Kyiv residents told to leave

According to a report, a Kremlin spokesman said russian delegates will be ready to resume talks on Wednesday evening. Reportedly, the delegation will be in place to await negotiations with Ukraine in the late afternoon.

According to a report, Ukrainian civil defence groups need armour, helmets and medical supplies. Reportedly, a russian convoy north of Kyiv has been travelling by road and the Ukrainian army are working on that. According to a report, Russia has told Kyiv residents to leave, before planned airstrikes.

United states sanctions omit energy shipments

According to a report, the russian advance may have stalled because of fuel and food shortages. Reportedly, more bombs exploded over Kyiv overnight, prompting people to flee. According to the report, the Ukrainian president has prohibited men under sixty to leave.

Reportedly, in 2013, protests against tighter economic and political relations with Russia resulted in a new pro western government, and Ukraine becoming a centre of economic activity. According to a report, in an hour long annual state of the union address, the u.s. president promised to sanction Russian oligarchs for what he said was their ill gotten gains. Reportedly, sanctions against Russia have spared energy shipments. According to the report, u.s. lawmakers are pressuring the president to sanction the sector. Reportedly, in the wake of sanctions, the operator of Nord stream 2 has laid off all employees, and companies have cancelled their contracts.

Ukraine

According to a report, a convoy of armoured vehicles appeared to have slowed down 18 kilometres from Kyiv. Reportedly, shelling in Kharkiv didn’t just target military buildings. According to the report, the mayor of Mariupol said the city had endured relentless shelling overnight.

Reportedly, a citizen in Kharkiv, said there are shortages of food already. According to a report, 160,000 have fled Ukraine for neighbouring countries. Reportedly, a Ukrainian citizen recently arrived in Poland confronted the uk prime minister at a press conference in Warsaw to demand a no fly zone to protect people from shelling. Reportedly, she said, Ukrainian women and children are in deep fear because of russian bombs. According to the report, the prime minister replied, the implication is that the uk will be in direct combat, shooting down russian aircraft. That is something we cannot do.

Reportedly, the Ukrainian president has signed an application for eu membership. According to the report, the president said, our goal is to be with all europeans, our goal is to be equal. Reportedly, more peace talks are expected.

Peace talks failed

According to a report, the russian president has denounced the u.n. and its allies as an empire of lies. There was a complaint at the u.n. emergency meeting, Monday that the security council was taking sides. Both the Ukraine and Russian delegates had a long list of misdemeanors they say the other perpetrated. According to reports, the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court, a u.n. body wants to open an investigation into possible war crimes in Ukraine.

Reportedly, a top aid to the russian president said the first peace talks may have identified points to develop. Further talks are expected.

According to a report, several large detonations were heard in Kyiv. Reportedly, russian forces are closing in on the capital in a 65 km convoy of hundreds of tanks and other vehicles. According to reports, russian forces bombarded Kharkiv on Monday, killing atleast nine people as peace talks came to a close.

Reportedly, more than seventy Ukrainian soldiers have been killed after russian artillery hit a military base in Okhyrka, a city between Kyiv and Kharkiv, and soldiers have surrounded the southern city of Kherson.

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Russia suffer grave losses

According to a report, talks between Russia and Ukraine began in Belarus on Monday at noon local time. Reportedly, the head of the russian delegation said that Moscow is interested in reaching agreements with Ukraine as soon as possible.

According to a report, russian armed forces said that losses suffered by Russia since the beginning of the war until 6 am Monday include 29 planes, 29 helicopters, 191 tanks, 816 armoured personnel carriers, 74 artillery pieces, 60 tanks and 2 ships. Reportedly, Ukraine said that Russia had suffered around 5,300 casualties. According to the report, president Zelensky said that four and a half thousand Russians have been killed.

Nuclear facility hit

According to a report, Ukraine authorities say that missiles hit a radioactive waste site on Sunday, the site is the subject of radioactive monitoring. Reportedly, the mayor of Kyiv was asked if there were any plans to evacuate residents, he replied, we can’t do that because all ways are blocked.

According to the report, an electric generator in a similar site was damaged the day before, in Kharkiv in the east. Reportedly, fighting broke out in Kharkiv, and strategic ports came under pressure from invading forces. According to reports, peace talks are thought to be taking place today, though what steps might be enough to satisfy Moscow are unclear.

Nuclear alert and peace talks

According to a report, the russian president has put nuclear weapons on high alert in response to aggressive statements towards Russia. Reportedly, russian troops are not making headway, possibly due to anti aircraft missiles supplied by nato. According to the report, there have been anti war demonstrations in St Petersburg.

Reportedly, the u.n. security council are holding an emergency meeting on Monday. According to the report, Germany who are releasing €100,000 billion to a special fund for Germany’s armed forces are standing by nato wholly.

Reportedly, Ukraine envoys will meet Russian diplomats on the Belarusian border for peace talks, even so, the eu has announced sanctions on Belarus that mirror russian sanctions. According to the report, in an unprecedented move, the eu who usually try to find a peacemaking role will finance purchase and deliver arms to Ukraine.

Reportedly, more eu sanctions include a ban on russian aircraft in european airspace, including not allowing russian planes to leave. Reportedly, the eu president said, the union’s stance was reshaping europe in terms of alliances.

Russia hit oil and gas facilities

According to a report, russian missiles hit an oil terminal in the town of Vasylkiv and a gas pipeline in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city. Reportedly, an oil terminal in Luhansk was blown up by Ukraine. According to the report, a russian missile was shot down before it reached the dam of a reservoire that serves Kyiv.

Reportedly, Ukraine said that 198 people, including three people have been killed. According to the report, Russia whose progress has slowed has suffered 3,500 losses. Reportedly, this could be a plan to take Ukraine with as few casualties as possible.

Conflict continues across Ukraine

According to reports, up to 150,000 have fled Ukraine, many to the former russian states of Poland, Moldova and Lithuania. Reportedly, men between the age of 18-60 are prohibited from leaving. According to reports, civilians have been issued with firearms, and the ministry of defence have distributed information on how to make molotov cocktails.

Reportedly, fighting continued across Ukraine on Saturday with russian airstrikes, airborne landings and armoured advances. According to reports, massive explosions erupted near Kyiv as Russia continued to attack the capital, but Ukraine held out. Reportedly, both sides say they have inflicted heavy losses. According to reports, a residential building in Kyiv has been hit by a missile, several flats were destroyed and two people died.

Is nuclear powered electricity the new green?

According to a report, Nord stream 2 was built to increase Germany’s gas supplies. Reportedly, following the recent invasion the permit was withdrawn. According to the report, u.s. sanctions include targeting the construction company involved in the pipeline.

Reportedly, less than three years after the laying of Nord stream 1, russia annexed Crimea and Donbas. According to the report, sanctions and low supply have lead to prices increasing by 70%.

Reportedly, the cost of electricity is fixed to the price of gas. According to a report, gas accounted for 52% of all electricity generated in 2020. The recent environmental protests in Germany are probably connected to presenting nuclear powered electricity as the new green.