The Russian Invasion

The Russian Invasion|The Battles  

Ukraine: Not involved in deadly market attack  

 

Ukraine's army was not involved in Sunday's attack on a market in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine that claimed 27 lives, writes the Tavria military group fighting on the southeastern frontline. 

 

"Donetsk is Ukraine! Russia will have to be held accountable for the Ukrainian lives that were taken," Tavria writes on Facebook.  

 

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivers a similar message in his nightly video update. Russia, in turn, blames Ukraine for the robot attack and the Russian Foreign Ministry describes it as an act of terrorism.  

The attack proves that the so-called "special operation" in Ukraine must continue, writes the ministry according to Ukrainian Pravda.  

 

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Tusk: The front between good and evil cuts through Ukraine  

 

Donald Tusk's first trip as Polish Prime Minister went to Kyiv today. Ukraine has Poland's full support when it comes to weapons, equipment and financing, he says during the visit. 

 

- The darkest place in hell is reserved for those who pretend to be neutral in times of moral conflict. Anyone in the free world who shows equal distance to Ukraine and Russia deserves the darkest place in hell, he says, according to Polish Onet.  

 

Tusk adds that he is not afraid to use big words because "the front between good and evil" runs right through Ukraine.  

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Fico promises to stop Ukraine in NATO: "Will be the third world war"  

 

Slovakia wants to veto Ukraine in NATO. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico will deliver that message when he meets his Ukrainian counterpart on Wednesday, several media outlets write. Membership would result in a third world war, according to Fico.  

 

He also says Ukraine must compromise and give up territory to end the war. 

 

- What do they expect, that the Russians will leave Crimea, Donbass and Luhansk? It is unrealistic, says Fico, who is often described as pro-Russian.  

 

Slovakia was for a long time one of Ukraine's closest allies, but when Fico's left-wing nationalist government took over in October, arms support ended, writes Radio Free Europe.