The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky called on the countries of the “Bucharest Nine” to help Ukraine and force Russia to return to the negotiating table, he wrote on Twitter .
“We are defending our freedom and our land. But we need effective international assistance. I discussed this with Andrzej Duda (Editorial: President of Poland). I appealed to the Bucharest Nine for defensive assistance, sanctions, and pressure on the aggressor.
We must bring Russia together at the negotiating table. “We need an anti-war coalition,” he wrote.
It should be reminded that in the early morning of 24 February, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a message announcing the decision to launch a special military operation in Donbas: “Circumstances require decisive and immediate action from us.”
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that from 05:00 (07:00 Yerevan time) on Thursday, the Russian Armed Forces carried out intensive attacks on Ukrainian military facilities and airports.
It all started with a rocket attack on the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. The “Smerch” volley fire jet system is launched in Kharkov. The airports are being shelled. They hit the Kiev area with missiles. Russian troops cross the land border of Ukraine. The tanks enter Kharkov. The mayor of Kiev Vitali Klitschko addresses the citizens, and the military applies to the Russians. The Verkhovna Rada is imposing martial law in Ukraine. Russia closes 14 airports. Zelensky asks everyone to keep calm. The air alarm signal turns on. CNN shows Russian tanks crossing the border into Ukraine from Belarus.
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko denies the news.
