(Finance) – Kiev has sent Azovstal’s defenders the order to stop fighting. This is what the commander of the Azov battalion Denys Prokopenko still in the steel mill after which, according to Mosca, about 2 thousand surrendered. “The superior military command – said Prokopenko – gave the order to save the lives of the soldiers of our garrison and to stop defending the city of Mariupol”.
In Severodonetsk, in the Lugansk region, the Russians – reports the head of the regional military administration Sergiy Gaidai on Telegram – they opened fire on a school where hundreds of people were hiding and at least 3 residents were killed. In the morning, the Russians fired artillery at the Severodonetsk school, where people were hiding. More than 200 people, many children. Three adults died instantly. “
“The cyber aggression against Russia – said the Russian President Vladimir Putinquoted by Tass, speaking to the National Security Council – it basically failed, just like the sanctions attacks in general because we were prepared “.
However, according to the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, Putin has made several mistakes and Kiev can win. “Putin made several mistakes. He thought that the European Union would not be united. He thought that Ukraine would not be able to resist more than a few days – said Michel, in an interview with CNN -. Russian army is not that strong. NATO is expanding, with the request of Sweden and Finland “. When asked if Ukraine can win the war, Michel replied “yes”.
“There is no imposed peace, we start from the availability of Ukraine because their people have been invaded and our goal is to facilitate dialogue by step to reach a ceasefire and then peace – said the Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio at the final press conference of the Italian presidency at the Council of Europe commenting on the Italian plan -. Italy promotes the plan and does so on the basis of the credibility it has because we have supported that people with all our means and this gives us the credibility of talking about dialogue because we have not pulled back to help the attacked Ukrainians. The plan proposed by Italy – underlined the Foreign Minister – is a proposal I also spoke about with Antonio Guterres, UN secretary. We want to work step by step, with a facilitation group made up of the UN, the EU and the OSCE, which first arrives at local truces and humanitarian corridors, then at a ceasefire, and then at peace. Always bearing in mind that there is an invader and an invaded. Our goal is to facilitate dialogue. We have also conveyed this proposal to the Sherpas of the G7. And we will promote other similar initiatives “.