06/03/2022
Ukraine Russia war live updates: Putin must fail, says Britain’s Boris Johnson, ready to launch an international ‘plan of action’
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Ukraine Russia War Live Updates: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to launch an international ‘action plan’ to ensure that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine fails, including a flurry of diplomatic meetings next week, with his the office said on Saturday.
Ukrainian soldiers drive on an armored military vehicle on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine. AP
Ukraine Russia war live updates: Should Putin fail, Britain’s Boris Johnson says, ready to launch an international ‘plan of action’. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is launching an international “plan of action” to ensure that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine fails, including a flurry of diplomatic meetings next week, his office said on Saturday. Putin threatens to grant ‘statehood’ to Ukraine as Moscow’s sanctions tighten.
Men line up to join the Ukrainian military. Since Russia’s invasion 10 days ago, the economic and humanitarian toll of the war has increased, with more than a million people fleeing Ukraine. Authorities have reported hundreds of civilian casualties.
Sino-Russia relations were tested by war.
Visa, Mastercard suspend operations in Russia. Card payments giants Visa and Mastercard are the latest major US companies to suspend operations in Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Saturday that Ukrainian statehood was in danger, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a “desperate plea” for more planes as Russian forces continued to hit strategic locations with missiles and artillery and a The temporary ceasefire failed. Sanctions from the West continued, something Putin likened to a “declaration of war”.
Putin continued to blame the Ukrainian leadership for Russia’s war against Ukraine, saying that if they “continue to do what they are doing, they are questioning the future of the Ukrainian state.”
But Zelensky urged resistance. He said the Ukrainians managed to take control of major cities in central and southeastern Ukraine. In a video address to the nation, he urged Ukrainians to fight back in cities captured by Russian forces.
“It’s a special kind of heroism—to protest when your city is captured,” Zelensky said. “Ukrainians in all our cities that the enemy has entered – go on the offensive! You must take to the streets! You must fight! Thousands of Ukrainians took to the streets in cities held by Russian forces. Some mounted Russian military vehicles.” And waved Ukraine’s yellow and blue flag. In a private call with US lawmakers, Zelensky asked the United States to help his military get more warplanes.
US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, said in a statement that Zelensky made a “desperate plea” and wants the US to facilitate the transfer of planes from Eastern European allies. Schumer said he would do everything he could. The US is considering sending American-made F-16s in Eastern Europe to former Soviet bloc countries that are now members of NATO. In return, they would send their own Soviet-era MiGs to Ukraine. Foreign Minister Antony Blinken, who met with Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dymtro Kuleba at the Poland-Ukraine border outside the town of Korczowa.Blinken on the Poland-Ukraine border, indicated fighter jets were being considered.
“We’re talking and working on everything,” Blinken said.
A temporary ceasefire failed in two major Ukrainian cities – and both sides blamed each other. Ukrainian officials said Russian artillery fire and air strikes prevented residents from evacuating the eastern city of Volnovakha and the port city southeast of Maripol, some 430,000. Putin accused Ukraine of destroying the effort. Russian forces intensified shelling in Mariupol, including airborne bombings in residential areas, the mayor said.
“The city is in a very, very difficult state of siege,” Vadym Boychenko told Ukrainian TV. “There is constant shelling of residential blocks, airplanes are dropping bombs on residential areas.
Boychenko said thousands of children, women and the elderly were hit by the fire as they prepared for a possible evacuation through a safe passage corridor.
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