The 22nd day of war: monstrous war crimes of Russians flush down negotiation efforts

UKRAINE - In Brief 17 Mar 2022 by Dmytro Boyarchuk
Russians are facing defeat on all directions. Ukrainian forces are cautiously but persistently running tactical counterattack operations. A big group of Russian forces was encircled near Kyiv (Irpin-Bucha) and destroyed. Another large group of Russian military was encircled and eliminated near Vosnesensk when trying to take into circle Mykolayiv. According to provisional reports, Ukrainian forces are unfolding a counter-attack on Kherson. The number of killed Russian soldiers has approached 15,000 according to General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The number of wounded Russian soldiers we should count roughly in the ratio of 1:3, i.e., near 45,000. Russians, failing to reach any target of this war, are responding with massacres of civilians. Mariupol is the main pain these days. Near 25 Russian airjets are bombing the town 24 hours pay day and Russian ships joined with shelling from the sea over the recent days. No electricity, water supplies, heating or any connection at the town. Green corridors do not work as any agreements with Russians. Ukrainian forces had to run counter-attacks, thus creating small windows for civilians to escape the town. Yesterday Ukrainian society was shocked by the deliberate bombing of Drama Theater in Mariupol, which was used as a shelter by more than 1500 civilians. Luckily the bomb-shelter under the Theater withstood the blow and many people survived (not all details are available). The bombardment happened after one of the refugees unwarily commented on TV that more than 1,500 civilians with children are hiding in the building of Drama Theater from bombs. In few hours Russians threw heavy bombs directly onto the building. As one...

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