Surprise visit of Boris Johnson to Ukraine. The British premier is the first G7 leader to go to Kiev since February 24, the date of the beginning of the Russian invasion. He met Zelensky and brought "solidarity" to Ukraine against "Russian barbarism". But not only that: he also made it known that Great Britain is preparing "a new package of financial and military aid" to Ukraine as evidence of its "commitment to this country in the fight against the barbaric Russian campaign". In particular, Downing Street said after the meeting between BoJo and Zelensky, 120 armored vehicles and new anti-ship missile systems will be sent. "Follow London's example," the Ukrainian leader told the West.

In the evening about the war in Ukraine, now on its 45th day, the Head of State Sergio Mattarella also spoke: "We live terrible days", he said, "we are overwhelmed by images that we thought we had delivered forever to the archive of non-repeatable horrors in the our continent. Instead, more innocent blood, other broken lives, other ruthless crimes are once again populating the abyss of inhumanity ".

Mattarella condemned the attack on Ukraine, "a wound to everyone's conscience", and stressed that "the fate of the whole of Europe is at stake, at a crossroads between a regression in its history and its ability to survive evils of one's past, and to overcome them definitively ".

Silvio Berlusconi for the first time since February 24 openly condemned Vladimir Putin saying he was "disappointed and saddened", while Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said that Italy will oppose any NATO military intervention in the war in Ukraine, " because this would lead to a military world war. "

Meanwhile, while Kiev counts the dead (at least 50) and wounded in the massacre caused by a missile on the Kramatorsk station, to the east, the death toll in Bucha increases (360, including 10 children) and a new massacre is discovered: 132 corpses of tortured people in Makariv, in the Kiev region. "I can no longer cry", Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told Bild: "I hate Russia, Russian soldiers. When I see these images before my eyes, murdered children without legs, without arms. It's a resentment, it's terrible. "

"We have created an online archive to document Russia's war crimes," announces Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. The site contains several sections: from those on victims to those on torture, hostages and rape. Then the numbers: 1,563 dead, including 167 children, 4,820 war crimes, 6,800 buildings destroyed. Figures that Kiev documents with testimonies from civilians but also from the media. But above all with photos: from the bombed children's hospital in Mariupol to those of the Bucha massacre.

Meanwhile, a fifth package of European sanctions against Moscow enters into force, including a stop to coal since August. On the other hand, there is no unanimity on the oil embargo, the issue will be dealt with again on Monday by the ministers of the EU countries.

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Mayor Mariupol: "Here 10 times worse than Bucha"

"The scale of the crimes" of the Russian forces in Mariupol "is ten times worse than the Bucha genocide". The municipality of the Ukrainian city writes it on Telegram, with the photo of "an underpass, in the peripheral district of Sadkiv", with bodies lined up on the ground. "Here the occupants have set up a collection point for the bodies of the killed residents. Hundreds of corpses are brought to these points every day" to then "destroy them in mobile crematoria or bury them in mass graves. The racists are doing everything possible to hide the crime. Mariupol tragedy ".

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Mattarella: "The fate of Europe is at stake"

"The fate of the whole of Europe is at stake - underlined Mattarella - which is at a crossroads between a regression in its history and its ability to survive the evils of its past, and to overcome them definitively".

"The aggression carried out by the Russian Federation against Ukraine - he added - constitutes a wound that affects the conscience of each and the responsibility of the States".

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Mattarella: "Terrible days and inhuman crimes"

"We live terrible days. We are overwhelmed by images that we thought we had consigned forever to the archive of unrepeatable horrors on our continent. Instead, more innocent blood, other broken lives, other ruthless crimes are once again populating the abyss of inhumanity." This was stated by the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella speaking at the ceremony that kicks off Procida Capital of Culture 2022.

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Mortar rounds towards the Russian border

A border crossing in the Russian border region of Kursk was attacked with mortar fire from Ukrainian territory. This was stated by the local governor, quoted by Tass.

