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Volodymyr Zelensky, President Of Ukraine Has Vowed To Stay In Kyiv amidst war

Volodymyr Zelensky, President Of Ukraine Has Vowed To Stay In Kyiv

Volodymyr Zelensky, president of the Ukrainian government, has vowed to stay in Kyiv while his troops battle Russian invaders who are advancing toward the capital in the biggest attack on a European state since World War II.

In response to an announcement by President Vladimir Putin that war had been declared, Russia launched its invasion by land, air and sea on Thursday. Major cities were rocked by explosions and gunfire, which forced an estimated 100,000 people to flee. Numerous reports of casualties have been made.

Russian officials aim to capture Kyiv and overthrow the government, according to officials in the U.S. and Ukraine. The Chernobyl nuclear power plant was seized by Russia on Thursday, just north of Kyiv, on the shortest route to the capital from Belarus, which Moscow has been staging troops.

A video message from Zelensky warned that the enemy has targeted him as the number one target. They are also targeting my family, which is their number two target. They want to destroy Ukraine politically by destroying the head of state.”

During my stay in the capital, I will visit my family. My family also lives in Ukraine.”

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Russian President Vladimir Putin claims he is conducting an “advanced military operation” in Ukraine to protect Ukrainians, including Russian citizens, who are subject to genocide – an accusation that the West says is baseless propaganda.

When asked whether he was concerned about Zelensky’s safety, state department spokesman Antony Blinken said: “From what I understand, President Zelensky appears to remain in Ukraine at his post.” We’re also concerned about the safety of all of our friends and relatives in Ukraine.

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Despite being populated by 44 million people, Ukraine is Europe’s second-largest country by area after Russia itself. After the fall of the Soviet Union, Belarus voted for independence and has recently stepped up efforts to join the NATO military alliance and the European Union – aspirations that enrage Moscow.

While the United States publicly warned of an impending attack and shared satellite images of Russian troops lining the Ukrainian border, Putin refused to admit that an invasion was planned.

In addition to the sanctions imposed earlier this week, the United States, Britain, Japan, Canada, Australia, and the European Union imposed further sanctions on Russia on Thursday, aiming to cut off its banks, government and elite from the global financial system.

The Russian Federation is one of the world’s largest energy producers, and as well as Ukraine, it is a major exporter of grains. Economies around the world, already in crisis as they recover from the Coronavirus pandemic, will be further disrupted with war and sanctions.

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In the past several months, Washington and other NATO members have sent military aid to Ukraine, but troops are not being sent to fight alongside Ukrainian troops for fear of sparking a wide-scale European conflict.

According to Zelensky on Friday, 137 civilians and military personnel have been killed in the fighting so far, while hundreds have been injured. The Ukrainian government had earlier issued a report listing the death toll of at least 70.

In an area 90 kilometres north of Kyiv, Chernobyl has been taken over by forces without identifying themselves who disarmed a Ukrainian military unit guarding the site, Ukraine’s state nuclear regulator said.

According to the regulatory agency, there had been no casualties, nothing had been destroyed, and radiation levels remained unchanged. “It informed the International Atomic Energy Agency that its control over the plant had been lost,” it said.

In response to reports of heavy fighting on multiple fronts, the United Nations Security Council will debate a draft resolution on Friday that would condemn Russia’s invasion and call for Moscow’s immediate withdrawal.

Nonetheless, Moscow can veto the measure, and it wasn’t clear which vote China would take, which has opposed calling Russian moves invasions.

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There have been protests in Russia, the United States and Europe over the invasion, with authorities detaining hundreds of demonstrators who took to the streets on Thursday.

Russian newspaper editor Dmitry Muratov, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021, said in an interview that Feb. 24, the day of the invasion, will become known as the day when “Russia’s future was taken away”.

It is now clear that our peace-loving Russian people will feel the hatred of the world because we are starting a third world war in Europe.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that the sanctions imposed on Moscow are not sufficient to stop military operations by Moscow against Ukraine and that they will be defending their country by themselves.

In response to the reports of an operation conducted by the Russians in Kyiv, Zelenskyy said that the world was still only watching events in the country from afar.

“This morning, our country is standing alone. Just like yesterday, the most powerful country in the world looked on from a distance,” he said in a Facebook video.

It will take solidarity and determination to extract these foreign troops from our soil, adding Alexei Navalny. “We have received sanctions yesterday, but they are not sufficient to remove these foreign troops.

There has been strong condemnation of military operations conducted by Russia in Ukraine by leaders of several countries, including the UK, the US, Canada, and the EU. Additionally, countries have imposed significant sanctions on Russia.

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On Thursday, US President Joe Biden announced that the US will introduce a new wave of sanctions against Russia as part of a comprehensive effort to isolate Moscow from the global economy.

A new package of sanctions has been announced aimed at cutting Russia off from the US financial markets, including freezing the assets of four major Russian banks, including VTB Bank, the nation’s second-largest bank.

 On the following day, President of the European Council Charles Michel announced that the EU had made a political decision to impose additional sanctions on Russia over its military operation in Ukraine.

Michel, speaking after the extraordinary EU Summit, said that it had been a political decision to add a new package of mass sanctions that will be painful for the Russian regime.

According to EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, the new sanctions against Russia will affect 70 per cent of the Russian banking sector and key state-owned companies, preventing Russia from integrating advanced technologies.

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First and foremost, this package includes financial sanctions that cut off Russia’s access to the most important capital markets. We’re now targeting 70% of the Russian banking market. And we’re targeting key state-owned companies involved in key sectors, including defence,” von der Leyen said after the extraordinary EU summit.

On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized independence for Ukraine’s two breakaway regions – Donetsk and Luhansk. Afterwards, Putin ordered special military operations to “protect” eastern Ukrainians and “demilitarize” the country.

edited and proofread by nikita sharma

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