Joe Biden wants to show that the United States is on the front line of the commitment against the war decided by Moscow. The American president is expected Friday, March 25 in the Polish city of Rzeszow, about 80 kilometers from the border with Ukraine. Arriving from Brussels, he will be received by Polish President Andrzej Duda at the airport of this city located two and a half hours by road from Lviv, the main city in western Ukraine, where refugees are flocking. Follow the evolution of the conflict live with franceinfo.
Confusing situation in Mariupol. The situation of the city of Mariupol, on the Sea of Azov, heavily bombarded, is still deteriorating. The mayor of the city assured Thursday evening that 15,000 inhabitants had been evacuated “by force” by the pro-Russian military. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said his paramilitary militia, which fights alongside the Russian army, had taken over the town hall of this port city. Information impossible to confirm from an independent source, and the Ukrainian army ensures that Mariupol has not fallen.
The battle intensifies in kyiv. The fighting redoubled in intensity on the capital’s front, where Ukrainian rocket launchers responded to Russian artillery. “The enemy will probably try to resume offensive operations in the direction of the towns of Brovary and Boryspil in order to block kyiv from the east”commented the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in its latest bulletin.
Zelensky praises the “heroism” of his people. In his latest video posted on Facebook, overnight from Thursday to Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, entrenched in kyiv, pays tribute to “the heroic opposition of the Ukrainian people to the Russian military invasion”. In a month of war, thousands of Ukrainians have been killed, including 121 children, 6.5 million have had to leave their homes, and more than 4,300 of them have been destroyed, according to a latest assessment by the president.