REFUGEES – The Romanian Border Police announced that the number of Ukrainian nationals that entered the country on Monday was 38.3% higher than on the previous day. According to a news release, 4,412 Ukrainian citizens entered Romania in 24 hours. Since the start of the crisis, over 786,000 Ukrainian citizens have crossed the border into Romania. According to the Border Police, measures have been taken to reinforce border security.
UKRAINE – In its invasion of Ukraine, Russia has increased attacks on civilian targets, particularly railways, to prevent Ukrainian forces from receiving weapons from the West. At least 5 civilians were killed. Russian troops also destroyed 6 electricity generating units of the Ukrainian railways, and a weapons storage facility in Slovyansk. The Ukrainian forces withstood the attacks and said victims were reported, but did not provide any details.
AID – NATO and EU foreign ministers convene today at the Ramstein US military base in Germany, to discuss additional military assistance for Ukraine. At the beginning of the conflict, the West hesitated to provide weapons to Ukraine for fear that the violence would spiral into a larger-scale war. This reluctance subsided, however, and today’s talks will focus on how Kyiv could be supplied with the necessary weapons not just to withstand the Russian attack in Donbas (east), but also to counter-attack. Previously, the Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov accused NATO of involvement in a proxy war, and said the weapons delivered by the West to Ukraine will be legitimate targets.
(Radio Romania International)
