Ukraine Update
Ukraine update – President Volodymyr Zelensky has a message for the citizens of the Donbas region. He urged them to fight for their rights and freedom.
“To everyone who can hear us, whose memory hasn’t been erased by propaganda, whose eyes weren’t shut by fear, whose soul wasn’t disfigured by cynicism — Fight!” he said. “Fight for your rights! For your freedom, for Ukraine! Together with Kherson, together with Berdyansk, together with Kyiv and all the rest of Ukrainian cities that value life and are not afraid of anything.”
“I know that many of you believed that Ukraine allegedly hates you. Will allegedly attack you. Will allegedly destroy you. Liars on Russian TV talk about it every day. Liars. It’s their job to lie to you every day. But this should not be your destiny.”
Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is still under the control of Russian troops. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed it on Saturday. Head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi said that the staff is held at gunpoint. They are also forced to work. This goes the same for the workers at Chernobyl where they are also forced to work without changing shifts.
Starlink
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked SpaceX CEO Elon Musk for providing internet services to the country. Starlink sends antennas to assist destroyed cities.
“I’m grateful to him for supporting Ukraine with words and deeds,” Zelensky said in a tweet early Sunday. “Next week we will receive another batch of Starlink systems for destroyed cities.”
Mariupol
Mayor of the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, Vadym Boichenko shared the situation of his city.
“The situation is very complicated, the Russian army has already put up a blockade on the humanitarian corridor. We have a lot of social problems, which all the Russians have created. All our thermal substations rely on this power supply, so accordingly, we are without heat. Since the attack on Mariupol, we lost our reserve water supply, and so we are totally without water now. “
“[The Russian army] is working to besiege the city and set up a blockade,” he said. “They want to cut us off from the humanitarian corridor, shutting down the delivery of essential goods, medical supplies, even baby food. Their goal is to choke the city and place it under unbearable stress.”