KYIV, Ukraine (AP)-President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed Western leaders on Saturday to mark the second anniversary of Russia’s full scale invasion, as hanging in ammunition and foreign aid balance on Ukrainian forces.
A colleagues of the European Union and a group of seven rich democracy ralled around Kiev to express solidarity, Zelancesi attended a virtual G7 meeting on Saturday and included four world leaders traveling to the war-wide capital of Ukraine.
“Two years ago, here, we met the forces of the enemy landing from the fire; Two years later, we meet our friends and our colleagues here, ”Zelancesi said that he met dignitaries at Hosmel Airfield outside Kiev, which Russian Paratropers unsuccessfully tried to seize in the first days of the war.
The war against Russia is hanging on Ukraine to enter its third year, and Kiev’s soldiers have to face the increasing challenges on the frontline amidst the declining supply and challenges of personnel. Its troops recently withdrew from the strategic eastern city of Avdivka, handing Moscow one of his biggest win. And Russia still controls about a quarter of the country, when Ukraine has failed to create any major success with its summer counterfoot.
Italian Premier Georgia Meloni, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Cruce, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and European Commission Chairman Ursula von Der Leyen reached a residential building in the southern city of Odessa shortly after a Russian drone attack, at least one person killed. Three women also maintained severe jealousy in the attack on Friday evening, the regional government. Oleh Kipe wrote on his social media account. Rescue services were combined through debris in search of survivors.
Hours later, Zelancesi’s office announced signing a 10-year bilateral security deals with Canada and Italy, Ottawa committed to send Kyiv 3.02 billion Canadian dollars (close to US $ 2.2 billion) this year in military and financial assistance, while Rome had approved long-distance weapons.
At a joint press conference, Meloni received the agreement with Kiev and said, “We will continue to support Ukraine, which I have always understood my people’s rights to defend my people.”
He said, “To make a lot of concern about the word ‘peace’ with ‘surrender’, as some people do, there is a hypocritical approach that we will never share,” he said.
Meloni presided over a G7 Videoconference to Kiev, which created a joint statement on Saturday, which takes off the restrictions on Russia and “takes the long -term military and financial assistance of Ukraine.”
Von Der Leyen vowed during a joint press conference that the block would stand with Ukraine “Economic, Economic, Military, and most, morally, until () the country is not independent in the end.”
At the press conference, Zelancesi highlighted the urgency of timely delivery of arms, while saying that Kiev did not use the weapons of the concerned countries to attack the Russian sector. His words reflected the position of a rapidly stressful battlefield in eastern Ukraine, where Kiev’s soldiers are trying to retrieve Russian advances despite a increasing ammunition.
On the front line in the eastern Donnetsk region, Ukrainian soldiers begged for shells.
“When the enemy comes, many of our people die. … We are sitting here with nothing, “said a senior officer in a artillery battery, 27 -year -old Voldimir.
45 -year -old Olecsendra, commander of an artillery unit, said, “To protect our infantry … we need a high number of shells, which we no longer have.” The two officials only gave their first names citing security concerns.
On Saturday, around 100 people gathered outside the St. Sofia Cathedral at Central Kiev, called for the release of members of the Azov Brigade, who were taken captive by Russia after defending the southern city of Marriupol.
Olena Petrivana, the mother of a member taken by Russian forces, questioned why Russia attacked Ukraine, saying that before the war people “lived our lives, did not disturb anyone, raising our children”.
Russians said, tried to win Ukraine, what they have to say to teach them and in which language, but he said, “We don’t need them. We have a luck – win. we must win.”
The war has also come in Russia. The drone on Saturday hit a steel plant in the Liptsk region in southern Russia, causing a large fire, regional village. Igor Artamonov said, there have been no casualties. Independent Russian media said that Novolipatches Metalgical plant is Russia’s largest steel plant. The video shared on Russian social media had several fire in the plant, and an explosion could be heard.
Independent Russian news outlet Mediajona said on Saturday that around 75,000 Russian men died in 2022 and a battle in 2023.
Another independent Russian news site, a joint investigation published by Mediajona and Meduza indicates that Russia’s loss rate in Ukraine is not slow and Moscow is losing about 120 men a day. Based on a statistical analysis of the deaths of soldiers compared to the Russian heritage database, reporters stated that about 83,000 soldiers are expected to die in two years of the fight.
The performance of solidarity with Ukraine was held across Europe, including London, Berlin, and Stockholm.
In Belgrade, hundreds of people march through the center of the city carrying Ukrainian flags. Although it condemns Ukraine’s invasion, Serbia has not joined the Western sanctions against Russia and maintains friendly relations with Moscow.
Despite a heavy crack on dissatisfaction, some Russians marked the anniversary by laying flowers in Moscow monuments or staging one-person protests. According to the Ovd-INFO, a Russian rights group that tracks political arrest and provides legal aid, at least six people detained in Russia on Saturday, supporting flowers in Ukraine’s national colors or supporting them for otherwise. Four more were arrested in Moscow in a demonstration for the return of Russian soldiers from Ukraine. ,
Meanwhile, millions of Ukrainians live in uncertain conditions, and many others face constant conflicts under Russian occupation. Most are waiting for a Ukrainian liberation that has not come.
The President’s wife Olena Zelancesa said on Saturday that over 2 million Ukrainian children have left the country since the war started and at least 528 have been killed. “The war launched by Russia deliberately targets children,” she said.
Britain has promised Ukraine 8.5 million pounds ($ 10.8 million) in addition to humanitarian aid, affecting efforts to provide medical care, food and basic services to the residents.
Britain’s Foreign Office said to declare assistance that about 14.6 million people, or 40% of Ukraine’s population needs assistance, many leftist homeless or without adequate access to food, water and electricity, the UK’s Foreign Office said.
At the US Congress, Republican has stopped $ 60 billion in military assistance for Kiev, in a short term. The European Union recently approved the 50 billion-euros (about $ 54 billion) aid package for Ukraine, which means to support Ukraine’s economy despite resistance from Hungary.
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