in their fight against Russia,” Sumer said. “Again, I expect both sides to work quickly, decisively and with bipartisan cooperation to bring this help out the door and into the president’s office.” Mr Biden asked Congress on Thursday for money to support the government in Kyiv – signaling a dramatic escalation in Washington funding for Ukraine. Andy Gregory2 May 2022 23:39 1651529047
Boy killed in Russian rocket attack in Odessa, Zelensky says
A 14-year-old boy was killed and a 17-year-old girl was injured in a Russian rocket attack that struck a dormitory in Odessa, Volodymyr Zelensky said. “How did these children and the dormitory threaten the Russian state?” Mr Zelensky said in his overnight speech via video. Earlier, the secretary of the Security Council of Ukraine, Oleksiy Danylov, reported in the media that the attack also hit a church, blowing up the roof. Andy Gregory2 May 2022 23:04 1651527625
Russia seems to be rerouting Internet traffic in Kherson through its own comms system
Russia has rerouted Internet traffic in the occupied Ukrainian region of Kherson through Russia’s communications infrastructure, according to NetBlocks. The move appeared to be aimed at tightening Moscow’s control over an area it claims has taken full control, with Moscow-appointed authorities in the Kherson region also saying the region would start using the Russian ruble. . London-based NetBlocks said it had watched an almost complete blackout on the Internet in the Kherson area on Saturday affecting several Ukrainian providers. The connection was restored after several hours, but various measurements showed that the traffic was now passing through Russia. “Network connectivity has been routed through Russia’s Internet instead of Ukraine’s telecommunications infrastructure and is therefore likely to be subject to Russian Internet regulation, monitoring and censorship,” NetBlocks said in a statement. The British Ministry of Defense said yesterday that the Russian moves in the region are “probably indicative of Russia’s intention to exert strong political and economic influence in Kherson in the long run”. Andy Gregory2 May 2022 22:40 1651526665
UK to investigate “credible” allegations of Russian arms embargo
The Boris Johnson administration has said it will investigate “credible allegations” that its arms embargo on Russia has been violated amid concerns that Vladimir Putin’s modern weapons arsenal relies heavily on components made in the UK and other parts of the world. nations. An investigation into Whitehall is under way, according to the Daily Telegraph, following a report by the Royal United Services Institute that highlighted the extent to which Russian equipment being developed in Ukraine is dependent on imports of advanced electronics. “The pattern is universal,” said the report, by Dr. Jack Watling and Nick Reynolds. “Almost all of Russia’s modern military equipment depends on sophisticated electronics imported from the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Japan, Israel, China and beyond. “In some cases, these components are commercially available electronic dual-use civilians. In many others, however, they are pieces of military or specialized technology for which there is a small number of controlled suppliers. Britain has imposed an arms embargo on Russia following Putin’s illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014, the terms of which were strengthened in December as Moscow began mobilizing troops on Ukraine’s border. “The United Kingdom has one of the strongest and most transparent export control regimes in the world, and an immediate arms embargo was imposed on Russia in July 2014 following the illegal annexation of Crimea,” a government spokesman said. “We take seriously any credible allegations of export control breaches and will take further action if necessary.” Andy Gregory2 May 2022 22:24 1651525525
Exclusive: ‘Thousands’ of refugees forced into overcrowded homes as UK system calls ‘disaster’
Thousands of Ukrainians seeking refuge in the UK have been forced to live in overcrowded accommodation, with entire families sharing single rooms, charities have warned. Charities warn that the majority of those arriving down the road are overcrowded because their relatives in the UK do not have spare rooms and no checks are made on these properties prior to arrival. A survey conducted by the Greater London Authority on nine charities in the capital found that of the 83 Ukrainian clients in the family program seeking support, 58 per cent were in inadequate housing and 17 per cent were at risk. Clive Betch, a Labor lawmaker and chairman of the House, Housing and Communities Committee, said the Interior Ministry’s family plan in Ukraine was a “malfunctioning disaster”. You can read the full report from The Independent’s social affairs correspondent, May Bulman, here: Andy Gregory2 May 2022 22:05 1651524528
Germany says it will support the EU embargo on Russian oil
In a major change, Germany has said it is ready to support a direct European Union embargo on Russian oil. The move could allow the bloc to announce such a ban within days, and EU ambassadors will discuss the proposed sanctions when they meet on Wednesday. “We have reached a situation where Germany can impose an oil embargo,” said German Economy Minister Robert Habeck, who met with EU counterparts in Brussels. “This means that it will not be without consequences.” Finance Minister Christian Lindner told Die Welt: “With coal and oil, it’s possible to give up Russian imports now,” but warned: “It can not be ruled out that fuel prices could rise.” Germany had already reduced its share of Russian oil imports from 35 percent to 12 percent before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but had previously said it would take months to phase out Russian crude to mitigate the economic impact. . However, weaning Europe from Russian oil is likely to be easier than reducing its dependence on Russian gas, which Moscow has asked European customers to pay in rubles – a call rejected by the EU last year. week, Moscow cut off supplies to Poland and Bulgaria. Andy Gregory2 May 2022 21:48 1651523295
Trinto and Draghi condemn Lavrov’s comments about Hitler
The leaders of Canada and Italy participated in the condemnation of …
