There are now 42 days of war in Ukraine, the echo of the Bucha massacre does not go out and cannot do so. The Ukrainian indictment was staged at the UN general assembly, to which the Russian ambassador replied by supporting the official position of Russia: that of Bucha is a staging. For Foreign Minister Lavrov it is in fact fake news spread to stop the talks between Russians and Ukrainians. The reporters on the spot and the testimonies, however, tell another story and President Zelensky has asked for a new Nuremberg trial for the Russian leaders. China has called for an independent investigation into alleged war crimes.
In the center of Kherson now completely occupied by the Russians, the desperate appeal of the local authorities arises: “All the supplies of food, medicines and fuel are running out.” In Kharkiv there are dramatic hours waiting for the final attack, while in Mariupol there is insistent testimony on hundreds of civilians forcibly taken from shelters and forced to flow into transition camps before being deported to Russia. Moscow once again denies: «Voluntarily entered Russian territory».
The White House announces new sanctions and the Wall Street Journal writes that the eu will also hit Putin’s two daughters.
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Update hour by hour
00.30 – Blinken arrived in Brussels
The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, arrived in Brussels ahead of the meeting of NATO foreign ministers. Speaking to journalists traveling to the Belgian capital, he said it was “an important time” to coordinate with allies and partners “on numerous fronts,” CNN reported.
00.25 – Kyiv Indipendent: heavy weapons from Estonia to Ukraine
Estonia sends lethal weapons to Ukraine. The country delivered anti-tank missiles and mines, automatic weapons, ammunition, disposable grenades and hand grenades to Kiev. This was reported by Kyiv Indipendent.
00.20 – Kiev prosecutor’s office: abuses of children and the elderly by Russian military
Ukrainian Attorney General Irina Venediktova says that the Russian army in Ukraine has committed sexual violence not only against women and men, but also children and the elderly. She brings it back to Ukrainska Pravda. The police have received a series of complaints, some of which also spread on social networks. The prosecutor – Venediktov said at a coordination meeting with law enforcement and government agencies – agreed on the need to use international protocols to investigate these war crimes, asking to ascertain any cases of sexual abuse of the victims of the conflict.
Here’s what happened on Tuesday, April 5th