Russia-Ukraine War News, Russia-Ukraine Conflict Crisis News Today, March 9: In response to the airstrikes, Ukrainian President Zelensky tweeted: “…How long will the world be complicit in unacknowledged terror? Close the sky now! You have power, but you seem to lose your humanity.
Russian-Ukrainian war: A Russian airstrike devastated a maternity hospital in the beleaguered port city of Mariupol on Wednesday, as the West increasingly warned that an invasion of Moscow was about to take a more brutal and indiscriminate turn. Ukrainian officials said at least 17 people were injured in the attack.
In response to the airstrikes, Ukrainian President Zelinskyy tweeted: “Mariupol. Direct attack by Russian troops on maternity. People, children are under the rubble. Cruelty! How much longer will the world be an accomplice who ignores terror? Now close the sky! Stop the killings! You have power, but you seem to lose your humanity.
Russia will achieve its goal of securing Ukraine’s neutral status and would prefer to do so through talks, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday, Reuters reported. Moscow’s goals are not to topple the Kyiv government and it hopes to make more meaningful progress in the next round of talks with Ukraine, Zakharova told a briefing. Meanwhile, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said Russian forces had agreed to hold fire along the humanitarian corridors from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. local time (7 a.m. to 7 p.m. GMT) on Wednesday. In a separate incident, at least 10 people were killed in a Russian military attack in the eastern Ukrainian town of Severodonestk, AFP news agency reported, citing a local official.
