“If Ukraine had enough air defense systems and modern fighter aircraft, the Russian attacks would be impossible. That’s why we make a appeal to all leadersto all states: we need a significant improvement in air defense and sufficient capabilities to destroy Russian terrorists,” Zelensky said via his Telegram account after Russia attacked Kharkiv. “It is a task that can only be accomplished together with the world. Every decision not made to support us results in the loss of our people“he emphasized.
Hours later, the president of the United States, Joe Biden, reaffirmed his decision to not sending American soldiers to the Ukrainian War, although he reinforced his position of continuing to support the country against the Russian invasion. “There are no American soldiers in the Ukrainian War. I’m determined to keep it that way“he assured.
While Zelensky pleads with his allies to reinforce his Army, Vladimir Putin fights the corruption in the highest echelons of his own. “It is important to implement an effective economy of the Armed Forces. We all understand that in the face of the expenses we face, the economy of the Armed Forces, which are part of the economy of the entire country, must be executed in such a way that every state ruble is effective “, he claimed.
Russia bombs a hypermarket with 200 people in Kharkiv.
Kharkiv was the target of Russian attacks yesterday. Early Saturday afternoon, two targeted bombs fell on a hypermarket that, Zelensky claimed, housed about 200 people at the time of the bombing. Shortly after, Russia bombed the city center.
The head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, Oleg Siniegubov, reported four dead in the first attack and the mayor, Igor Terejov, reported 40 injured. The attack caused a fire that affected an area of 15,000 square meters, leaving “a large number of people missing.”
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According to the head of the Military Administration, other 12 people were injured at the hours when the center of Kharkiv was attacked, including a 13 year old boy who was hospitalized. Terejov noted that the bombing occurred in a residential area densely populated.
Zelensky complains…
“Every day we ask the world that provides us with air defense and saves our populations. This is a task that can only be done together with the world. Every decision not made to support us results in the loss of our people,” the Ukrainian president recalled in response to the hypermarket bombing. A message that is repeating.
“The Russians are using 300 planes on the territory of Ukraine. We need at least 120 or 130 planes to resist,” Zelensky said last week. “Can’t they provide them now?” he questioned. “Use the planes that neighboring NATO countries have to shoot down targets and protect civilians,” he reiterated, considering that “they can do it and it would not be participation in war”.
Furthermore, Zelensky has recently asked Western countries – such as the US, France or the United Kingdom – to send military aid that allow it to attack infrastructure located within the Russian Federation from which the rival Army hits Ukrainian territory.
Aftermath of the Russian missile attack on a hypermarket in Kharkiv.
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…and Biden responds
The United States maintains its support and, in fact, reinforces it. Last Friday he increased his aid package with Additional $275 million on the occasion of the battle fought in Kharkiv.
However, there is one point on which Joe Biden is immovable: sending his soldiers to Ukrainian soil. “There are no American soldiers in the war in Ukraine. I am determined to keep it that way”he said during his speech at the graduation of the US Military Academy at West Point, about 65 kilometers from New York City.
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Putin, at war with corruption
“It is important to implement an effective economy of the Armed Forces. We all understand that given the expenses we face, the economy of the Armed Forces, which are part of the economy of the entire country, must be executed in such a way that every state ruble becomes effective“said the Russian president on Saturday.
Putin recalled that a series of decisions were made with in order to increase effectiveness and accelerate the repair processes and restoration of combative capacity of weapons and war equipment for their return to the combat zone in Ukraine. That is why he asked for an account of this process.
Putin expressed these demands in the context of a purge of the Russian military leadershipwith the arrest of five generals accused of corruption in the last month.
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