(Finance) – Despite the ceasefire announced by Russia in Ukraine to allow humanitarian corridors from various cities, Ukrainian sources accuse Moscow of violating the truce scheduled for this morning with attacks on Mariupol and Sumy. At the end of the 13th day of the war the start of the fourth round of talks between Moscow and Kiev in Belarus. The Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky he said he was willing to a possible compromise on Donbass and Crimea claiming to be “ready for dialogue” but “not for capitulation”. In the meantime, after almost two weeks of fighting the UN announced that there are over 2 million refugees.
Among the crucial events of the day today is the Zelensky’s speech broadcast in live video link to the deputies of the British House of Commons, in which the Ukrainian president described the invasion carried out by the Russia, defined as “a terrorist state”. Zelensky then extolled the people’s “heroism” of him and reiterated that his country intends to resist and fight to the end, even “in the forests” if necessary. “We – said Zelensky – do not want to lose what is ours as in the past you did not want to” surrender in the face of the Nazi invasion. “His words were greeted with a prolonged standing ovation.
The meeting between the British premier, Boris Johnson Ukraine, Zelensky: “Russia ei leader of the four Eastern European nations of the Visegrad group (V4: Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary) during which Johnson announced, in agreement with the guest leaders, the need for a future “Marshall Plan” to support the reconstruction of Ukraine. At the end of the meeting, held at Lancaster House, Downing Street stressed the full harmony between BoJo and the 4 guests (the Polish Mateusz Morawiecki, the Hungarian Viktor Orban, the Czech Petr Fiala, the Slovak Eduard Heger) on the need to further intensify the pressure of sanctions on Russia in response to the “barbaric actions” blamed on the Kremlin tsar. The references to the knot on increasing NATO military support in Kiev, on the day of yet another heartfelt appeal by Zelensky. In this regard, Prime Minister Tory has in fact limited himself to ensuring that the Kingdom is “ready” to strengthen its commitment to the protection of Poland when required for Warsaw’s central role in the distribution of “defensive aid” to Ukraine; while he avoided explicitly mentioning the crucial hypothesis of the moment, that of a possible supply of Mig-29 type fighter aircraft.
“We do not seek conflict with Russia. Our ultimate responsibility is to keep our one billion citizens safe. This means that we must do everything possible to prevent the conflict from spreading beyond Ukraine,” said the NATO secretary general, Jens Stoltenbergin a press point at the Latvian NATO base in Adazi, together with the premier of Latvia, Canada and Spain, Arturs Krisjanis, Justin Trudeau and Pedro Sanchez -. Our presence here in Latvia sends an unmistakable message of unity and determination. President Putin’s war on Ukraine has upset peace in Europe and the international order, and continues to have a devastating impact on the Ukrainian people, but Putin has seriously underestimated Ukraine and has seriously underestimated Ukraine. strength and unity of NATO and of our friends and partners around the world “.
In Italy, Mise is verifying the possibility of introducing restrictions such as duties and export authorizations on some raw materials intended for exports but which are used by our industry. Among others, reference is made to materials such as scrap iron, copper, clay, nickel, products for agriculture. “We are at work very fast – said the Minister of Economic Development Giancarlo Giorgetti – to get a precise picture of the situation as soon as possible and formulate the answers and proposals that our industries need in this dramatic moment “.
“Opposing this drift of clashes and conflicts involves prices; it could cause costs to the economies of the countries that oppose it, but these would be far lower than those that would be paid if that drift were not stopped now”, he said today. the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella.