In the war between Ukraine and Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has returned to demand more weapons for Kyiv and more sanctions against Moscow. Explosions in Kyiv and Lviv. Here’s today’s latest news:
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8.36 a.m. 200 children have been killed and another 360 injured in Ukraine since the Russian war in Ukraine began on February 24. This was reported by the Kyiv Prosecutor’s Office, according to which the highest number of casualties, including dead and wounded, are recorded in the Kyiv region (121), then in Donetsk (115), Kharkiv (88), Chernihiv (54) and Mykolaiv (40), Kherson (29), Zaporizhzya (22), Sumy (16) and Tsitomir (15).
8.18 am Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko confirmed that there were some explosions on the outskirts of the capital in Darnytskyi district this morning. On his Telegram channel he reported that the rescuers were on duty and that the number of victims was not known at the moment.
8.10 am Damage to Ukraine’s transport infrastructure “now poses a significant challenge to the delivery of humanitarian assistance in areas under Russian siege”. British intelligence underscores this when it updates the situation in Ukraine, reporting that “the Russians have destroyed bridges, left mines and abandoned vehicles along the main arteries in northern Ukraine through which they retreated”. London intelligence reveals that “the destruction of river bridges in and around Chernihiv left only one pedestrian bridge in the town on the Desna River, which had a population of 285,000 before the war”.
7:33 am It is impossible to predict how long the war will last, but as more weapons arrive the sooner peace will come. That’s what the Ukrainian president argued in his last speech to the nation on the night. “I have much more information than the media about the intentions and capabilities of the Russian army said Volodymyr Zelensnky and about the potential of the Russian economy, about the emotional state of society in Russia”.
7.21 a.m. This morning warnings of explosions were issued in Kyiv and Lviv. Local media reported that the air raid sirens had sounded in both cities.
7.16am The suspected authors of the publication of threatening messages to Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio have been identified. The State Police, as part of an investigation initiated by the Postal Police and coordinated by the Rome Public Prosecutor’s Office, with the operators of the Postal Police Offices of Milan, Trieste and Venice, together with employees of the Digos of Milan, Vicenza and Udine, have carried out three delegated searches against Internet users where Circumstantial evidence was found which they believed to be responsible for the publication of threatening messages to the Foreign Minister.
7.10 The death toll from yesterday’s Russian bombing of Kharkiv has risen to ten dead, including a sevenmonthold baby, and 35 injured. This was announced by the regional prosecutor’s office, after which several residential buildings on the eastern outskirts of the city were destroyed or damaged.
7 a.m. Between 2,500 and 3,000 Ukrainian soldiers died in the war against Russia, while around 10,000 were wounded and it is “hard to say how many will survive”. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said so in an interview with CNN, noting that the Russians lost many more soldiers, around 20,000.