Russia claims to have surrounded two large cities in southern Ukraine

On the second day of Russian attacks on the territory of Ukraine, the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said at a press conference that “all participating States of the OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) in a national capacity, including Finland and Sweden, reaffirmed in their day the principle that the security of some States should not be built at the expense of the security of other countries”, she commented.

In this sense, the possible acceptance of Sweden and Finland in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will have retaliation from Russia, Zakharova emphasized.

“It is clear that the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO, which is mainly a military bloc, would have serious military and political consequences that would require our country to take reciprocal measures,”s he said. Meanwhile, Finland has banned the Russian channel RT showing its support for Ukraine.

The Kremlin accused Ukraine on Saturday, February 26, of having ruined a truce by refusing to negotiate, on the third day of the invasion launched by President Vladimir Putin against the neighbouring country. Follow LIVE the development of this conflict that shocks the planet.

“In line with the expected negotiations, yesterday afternoon the Russian president ordered to suspend the advance of the main forces” of the Moscow troops, said the spokesman for the Executive, Dmitri Peskov. “Because the Ukrainian side rejected the negotiations, Russian forces resumed the advance this afternoon.”

A few hours later, Putin called on the Ukrainian army to carry out a coup and described the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelensky, and his circle as a “gang of drug addicts and neo-Nazis”.

The United States dismissed Russia’s offer as implausible.