LIVE UPDATES: Almost All Ukrainian Aviation Fit for Combat is Destroyed, MoD Says
LIVE UPDATES: Almost All Ukrainian Aviation Fit for Combat is Destroyed, MoD Says
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On Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Russian armed forces have nearly completed the demolition of military infrastructure in Ukraine... 06.03.2022, Sputnik International
On Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Russian armed forces have nearly completed the demolition of military infrastructure in Ukraine, and the special military operation was going according to the plan.
Humanitarian corridors from cities of Mariupol and Volnovakha are to be reopened on Sunday morning a day after Ukrainian forces prevented civilians from leaving.
Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that Russia had immediately responded to Kiev's request to open humanitarian corridors and declared a ceasefire to guarantee a safe evacuation, but the Ukrainian side once again used civilians as human shields.
Russian and Ukrainian delegations are expected to meet for a third round of talks on Monday. Putin launched a special military operation in Ukraine on 24 February after the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR) appealed for help in defending themselves against the Ukrainian forces, which had intensified bombardments of Donbass.
President Putin said the goal of the operation was "protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years." In order to achieve the goal, he said, it's necessary to carry out the "demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine", to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for "bloody crimes against civilians" in Donbass.
The Russian Ministry of Defence has said that it's conducting high-precision strikes only at the Ukrainian military infrastructure, and nothing threatens the civilian population.
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The military of the Donetsk People's Republic has helped 67 civilians to escape from the areas near Mariupol, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Sunday.
According to the correspondent, among those civilians are residents of the Vynohradne and Lyapino settlements. There are also senior citizens and bedridden patients.
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Over 163,000, Including 42,729 Children, are Evacuated From Areas of Russia's Special Operation - Russian Defence Ministry
MOSCOW, March 6 (Sputnik) - More than 163,000 people, including over 42,000 children, have been evacuated from the areas of Russia's special operation, the Russian interagency coordination center on humanitarian response in Ukraine said on Sunday.
"From the zones of the special military operation evacuated ... 163,218 people, including 42,729 children, including 6,897 in the last 24 hours, including 1,133 children," the center said in a statement.
18:05 GMT 06.03.2022
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Putin Talks With Bennett Over Phone After Moscow Meeting - Kremlin
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett have continued exchanging opinions on the situation in Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Sunday.
Putin and Bennett had a phone conversation as a follow-up to their meeting in Moscow, according to the Kremlin.
"They continued a detailed exchanged of opinions regarding Russia's special military operation to protect Donbas, taking into account Naftali Bennett's the most recent contacts with leaders of a number of states, among other things," the Kremlin said in a statement.
The leaders of Russia and Israel have agreed to remain in touch.
17:14 GMT 06.03.2022
UN's Guterres Calls for Pause in Fighting in Ukraine for Civilians to Leave Cities
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Sunday urged for a ceasefire in Ukraine so that civilians could safely evacuate from cities and humanitarian aid could reach those remaining there.
"It is absolutely essential to establish a pause in the fighting in Ukraine to allow for the safe passage of civilians from Mariupol, Kharkiv and Sumy, as well as all other places caught in conflict, and to ensure life-saving humanitarian supplies can move in for those who remain," Guterres tweeted.
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NEW YORK (Sputnik) - Russian diplomats expelled from the United Nations by Washington over alleged espionage have departed with their families for New York's John F. Kennedy international airport, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Sunday.
Roughly 50 people, many of them children, have departed the living quarters of Russia's UN mission on two buses and are now heading to the airport. A plane will then take the diplomats and their families to Moscow.
17:04 GMT 06.03.2022
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16:04 GMT 06.03.2022
Russian Defense Ministry Warns of Strikes on Ukraine's Military Industry Facilities
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian Armed Forces will use high-precision long-range weapons to strike Ukrainian defense industry facilities, so people working there should evacuate, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said Sunday.
"The Kiev nationalist regime is forcing the workers of the Ukrainian defense industry to repair struck equipment so that it could be sent to combat areas. As part of the goal to demilitarize Ukraine, Russian Armed Forces will target high-precision strikes at the Ukrainian defense industry facilities," Konashenkov said, adding that the workers at those factories should "leave those facilities."
16:02 GMT 06.03.2022
DPR: Azov Militants Open Fire at Civilians Trying to Leave City of Mariupol
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Militants of the Ukrainian right-extremist Azov battalion (under criminal proceedings in Russia) opened fire at civilians during their evacuation from the city of Mariupol, leaving two people killed and four others injured, the People's Militia of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) said on Sunday.
"Today, during an attempt to leave the city of Mariupol through a humanitarian corridor along the M23 highway toward Novoazovsk, a group of civilians came under fire of Ukrainian militants from the Azov nationalist battalion. According to a preliminary assessment, two civilians were killed and four others sustained injuries," the statement read.
As stressed by the DPR authority, the Ukrainian troops directly violate the 1949 Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War by carrying out attacks like the one in Mariupol.
Almost All Ukrainian Aviation Fit for Combat is Destroyed, MoD Says
15:28 GMT 06.03.2022
Ukraine Ready to Discuss Non-NATO Status With Russia, Other Countries – Kiev Negotiator
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15:28 GMT 06.03.2022
Kiev Negotiator at Talks With Russia Says Trump, Some Congressmen May Visit Ukraine
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15:26 GMT 06.03.2022
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