Ukrainian cities see a quieter night as Russia does face with strong resistance

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Ukrainian military said on Monday that Russian troops had slowed down down “the pace of the offensive”, like the assault on Moscow against Ukraine has entered its fifth day.

“The Russian occupiers have reduced the pace of the offensivebut are still trying to develop success in certain areas”, the general Staff of the armed forces said, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP).

President Vladimir Putin has significantly escalated East-West tensions by ordering Russian nuclear forces have put on high alert, but the explosions and gunfire that have disrupted life since the start of the invasion seemed to calm down around the Ukrainian capital overnight as the Kremlin military progress was slowed by an outdated but determined resistance.

Embattled Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy meanwhile agreed to talks with Moscow, as Western nations planned to send arms and other supplies to the country’s defenders.

Citing “aggressive statements” from NATO and harsh financial sanctions, Putin on Sunday issued a directive to increase readiness of nuclear weapons from Russia, raising fears that invasion of Ukraine could lead to nuclear war, whether by design Where mistake.

The Russian leader “met potentially in play forces which, if miscalculated, could do many, many more dangerous,” said a senior United States defense officialspeaking on state of anonymity to chat happens quickly military operations.

Putin’s directive came as Russian forces faced strong opposition from Ukrainian defenders. Moscow had so far failed for win full control of Ukraine’s airspace, despite advances across the country, however, which seems to have changed on On Monday, when the Russian Ministry of Defense announced what it is air the forces had won air supremacy over the whole territory of Ukraine. US officials have said they believe invasion has been more difficult and slower than expected by the Kremlin, although that may change as Moscow adapts.

The conflict – apparently more calm Sunday night in past nights – could evolve significantly if Russia gets military help from neighboring Belarus, which is expected to send troops to Ukraine soon that Monday, according to a senior american intelligence official with direct knowledge of current US intelligence assessments who spoke anonymously car he was not allowed to speak publicly. the official declared that Belarus’ entry into the war depended on Ukraine-Russia talks set happen in the coming days.

Amid growing pressure, Western countries said they would toughen sanctions and buy and deliver weapons for Ukraine including Stinger missiles to fire down helicopters and other aircraft. European Union countries will also to supply fighter jets to Ukraine, abroad from the EU policy said chef Josep Borrell.

from Zelensky office meanwhile, announced plans for an encounter with a Russian delegation on an unspecified date location on the Belarusian border.

It wasn’t right away clear when the meeting would take placeni what the Kremlin was ultimately looking for, either in these potential talks on the border or, more basically, of his war in Ukraine. Western officials believe Putin wants to overthrow Ukraine government and replace it with a diet of his own, reviving the influence of the Cold War era in Moscow.

the fast-moving the developments came as scattered fighting was reported in Kyiv. battles also broke out in Ukraine second-most grand cityKharkiv and strategic ports in the south of the country was attacked by Russian forces.

By Sunday evening, Russian forces had captured Berdyansk, a Ukrainian city of 100,000 on the coast of the Sea of ​​Azov, according to Oleksiy Arestovich, an adviser to Zelenskyy office. Russian troops also made advance towards Kherson, another city in South of Ukraine, while Mariupol, a port city on the Sea of ​​Azov considered as a prime Russian target, is “suspended on”Arestovitch said.

With the closure of Russian troops in about Kiev city of nearly 3 millionsthe mayor of the capital expressed doubts about the evacuation of civilians. The authorities handed over out weapons to anyone ready to defend the city. Ukraine is also release prisoners with military experience who want for fight and training people make incendiary bombs.

In Mariupol, where the Ukrainians were trying to defend themselves off an attacka doctor team at city the hospital desperately tried to revive a 6-year-old girl in unicorn pajamas who was mortally wounded in Russian bombings.

During the rescue attempt, a doctor in blue medical scrubs, pumping oxygen into the girl, looked directly in the Associated Press (AP) video camera capture the scene.

