Russian forces bombarded, on Sunday March 13, a military base located in the Lviv region, near the Polish border and until then relatively spared from the conflict, local authorities said. “The occupiers carried out an airstrike on the International Peacekeeping and Security Center. According to preliminary information, they fired eight missiles. Information on (potential) casualties is being gathered “, the Lviv regional administration said in a statement. Follow the evolution of the situation in our direct.
Mariupol hopes for humanitarian aid. The besieged city of Mariupol is hoping for the arrival of a humanitarian aid convoy on Sunday. This convoy remained blocked for more than five hours at a Russian checkpoint on Saturday, and the hope was that it could reach Mariupol this Sunday, coming from Zaporozhye via Berdiansk, advanced Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk. Attempts to evacuate hundreds of thousands of civilians have repeatedly failed.
Zelensky’s words. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday welcomed a new approach, “fundamentally different”of Moscow in its recent talks with Kyiv, stressing that Russia is no longer satisfied with “just issuing ultimatums”. According to him, over the past two years, Ukraine has asked Moscow “more than ten times”, “without ever having heard that a dialogue could take place.”
New US military aid. The White House on Saturday authorized $200 million in new arms aid for Ukraine. US President Joe Biden authorizes the release of these funds “in defense materiel and services (from) the Department of Defense”as well as in “military training”for “bring aid to Ukraine”.