From today, we will be bringing live news of the Russian-Ukraine war, which is awakening the world. From tonight you can read the news in Sinhala as well as the English profile for English readers. We would like to draw your attention to the various incidents that have taken place in the last 10 hours from 8 international news organizations.
Russia’s deputy head of the peninsula, Crimea, says a humanitarian corridor through the land will now be linked to the separatist Donbass region in eastern Ukraine.
Russia’s news agency quoted RIA Novosti as saying that Russian forces had seized control of the road from Crimea to Mariupol.
According to Muradov, this will help provide humanitarian supplies to people in the Donetsk region. Meanwhile, Kiev in Ukraine reported that Russian troops had blocked a convoy of aid supplies to the besieged Mariupol port in Donetsk.
Observers speculate that one of the targets of Russia’s attack on Ukraine is the establishment of a land corridor from the separatist areas bordering Russia in eastern Ukraine to the Crimean Peninsula. Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014.
A few hours ago, Al Jazeera reported that the headline in its headline was “Ukrainian troops are firing in all directions.”
Commenting on the fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces in the eastern part of Irfin, where thousands of civilians are trapped, Al Jazeera correspondent Abdel-Azim Mohamed said, “We are in the heart of Irfin. In that section, the Ukrainian army is at the forefront of fierce battles with the Russians. We tried to move towards the city but it seems that the Russians did it before us. Russian snipers were deployed on the roofs to prevent civilians from leaving the city. Ukrainian troops are firing in all directions. Dozens of residents were seen leaving the area as well as east of Irpin. He said.
A Ukrainian national said they had managed to oust the Russians this morning. “You can see that the Ukrainian army is at the forefront, they are trying to repel the Russians.” He noted.
“There was a heavy gunfire to my right. The Russians seem to be moving in more than one direction. Heavy machine guns and anti-ship guns were fired. They shoot into the sky. A drone appears to be hovering overhead. Dozens of city-civilians have left the city just minutes before we arrive, ”he added.
Residents say Russian troops only gave them 15 minutes to leave the area before the roads were closed. He further added that many stranded residents in the eastern suburbs of Irpin have been able to flee.
As thousands of civilians are still trapped in the northern and eastern parts of the city, Ukrainian forces are fighting hard to repatriate the Russians.
Russia’s King of Fertilizers and Coal says the war in Ukraine is a tragedy and should be stopped, adding that it will be a global food crisis as fertilizer prices are already high for many farmers.
“The events in Ukraine are truly tragic. We need peace soon, “said Melnichenko, a 50-year-old Russian woman born in Belarus. “As a Russian by birth, a Belarusian by birth and a Ukrainian by blood, I feel great pain and disbelief in seeing my fellow people fight and die.” She says.
Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal reports that Russian authorities, who are facing potential economic catastrophe with the imposition of Western sanctions, have threatened foreign companies seeking to leave the country with arrests and seizures of assets.
Meanwhile, Russia has threatened to arrest officials who criticize the government or confiscate assets, including intellectual property.