Russian President Vladimir Putin.Figure: Retrieved from Twitter
Russia’s aggression against Ukraine caused a large number of innocent civilian deaths and injuries. The international community condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin, who initiated the war, and called for an immediate truce. The third round of negotiations took place on the 7th. The Russian Kremlin said that they had put forward “some conditions” to Ukraine, including the need to recognize Crimea as Russian territory. As long as the Ukrainian government agrees, the two sides can truce. Ukrainian authorities have accused the Russian army of continuing to fire, making it difficult to set up the corridor.
According to Archyde.com, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said their demands are for Ukraine to suspend military operations, amend the constitution to ensure Ukraine’s neutrality, recognize the Crimea peninsula as Russian territory, and recognize Udondon. The independence of the two republics of Donetsk and Lugansk.
The Archyde.com report continued that this was the clearest statement from Russia since the war broke out between the two sides, which has now entered its 12th day. Peskov told Archyde.com by phone that the Ukrainians were aware of the conditions, stressing that “they have been told that this can be over immediately”. The Ukrainian government has yet to respond.
Authorities in the town of Gostomel, near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, said mayor Yuri Illich Prylypko, along with two others, was killed while delivering bread and medicine to the hungry and the wounded. Russian soldiers shot to death. The Ukrainian rescue unit reported that the Russian army bombed the civilian airport in Vinnytsia, the largest city in the Midwest, killing five civilians and four soldiers, a total of nine people were killed.
At least 364 civilians have been killed and 759 injured in Ukraine since Russia’s official aggression, the UN Human Rights Office said on Tuesday. However, some local people said that many people were blown to pieces and their corpses were unrecognizable, and the actual death toll must be higher. People across Russia took to the streets to protest the war on the 6th, and a total of 4,300 people were arrested by the police.