Ukrainian forces have recaptured Irpin, northwest of Kiev, from Russian troops regrouping to retake the area, President Volodymyr Zelensky said late Monday as he tried to rally the country. See what happened overnight – and you can follow the latest updates on our liveblog.
“Do not push us into a corner,” the Kremlin told NATO
The Kremlin on Monday night warned NATO not to “push us into a corner” and said Russia felt “at war” with the West over tough sanctions. Referring to Russia’s tension with NATO, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peshkov told PBS: “For decades, we have been telling the collective West that we are afraid of your NATO moving east. And we are afraid that NATO will approach our borders with its military infrastructure. “Please take care of that. Do not push us into the corner. No.”
2. Abramovich’s poison claims to be “very worrying”
The Bureau of Foreign Affairs and Development described the allegations that Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich was allegedly poisoned during efforts to help peace talks in Ukraine as “very worrying”. The agency said the United Kingdom would “continue to help” by imposing tough sanctions on Russia, as well as providing defense and humanitarian assistance, so that Ukraine could be “in the strongest possible negotiating position”. British defense intelligence analysts have warned that more than 1,000 Russian mercenaries are expected to be deployed in eastern Ukraine to take up military operations.
3. Zelensky demands urgent sanctions
Volodymyr Zelensky urged Western nations to step up sanctions against Russia, including the oil embargo, to stop Moscow from having a free hand to escalate its crackdown on its own people. In his nightly video address to the Ukrainians, the visibly irritated Mr Zelensky said the West had miscalculated last year about delaying sanctions and that the invasion had followed. “A full-scale war has begun. There are now many hints and warnings that supposedly tougher sanctions, such as an embargo on Russian oil supplies to Europe, will take effect if Russia uses chemical weapons,” he said. his hands on a table. “There are simply no words … We, the people who are alive, have to wait. Does not everything the Russian army has done so far justify an oil embargo? Do not phosphorus bombs justify it? A bombed chemical plant or a nuclear plant. does not justify it by bombing?
