(Finance) – It doesn’t stop the escalation of tension and terror in Ukraine. The Russian army intends to take “total control” of the big Ukrainian cities. The Kremlin affirms it through spokesman Dimitri Peskov while Antonov airport, at the gates of Kiev, was hit by Russian bombing, according to city authorities. The airport, also known as Hostomel, is the most important international cargo airport in Ukraine and is also used as a military base. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian media denounce the fact that a Russian bombing hit a 9-storey apartment building in the capital, killing two people and injuring three others.
In the meantime, Energoatom through Telegram he communicates that “despite the fact that the electricity has been restored in the Chernobyl power plant, the occupants have once again damaged the electricity grid, forcing the workers to repair it again in dangerous conditions ”.
It has been for a few minutes started the fourth round of talks between Kiev and Moscow, by videoconference. This was reported by a Ukrainian negotiator. Kiev will ask Moscow for a ceasefire and the withdrawal of Russian troops, according to Mykhaïlo Podoliak, one of the negotiators and adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in a video on Twitter.
Further raising the bar of tension, the Russian missile attack on a Ukrainian military base near the Polish border which resulted in the death of 35 people, which, according to the Polish deputy foreign minister, Marcin Przydac it was an attempt to “threaten” NATO. He told the BBC, describing Russia’s move as “highly provocative. They certainly knew that this military base was located. very close to the Polish border. So obviously the Russians knew what they were hitting and wanted to threaten NATO. “
TO Rome, meanwhile, a meeting is underway between US national security adviser Jack Sullivan and Yang Jiechi, a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China and Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission. Prior to the talks, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan warned China to avoid helping Russia evade Western-imposed sanctions. China accused the United States on Monday of spreading false information.