{"id":3050,"date":"2023-08-18T08:30:27","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T08:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/volleyballvnl.com\/?p=3050"},"modified":"2023-08-18T08:30:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T08:30:27","slug":"ukraine-updates-civilians-unable-to-evacuate-un-requires-secure-passages-new-ceasefire-proposed-moscow-threatens-to-chop-off-pure-gasoline-to-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/volleyballvnl.com\/?p=3050","title":{"rendered":"UKRAINE UPDATES: Civilians unable to evacuate; UN requires secure passages; new ceasefire proposed; Moscow threatens to chop off pure gasoline to Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here\u2019s the latest from Ukraine, as the Russian invasion enters its thirteenth day\u2026<br\/>\u2022 Russian shelling continues to prevent the evacuation of civilians from besieged cities including Kyiv, Mariupol, Volnovakha, Sumy and Kharkiv. Fears are mounting for civilians trapped in Ukrainian cities because the Russian onslaught continues.<br\/>\u2022 Meanwhile, the UN humanitarian chief, Martin Griffiths, has known as on Russia and Ukraine to make sure safe passages for civilians fleeing conflict zones.<br\/>\u2022 Ukraine rejected a Russian proposal to allow civilians to escape through humanitarian corridors, after it came to light that many of the routes would solely result in Russia or its ally Belarus.<br\/>\u2022 Notably, a Russian strike hit a civilian evacuation point outdoors Kyiv, reportedly killing eight people, together with two kids, as they tried to flee their properties.<br\/>\u2022 Russia has proposed a brand new ceasefire starting 10 a.m. Moscow time Tuesday in five Ukrainian cities. Ukraine has yet to formally agree to the proposal, which would presumably allow civilians to escape via humanitarian corridors. It\u2019s not yet identified where the routes would result in and if civilians might escape to other Ukrainian cities or neighboring European international locations.<br\/>\u2022 A third round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine on Monday has ended but once more with no ceasefire and little settlement on terms of peace.  <a href=\"http:\/\/pistonvalveonly.com\">Dark<\/a>  talked of minor progress towards civilian evacuation through secure corridors.<br\/>\u2022 Moscow demanded that Ukraine change its constitution to ensure it won\u2019t be part of the EU and Nato, so as to name off the invasion.<br\/>\u2022 An estimated 230 Western companies have joined a rising corporate boycott of Russia. Global franchises Coca-Cola and McDonald\u2019s are being pressured to join the boycott as well.<br\/>\u2022 Russian deputy PM warns Moscow may reduce off pure gasoline provides to Europe, in retaliation against European sanctions. Meanwhile, the US and its European allies are contemplating a ban on importing Russian oil.<br\/>\u2022 However, there are disagreements concerning the extent of such a ban, as many European nations are extra reliant on Russian oil than the US, which produces a lot of its own oil, whereas also importing from other countries.<br\/>\u2022 A Ukraine lawyer at the International Court of Justice says Russia \u201cis resorting to ways harking again to medieval siege warfare.\u201d<br\/>\u2022 At least 1.5 million refugees have fled Ukraine since the beginning of Russia\u2019s invasion, according to UN estimates, with more than a million feeling north to Poland..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s the latest from Ukraine, as the Russian invasion enters its thirteenth day\u2026\u2022 Russian shelling continues to prevent the evacuation of civilians from besieged cities including Kyiv, Mariupol, Volnovakha, Sumy and Kharkiv. Fears are mounting for civilians trapped in Ukrainian cities because the Russian onslaught continues.\u2022 Meanwhile, the UN humanitarian chief, Martin Griffiths, has known [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/volleyballvnl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/volleyballvnl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/volleyballvnl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/volleyballvnl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/volleyballvnl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3050"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/volleyballvnl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3051,"href":"https:\/\/volleyballvnl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3050\/revisions\/3051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/volleyballvnl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/volleyballvnl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/volleyballvnl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}