Start of evacuations. More than 5,000 people were able to leave the city of Sumy, located 350 km northeast of Kiev, on Tuesday March 8, the deputy head of the Ukrainian presidential administration, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, assured Wednesday, quoted by Ukrainian media. . The city of Sumy was the scene of deadly bombardments on Monday which left at least 21 people dead.
Evacuations also continued in the Kiev region, despite fire on humanitarian corridors, according to the head of the local administration Oleksiï Kouleba. On Wednesday, a new truce must come into effect to allow the evacuation of other civilians, assured the Russian army. Follow our live.
The United States rejects the offer of Polish Mig-29s. The United States considered that Warsaw’s proposal to deliver its MIG-29 planes to the American army and then hand them over to Ukraine is not “viable”, the Pentagon spokesman said on Tuesday. Discussions are continuing between the two countries.
Security risks in Chernobyl. Systems for remotely monitoring nuclear materials at the Chernobyl power plant in Ukraine have stopped transmitting data to the International Atomic Energy Agency (AEIA), she said on Tuesday. “I am deeply concerned about the difficult and stressful situation in which the personnel of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant find themselves and the potential risks this poses for nuclear security”has warned Rafael Grossi, head of the IAEA
Joe Biden orders an embargo. The President of the United States announced on Tuesday that he had ordered an embargo on American imports of Russian oil and gas. This decision has been made”in close coordination” with US allies, he said.