ABOUT 300 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BURIED IN MASS GRAVES IN THE KIEV SUBURB, SAYS THE MAYOR
About 300 people are buried in a mass grave in Buchaa town on the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, the mayor told AFP on Saturday after the Ukrainian army regained control of the capital from Russia.
“In Bucha we have already buried 280 people in mass gravesMayor Anatoly Fedoruk told the AFP news agency by phone that the city’s streets were badly damaged and full of corpses.
LITHUANIA PROMISES TO STOP CONSUMPTION OF RUSSIAN GAS BY THE END OF APRIL
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauséda He explained through his social networks What From April, the European Union country will stop consuming Russian gas in response to the invasion of Ukraine.
“No more Russian gas from this month in Lithuania. Years ago, my country made choices that today allow us to painlessly sever energetic ties with the aggressor. If we can do it, so can the rest of Europe!” the Lithuanian President wrote on Twitter.
DISPOSAL FROM A CLUSTER BOMB CAUSES TWO DEATHS IN SOUTHERN DU UKRAINE
Two people died this Saturday in Kryvyi Rih in southern Ukraine when submunitions exploded from a cluster bombaccording to sources cited by Ukrinform agency.
“Today a father and son were killed in Kryvyi Rih district‘ announced the city’s mayor, Oleksandr Vilkul, in a video posted to his Facebook account, stressing that they were civilians, EFE reported.
The United Nations has accused Russia of using cluster bombs against populated areas in Ukraine on at least 24 occasions. since the beginning of the war, High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet reported on March 30.
MORE THAN 170 WILL BE ARRESTED IN RUSSIA THIS SATURDAY FOR PROTESTING AGAINST THE WAR IN UKRAINE
More than 170 people were arrested this Saturday in Russia for protesting against the offensive in Ukrainereported the NGO OVD-Info, which specializes in monitoring arrests in the country.
Around 13:00 GMT, “more than 178 people were arrested in 15 Russian cities,” the NGO said in a statement.
In Moscow, A sit-in protest against the Russian military intervention in Ukraine was scheduled for 11:00 GMT in Zariadié Park, in the shadow of the Kremlin. Shortly after, police began arresting people sitting on park benches in the middle of a snowstorm, AFP reported.
UN RAISES CIVILIAN KILLING IN WAR TO 1,325, INCLUDING 120 CHILDREN, INSISTING THAT REAL DEATH NUMBER IS MUCH HIGHER
At least 1,325 civilians have died since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began more than five weeks ago.including 120 children, said this Saturday the United Nations Office for Human Rights, which clarified that these are the verified victims, but the real number could be much higher, EFE reported.
The number of civilians injured in the conflict, confirmed by the United Nations, stands at 2,017, including 168 children, according to figures updated daily by the office headed by High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet.
Actual death toll ‘could be significantly higher’ since there is only incomplete and outdated information about some of the areas with the greatest hostilities, including places besieged by Russian troops such as Mariupol, Volnovakha, Izium or Irpin.
UKRAINE ASSURES THAT ITS TROOPS HAVE AGAIN CONTROL OF MORE THAN 30 VILLAGES IN KIEV REGION
Oleksiy Arestovych, Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, said at a briefing on Saturday:From the North-West of Kyiv, the troops pushed the enemy towards the state border. They were successfully pushed back and more than 30 settlements were liberated‘ reported Reuters.
Arestovych highlighted the heroic performance of the Ukrainian forces in the city of Dmytrivka, where two tanks destroyed a reinforced company of enemy tanks and a large number of armored vehicles.
DEATH NUMBER IN MYKOLAIV REGIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING RISE TO 33,
According to the Emergency Medical Service of Ukraine, they already are 33 people died after the Russian attack on an administrative building in the city of Mykolaiv.
The impact of the rocket on the nine-story building has caused so far 34 other people injured and the destruction of part of the building, after which bodies are still being searched for in the rubble.
