China News Agency, Beijing, March 27. Comprehensive news: According to RIA Novosti, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky once again requested weapons support from NATO countries on the 27th.
Zelensky believes that the security of Ukraine is equivalent to the security of the whole of Europe.
US President Biden said in a speech in Poland on the 26th that NATO is a defensive alliance and Ukraine is not currently a member of NATO, so the United States does not need to directly intervene in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
Zelensky again asks for arms support
According to RIA Novosti, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky once again requested weapons support from NATO countries and accused the "partner countries" of hesitating to provide weapons to Kyiv.
Zelensky believes that the security of Ukraine is equivalent to the security of the whole of Europe.
He said that it was not only Ukraine's position to supply Kyiv with arms, but also the position of the "absolute majority in Europe".
The governor of western Ukraine's Lviv state, Kozytsky, posted on social media on the 26th that at about 16:30 local time, the state's capital Lviv was hit by a missile, injuring five people.
The mayor of Lviv, Sadovy, posted on social media later that evening that the city of Lviv was attacked by missiles again that evening. The missile hit an infrastructure in the city and caused a fire, and no residential buildings were attacked. damaged in.
The Ukrainian State News Agency quoted Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Anna Maliar as saying on the 26th that the Ukrainian-Russian conflict front is about 1,800 kilometers long. At present, the Russian army's offensive has slowed down, but the Russian army is mobilizing troops and personnel to prepare for a new offensive.
The Ukrainian news agency quoted officials from the Sumy region in northeastern Uzbekistan as saying that fighting in the Sumy region continued.
Konashenkov, a spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Defense, said on the 26th that some Russian citizens have received calls in the past few days notifying them to go to the Russian military department. Such fraudulent calls were made from Ukraine and came from Ukrainian special forces.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has not and does not plan to call up reservists.
Konashenkov said that the Russian army destroyed 91 military installations in Ukraine in the past day.
Biden says U.S. will not directly intervene in Russia-Ukraine conflict
U.S. President Biden met with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba and Defense Minister Reznikov in Poland on the 26th. The two sides discussed the military, diplomatic and humanitarian situation in Ukraine.
Secretary of State Blinken and Secretary of Defense Austin attended the meeting.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba told the media on the same day that the United States made it clear that it would support Ukraine, and the two countries agreed to further cooperate on sanctions against Russia.
In addition, Ukrainian Defense Minister Reznikov said that he discussed with the U.S. President the most urgent needs of the Ukrainian military at the moment, and at the same time he evaluated the outcome of the meeting as cautiously optimistic.
On the same day, Biden delivered a speech on the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in Warsaw, Poland.
He said that NATO is a defensive alliance. Ukraine is not a member of NATO at present, so the United States does not need to directly intervene in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The US military in Europe is not for conflict with the Russian army, but to defend the NATO allies.
In addition, Biden repeatedly accused Russia in his speech, while saying that he needs to prepare for a long-term battle.
Humanitarian channels remain open
67 ships from 15 countries were stuck in Ukrainian ports, the head of Russia's National Defense Command Center Mizhantsev said on the evening of the 26th.
The Russian side opens a humanitarian channel to the southwest in the territorial waters of Ukraine from 8:00 to 18:00 Moscow time every day.
The Russian side once again called on the international community, including the International Maritime Organization, to exert influence on the Ukrainian side to ensure smooth and safe exit channels for foreign ships from Ukrainian ports.
Miztsev said that since Russia launched a "special military operation", 439,420 people have been evacuated to Russia from dangerous areas, including 91,673 children.
Since March 2, Russia has sent 5,298 tons of humanitarian supplies to Ukraine and carried out 645 humanitarian operations.
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Veresyuk said at a press conference on the 26th that Ukraine successfully opened 10 humanitarian channels that day, and 5,208 residents were successfully evacuated to Zaporozhye, including more than 4,000 Mariupol residents. .
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine may affect the food security of some countries
On the 26th, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a video speech at the Doha Forum in Qatar.
In his speech, Zelensky claimed that Russia's military operations blocked Ukrainian ports and affected Ukraine's exports of agricultural products and other economic resources.
If Russia is not stopped, the world will have an economic crisis.
As of March 23, local time, the sown area of the main spring crops in 2022 in the 11 regions of Ukraine is expected to be 5.99 million hectares, 1.689 million hectares less than last year (7.679 million hectares).
The Ukrainian Agricultural Policy Department released news that Ukraine is the world’s major agricultural producer and exporter. According to the forecast of the Ukrainian Agricultural Policy Department, the sown area in Ukraine may be reduced by 30% due to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, which will affect the import of Ukrainian agricultural products. negative impact on food security.
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