Kyiv, April 5, 2022 night of bombs and death in Ukraine. there war Living dramatic hours: That’s what Kyiv reveals cluster bombs forbidden were dropped on the city by the Russians Mykolayiv: a Children’s Hospital and there would be multiple victims, including at least one child. The first reports speak of 11 civilians killed. According to Ukrainian sources, Russian soldiers also seized and undermined the Pologi district hospital in the Zaporizhia region. Today air raid sirens sounded across the country. From Kyiv to Odessa, from Kharkiv Lviv, from Mykolaiv itself to Donetsk and Zaporizhia. Moscow is stepping up its attacks, especially on Donetsk and Lugansk, while the world is still in shock Bucha massacre. And in Borodyanka “there might be more victims,” says Zelensky, who will address the UN Security Council today about the massacre of civilians. Yesterday the President of Ukraine visited the city and accused Russian soldiers of being “butchers”. A torture chamber was also found containing the bodies of 5 civilians with their hands tied behind their backs. Biden has called for a trial against Putin war crimes. Seven humanitarian corridors are expected today, but Kyiv denounced that Russian forces would not allow entry into Mariupol. Zelenskyy again accuses: “Russia is trying to cover up war crimes”. And on the meeting with the Russian head of state: “That may not happen. The question is not whether there will be negotiations, but how strong you are at the table.” there Denmark, He has now expelled 15 Russian diplomats for espionage.
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Ukraine, Zelenskyy in Bucha (Ansa)
Bucha, the world in shock. Fear of further massacres “Maybe more victims for Borodyanka”
According to the Ukrainian army, Moscow is regrouping its military units to launch an aggressive offensive in eastern Ukraine. According to the daily operational report of the Kiev military, Russia’s goal is now to gain full control over the territory of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions. . “The enemy is regrouping its troops and focusing its efforts on preparing an aggressive operation in the east of our state,” the Ukrainian general staff said in the report. “The goal is complete control over the territory of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions.” The transfer of Russian units is underway, Kyiv officials added. “The enemy replenishes supplies of food, fuel, lubricants and ammunition.” To support the thesis of the offensive to the east i Bombing raids intensifying in the area. Probably an attempt to pave the way for Putin’s troops. Russian forces continue to blockad the city of Kharkiv and gain full control of Mariupol, with continuous artillery bombardments destroying residential areas and city infrastructure.
Meanwhile, disturbing new details about the conflict’s atrocities are coming to light. The bodies of three tortured civilians They were found in the Konotop district of the Sumy region, in areas occupied by Russian troops. Dmytro Zhyvytskyi, head of the Sumy regional military administration, wrote on Telegram, quoted by UNIAN. The bodies were found by the Ukrainian military. The Russian army withdrew from the Sumy region on April 3.
The New York Times intervened in the Bucha massacre by publishing some satellite images that apparently contradict the Russian version Bucha massacre. The images, taken by a satellite owned by specialist firm Maxar Technologies and dated March 11 the date Russian troops were still occupying the city show 11 bodies on the ground, all on the same street called Jablonska. The New York daily claims that later comparisons and checks indicate that the bodies turned up on the street between March 9 and 11. In addition, their position and distance from other objects on the same street, such as abandoned cars and trees appears to match images taken and transmitted by a city council last Saturday, which show a circular vehicle along Yablonska Street avoiding the race over the corpses lying left and right.
Satellite images hide what Moscow is looking for in Bucha (Ansa)
Seven are expected in Ukraine today humanitarian corridorsincluding the besieged city Mariupol. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshcuk via telegram. The route from Mariupol leads to Zaporizhzhia (about 200 kilometers northwest) by its own means, Vereshchuk explains, specifying that the Russian armed forces “despite promises will not allow anyone to go to Mariupol.” In addition, he adds, “the occupiers blocked representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Mangush. After the negotiations, they were released at night and sent to Zaporizhia.”
The intervention of the President of Ukraine is expected today Zelensky to the UN Security Council. Overnight, the Kiev leader appeared in a video accusing Russia of conducting a “propaganda operation to cover up war crimes. “After discovering the mass killings of civilians in the Kyiv region, the occupiers in other parts of the country could take a different stance,” said Zelenskyy. “They are already launching a sham campaign to hide their guilt in the mass killing of civilians in Mariupol. They will conduct dozens of staged interviews, record new tapes, and kill people to make them believe they were killed by others.”
On the front line of the new sanctions against Russia, everything is still at a standstill. Announced but not added yet. Among the hypotheses being examined by Europe is “the possibility of imposing significant tariffs on imports of Russian oil and coal to encourage member states to rapidly reduce their consumption”. The Wall Street Journal writes that “a range of options are being discussed” for European diplomats, ranging from “separate sanctions packages that could include oil and coal to be introduced over time” to import tariffs on Russian oil and Coal is enough as an incentive to move away from Russian energy sources.