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11-03-2022
MOSCOW/ KYIV: Talks between Russia and Ukraine have failed, with foreign ministers from both countries making no progress on a potential cease-fire agreement.
The discussions came a day after Russian forces bombed a maternity hospital in Mariupol, an attack which Ukrainian authorities say killed three people, including one child.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov played down the “so-called atrocity” to CNBC Thursday, but presented no evidence for his claim that the hospital was in the control of Ukrainian radicals.
UNICEF, the U.N. children’s charity, said Thursday that the number of child refugees fleeing Ukraine had exceeded 1 million.
Most of those children had fled with their families to Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Moldova and Romania, the organization said.
The charity issued an appeal for $349 million to prevent “further deterioration of the welfare of children in Ukraine and neighboring countries.”
It said six trucks carrying almost seven tons of supplies had already arrived in Ukraine.
Ukraine says 63 hospitals damaged since start of war
Ukrainian Health Minister Viktor Liashko said Thursday that 63 hospitals have been damaged across the country since Russia’s invasion began on Feb. 24.
He also said 5 medical workers had been killed by “the bullets of Russian terrorists,” in a statement published on Facebook.
Zelenskyy signs law allowing state seizure of Russian property
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a law on Thursday that will allow the nationalization of all Russian-owned property in Ukraine without any compensation to its owners.
The decision to “forcibly confiscate” property owned by the Russian Federation and its residents had been made by Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, a government statement said, “given the full-scale aggressive war waged by the Russian Federation against Ukraine and the Ukrainian people.”
U.S. announces additional funding for Ukraine and Eastern Europe
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has announced nearly $53 million in additional humanitarian assistance for civilians impacted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The funding, which adds to almost $54 million in U.S. aid announced in recent weeks, will be paid through the U.S. Agency for International Development. It will include support for the U.N. World Food Program to provide emergency food assistance to those displaced within the country and refugees fleeing Ukraine.
Harris announced the fresh funding on Thursday during a trip to Warsaw, Poland. (CNBC)