“Show that to Putin,” he said angrily. “The eyes of this child, and the doctors crying.”

Their resuscitation efforts failedand the girl lay dead on a stretcher, his jacket splattered with some blood.

Nearly 900 kilometers (560 miles) away, Faina Bystritska was threatened in the city of Chernihiv.

“I wish I had never lived to see this,” said Bystritska, an 87-year-old jewish survivor of The Second World War. She said the sirens sounded almost constantly in the cityabout 150 kilometers from Kyiv.

Residents of Chernihiv were ordered not to switch on no lights “so as not to attract their attention”, said Bystritska, who lived in a hallway away from any windows so she can better protect herself.

“The window is constantly shaking, and there’s this constant thunder noise,” she says.

Meanwhile, the best of EU official describe plans by the 27 nations bloc to shut down son airspace to Russian airlines and buy weapons for Ukraine. The EU will also ban some pro-Kremlin media points sales, said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

United States also take a step up the flow of arms to Ukraine, announcing that it will send Stinger missiles as part of of a package approved by the White House on Friday. Germany the same plans send 500 Stingers and such military Provisions.

In addition, the 193 members of the United Nations General Assembly have foreseen an emergency session Monday on Russia invasion.

Putin, in ordering nuclear alert, cited not only statements by NATO members, but hard-hit financial sanctions imposed by the West against Russia, including Putin himself.

“Western countries don’t just do hostile actions against our country in the economic sphere, but senior civil servants leading NATO members made aggressive statements about our country,” Putin said. in TV commentaries.

we defense officials would not disclose their current nuclear alert level except to say that the military is ready at all times to defend his country and his allies.

White House Press secretary Jen Psaki told ABC that Putin resorted to the model he used in the weeks preceding the invasion”which consists in manufacturing threats that do not exist in to justify further aggression.”

The practical sense of Putin’s order was not immediately clear. Russia and the United States generally have nuclear land and submarine forces that are on alert and prepared for combat at all timesbut not bombers and other nuclear-capable aircraft.

In Kyiv terrified locals squat down in homesunderground garages and metro stations in anticipation of a large-scale Russian fullassault. Food and medicine were running out, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

“Right now the most important issue is to defend our country,” Klitschko said.

In downtown Kharkiv, 86-year-old Olena Dudnik said that she and she husband were almost thrown from their bed by the pressure breath of an explosion nearby.

“We are in a lot of pain,” she said over the phone, “We don’t have much food in the pantryand i worry stores won’t have anything either, if they reopen.” She added”I just want shooting to stop, people stop getting killed.”

Russia failure so far to win full control of Ukraine’s airspace is a surprising gap that has given overwhelmed Ukrainian forces a chance slow down progression of Russian ground forces. Normally, earning what the military calls air superiority is one of the first priorities for an invader force.

But even as Russian troops are held back by Ukrainian resistance, fuel shortages and other logistical problemsune senior we defense official says that’s probably going to change. “We are in Day four. The Russians will learn and adapt,” said the official noted.

The number of the victims of the most grand Europe’s land conflict since World War II have remained hazy amid the confusion.

Ukraine’s Interior Ministry said on Sunday that 352 Ukrainian civilians had been killed, including 14 children. He said an additional 1,684 people including 116 children were injured.

The spokesman of the Russian Ministry of Defense, General of division Igor Konashenkov, did not give any figures. on Russia dead and wounded, but said on Sunday that the losses of son countries were “many times” lower than that of Ukraine.

Along with military aid, the United States, the EU and Great Britain also agreed to block certain Russian banks from the SWIFT systemwhich moves money about thousands of banks and others financial establishments around the world.

Russia economy took a hit since invasion, with the plunging ruble and the central bank call for quiet at avoid bank runs.

Russia, which has massed nearly 200,000 troops along Ukraine’s borders, says son assault is only aimed at military targets, but bridges, schools and residential neighborhoods have also summer hit.

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