In the absence of any sign that the Russian forces would slow down their onslaught against the port-city of Mariupol, efforts to evacuate civilians through safe corridors are carried on. 30 thousand inhabitants have left the city including 300 people, who according to Moscow, went by bus over the border in Rostov. A theatre in Mariupol sheltering hundreds of civilians was bombed by the Russian forces on Wednesday. After speaking before the US Congress yesterday, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday talked before the Bundestag calling on Germany to tear down the new wall against freedom created in Europe by Russian president Vladimir Putin. France announced it would unblock 300 million euro in aid to Ukraine. Paris had already supplied the Ukrainian forces with defensive equipment and fuel. And Kiev is benefitting from a massive support from the USA and other NATO members. Washington announced one billion dollars in military assistance to this country within a week.