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Zelensky: "Other countries follow London's example"

"Other countries must follow the example" of the United Kingdom, which today announced new supplies of heavy weapons to Ukraine, during the visit of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Kiev. This was stated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

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BoJo: "Bucha forever stains Putin's reputation"

The massacres of Russian troops in Bucha have "tarnished forever" the reputation of Vladimir Putin. This was stated by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, on a visit to Kiev.

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Di Maio: "We will oppose a military intervention by NATO"

"We will oppose a military intervention by NATO in the war in Ukraine, because this would lead to a military world war". Thus the Foreign Minister, Luigi di Maio, on the sidelines of the inauguration of a family center in Pomigliano d'Arco (Naples). "We are already in a world war - explained the head of the foreign ministry - but fortunately not from a military point of view".

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From London to Kiev 120 armored vehicles and new missile systems

Britain will send 120 armored vehicles and new anti-ship missile systems to Ukraine. This was announced by Downing Street, quoted by the PA, after the meeting held today in Kiev between President Volodymyr Zelensky and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

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Mariupol, Russian gunfire against Ukrainian cargo

Russian ships fired at a Ukrainian freighter trying to enter the Mariupol port. This was reported by the Defense of Moscow, quoted by Interfax, specifying that the hit ship caught fire and there are no casualties among the crew. After extinguishing the fire, the cargo will be inspected and will be taken with the crew to the nearby Russian port of Eysk on the Azov Sea.

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BoJo: "Solidarity with Ukraine"

Great Britain is preparing "a new package of financial and military aid" to Ukraine as evidence of its "commitment to this country in the fight against the barbaric Russian campaign". Prime Minister Boris Johnson writes it on Twitter after meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kiev.

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EU: "Thanks Italy for the help"

“Italy welcomed refugees from Ukraine with open arms. Thanks to Prime Minister Draghi and to Italy for allocating new funds to help them meet their daily needs. This is European solidarity at its best. "The European Commission writes in a tweet, welcoming the announcement of 610 million euros allocated by the government to support Kiev and Ukrainian refugees.

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Draghi: "610 million allocated for Ukraine"

"We will not look the other way. In recent weeks, the government has allocated new funds to help Ukrainian refugees meet their daily expenses, namely food, medicine and school supplies. In all, we have allocated around 500 million. euro to support Ukrainians arriving in Italy and 110 million in financial assistance for the Ukrainian government ". Prime Minister Mario Draghi said this in his video speech at the final event of the international fundraising campaign 'Stand up for Ukraine' underway in Warsaw.

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BoJo in Kiev

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in Kiev, where he is meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The Ukrainian presidency reports. Johnson is the first G7 leader to go to Kiev since the Russian invasion began on 24 February.

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"In Makariv grenades in shelters and shots on cars"

"In some houses, the Russian military threw grenades into shelters because they didn't want us to hide." The inhabitants of Makariv told it. Others also reported "shooting at cars on the street by Russian army helicopters". "The military groups alternated - the inhabitants explain - and the same soldiers told us to run away because the 'udmurt' and 'buryat' would arrive", they add referring to the ethnicity of the militiamen from the area where the brigade is trained of the Russian Far East who allegedly carried out the Bucha massacres.

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Zelensky: "We are always ready for dialogue with Moscow"

Ukraine is "always ready" for dialogue with Russia. This was stated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

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The mayor of Makariv: "Even rape, a woman slaughtered after the abuse"

"In Makariv, where the death toll has risen to 133, there have been several tortures, with bodies found with their hands tied, and at least two cases of women raped and then killed: one of these was slaughtered. We found the bodies" . This was reported by the mayor of Makariv, Vadano Tokar, to the ANSA envoy in Makariv.

