{"id":1403198,"date":"2022-03-27T16:14:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-27T20:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1403198"},"modified":"2022-03-27T16:14:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-27T20:14:59","slug":"ukraine-and-russia-what-you-need-to-know-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-and-russia-what-you-need-to-know-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fukraine-and-russia-what-you-need-to-know-right-now%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1403198&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022-03-27T040305Z_1_LYNXNPEI2Q01F_RTROPTP_0_UKRAINE-CRISIS_1.jpg\" alt=\"Russia&#039;s invasion on Ukraine continues, in the village of Krasylivka outside Kyiv\" \/><br \/>A Ukrainian serviceman walks past a burnt-out car, as Russia&#8217;s attack on Ukraine continues, in the village of Krasylivka outside Kyiv, Ukraine March 26, 2022. REUTERS\/Marko Djurica<\/div>\n<p>March 27, 2022<\/p>\n<p>(Reuters) \u2013     Ukraine is willing to discuss becoming neutral as part of a peace deal, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said even as another top Ukrainian official accused Russia of aiming to carve the country in two.<\/p>\n<p>FIGHTING<\/p>\n<p>* Russia is trying to split Ukraine in two to create a Moscow-controlled region after failing to take over the whole country, the head of Ukrainian military intelligence said.<\/p>\n<p>* The Russian-backed eastern Ukrainian rebel region of Luhansk said it may hold a referendum on joining Russia, drawing a warning from Kyiv that any such vote would have no legal basis and trigger a stronger international response.<\/p>\n<p>* Russia continued its \u201cfull-scale armed aggression\u201d, while Ukrainian forces had repulsed seven attacks in the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, the General Staff of Ukraine\u2019s Armed Forces said.<\/p>\n<p>TALKS AND DIPLOMACY<\/p>\n<p>* The next round of face to face talks between Ukraine and Russia will take place in Turkey on March 28-30, Ukrainian negotiator David Arakhamia said on social media.<\/p>\n<p>* Top American officials said the United States does not have a policy of regime change in Russia, ramping up efforts to clarify President Joe Biden\u2019s statement that Russian President Vladimir Putin \u201ccannot remain in power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>* French President Emmanuel Macron called for restraint in both words and actions in dealing with the Ukraine conflict, following Biden\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n<p>* Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Russian President Vladimir Putin that a ceasefire and better humanitarian conditions were needed following Moscow\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>CIVILIANS<\/p>\n<p>* The United Nations human rights office said 1,119 civilians had so far been killed and 1,790 wounded since Russia began its attack on Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>* Ukraine has asked the International Committee of the Red Cross not to open a planned office in Russia\u2019s Rostov-on-Don, saying it would legitimise Moscow\u2019s \u201chumanitarian corridors\u201d and the abduction and forced deportation of Ukranians.* Mourners crammed into the ornate Ukrainian Greek Catholic church in Lviv to bury Ukrainian soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>QUOTES<\/p>\n<p>* \u201cMore than a month has passed since the invasion of Ukraine, since the start of this cruel and senseless war, which, like every war, is a defeat for everyone, for all of us,\u201d Pope Francis said, speaking to thousands of people in St. Peter\u2019s Square for his Sunday blessing.<\/p>\n<p> (Compiled by Frances Kerry)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Ukrainian serviceman walks past a burnt-out car, as Russia&#8217;s attack on Ukraine continues, in the village of Krasylivka outside Kyiv, Ukraine March 26, 2022. 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