On Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zhelensky told MPs in Malta that despite their demands, Ukraine was not getting enough weapons to break the siege of Mariupol and recapture the city. Zelensky defenders said “Protests continue at Azovstal factory”.
We use all diplomatic means to save them, but Russia does not accept any of the proposed options. We urge our partners to provide weapons with the aim of freeing Mariupola and protecting civilians and soldiers, ”he added.
However, during his speech via video conference he said: Not enough weapons were provided. Zhelensky said cities and other Ukrainian cities had been hit by 2,250 missiles in the two-and-a-half months since the invasion. “The bombings will not stop day or night,” he said.
The Kiev chief also said that Russia had laid siege to ports in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov Exports of cereals and other commodities should be preventedThis will cause a crisis in the global food market.
“If wheat, barley, sunflower seeds and sunflower oil could not be exported, people in North Africa and Asia would suffer from food shortages and prices would rise,” Zhelensky said. “Then, there may be a new chaos and a new migration crisis, and I think they will feel this crisis in the neighboring regions of Malta.”.
Russia launched a military offensive in Ukraine on February 24 that killed more than 3,000 civilians, warning that the actual number could be much higher, according to the UN.
The military offensive left more than 13 million people dead, more than 5.5 million of whom fled the country, according to the latest UN data.
The Russian invasion was generally condemned by the international community, which responded by sending arms to Ukraine and strengthening economic and political sanctions on Moscow.
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