The president, Volodymyr Zelensky, announced that Ukraine had reached a strategic turning point in its war with Russia.
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“Together we can do anything. It is a historical mission of Poland and Ukraine to bring Europe out of the abyss and the threat,” the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky said via videoconference from Kyiv, during the National Assembly of the Republic of Poland. He was greeted with standing ovations.
“I think we have already lost this war,” Russian pilot Lieutenant Colonel Maksim Krischtop, who was captured by the Ukrainians, said at a press conference in Kyiv. He added that he had flown three flights to Ukraine, including dropping bombs on residential buildings.
In regards to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and many refugees seeking safety in Poland, plenty of initiatives sparkled across the country. The “Spring Convention” of Polish folk groups is another one of them. The concert will take place on Saturday, March 12th, at 7 P.M. in Strefa, a music club in Cracow. The profits will be donated to Polish Humanitarian Action.
Since the beginning of the invasion, Russia has fired 328 operational-tactical missiles at Ukrainian cities and villages – the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, announced on Friday. - It is a bloody crime of the Putin regime – stressed the military.
The Russian airstrike, which was carried out in the morning in Ivano-Frankivsk in western Ukraine, targeted the airport, said the mayor of the city Ruslan Martsinkiv. The authorities of Lutsk in the Volyn Oblast have informed about the attack on an airfield near the city.
The German government remains opposed to a boycott of fossil fuel imports from Russia. Many people, however, suggest that the embargo would have a greater impact on the Russian economy than previous sanctions. The Ukrainian Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany describes the rejection of the embargo as "the biggest backstab for Ukraine.”
- The situation at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station is dangerous. Because of Russia’s activities, it was cut off from power. Now, nobody knows what is going on there - the adviser of the administration of the Ukrainian President Mikhail Podolak told the Ukrainska Pravda.
- A portal involved in Russia's disinformation activities publishes a false text regarding the admission of refugees from Ukraine to Poland – Stanisław Żaryn, Spokesperson of the Minister-Special Services Coordinator, wrote on Twitter today.
In a letter to the President of the European Council Charles Michel, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, and the Head of EU Diplomacy Josep Borrell, 45 Members of different political groups in the European Parliament have called for frozen Russian assets to be used for the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine.
Alicja Kapuscinńka was born on March 4th, 1933, exactly a year after her future husband Ryszard Kapuscinski. She first studied history at the University of Warsaw, and later moved to the Medical University of Warsaw to become a paediatrician. After her husband’s death, she supported initiatives celebrating the memory of Kapusciński. She died on Monday, March 7th, at the age of 89.
Screenwriter Ziemowit Szczerek and director Piotr Sieklucki of the New Proxima Theatre in Cracow are drafting a show about Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky. “Zelensky is an actor and this, in a sense, is the role of his life. He’s gaining the world’s support for Ukraine, which is extremely important. I would like to analyse this phenomenon,” declares Szczerek.
The decision on the handover of the MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine is now in the hands of NATO and the USA – said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. He stressed the need for a unanimous decision on the handover of aircraft throughout NATO.
“You think you’ve done a heroic deed, but you haven’t done enough,” writes the head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a text published on Wednesday in the newspaper “Welt.” Dmytro Kuleba urged the government to make quicker decisions.
“Together we can protect our European democratic values,” the Mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko stressed in a video addressed to the presidents and mayors of European cities. He called for help to end “the senseless war.”
Rachel Zegler, the 22-year-old American actress and singer of Polish descent, has been making waves in the entertainment industry with her talent and versatility.