Peace deal not acceptable to Russia

According to a report, there are ten humanitarian corridors open on Thursday, though residents of Mariupol, 100,000 said to be in urgent need of evacuation have to use their own vehicles. Reportedly, Ukraine said a major new offensive in the east is likely within days. According to the report, four fuel storage depots used to supply ukrainian troops in Mykolaiv, Kharkiv and the Donbas region have been destroyed.

Reportedly, an advisor to the president of Ukrainedismissed comments made by the russian foreign minister who suggested Kyiv had presented Moscow with a draft peace deal that contained unacceptable elements. According to the report, a ukrainian negotiator said russian propogandists were trying to divert attention from what happened in Bucha, where russian troops were accused of killing civilians.

Fierce fighting on retreat from Kyiv

According to reports, russian forces entered Irpin and other towns on retreat from Kyiv, but met resistance. Reportedly, fierce fighting ensued, leaving destroyed armoured vehicles and scattered military equipment in streets and fields. According to reports, bodies of dead civilians have been discovered in Bucha, near Kyiv their hands tied behind their backs. Reportedly, bodies were buried impromptu in a mass grave in the grounds of a church, hands and feet apparent above the soil.

According to a report, Odesa woke up to sirens at 5.45 Sunday, followed by bombs from two aircraft which strook a fuel depot. Reportedly, peace talks are expected Monday, though according to Russia’s chief negotiator, not enough progress has been made to allow direct negotiations between the presidents of Russia and Ukraine.

War Ukraine

According to a report, the president of Ukraine has warned that retreating russian forces were leaving mines around Kyiv. Reportedly, the international red cross said they would try again to facilitate a safe passage out of Mariupol after conditions forced them to turn around.

According to the report, three russian ballistic missiles were fired from Crimea towards the Odesa region but were intercepted. Reportedly, the u.s. are to provide an additional $300 in military equipment.

Abraham accords

According to reports, the Abraham accords are a joint statement between the united states, Israel, united Arab Emirates and Bahrain in an attempt to normalise relations, concurrently Israel agreed to suspend plans for annexing part of Samaria. Israel’s right to Samaria which has been occupied by ethnic groups since biblical times is not internationally recognised.

Reportedly, Israel resumed diplomatic relations with Jordan in 1994 and Egypt in 1979, though tunnels built by hamas in Gaza run to Egypt.

Putin surrounded by yes men

According to a report, five weeks into an invasion that has blasted cities into wastelands, u.s. and european officials say the russian president has been mislead by his generals about the dire performance of the russian military. Reportedly, there is a belief that the president thought things were going better than they were. According to the report, staunch Ukraine resistance has prevented Russia from capturing a major city. Reportedly, the ukrainian president said they were seeing a build up of russian troops for new strikes on Donbas and were preparing for it.

40,000 russian soldiers killed, injured or captured

According to a report, morale appears to be low among russians. Reportedly, there was a mutiny on a russian ship that refused to attack Odesa. According to the report, Lt General Rezantsev has been killed in a strike by ukrainian forces.

Reportedly, a message intercepted in Ukraine revealed a conversation between a soldier on the ground and the command centre, the former saying they cannot use artillery on the area until civilians have left.

According to a report, a russian colonel has been run over and killed by his own troops due to the severe death toll suffered by his unit, another source says he survived and has been taken to hospital in Belarus. Reportedly, the commander has been identified as Colonel Medvechek. According to the report, nato has estimated that as many as 40,000 russian soldiers have been killed, injured or captured.

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Negotiations

According to a report, Tuesday’s negotiations between Russia and Ukraine identified what could eventually be a framework for ending the war. Reportedly, the russian deputy defence minister said russians would in the mean time cut back on military activity in Kyiv and Chernihiv. According to the report, negotiations in Istanbul are the first time in two weeks that the two sides have met face to face. Reportedly, the ukrainian delegation who may be willing to declare neutrality want its security guaranteed by other nations such as the u.s., uk, France, China and Poland in a nato style mutual defence arrangement. Reportedly, even as negotiators gathered, an airstrike on a government administration building in Mykolaiv was said to have killed 12 people.

According to the report, hundreds are waiting outside a grocery store in Ukraine amid food shortages. Reportedly, some russian forces suffering heavy losses have been forced to return via Belarus. According to the report, russians are now reinforcing troops in Donbas.

Attack in Israel

According to reports, five people have been killed by a gun man in a suburb of Tel Aviv, the third attack of its kind in a week. Reportedly, the attacker who was shot dead by police was a 26 year old Palestinian from Samaria. According to the report, the Palestinian president condemned the killings, saying ‘the attack might lead to escalation at a time when we are striving for stability.’ Reportedly, the palestinian militant group hamas praised the attack.

According to the report, an earlier attack was carried out by an Israeli arab who planned to join islamic state in Syria. Reportedly, the attacker drove his car into a cyclist, killing him, then stabbed three people to death. According to the report, five days later two Israeli arabs opened fire at a bus stop in the northern city of Hadera, killing two nineteen year old police officers.

Hungarian elections

According to reports, parliamentary elections will be held on April 3 in Hungary. Reportedly, Viktor Orban has served as prime minister since 2010. According to the report, between 2010-20 Hungary dropped 69 places in the press freedom index, as a result in 2019 his party, Fidesz was suspended from the European people’s party. Reportedly, in March 2021 Fidesz left the european people’s party in a dispute over the rule of law.

Deal or no deal?

According to a report, the us special envoy for Iran said he was in the middle east to talk to Saudi Arabia about the joint comprehensive plan of action or Iran nuclear deal. Reportedly, Riyadh and Tehran ended diplomatic ties in 2016 when Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Tehran was stormed following the execution of a shia leader. According to reports, the two countries stand on opposite sides in the war in Yemen where a Saudi coalition has been fighting the Iran supported Houthi movement since 2014.

According to a report, the u.s., who are seemingly very attached to the 2015 joint plan of action are not dealing with Iran directly. Reportedly, Iran is in negotiations with other members of the u.n. security council.

According to reports, the jcpa which intends to curb Iran’s military program and supplies the u.s. with uranium doesn’t really deal with the previous threat of a nuclear attack on Israel. Reportedly, in 2007 Israel was building air raid shelters.