Russia Claims Its Plans In Ukraine Will Be Fulfilled In Full

Monday, 14 March 2022 14:45

By Caoimhe Harney

Russia has shelled several suburbs of the capital, Kiev.

A Kremlin spokesperson insists all of Russia's plans in Ukraine will be fulfilled in full and in the timeframes outlined.

But the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country's inflicting such losses to the enemy that they 'don't even know where they can find reserves'.

Officials from the former Soviet state say Russian forces have shelled several suburbs of the capital, Kiev.

In Mariupol, authorities say 160 private cars have been able to leave the city, which is encircled by the Kremlin's troops.

Another round of talks between Russia and Ukraine are under way.

Both sides say some progress was made in negotiations over the weekend.

Elsewhere, It's reported a pregnant woman and her baby have died after Russia bombed the maternity unit in the city of Mariupol last week.

She was photographed being rushed to another hospital where doctors carried out an emergency C-section, but couldn't save either.

Moscow claims there were no patients in the hospital.

Ukraine's president has claimed it's only a matter of time before Russian missiles land in Nato territories.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has also reiterated his call for a no-fly zone - and criticised Europe's reliance on a gas pipeline from Russia.

Zelenskyy has said his country will fight Russia's attack until the end.

Independent Senator Gerard Craughwell is on the Ukraine/ Poland he explained the situation on the ground, Magdalena Godzien is originally from a town in Poland near the Ukraine border she has sent trucks with supplies to the Ukraine.

Both guests spoke to Eoin Beatty on Monday's Kildare Focus: