What happened in the last few hours after the invasion of Russian troops in Ukraine

The sixth day of attacks by Russian troops in Ukraine has begun with contradictory information. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, assured late Monday that he had felt “several signs” from Russia during the first meeting held in Belarus, a large caravan of military vehicles more than 60 kilometers to the capital, Kiev. Japan was also added to sanctions imposed by the West, and companies such as Disney or Warner Bros. announced the cancellation of their new films in Russia.

A kilometer-long caravan of Russian military vehicles. A large convoy of Russian military vehicles stretches 60 kilometers northwest of Kiev and threatens to escalate hostilities in the Ukrainian capital on Tuesday, the sixth day of the Russian invasion. This is reflected in the satellite image taken this morning by the US company Maxar Technologies. The photos also show the new deployment of Kremlin troops, with attack helicopters and ground vehicles, in Belarus, less than 30 kilometers from the border with Ukraine.

Zelensky spoke of “a few signs” in negotiations with Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said late Monday that Ukraine had received “several signals” from Russia during negotiations between representatives of the two countries, but that it was still not the outcome he wanted. “Russia has made its point, we have ours to end the war. We received several signals. When the delegation returns to Kiev, we will analyze what we have heard and then we will decide how to proceed to the second round,” he said. .

New front in Kherson. The city, located in the south of the country, near the Black Sea coast, at the mouth of the Dnieper River, is practically surrounded by the Russian Army, as seen in the images distributed by the Telegram channel and as reported by journalists on the ground. “There are Russian soldiers everywhere and they have set up checkpoints at the exits of the city,” journalist Alyona Panina told Ukrainian TV channel 24.

Japan joins US and EU sanctions. Japan announced on Monday that it would tighten sanctions on Russia and freeze the assets of six Russian leaders, including President Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. “I informed (President Zelensky) that Japan supports Ukraine and offers it strong support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said, adding that Japan would freeze bank assets, Russian state funds, as well as state property. the country’s central bank.

Disney left Russia.The Walt Disney Company has announced that it will not be releasing its new film in Russia. The company explained that “it will make future business decisions” as the situation develops, but did not specify how long the action would last. Warner Bros. also revealed that they canceled the premiere in Russia Batmanplanned for this Friday, while Netflix confirmed that it would not comply with Moscow’s new audiovisual law, which would force the platform to include twenty public channels to operate in the country.