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Ukraine is Bleeding But Has Not Fallen, Says Dmytro Kuleba
Vladimir PUTIN Threatens West With WAR if No-Fly Zone Imposed Over Ukraine
Speaking at a meeting with female pilots on Saturday, Mr Putin said Russia would view 'any move in this direction' as an intervention that 'will pose a threat to our service members'
‘This is Just Awful’: Haunting Report About Hospice Children Fleeing Ukraine
AP. 6 MAR 2022.
Ukrainian emergency responders work at the scene of the bombing of several houses in Kyiv earlier today
Ukraine's foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba has hailed advances made by Kyiv's forces against Russia, asserting that 'Ukraine is bleeding, but it has not fallen and stands with both feet on the ground.'
Kuleba reiterated his demand for Moscow to withdraw its forces from Ukrainian territory
Russian president Vladimir Putin says Moscow will consider any third-party declaration of a Ukraine no-fly zone as "participation in the armed conflict".
Speaking at a meeting with female pilots on Saturday, Mr Putin said Russia would view "any move in this direction" as an intervention that "will pose a threat to our service members".
"That very second, we will view them as participants of the military conflict, and it would not matter what members they are," he said.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has pushed Nato to impose a no-fly zone over his country, warning that "all the people who die from this day forward will also die because of you", as Russian forces batter strategic locations.
Nato has said a no-fly zone, which would bar all unauthorised aircraft from flying over Ukraine, could provoke widespread war in Europe with nuclear-armed Russia.
His comments came as a ceasefire to evacuate residents from two cities in Ukraine quickly fell apart, with officials saying work to remove civilians had halted amid shelling hours after Russia announced the deal.
The Russian defence ministry said early on Saturday it had agreed on evacuation routes with Ukrainian forces for Mariupol, a strategic port in the south-east, and the eastern city of Volnovakha.
The vaguely worded statement did not make clear how long the routes would remain open.
But a short time later, Mr Zelensky's office said the ceasefire had already failed.
Deputy head of his office Kyrylo Tymoshenko said: "The Russian side is not holding to the ceasefire and has continued firing on Mariupol itself and on its surrounding area.
Ukrainian soldiers are seen beside captured Russian tanks near Kharkiv
"Talks with the Russian Federation are ongoing regarding setting up a ceasefire and ensuring a safe humanitarian corridor."
Russia breached the deal in Volnovakha as well, deputy prime minister Iryna Vereshchuk told reporters.
"We appeal to the Russian side to stop firing," she said.
Russian outlet RIA Novosti carried a Russian defence ministry claim that the firing came from inside both communities against Russian positions.
The struggle to enforce the ceasefire shows the fragility of efforts to stop fighting across Ukraine as people continue to flee the country by the thousands.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin today said he will consider any third-party declaration of a Ukraine no-fly zone as "participation in the armed conflict"
Mr Zelensky said: "We are doing everything on our part to make the agreement work. This is one of the main tasks for today. Let's see if we can go further in the negotiation process."
Mariupol had become the scene of growing misery amid days of shelling that knocked out power and most phone service and raised the prospect of food and water shortages for hundreds of thousands of people in freezing weather.
Pharmacies are out of medicine, Doctors Without Borders said.
The head of Ukraine's security council, Oleksiy Danilov, had urged Russia to create humanitarian corridors to allow children, women and the older adults to flee the fighting, calling them "question number one".
A Russian combat helicopter explodes after being blasted out of the sky by Ukrainian forces
‘This is Just Awful’: Haunting Report About Hospice Children Fleeing Ukraine
Arwa Damon reports on the dangerous effort to evacuate sick children, who spend most of their time in the hospital, out of Ukraine amid Russia's invasion.
Russians Leaving Their Country For Finland
Special programme on the Ukraine invasion, as French President Emmanuel Macron warns that Vladimir Putin wants to seize all of Ukraine and "Worse is To Come" during the conflict.
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