OVERVIEW. Russia announces ceasefire at Mariupol, negotiations virtually continue tomorrow | War Ukraine and Russia

• According to the Russians, residents leave Mariupol on the Sea of ​​Azov to go to Zaporizhzhya via Berdyansk† Ukraine has not responded to the announcement. The two countries have repeatedly accused each other of blocking escape routes for residents of the city.

• The Ukrainian authorities have again accused the Russian army phosphor bombs to use, this time against the town Marinka, in the south of the country. Phosphorus bombs are, according to a convention signed in Geneva in 1980, forbidden against civiliansbut may be used against military targets.

• The Russian troops have started with themselves withdraw from the Chernobyl nuclear site. This is reported by a senior Pentagon official. Shortly after the start of the invasion on February 24, Russia had the Conquered control of the old nuclear power plant† It Russian army also withdraws from Hostomel . airport, northwest of Kyiv. According to the Pentagon, the Russians are leaving Chernobyl to move to Belarus. It is not yet clear whether everyone will leave. Even the troops that Chernihiv and Sumy besieged are being sent to Belarus, according to the Pentagon.

• The Pentagon also sees other troop movements away from Kiev. About 20 percent of Russian troops headed for Kiev have repositioned in the past 24 hours, some appear to be headed for Belarus. The Americans take into account that a part to eastern Ukraine have to fight there. “Our estimation is that they troops to reorganizestart resupplying them and they probably to develop elsewhere in Ukraine,” said spokesman John Kirby according to CNN. “At the moment, that redesign doesn’t seem to be progressing in any specific way.”

• It morale among Russian soldiers is lowtroops would refuse to follow orders and there is one on the russian side shortage of weapons. The Russians would also accidentally shot down their own plane. Andrew Fleming, chief of British intelligence, GCHQ, reports this. The intelligence chief does not go into details. For example, it is not clear where Russian troops would have shot down their own aircraft. US intelligence’s claim that Russian President Vladimir Putin is misinformed, according to Fleming. “To be advisers are afraid to tell him the truth”, said the chief. In addition, there would be Putin and his generals tensions have arisen because the Russian president misled would feel.

• Negotiations between Ukraine and Russia are Friday continued digitally, reported Ukrainian negotiator David Arachamia. Ukraine would have liked to meet again physically, according to Arachami, but Russia refused. According to the Kremlin, work must first be continued on a treaty between the two countries. The peace negotiations became Wednesday ended with little hope after the Kremlin “couldn’t say there was anything promising or any breakthrough”. Ukrainian President Zelensky also said in his daily video message that the talks have produced “nothing concrete”.

• Any Ukraine’s future neutrality can only be committed after a referendum† That would at least three million signatures from the population require and may require a year According to the BBC and The Guardian, the Ukrainian negotiator David Arachamia said in a TV interview. According to him, a referendum is “a lengthy procedure that” only in peacetime can take place”.

• Since the start of the invasion, all 4 out of approximately 44 million Ukrainians have fled their countryaccording to figures from the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR).

• The Ukrainian President Zelensky addresses the Belgian parliament today via video connection. The speech to the state plenary is scheduled for 2:15 p.m. and will be followed by a debate. The Chamber provides a introduction by chairwoman Eliane Tillieux and a afterword by Prime Minister Alexander De Croo. Just before Zelensky’s speech it will be Ukrainian national anthem live are played by a cellist and a violinist, both of Polish descent.

• The United States is considering a few months release one million barrels of oil every day† Insiders report this to Bloomberg news agency. The Biden administration hopes the gasoline prices like this down to bring. According to anonymous sources, it could be a total of up to 180 million barrels of oil extracted from the country’s strategic oil reserves have to come. The US WTI oil price fell in response to the news according to AFP news agency by more than 5 percent† US President Joe Biden previously promised 30 million barrels of oil from reserves to stabilize the global energy market.

White House says Biden will announce local time on Thursday how his government wants to bring down the price of petrol, but won’t go into details yet. Oil prices have risen sharply since the war in Ukraine.