Putin Russian Ukraine war

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Saturday that Ukraine's statehood is in jeopardy and likened the West's sanctions on Russia to "declaring war.

But the fight itself has been left to Ukrainians, who have expressed a mixture of courageous resolve and despondency. Western officials have said a main reason is a desire to not widen the war beyond Ukraine. Bennett's office said he spoke twice with Zelensky afterward. He gave no additional details, including where they would take place. "And if this happens, it will be entirely on their conscience." Bereft mothers mourned slain children, wounded soldiers were fitted with tourniquets and doctors worked by the light of their cellphones as bleakness and desperation pervaded. A third round of talks between Russia and Ukraine will take place Monday, according to Davyd Arakhamia, a member of the Ukrainian delegation. The U.S. State Department said Blinken underscored that the world is acting in unison in response to Russian aggression and ensuring that Moscow will pay a high price. Wang said China opposes any moves that "add fuel to the flames" in Ukraine, while Blinken said the world is watching to see which nations stand up for the principles of freedom and sovereignty. The U.S. Congress is also working on a $10-billion US package of military and humanitarian aid, and Schumer told Zelensky that lawmakers hope to send it to Ukraine quickly, the person on the call said. Schumer told Zelensky the U.S. lawmakers are inspired by him and by the strength and courage of the Ukrainian people, according to another person on the call who was granted anonymity to discuss it. Putin continued to pin the blame for all of it squarely on the Ukrainian leadership and slammed their resistance to the invasion.

Russian leader also says Western sanctions against his country following Ukraine invasion are akin to war declaration.

He has lashed out at NATO for refusing to impose a no-fly zone over his country, warning that “all the people who die from this day forward will also die because of you”. Everything is going to plan.” “There is not one conscript and we don’t plan for there to be,” Putin said.

Mariupol evacuation postponed as Russian troops fail to respect ceasefire; Volodymyr Zelenskiy says Nato 'has given green light for further bombing' after ...

Partial ceasefire talks in the cities of Volnovakha and Mariupol are “ongoing” after Ukraine accused Russia of continuing attacksdespite agreeing to allow civilians to flee. An emergency summit of the UN security council was summoned after the attack on Zaporizhzhia. The US ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said the worldnarrowly averted a “nuclear catastrophe”and condemned Russia’s actions as “reckless” and “dangerous”. The US embassy in Ukraine says the attack on the nuclear plant is a war crime. The figure is currently above 1.3 million. Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, the largest of its kind in Europe, was seized by Russian forces on Friday, after an attack that started a fire close to one of its six reactors.No release of radiation was reported,but Ukrainian officials said workers had not been able to check all the safety infrastructure in the wake of the attack. Britain has urged UK nationals to consider leaving Russia following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. “If your presence in Russia is not essential, we strongly advise that you consider leaving by remaining commercial routes,” the Foreign Office said. Ukraine has said attacks on the cities continued on Saturday, meaning the evacuation of civilians had to be halted.

Writing in the New York Times, Johnson said the conflict would not become a NATO one, and reiterated the military alliance would not send troops in. NATO is ...

Ukrainian authorities have put plans to evacuate civilians from the Mariupol region on hold, citing Russian violations of an agreed pause in fire.

He said “the world is watching to see which nations stand up for the basic principles of freedom, self-determination and sovereignty.” Blinken underscored on the call that Moscow will “pay a high price” for its “premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified war” in Ukraine, State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said in a statement. China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the “evolution” of the situation in Ukraine is “something China does not want to see,” in a phone call with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, according to a statement from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Saturday.

As Saturday comes to a close in Kyiv and Moscow, here is a look at the key developments of the day: Ukraine is asking for more military aid from the U.S. ...

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