(Finance) – After first round of negotiations, tomorrow Russia and Ukraine they will try again the path of diplomacy by returning to sit at a table. Meanwhile, on the field rages there battle with the Russian armed forces that hit the TV Tower of Kiev: at least 5 the victims. They report it Ukrainian authorities.
“To the world: what is the point of saying” never again “for 80 years, if the world is silent when a bomb falls on the same site as Babyn Yar? At least 5 killed. History repeats itself …”. The Ukrainian President writes it on twitter Zelensky announces a Russian attack on a monument near the Babi Yar memorial which commemorates the extermination of 30 thousand Jews occurred during the Second World War by the Nazis.
The Russian army a few hours earlier had invited all citizens of the Kiev region who live near telecommunication towers to leave their homes. AND “According to intelligence, Russian troops are preparing an air attack on the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev, Unesco heritage “, reports the Ukrainian embassy to the Holy See.
Meanwhile today green light from the European Parliament to the report on Ukraine discussed today during the extraordinary session of the plenary assembly. In the text, approved with 637 votes in favor 13 against and 26 abstentions, the Parliament asks that “the institutions of the Union work to grant Ukraine the status of candidate country for EU membership” and that this procedure be “in line with Article 49 of the Treaty on European Union and on a merit basis”.
“For Europe this is the moment of truth”. Ursula von der Leyen said this in speaking to the EP. “Our Union is showing unity of purpose that makes me proud. At lightning speed, the European Union has adopted three waves of heavy sanctions against the Russian financial system, its hi-tech industries and its corrupt elite.” . Thus the president of the EU Commission Ursula von del Leyen during her speech at the special plenary of the Eurochamber on the situation in Ukraine.
“We are disconnecting major Russian banks from the Swift network. We have also banned Russian central bank transactions. This will turn off the tap on Putin’s war,” he explained. von der Leyen.
Meanwhile, in Italy, where according to an assessment 800-900 thousand refugees are expected, the Prime Minister in his report to the Chambers Mario Draghi reiterates the country’s solidarity with Ukraine, attacks Putin’s ‘revanchist plan’ and nuclear blackmail and stresses the need for a rapid, firm, unified reaction. Because in front to an aggression that takes us back over 80 years, Italy does not intend to turn the other way “.