According to the Wall Street Journal, Kyiv has ordered 220,000 vials of a drug to ward off the effects of chemical weapons. While Moscow accuses Kyiv of preparing provocations in Irpin, 132 bodies of tortured people are found in Makariv. As for the casualties, the number of children killed rises to 176 and that of the dead Russian soldiers to over 19,000. Bad signs for the economy: Confindustria production falls to 2.9% in the first quarter; 150 million wine exports at risk. An online archive for war crimes is created.
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EU accession, Kyiv is aiming for candidate status by June
The Ukrainian government aims to achieve candidate country status for EU membership by June. This was stated by Olga Stefanishyna, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and EuroAtlantic integration. According to the deputy prime minister, the country is “quickly ready” with its candidacy for membership of the European Union. «Ukraine has received the questionnaire on EU membership. We’ve already done a lot of preliminary work, so we’ll be up and running quickly,” he said again.
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In Makariv 132 bodies of tortured people. Moscow accuses Kyiv of staging provocations
Rescuers found 132 bodies of people who were tortured and killed in Makariv, Kyiv region. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense writes in a tweet and defines the find as “a new, monstrous war crime”. In Makariv, a city liberated a few days ago, rescuers are also looking for the victims of Russian bombing who remained under the rubble. According to the ministry, the city was half destroyed. On the other hand, Russia claims that the Ukrainian authorities are preparing a provocation to accuse Russian troops of the mass murder of civilians in the city of Irpin, northwest of Kyiv. This was announced by the Russian Defense Ministry, according to Interfax reports.
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Kuleba: online archive created to document war crimes
“We created an online archive to document Russia’s war crimes.” Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba wrote on Twitter. “The accumulated evidence of atrocities committed by the Russian army in Ukraine will prevent war criminals from escaping justice,” the minister added. Meanwhile, Riccardo Noury, spokesman for Amnesty International Italia, commented on the massacres of civilians on the Ukrainian front: “Anyone who thought that a war in Europe could be less dirty than wars in the Middle East or Africa is dismissive from the start came to this forecast. As early as February 24, Amnesty International documented war crimes consisting of attacks on civilian targets, including the use of prohibited weapons such as cluster bombs. Schools, hospitals and inhabited centers used as shelters were hit; there have been killings of civilians, reports of torture and rape, and all of this essentially affects the Russian armed forces ».
