Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of planning to attack other countries after Ukraine, while Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Russia's special military operation in Ukraine aims to end Washington's global hegemony.

The Ukrainian president said - in a video speech to the parliament of South Korea - that Russia's next plans include destroying other regions of Ukraine and attacking neighboring countries, as he put it.

Zelensky asked South Korea to adjust its policy and supply his country with weapons to counter the Russian invasion.

Zelensky accused the Russian forces of targeting civilian concentrations, and pointed out that the Russian bombing caused the destruction of more than 900 educational institutions and more than 300 drug stores.

ongoing process

On the other hand, the Russian Foreign Minister said that the Russian special military operation in Ukraine aims to put an end to the expansion and the reckless approach of the hegemony of the United States and its Western affiliates on the world and on international forums.

He added - in televised statements - that military operations in Ukraine will not stop before the next round of talks, noting at the same time that there are no reasons preventing the continuation of talks with Ukraine.

Lavrov confirmed that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the suspension of military operations during the first round of talks between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators in late February, but Moscow's position has since changed, after we became convinced that the Ukrainians were not planning to do the same.

In the interview, which was broadcast on Monday, Lavrov also noted that calls by the European Union's foreign and security policy chief Josep Borrell for the bloc to continue arming Kyiv represented a "very dangerous turning point" in European politics.

Russian officials say peace talks with Ukraine are not progressing as quickly as they would like, and have accused the West of trying to derail negotiations by raising allegations of war crimes by Russian forces in Ukraine, which Moscow denies.

Kyiv dismissed Lavrov's comments at the time, calling them an approach to undermine Ukraine or to divert attention from accusations of war crimes against Russian forces.

Battles in the East

In the field, the Kharkiv Regional Administration announced that 11 civilians were killed and 14 others were injured as a result of the Russian bombing during the past 24 hours.

And the Ukrainian government announced - yesterday, Sunday - that so far more than 1,200 bodies have been found in the Kyiv region, part of which Russian forces have controlled for several weeks.

And it stressed that it is ready to fight a major battle in the east of the country, which is a priority for Moscow, while the evacuation of civilians continues for fear of an imminent attack in this region.

Sergey Gaidai, head of the Ukrainian Army's Regional Military Administration in Lugansk, said the Russian army is trying to capture the entire Donbass region.

He added in a statement that the Russian military force and equipment had accumulated in the region in preparation for violent clashes in the future, stressing that the Ukrainian forces were ready for this.

On the other hand, Oleksiy Aristovich, an advisor to the Ukrainian president, said that their forces are conducting counter-offensive operations and controlling northern Ukraine.

On the other hand, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that its forces had taken control of the Kamenka region, which it described as the line fortification of Ukrainian forces in Izyum.

The Ministry of Defense released pictures that it said were of the battles near the town of Tobolsky in Izyum, and also said that they targeted 78 Ukrainian military facilities.

Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov added that their forces destroyed 4 bases launching S-300 missiles, and that they killed 25 Ukrainian soldiers near the city of Dnepropetrovsk.

phosphorous munitions

In this context, British military intelligence said that the use of phosphorous munitions by Russian forces in the Donetsk region raises doubts about the possibility of their future use in the besieged city of Mariupol.

She added that the Ukrainian forces repelled several Russian attacks in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, which resulted in the destruction of Russian tanks, vehicles and artillery equipment.

British military intelligence has also shown that Russia's continued reliance on unguided bombs reduces its ability to distinguish targets and leads to more civilian casualties.

On the humanitarian side, the Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister said that 9 humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of civilians will open today, Monday, in various regions, including the besieged city of Mariupol (south of the country).

penalties and moves

The developments on the ground come at a time when the foreign ministers of the European Union countries are meeting - today, Monday - to discuss imposing a sixth package of sanctions on Moscow against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, but the bloc is still divided on the issue of banning imports of Russian gas and oil.

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin today, Monday, in Moscow, to be the first European official to meet with Putin since the start of the Russian attack on Ukraine on February 24, according to what the Chancellery announced on Sunday.

While US President Joe Biden plans to consult via video conference with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, today, Monday, according to what the White House announced.

At the end of the week, Germany witnessed several controversial demonstrations, called by the large community of Russian-speaking in the country, which believes that it has been subjected to discrimination since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine has opened 5,600 investigations into what it says are war crimes on its soil since the beginning of the Russian offensive, Ukrainian Prosecutor General Irina Venediktova announced on Sunday.

On February 24, Russia launched a military attack on its neighbor Ukraine, which prompted capitals and regional and international organizations to impose sanctions on Moscow that included multiple sectors, including diplomatic, economic, financial and sports.