On March 6, the Russian-Ukrainian conflict entered its 11th day, and the situation ushered in another change, and it was not a very good change.
On the same day, Russia and Ukraine updated their latest achievements.
The Russian Defense Ministry said in a briefing that since the special military operations in Ukraine on the 24th, the Russian army has destroyed 2,037 Ukrainian targets, including 98 air defense systems, 71 command posts and communication centers, and 61 radar stations.
The Ukrainian side claimed on social media that so far the Ukrainian side has killed 10,000 Russian troops, eliminated 945 armored vehicles, 269 tanks, 79 warplanes and so on.
Overall, the results reported by the Russian side appear to be more real, while Ukraine's claim of "annihilating the enemy ten thousand" is too unrealistic.
But regardless of whether the data is true or not, it is certain that since the outbreak of the conflict, Russia and Ukraine have paid a heavy price, and the losses are not small.
A day earlier, on the 5th, the Russian side announced that the Russian army had entered a "state of silence" in Ukraine and opened humanitarian channels for the evacuation of civilians.
The establishment of humanitarian corridors and the short suspension of fire when civilians are evacuated are the consensus reached by Russia and Ukraine in the second round of negotiations, including Kharkiv, the second largest city in Ukraine, and Mariupol, a major city in the south.
However, just a day later, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that the Russian army had resumed its offensive. The Russian side pointed out that in Mariupol and other places, there have been cases of Ukrainian nationalist armed personnel obstructing the evacuation of civilians, but the Ukrainian authorities have turned a deaf ear to this and have done nothing.
In addition, Russia also said that the Ukrainian side has no intention of prolonging the "state of silence", which is also a major reason for the Russian army to resume the offensive.
In fact, the Russian military declared a "state of silence" and opened humanitarian passages for the evacuation of civilians, in large part for the follow-up of a more violent and larger-scale attack. After all, after the civilians were evacuated, the Russian army could completely free its hands and feet.
But what the outside world did not expect was that only one day after the humanitarian passage was opened, the Russian army resumed its offensive. It is clear that Ukraine's inaction in helping civilians evacuate has worn out Putin's patience.
No one can accurately predict how the war will unfold next, but some of Putin's statements may show some trends.
Putin very bluntly warned that day that the Zelenskiy government must understand that if it chooses to continue to resist the Russian army, Ukraine's national status may not be guaranteed.
Putin's subtext is very direct - if Ukraine is stubborn, it will eventually end up as a country without a country.
Earlier, in a phone call with Belarusian President Lukashenko, Putin had stressed that Russia's special military operations in Ukraine would fully complete the set tasks.
From Putin's above statement, it is not difficult to conclude that it is unlikely that the Russian military will stop the offensive until Ukraine has satisfied its proposed neutralization; de-militarization, de-Nazimization; and recognition of Russian sovereignty over Crimea.
In other words, the Russian army will continue to fight until the Zelenskiy government agrees to all of Putin's demands.
According to the agreed time point, Russia and Ukraine will hold a third round of negotiations at the beginning of next week, but the members of the Ukrainian delegation will be changed.
And the reason is that people feel cold in their backs after listening to it.
On the 6th, a number of Ukrainian mainstream media reported that Kiriyev, the ukrainian representative who had previously participated in the Russian-Ukrainian negotiations, was killed in his home in Kiev.
In the first round of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations on the 28th of last month, Ukraine sent six people, including Deputy Defense Minister Leznikov and Deputy Foreign Minister Tochytsky.
However, in the photos of the venue that flowed out after the meeting, the 7th negotiator who was not announced in advance appeared in the Ukrainian delegation, and this person was the Ukrainian banker Kiriyev.
What is even more bizarre is that there are different opinions on the cause of Kiriyev's death.
According to the Ukrainian media and some parliamentarians, long before the war between Russia and Ukraine, Kiriyev was suspected of being a spy sent by russia. This time, he was suspected of treason and was killed while resisting the arrest of security agents of Ukraine.
The media also said that the Ukrainian intelligence services have obtained relevant call records, and there is conclusive evidence that Kiriyev committed treason.
However, the General Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense stated that Kireyev was an official of the General Intelligence Directorate and that he had been killed in the line of duty while on a special mission with two other intelligence officers.
But the question is, the intelligence officer of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense was shot and killed by the Ukrainian State Security Service.
At such a sensitive moment, the Ukrainian version of the "Rashomon Incident" happened. Why was Kireyev killed? Did he really commit treason? The amount of information behind this is not insignificant.
As a businessman, Kiriyev was most likely inclined to promote peace, so his death is likely to be related to the group of people who fought in the Ukrainian political arena.
It was also rumored that Kiriyev had provided the Ukrainian opposition with zelenskiy's news of Poland, thus causing him to be killed.
Kiriyev's death shows that there are big differences within the Ukrainian government over the issue of negotiations — some want to talk, but others want to continue fighting.