AFTER SANCTIONS AGAINST ITS COMPANIES, RUSSIA WILL SOON ANNOUNCE THE END DATE OF ITS COOPERATION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
The Russian space agency Roskosmos this Saturday confirmed and announced the refusal of the US, Canadian, European and Japanese space agencies to lift sanctions against their companies Russia will shortly decide on the date of the end of its cooperation on the International Space Station (EEI), EFE reported.
“We will soon submit to the country’s leadership concrete proposals from Roscosmos on the deadlines for ending cooperation within the ISS with the space units of the United States, Canada, the EU and Japan,” the Director General of the ISS explained on Telegram. Russian Space Agency, Dmitry Rogozin.
Moscow had given the US, Canadian and European space agencies an ultimatum by March 31 to lift the sanctions imposed on the mechanical engineering research company TsNIIMash and the Progress Rocket Space Center after the start of the Russian military operation in Ukraine.
THE POPE APPRECIATED TO TRAVEL TO KIEV AT THE INVITATION OF ZELENSKI IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WAR
The pope was able to travel to Ukraine, the scene of a war following the invasion of Russia, because when asked during the flight that took him to Malta if he was considering an invitation to Kyiv, Francis replied: “Yes, it is open the table,” EFE reported.
Both the President of Ukraine Volodimir Zelensky and the Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko have invited the Pope to travel to this country to demonstrate his closeness to the Ukrainian population a war that pope has been repeatedly criticizedas well as the offer to “do whatever it takes” to achieve his goal.
Francisco and Zelensky spoke by phone on March 22, as Ukraine’s president assured the pope that “he is the most-awaited guest in the country,” while the pope told him he was “praying and doing everything to bring it to an end.” to prepare war, provoked after the invasion of Russia”.
UKRAINE PLANS TO OPEN SEVEN HUMANITARIAN CORRIDORS BY THIS SATURDAY
Ukraine plans to open seven humanitarian corridors for evacuating people this Saturday, Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk said.
The official explained that the corridors include one for the evacuation of people in private vehicles from the city of Mariupol and in buses for Mariupol residents outside the city of Berdyansk, Spanish newspaper El País reported.
AT LEAST 158 CHILDREN HAVE DIED DUE TO THE CONFLICT, ACCORDING TO THE UKRAINIAN PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE FOR CHILDREN
This was denounced by the Prosecutor’s Office for Minors of Ukraine at least 158 children died and 254 were injured in attacks Russia has carried out since it began invading the country on February 24 through this Saturday, Europa Press reported.
Most child casualties, including dead and injured, were recorded in the capital region of Kyiv at 75, followed by Donetsk at 71, Kharkov (56), Chernigov (49), Kherson (29), Zaporizhia (22), Zhytomyr (15) and Sumy (14).
Likewise, prosecutors denounced that since the invasion began, 869 educational institutions have suffered material damage, 83 of which have been completely destroyed.
THE RED CROSS WILL ATTEMPT A NEW EVACUATION OF CIVILIANS FROM MARIUPOL THIS SATURDAY
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) confirmed this Friday that it was “unable” to gain access to the city of Mariúpol, where it intended to help evacuate thousands of civilians, but assured it would try again this Saturday.
The ICRC had warned hours earlier There were “major obstacles” to the evacuation of civilians from the Ukrainian city, which continues to be besieged by Russian troops. Three NGO vehicles were due to leave Mariúpol this Friday to escort a convoy of 12 buses and private vehicles with local residents on board, Europa Press reported.
Hours earlier, the ICRC had warned that there were “major obstacles” to the evacuation of civilians from the Ukrainian city, which continues to be besieged by Russian troops. Three NGO vehicles were scheduled to leave Mariupol this Friday to escort a convoy of 12 buses and private vehicles with local residents on board.
However, the ICRC, whose team consists of nine people, said in a statement that staff had to return to Zaporizhia after “conditions” on the ground made the task “impossible”.