Per editor: Duan Lian, Yi Qijiang
On the 9th local time, the deputy director of the Office of the President of Ukraine said that if security is provided, the Kiev authorities are ready to discuss the neutral status of the country, but Ukraine will not give up an inch of territory. He said Kiev needed security from the United States, Britain and Germany, and russian assurances alone were not enough.
Earlier in the day, an adviser to the head of the Ukrainian president's office said in an interview with Ukrainian media that Ukraine was ready to negotiate neutrality with Russia, but it must be secured.
The Ukrainian Border Service said in a post through social media platforms on March 9 local time that more than 12,000 Ukrainians returned home on the 8th and will soon join the Defense Forces.
On Wednesday (March 9), local time, Sony's PlayStation division announced that it would stop providing game console hardware and game software services to Russia, while the PlayStation digital store was also unavailable in the region. According to the statistics of the research institute IDC, Sony is also the world's major game console service providers with the highest proportion of Russian user base, so from a financial point of view, the potential negative impact is also the largest.
Zelenskiy: Bring the plane here
United States: Not supported
According to CCTV news, in response to Ukrainian President Zelenskiy's repeated calls for Western countries to set up no-fly zones in Ukraine, the leaders of NATO and the United States, Britain and other countries have repeatedly rejected them. Poland and the United States have kicked the ball in the past few days on the issue of "supplying MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine".
In a video speech released on the 9th local time, Zelenskiy once again urged Western countries: "Don't shirk your responsibility, send the plane to Ukraine."
In his speech, Zelenskiy said that from the first day of Russia's military operations, Ukraine has repeatedly stressed to its partner countries that "if you do not establish a no-fly zone, you will be responsible for the humanitarian disaster in Ukraine." But until now, the Western countries have not made a decision.
Ukrainian President Zelenskiy: Poland has decided to hand over the (MiG-29) fighter jet to the US military base, and we know from the media that the US side and Poland have reached an agreement. But at the same time we have heard that the United States believes that the Polish proposal is unreasonable, so when will there be a decision?
Zelenskiy urged, "Hurry up and solve the problem, don't shirk your responsibility, and send the plane to Ukraine."
In his speech, Zelenskiy said that the Ukrainian side was making every effort to evacuate civilians through the humanitarian corridor, he warned the Russian side not to destroy the temporary ceasefire in the humanitarian corridor area, and shouted to the Russian soldiers, "Go home, don't die in vain."
On March 9, local time, U.S. Pentagon spokesman Kobe Bryant said he did not support Poland in sending fighter jets to the Ukrainian Air Force.
Previously, Poland had expressed its desire to transfer MiG-29 fighter jets to A U.S. military base in Germany. However, Kobe Bryant said on the 9th that the United States has clearly stated that it does not support Poland's delivery of MiG-29s to the Ukrainian Air Force, nor does it support the transfer of them to the US air base in Germany. Bryant said the proposal was too risky and that NATO should avoid a direct conflict with Russia as much as possible.
The United States recognizes biological research facilities in Utopia
Russia: The United States needs an explanation
According to CCTV news, the Russian side urged the United States to explain the activities of the biological laboratory set up by the United States in Ukraine on the 9th.
"Very seriously, this is a very important topic," Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian president, said at a news conference, "this topic is very important, and probably equally important for the world." We hope to be able to discuss these institutions, which have operated in Ukraine, and the actions that it has actually operated by United States experts. The world must want to know what these institutions have done. ”
Image source: CCTV News
Russian Satellite News Agency reported that Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said at a press conference on the 9th: "We have found your (U.S.) research and development results, your biological materials. These materials were developed in Ukraine mainly for military purposes. ”
"The U.S. Department of Defense and the President's Office have an obligation to formally explain to the international community in the near future about the U.S. (biological) program in Ukraine," Zakharova said. The whole world is waiting. ”
The Russian side said that the Russian side found 30 biological laboratories in Ukraine and obtained relevant documents from some laboratory employees. The labs operate on orders from the U.S. Department of Defense and may be involved in the manufacture of biological weapons. The United States has invested more than $200 million in these laboratory activities. Pentagon contractors such as the U.S. Department of Defense Threat Reduction Agency and Boreck Widge International were involved in the construction of these laboratories.
Citing information released by the Russian military, the Satellite News Agency reported that the US military conducts military biological projects in Ukraine and other former Soviet republics, and the activities of the laboratory include collecting and transferring dangerous microbial strains to the United States and researching possible biological weapons agents for specific areas. The United States has collected samples of various infectious disease strains and strains, as well as biological samples of 4,000 Ukrainian soldiers, and shipped them to the Walter Reed Army Research Institute in the United States.
Igor Kirillov, commander of the Russian radiation, chemical and biological protection force, said at a press conference on the 7th that since 2021, the US military has invested 11.8 million US dollars to carry out an infectious disease research in the Ukrainian army.
Russia said the biological laboratory documents obtained showed that on February 24, the day Russia launched a special military operation, the laboratory "urgently destroyed" pathogens of plague, anthrax, rabbit fever, cholera and other deadly diseases.
Zakharova said the destruction of pathogens is aimed at covering up violations of the Biological Weapons Convention.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Newland admitted at a congressional hearing on the 8th that "Ukraine has biological research facilities" and that "the United States is cooperating with the Ukrainian side to prevent those research materials from falling into the hands of the Russian army."
European lawmakers questioned the difference between Ukraine and Afghanistan
"Is it because the invaders are the United States?"
On the 7th local time, Claire Daly, an Irish member of the European Parliament, said at the plenary meeting of the European Parliament that not only a large number of Ukrainians were forced to leave their homes to escape the war, but thousands of Afghans also left their homes to seek refuge, but no one mentioned Afghanistan at the meeting of the European Parliament. Daly asked: Isn't it just because the invaders are the United States?
CLAIRE Daly, MP of the European Parliament: Since the last plenary session, thousands of Afghans have left their homes in search of food and safety. 5 million Afghan children face famine and die in agony. Child marriage and child trafficking have increased by 500 per cent in order to survive. But no one mentioned [Afghanistan] at that meeting. There is no mention here, no mention of it anywhere, no extensive television news coverage, no emergency humanitarian response, no special plenary meeting [of the European Parliament], not even mentioned, no Afghan delegation, no statement. Afghans must be wondering why their humanitarian crisis is so neglected. Is it because of the color of their skin ? Because they're not white? Because they're not Europeans? Or is it because the problems facing Afghanistan come from U.S. weapons, U.S. invasions? Is it because the decision to rob Afghans of their wealth was made under the authoritarian president of the United States, not russia?
Edited | Duan Lian Yi Qijiang Du Hengfeng
Proofreading | Cheng Peng
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