Summary and Welcome
good morning. Welcome to our live coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. These are the latest developments as of 7:30 am Kyiv time.
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Ukrainian authorities have discovered a mass grave of more than 440 bodies in the eastern city of Izium. It was recaptured from Russian forces, the local police chief said. President Volodymyr Zelensky likened the find to what happened in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha early in the civil war, Reuters reported. “Russia leaves death everywhere and must be held accountable,” he said.
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European Union Secretary-General Ursula von der Leyen has said she hopes Russian President Vladimir Putin will appear before the International Criminal Court. About Ukrainian war crimes. “It is important to me that Putin must lose this war and must stand up for his actions,” she told the German news outlet Bild TV channel on Thursday.
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Ukraine has lost nearly 15% of its grain storage capacity to civil war, threatening its role as a major food supplier to the world., said the report. The US government-backed Conflict Observatory said the Russians had seized 6.24 million tons of food storage capacity from him, with another 2.25 million tons destroyed at Ukrainian hands, Agence France-Presse said. reported. As a result, farmers are running out of space to store produce for shipping, which could discourage planting of the next crop, especially winter wheat, the report said.
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Pope Francis says it is morally justifiable for the state to provide arms to Ukraine To defend against Russian aggression. “This is a political decision, which if taken under moral conditions can be morally and morally acceptable … self-defense is not only legal, but also an expression of love for the motherland ‘ he said. “Whoever doesn’t protect himself, who doesn’t protect something, doesn’t love it. [something] I love it. “
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Vladimir Putin thanked Chinese leader Xi Jinping for ‘balanced’ approach to Ukraine crisis, condemned Washington’s ‘ugly’ policiesat a meeting following Moscow’s great retreat on the battlefield. Putin told his Chinese counterpart on Thursday:
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Germany will supply Ukraine with additional armored vehicles and rocket-launching systems, but not the tanks Kyiv has long soughtsays German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht. She said on Thursday that Soviet-made BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles would also be heading from Greece to Ukraine “very quickly.”
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The 35-member board of the United Nations Nuclear Observatory has passed a resolution calling on Russia to end its occupation of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant. In southern Ukraine, Reuters reports. Thursday’s resolution is his second resolution on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, passed by the International Atomic Energy Agency’s board of directors.
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US President Joe Biden announces new $600 million arms package for Ukraineaccording to a White House memo sent to the State Department on Thursday.
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The United States has imposed new sanctions on 22 Russian individuals and two Russian companies.Among them is the Russian President’s Commissioner for Children’s Rights, Maria Alexeyevna Lvova Belova. She deported thousands of Ukrainian children to Russia and forced them to be adopted by Russian families. The entities include Task Force Rusic, a neo-Nazi paramilitary group that has fought alongside Russian forces in Ukraine.
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Ukrainian volunteer medics captured during Russian military’s deadly siege of Mariupol give devastating testimony Speaking before U.S. lawmakers on Thursday about her experience of torture, death and terror. She was detained in the port city in March and detained by Russian and pro-Russian forces for three months. made a speech in front of
important event
when Vladimir Putin met Xi Jinping For the first time since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, the Russian president said he understood China’s “questions and concerns” about the war.
This was a rare nod to the tensions between the two countries caused by the invasion.
The full report on the conference can be found here.
Ukrainian authorities have discovered a mass grave of more than 440 bodies in the eastern city of Izium. It was recaptured from Russian forces, the local police chief said.
Serhiy Bolvinov, the chief police investigator for the Kharkiv region, told Sky News that several people were killed in artillery and airstrikes.
President Volodymyr Zelensky likened the discovery to what happened in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, saying in a video speech Thursday night that “Russia leaves death everywhere and must be held accountable.” .
“The necessary formalities have already begun there. More information should be available tomorrow – clear and verifiable information,” he said.
Summary and Welcome
good morning. Welcome to our live coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. These are the latest developments as of 7:30 am Kyiv time.
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Ukrainian authorities have discovered a mass grave of more than 440 bodies in the eastern city of Izium. It was recaptured from Russian forces, the local police chief said. President Volodymyr Zelensky likened the find to what happened in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha early in the civil war, Reuters reported. “Russia leaves death everywhere and must be held accountable,” he said.
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European Union Secretary-General Ursula von der Leyen has said she hopes Russian President Vladimir Putin will appear before the International Criminal Court. About Ukrainian war crimes. “It is important to me that Putin must lose this war and must stand up for his actions,” she told the German news outlet Bild TV channel on Thursday.
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Ukraine has lost nearly 15% of its grain storage capacity to civil war, threatening its role as a major food supplier to the world., said the report. The US government-backed Conflict Observatory said the Russians had seized 6.24 million tons of food storage capacity from him, with another 2.25 million tons destroyed at Ukrainian hands, Agence France-Presse said. reported. As a result, farmers are running out of space to store produce for shipping, which could discourage planting of the next crop, especially winter wheat, the report said.
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Pope Francis says it is morally justifiable for the state to provide arms to Ukraine To defend against Russian aggression. “This is a political decision, which if taken under moral conditions can be morally and morally acceptable … self-defense is not only legal, but also an expression of love for the motherland ‘ he said. “Whoever doesn’t protect himself, who doesn’t protect something, doesn’t love it. [something] I love it. “
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Vladimir Putin thanked Chinese leader Xi Jinping for ‘balanced’ approach to Ukraine crisis, condemned Washington’s ‘ugly’ policiesat a meeting following Moscow’s great retreat on the battlefield. Putin told his Chinese counterpart on Thursday:
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Germany will supply Ukraine with additional armored vehicles and rocket-launching systems, but not the tanks Kyiv has long soughtsays German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht. She said on Thursday that Soviet-made BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles would also be heading from Greece to Ukraine “very quickly.”
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The 35-member board of the United Nations Nuclear Observatory has passed a resolution calling on Russia to end its occupation of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant. In southern Ukraine, Reuters reports. Thursday’s resolution is his second resolution on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, passed by the International Atomic Energy Agency’s board of directors.
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US President Joe Biden announces new $600 million arms package for Ukraineaccording to a White House memo sent to the State Department on Thursday.
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The United States has imposed new sanctions on 22 Russian individuals and two Russian companies.Among them is the Russian President’s Commissioner for Children’s Rights, Maria Alexeyevna Lvova Belova. She deported thousands of Ukrainian children to Russia and forced them to be adopted by Russian families. The entities include Task Force Rusic, a neo-Nazi paramilitary group that has fought alongside Russian forces in Ukraine.
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Ukrainian volunteer medics captured during Russian military’s deadly siege of Mariupol give devastating testimony Speaking before U.S. lawmakers on Thursday about her experience of torture, death and terror. She was detained in the port city in March and detained by Russian and pro-Russian forces for three months. made a speech in front of
