Ukraine conflict high developments: Zelenskyy appeals for EU membership; Biden heads to Poland

A month into the conflict in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to EU leaders, who had gathered on Thursday in Brussels, to rapidly settle for the Eastern European nation’s utility to affix the bloc. Meanwhile, in a bid to point out Western resolve towards the Russian offensive, US President Joe Biden is ready to go to the Polish city of Rzeszow, about 80 kilometers away from the Ukrainian border, AFP reported. 

Here are the highest developments on the Russia-Ukraine conflict:

🔴 In a collection of conferences in Brussels on Thursday, US President Joe Biden and his Western allies vowed elevated sanctions on Russia and extra humanitarian assist for Ukraine. Biden mentioned that the US would welcome as much as 100,000 Ukrainian refugees, however added that they could favor to remain nearer to residence, AP reported. He additionally mentioned that the US would supply an extra $1 billion for meals, drugs, and different provides. But the Western leaders had been unable to supply Ukraine the extra sturdy navy help that Zelenskyy has been pleading for. 

🔴 Ukraine has claimed that it destroyed a Russian navy touchdown ship known as Orsk, which was offloading armored autos and tanks on the port of Berdyansk, CNN reported. The US and UK have mentioned that Ukraine has most probably attacked “high-value targets” in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine, together with the ship and ammunition depots at Berdiansk.  

🔴 Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is ready to go to New Delhi on Friday. Wang and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar are anticipated to debate Russia’s invasion of Ukraine throughout their assembly right now.  

Brussels: U.S. President Joe Biden, left, and European Council President Charles Michel arrive for a spherical desk assembly at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, March 24, 2022. (AP)

🔴 Russia is prone to flip to ‘dumb’ bombs and artillery as it’s rapidly working out of precision guided munitions, based on Reuters. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl speculated that he didn’t consider President Vladimir Putin needed to have an all out battle with NATO.

🔴 Ukrainian President Zelenskyy shared a video of his look on the EU summit, the place he thanked European Council members for his or her assist, however mentioned that their sanctions on Russia had come “a little late”. He identified that if the sanctions had been preventative, as an alternative of retaliatory, Russia could not have launched a full-blown assault on Ukraine. “You blocked Nord Stream 2. We are grateful to you. And rightly so. But it was also a little late. Because if it had been in time, Russia would not have created a gas crisis. At least there was a chance,” he mentioned. 

🔴 US President Joe Biden will go to the japanese Polish city of Rzeszow, positioned close to the nation’s border with Ukraine. The journey is supposed to display Washington’s willingness to defend NATO allies amid the conflict in Ukraine. Biden has beforehand warned that Russian aggression on NATO soil may probably result in ‘World War III’. 

🔴 Australia on Friday imposed sanctions on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and members of his household, citing the nation’s steady strategic assist to Russia.