Russian military to observe ceasefire in Mariupol and Volnovakha Saturday to allow civilians to evacuate
AFP Contributor#AFP/AFP/Getty ImagesRefugees crossing the rail tracks as they try to reach trains to Poland at the main train station in Lviv, Ukraine.A woman and a little girl react as she cannot immediately board a train departing to Poland at the main train station in Lviv, Ukraine.People wait at a platform at the station after fleeing Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Przemysl, Poland.
A Russian attack on a nuclear plant sparked a fire on Friday and briefly raised worldwide fears of a catastrophe. The statement said Macron is “extremely concerned about the risks to nuclear safety, security and the implementation of international safeguards resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.”
Russians are bracing for an uncertain future of spiraling inflation, economic hardship and an even sharper squeeze on imported goods. At the request of France and Mexico, the council meeting will be followed by closed consultations on a draft resolution on the humanitarian plight of millions of Ukrainians that the two countries have been spearheading, the diplomats said, speaking on condition of anonymity because negotiations on the meeting have been private.
The Globe takes readers behind the scenes to the discussions and decisions that have helped shaped the West’s response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.U.S. President Joe Bidenfor tougher action on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, with Kyiv requesting more military help and legislators in the U.S. pushing for an oil embargo on Moscow.
“I’m afraid you will have to share responsibility for the lives and suffering of civilian Ukrainians who died because of ruthless Russian pilots who throw bombs on them,” he said.
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