The developments of Russia’s war on Ukraine today Russian forces are besieging Kyiv from the north

London and Washington confirm the slow progress of the military operation

As Russia's war on Ukraine enters its fourth week, British military intelligence has confirmed that Russian operations have largely halted on all fronts in Ukraine, while Ukrainian authorities have confirmed that Russian forces are besieging the capital from the north.

In addition to British intelligence statements, an American official confirmed to AJ net that the Russian forces had not made any tangible progress towards Kyiv in the last hours.

For its part, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense announced the downing of 5 Russian planes, 3 helicopters, and two drones, and the killing of two Russian pilots, it said.

The Ukrainian General Staff also announced that Russian forces are besieging areas north of the capital, Kyiv.

For its part, the Russian Defense Ministry said that its forces destroyed 11 Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile systems in one day, and Moscow said that the Russian army had destroyed dozens of Ukrainian military facilities, and that it controlled several regions.

A large fire broke out as a result of the Russian bombing of the Svyatoshinsky district, 10 kilometers from the center of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.

The Ukrainian Emergencies Service stated that firefighting teams were having difficulty reaching the area of ​​the fire in Svyatoshinsky due to the Russian bombing.

In this context, the United Nations expressed its concern for the safety of civilians trapped inside Ukrainian cities, while the International Committee of the Red Cross called for the provision of safe corridors.

As for Human Rights Watch, it accused the Russian forces of repeatedly using cluster bombs in the city of Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine, which may amount - according to its description - to the level of war crimes.

Here are the latest developments on the 23rd day of this war:

Reuters from the Chinese Foreign Ministry:

A ministry official met with the Russian ambassador to Beijing to discuss security cooperation.

The meeting between the official in the ministry and the Russian ambassador to Beijing discussed efforts to combat terrorism.

State Department Spokesperson to ABC News: We see daily new examples of Russian atrocities and violence against the Ukrainian people.

NBC (NBC) on the Pentagon official: Russia is able to control the city of Izyum in eastern Ukraine and can continue to advance south.

Reuters from the Dutch Central Bank: More than 200 million euros of Russian assets in the Netherlands have been frozen as part of the sanctions.

Italian journalist condemns "La Stampa" newspaper for falsifying information about the bombing of Donetsk

Italian journalist, Angelo Dorsey, expressed his outrage at the fraud committed by the newspaper "La Stampa", which published a picture from Donetsk of the repercussions of the Ukrainian bombing on March 14, as if it were the repercussions of a Russian bombing.

Zakharova reveals a fabricated photo published by an Italian newspaper to falsify what is happening in Ukraine

Dorsey, who is also a journalism professor and historian, reported on his Facebook page that he had sent a letter of protest to the editor-in-chief of La Stampa newspaper, Massimo Giannini.

He wrote: "I sent a letter to Massimo Giannini about the work of his newspaper, which made it clear on the front page to its readers (the few remaining) that the Donetsk massacre of March 14, which killed 23 people, was the result of Russian bombing, while the missile was launched by the Ukrainian army. And it confirmed All reliable sources do it."

Dorsey also noted that an eloquent picture entitled "Massacre" with other article titles "going in the same direction" was intended to denounce the Russians. He described the existing articles themselves as "pathetic", stressing that their authors are people who have nothing to say but their names. He also criticized Giannini's statements on a talk show, in which he justified his choice of editor-in-chief by wanting to show "the horrors of war." "There is a need for moral upheaval against this false information," Dorsey emphasized.

He also checked that the photographer of the photo used in the newspaper was found, and it is known that publishing the photo without copyright or any signature had been "stolen", as no one allowed "La Stampa" newspaper to use it.

The first to draw attention to the fraud in the newspaper was the Italian freelance journalist, Vittorio Nicola Randgiloni, who has been working in the Ukrainian conflict zone for the past eight years, and talks about what is happening in the Donbass on his Telegram page. The number of his followers has tripled in recent days. Randjiloni was the first journalist to publish a photo and video of the site of the fall of the "Tochka O" missile fired by Ukrainian forces on the city of Donetsk residents.

Source: TASS

Serbian Foreign Ministry: A new world has already emerged, led by Russia and China

Senior Adviser to the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vladimir Krešlianin, said that a new world has already emerged, led by Russia and China, and beginning with Serbia, and that NATO knows that it cannot defeat Russia.

Serbian President vows to punish his citizens who will go to Ukraine to fight

He added that "the new system will be free of fascism, terrorism and the "color revolutions" that NATO regularly and periodically supports."

Krishlianin noted that "the West, through its actions, helps to shape a new world order without its hegemony" and that Ukraine "fell a victim of NATO, just like Yugoslavia. With the same predictable hypocrisy that has no limits."

Source: "Sputnik"