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"Russians torture members of the press"

The Russians "are killing and torturing members of the press". The commissioner for human rights of the Ukrainian Parliament Lyudmyla Denisova on Telegram denounces this, adding that there is new information on the circumstances of the death of Lithuanian director Mantas Kvedaravicius in Mariupol. "He was taken prisoner by the racists, who then shot him. The occupants threw the director's body into the street. His wife, risking her own life, took his body out of the blocked city and took him to Lithuania" .

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Bucha's civilian death toll rises: 360 killed, 10 children

Bucha's civilian death toll worsens. "According to the city authorities, a total of 360 civilians are currently killed, including at least 10 children." Human rights commissioner of the Ukrainian Parliament Lyudmyla Denisova writes on Telegram. The latest toll, Thursday, was 320 people killed. In Bucha, where the Russians have created a torture chamber, according to the survivors "there was the headquarters of Kadyrov" (Chechen leader), writes Denisova, adding that the Russians shot people in the face, burned their eyes , cut off body parts and tortured adults and children to death.

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Zelensky, "after Bucha and Kramatorsk I can't cry anymore"

"I can't cry anymore." This was stated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in an interview with the German newspaper Bild, answering the question whether he had cried for yesterday's massacre at the Kramatorsk station and after the hundreds of deaths in Bucha. "Yes, I hate Russia, Russian soldiers. When I see these images before my eyes, murdered children without legs, without arms. It is resentment, it is terrible," admitted the Ukrainian president.

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Di Maio, "Kiev embassy reopens, operational after Easter"

"We will reopen our embassy in Kiev immediately after Easter." This was decided by Minister Di Maio after this morning's coordination meeting at the Farnesina to take stock of the war in Ukraine. "We were the last to leave Kiev and we will be among the first to return," Di Maio said to the Crisis Unit together with the Italian ambassador to Ukraine Francesco Zazo in connection from Lviv and the ambassador Giorgio Starace from Moscow.

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Kiev: 132 bodies of tortured people found in Makariv

Rescuers found 132 bodies of people tortured and killed in Makariv, in the Kiev region. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense writes in a tweet, calling the discovery "a new, monstrous war crime". In Makariv, a city freed a few days ago, rescuers are also looking for the victims of Russian bombing who remained under the rubble. The city, the ministry says, is half destroyed.

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Kiev: "In Zaporizhzhia the Russians kidnapped 106 people"

In the Zaporizhzhia region, the Russians have so far kidnapped 106 people, including 21 local government officials and 2 journalists. This was reported by the regional military administration, according to Ukrinform. "The civilians taken hostage by the military of the Russian Federation between March 14 and April 9 are a total of 106, of which 63 people continue to be held hostage, while 43 have been released", it was explained.

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Residential areas in Severodonetsk bombed

There was a Russian bombing of residential areas in Severodonetsk, where the death toll has yet to be confirmed. This was reported by the head of the Lugansk regional state administration Serhiy Haidai quoted by the Kiev Independent. The Ukrainian armed forces explain on Facebook that Russian troops are continuing to attack the east of the country, "in order to establish full control over the Donetsk and Lugansk territories".

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A family of 4 killed in Donetsk

"In Avdiivka, in the Donetsk region, the Russians killed 5 civilians, including an entire family of four. Another person died in Vuhledar. The Russians are left with nothing human and the world must realize this. and act accordingly ". The head of the Donetsk regional military administration, Pavlo Kyrylenko, wrote on Facebook, quoted by the UNIAN Agency.

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Today 10 humanitarian corridors are planned

For today, 10 humanitarian corridors have been agreed in Ukraine. Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshcuck announces it on Telegram. For the besieged city of Mariupol the movement (towards Zaporizhzhia) is always provided by own means.

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Moscow: "US-Russia war risk for weapons from the West"

The West's supplies of arms and ammunition to Ukraine cause "further bloodshed", are "dangerous and provocative" and can lead "the United States and the Russian Federation on the path of direct military confrontation": he said in an interview with Newsweek the Russian ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, stressing that Moscow does everything possible to avoid civilian casualties and damage to the infrastructure of Ukraine.

(Unioneonline)

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