Ukraine News: Putin Says Ukraine’s Future In Doubt As Cease-fires Collapse

Ukraine News — While a promised cease-fire in the besieged port city of Mariupol failed amid images of terror.

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that Ukrainian sovereignty is at peril and compared Western sanctions on Russia to “declaring war.”

iexclusivenews gathered that Russian troops continued to shell besieged cities, and the number of Ukrainians forced to flee their nation swelled to 1.4 million.

As the Kremlin’s rhetoric became more vehement and a respite from fighting faded. Russian forces have intensified their shelling on Mariupol by nightfall.

According to Ukrainian officials, while dropping heavy bombs on residential districts of Chernihiv, a city north of Kyiv.

What You Need To Know About The War 

As bleakness and despair pervaded, bereaved moms lamented their lost children. Wounded troops were strapped with tourniquets, and physicians worked by the light of their cellphones. Thousands of men queued in Kyiv to join the Ukrainian military.

Men between the ages of 18 and 60 have been commanded to stay and fight by the government. Volodymyr Onysko, for example, has volunteered.

“We know why we are here. We know why we defend our country,” Onysko told Britain’s Sky News. “We know what we are doing, and that’s why we will win.”

Putin continued to blame the Ukrainian authorities for the conflict and lambasted their opposition to the incursion.

“If they continue to do what they are doing, they are calling into question the future of Ukrainian statehood,” he said. “And if this happens, it will be entirely on their conscience.”

How EU And U.S. Sanctions Are Affecting Russian Economy

Putin also slammed Western sanctions for crippling Russia’s economy and sending its currency’s value down.

Mastercard and Visa announced that they would cease operations in Russia, dealing a further blow to the country’s financial sector.

“These sanctions that are being imposed, they are akin to declaring war,” he said during a televised meeting with flight attendants from Russian airline Aeroflot. “But thank God, we haven’t got there yet.”

The struggle to impose interim cease-fires in Mariupol and the eastern city of Volnovakha ten days after Russian soldiers entered, revealed the frailty of efforts to end the fighting across Ukraine.

Previous meetings in Belarus resulted in a failed cease-fire agreement to create humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of children.

Russian artillery fire and airstrikes, according to Ukrainian officials, stopped civilians from fleeing before the agreed-upon evacuations began. Ukraine, Putin claimed, was obstructing the endeavor.

Women and the elderly from besieged cities, where pharmacies are running out of medicine.

Hundreds of thousands are facing food and water shortages, and the injured are succumbing to their injuries.

According to David Arakhamia, a member of the Ukrainian team. The third round of discussions between Russia and Ukraine will take place on Monday. He did not provide any other information, including the location of the events.

Thousands of citizens had gathered for safe passage out of Mariupol. Mayor Vadym Boychenko stated that the shelling began and the evacuation was halted later in the day, he said that the attack had intensified.

“The city is under siege in a very, very tough way,” Boychenko said on Ukrainian television. “And shelling of residential blocks continues unabated, and planes have dropped bombs on residential neighborhoods.” Heavy artillery, including Grad multiple rocket launchers, is being used by the Russian occupiers.”

How Russia Has Made Progress In This War

Russia has made substantial progress in the south, attempting to limit Ukraine’s maritime access. Capturing Mariupol might give Russia a land route to Crimea, which it invaded in 2014.

However, the Chernihiv region’s governor claimed that Russia had landed strong bombs on residential parts of the city. Which has a population of 290,000. Vyacheslav Chaus shared a shot of an undetonated FAB-500, a 1,100-pound (500-kilogram) bomb, on the internet.

“Usually this weapon is used against military-industrial facilities and fortified structures,” Chaus said.

In a speech to Ukrainians, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pointed to “the 500-kilogram bombs that were dropped on the houses of Ukrainians. Look at Borodyanka, at the destroyed schools, at the blown-up kindergartens. At the damaged Kharkiv Assumption Cathedral. Look what Russia has done.”

The U.S. has mostly backed Ukraine, providing supplies and arms while imposing severe sanctions on Russia. However, the fight has been left to Ukrainians, who have shown a mix of bravery and despair in their response.

“Ukraine is bleeding,” Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said in a video released Saturday, “but Ukraine has not fallen.”

Even as he asserted that Russia was defeated, Zelenskyy urged lawmakers for more assistance. Notably, fighter planes help defend the airspace over Ukraine.

According to Zelenskyy, Russian troops have advanced on a third nuclear power station. Having already taken control of one of the country’s four operational plants and the closed Chernobyl reactor.

“We’re inflicting losses on the occupants they could not see in their worst nightmare,” Zelenskyy said.

This week, Russian troops gained control of Kherson, a southern port city. Ukrainian forces have managed to preserve control of important cities in central and southern Ukraine. Despite encircling Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv, and Sumy, according to Zelenskyy.

What The West And EU Are Planning Against Russia

President Joe Biden contacted Zelenskyy early Sunday morning, Kyiv time, to discuss Russia sanctions and expediting U.S. aid to Ukraine. The White House stated that the chat included discussions between Russia and Ukraine, but did not elaborate.

According to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Blinken also spoke by phone with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Who stated that Beijing opposes any actions that “add fuel to the fires” in Ukraine, the State Department stated. The world is watching to see whether countries stand up for freedom and sovereignty.

Following the imposition of Western sanctions, Russia’s flagship state-owned airline, Aeroflot. Stated that all foreign flights will be suspended beginning Tuesday, except flights to Belarus.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin in Moscow. Israel has solid relations with both Russia and Ukraine. Bennett has offered to act as a mediator in the dispute, but no specifics about the meeting have emerged yet. According to Bennett’s office, he spoke with Zelenskyy twice afterward.

Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Poland to meet with the prime minister and foreign minister. A day after attending a NATO meeting in Brussels in which the alliance pledged to step up support for eastern flank members.

The conflict’s death toll was difficult to estimate according to the United Nations Human Rights Office. At least 351 civilians have been confirmed murdered since the invasion on February 24, but the total number is likely far higher.

Ukrainians Are Ready To Defend Their Country At All Cost

According to a video published by the Ukrainian government. Onlookers in Chernihiv rejoiced as they watched a Russian military plane fall from the sky and crash. Hundreds of protesters waved blue and yellow Ukrainian flags and chanted “Go home” in Kherson.

Even though Ukraine’s military is considerably outmanned by Russia’s, its professional and volunteer forces have battled back with ferocity. There were traces of resistance even in cities that had fallen.

Outside Kyiv, a massive Russian armored column threatening Ukraine’s capital remained blocked. In the afternoon, Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovich reported the military situation had calmed down. And that Russian soldiers had not “made active actions since the morning.”

The United Nations World Food Program has issued a warning about an imminent hunger catastrophe in Ukraine.

A major worldwide wheat producer, claiming that millions of people will require “urgent” food assistance.

Also a request for $10 billion in emergency funds for humanitarian aid and security needs is being considered by the US Congress.

The United Nations (UN) announced that it would expand its humanitarian activities. Both inside and outside Ukraine.

iexclusive News Nigeria gathered that the Security Council has called a meeting to discuss the deteriorating situation on Monday.