Artillery fire fired by the Russians hit a bus stop in the Donetsk region of Donbass, killing at least 8 people, injuring 4 others, including three children. This was announced by the governor of the oblast, quoted by the Kiev Independent.
The massacre took place in the city of Toretsk : "There was a crowd of people at that time", the governor of the Ukrainian oblast of Donetsk, Pavlo Kyrylenko, wrote on Telegram, asking the population to leave: "I appeal to the residents of the region: do not become the target of the Russians! ”.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian nuclear power plant of Zaporizhzhia occupied by Russian forces, the largest in Europe, is "completely out of control," said the director general of the IAEA, the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi.
"There is a catalog of things that should never happen in any nuclear plant," Grossi underlined, adding that "the situation is very fragile. Every nuclear safety principle has been violated in one way or another and we cannot allow let this continue ".
While the US Senate has ratified the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO , the next ships with Ukrainian grain are ready to depart : "If Russia keeps its commitments under the UN-mediated grain initiative, the wheat will reach foreign customers and help keep food prices down and ward off hunger. Ukraine remains committed to combating global food insecurity, "Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said.
The confirmation in the evening by the Turkish Ministry of Defense: tomorrow three new ships with cereals will leave Ukraine .
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Kiev, Russian rockets on a village in the Zaporizhzhia region
Russian forces hit a village in the Zaporizhzhia district with rocket launchers in the evening. This was announced by Anatoliy Kurtev, mayor of Zaporizhzhia. This was reported by Ukrinform, recalling that last night the Russians launched a missile attack on Zaporizhzhia, injuring a person.
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Zelensky to African countries: "Don't be neutral about war"
The whole world, especially the countries of the African continent, "cannot take a neutral position regarding Russia's war against Ukraine, since Russian aggression will have consequences for them too". Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said this during an online meeting with African journalists, reports Ukrinform.
"I don't think there should be neutrality in war. This is the wrong attitude. There can be no neutrality between life and death. When you are neutral in war, you immediately turn into a small state and no one considers you and therefore you do not influence the processes in the world - added the Ukrainian leader -. I believe that the position of neutrality is not modern ".
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A Ukrainian missile kills the first Russian female commander
The Ukrainian armed forces killed Lieutenant Colonel Olga Kachura in a raid, making her the first female Russian army officer to die in the conflict. The Telegraph reports, adding that a missile hit his car in the city of Horlivka, in the Donetsk region. Colonel Kachura received the posthumous title of Hero of Russia.
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Biden to Russia: "Unacceptable on Griner, free her immediately"
"Russia holds" Brittney Griner "unfairly. It is unacceptable and I ask Russia to release her immediately." This was stated by Joe Biden commenting on the conviction of the basketball star by a Russian court.
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US basketball star Griner sentenced to 9 years
US basketball star Brittney Griner was sentenced to 9 years after being found guilty of drug trafficking by the court in Khimki, on the outskirts of Moscow.
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Kiev: "Amnesty feeds propaganda, the criminals are Russian"
"It is a shame that an organization like Amnesty International is participating in this disinformation and propaganda campaign." This was stated by Mykhailo Podolyak, advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, after accusing the Kiev authorities of having endangered the population by setting up bases in built-up areas. "Ukraine respects the laws of war and international humanitarian law. The top priority for the armed forces is to preserve the life and health of every citizen." On the contrary, "we regularly see the Russian army bombing residential areas, deliberately killing civilians and children."
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Stoltenberg: "Russia must not win this war"
"The war in Ukraine is the most dangerous since the Second World War, Russia must not be allowed to win": said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, quoted by the Kiev Independent newspaper, during a speech in a camp juvenile in Utoya, an island in Norway. Stoltenberg stressed that NATO and its members have two tasks: to support Ukraine in its battle against the Russian invasion and to prevent the conflict from turning into a war between the Kremlin and NATO. "If Russia wins this war, it will have confirmation that the violence works. So the other neighboring countries could be next," he added.
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Blinken thanks Cavusoglu for his efforts on wheat
Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke today with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and thanked him for the diplomatic efforts that brought the first Ukrainian grain cargo to leave the Black Sea since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine by of Russia. This was reported by the US State Department in a note.
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A bus stop in Donetsk bombed, at least 8 dead
In Ukraine, an artillery shell fired by the Russians hit a bus stop in the Donetsk region of Donbass, killing at least 8 people, wounding 4 others, including three children. This was announced by the governor of the oblast, quoted by the Kiev Independent.
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Unicef, "66% children displaced internally or abroad"
About two thirds of Ukrainian children are internally displaced or to neighboring countries, with the highest number in Poland. The war and destruction wrought on the school system are having a dramatic impact on the lives and futures of 5.7 million Ukrainian school-age children. For some 2.2 million Ukrainian children who have found refuge in neighboring countries, every opportunity to continue their education is crucial. Unicef writes it, which reports on the visit of its Goodwill Ambassador, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, to Poland, where she visited a "Blue Dot" space at the Refugee Reception Center in Warsaw and met mothers and children from Ukraine who now they live in the center, the largest in Poland. "All the kids I've met want to go home," said the actress.
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Guterres: "The extra profit of energy companies is immoral"
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said it was "immoral" for oil and gas companies to profit from the energy crisis that began with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, demanding their special taxation. This was announced by the BBC. The statements by Guterres, who spoke on the occasion of the Global Crisis Response Group - set up to respond to the crisis triggered by the war in Ukraine - come as companies in the energy sector record record revenues due to the increase in prices, especially to the detriment of less haves.
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Zelensky: "I am looking for direct talks with Xi Jinping"
President Volodymyr Zelensky seeks "direct talks" with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for help in ending the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It is Zelensky himself who says this in an interview with the South China Morning Post, specifying that he wants to urge Beijing to use its economic and political power to push Moscow to comply with international norms. "It is a very powerful state. It is a powerful economy. So it can influence Russia politically and economically." China is also a permanent member of the UN Security Council, Zelensky said in a 40-minute Zoom interview.
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Berlusconi: "My relations with Putin in a different context"
"My personal relations with Putin were in an absolutely different context and, among other things, led to the signing of the Pratica di Mare treaty, which put an end to fifty years of the Cold War. I have already said that, with that what happened in Ukraine, I am absolutely saddened and disappointed. " Thus the leader of Forza Italia Silvio Berlusconi, to the microphones of Rtl 102.5, on his relations with Putin.
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Kiev: "Russia has committed 26,500 war crimes"
Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, Russia has committed 26,465 war crimes in the country, the Office of the Attorney General announced today on Telegram, according to reports Ukrinform. In addition, 12,482 crimes against national security were recorded during this period, including 8,630 violations of Ukraine's territorial integrity and inviolability and 1,512 incidents of high treason. Since the beginning of the war, the Prosecutor's Office has opened 1,451 criminal cases for crimes against children.
(Unioneonline)