In the aftermath of the Kramatorsk attack, several European leaders rallied on Saturday to show solidarity with Ukraine, with the Austrian Chancellor and the British Prime Minister visiting Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, Russia. troops retreated days ago. Ukrainian authorities have called on civilians to come out in the face of an impending, intensified attack by Russian forces in the east. Trains did not run on Saturday from Kramatorsk, located in the eastern part of Donetsk. Instead, panicked residents boarded buses or looked for other ways to escape, fearing the kind of relentless attacks and squatting by Russian invaders that caused food shortages, building demolition and death in other cities in other parts of Ukraine. “It was scary. Horror, horror,” a resident told Sky television, recalling Friday’s attack. “Paradise, to live it again. No, I do not want to.” The Ukrainian state railway company said in a statement that residents of Kramatorsk and other areas of the disputed Donbas region of the country could leave other railway stations. Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said 10 evacuation corridors were scheduled for Saturday. People are waiting for a bus in Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine on Saturday, a day after a rocket attack on a city train station that killed at least 52 people. (Fadel Senna / AFP / Getty Images)
Zelensky described the attack on the train station as the latest example of war crimes by Russian forces and said he should urge the West to do more to help his country defend itself. “All the efforts of the people will be directed to find out every minute who did what, who gave what orders, where the rocket came from, who carried it, who gave the order and how this strike was agreed,” Zelensky said at night. video talk. , his voice rose in anger. Russia has denied the allegations in a statement issued Friday stating “Similar, baseless allegations concerning Russia’s intelligence have been made more than once. A spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry detailed the rocket’s orbit and the positions of Ukrainian troops to reinforce the argument. Western experts and the Ukrainian authorities insisted that Russia had launched the missile.

Johnson and Zelensky meeting in Kyiv

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Austrian Chancellor Carl Nehammer joined a group of European leaders on Saturday in support of Ukraine, traveling to the capital for private meetings with Zelensky. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, right, and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson are walking in the center of Kiev after Johnson’s surprise visit to the capital on Saturday. (Presidential Press Service of Ukraine / Reuters)
Johnson’s surprise visit included a promise of new military assistance, including 120 armored vehicles and new anti-ship missile systems. That came a day after he promised to send an additional 100 100m ($ 164m) in high-quality military equipment to Ukraine, saying Britain wanted to help the country defend itself against Russian aggression. Johnson also confirmed further financial support, pledging an additional $ 500 million in World Bank lending to Ukraine, raising Britain’s total loan guarantee by up to $ 1 billion. Today I met my friend the President We have a new package of financial and military assistance that proves our commitment to his country’s fight against Russia’s barbaric campaign. pic.twitter.com/KNY0Nm6NQ3 – @ BorisJohnson
The head of Ukraine’s presidential office, Andriy Yermak, said “the discussion was rich and constructive”, but gave no details. As Zelensky makes a series of virtual appearances to garner the support of lawmakers around the world, a growing number of European leaders have decided it is the right time to travel to Kyiv for face-to-face talks. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was in Kyiv on Friday, following previous visits by the prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovenia.

Trinto is co-organizing a fundraising event

Von der Leyen, who heads the European Union’s executive branch, traveled to Warsaw on Saturday to lead a fundraising event for Ukraine. With her was Polish President Andrzej Duda, with Zelensky and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appearing on video. At the end of the 90-minute meeting, von der Leyen said that 10.1 billion euros ($ 13.8 billion Cdn) had been raised for the Ukrainian refugees. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, second from right at the table, chairs the Stand Up for Ukraine global fundraising event in Warsaw on Saturday. Prime Minister Justin Trinto, who appears on a screen, appeared from a distance. (Czarek Sokolowski / The Associated Press)
The event took place in Warsaw as more than 2.5 million of the 4.4 million people who have fled Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion on February 24 have entered Poland. Many have stayed, although some have moved to other countries. It ended with Julian Lennon singing the song for peace by his father John Lennon Imagine, which he said was the first time he had done it in public. Julian Lennon posted on social media that he always said he would sing the song only if it was the “end of the world”. It’s the right song to sing now, he said, because “the war in Ukraine is an inconceivable tragedy” and he felt compelled to respond in the most important way he could.

Russia is repositioned

More than six weeks after Russia’s first invasion of Ukraine, it has withdrawn its troops from the north of the country, around Kyiv, and refocused on the Donbas region in the east. Western military analysts say an arc of land in eastern Ukraine was under Russian control, from Kharkiv – Ukraine’s second largest city – in the north to Kherson in the south. However, Ukrainian counterattacks threaten Russian control of the Kherson, according to Western estimates, and Ukrainian forces repel Russian attacks in other parts of the Donbas region in the southeast. A fragment of a Tochka-U rocket is on the ground after Friday’s attack on the Kramatorsk train station. (Andry Andriyenko / The Associated Press)
Photographs taken after Friday’s rocket hit showed corpses covered in tarpaulins and the remains of a rocket painted with the words “For the Children” in Russian. The phrase seemed to indicate that the rocket was sent to avenge the loss or submission of the children, although its exact meaning remained unclear. The attack took place as Ukrainian authorities worked to locate the victims and document possible war crimes by Russian soldiers in northern Ukraine. The mayor of Bucha, a city near Kyiv where graphic evidence of civilian killings has surfaced since the Russians withdrew, said search teams were still finding the bodies of people shot close to yards, parks and town squares. People are waiting to board buses to leave Kramatorsk on Saturday. (Andry Andriyenko / The Associated Press)
On Friday, workers discovered the bodies of 67 people from a mass grave near a church, according to the Prosecutor General of Ukraine. Russia falsely claimed that the scenes in Bucha were staged. The same week that Russia invaded Ukraine, Putin acknowledged the independence of the separatist-held eastern regions and said he planned to send troops to protect residents of the predominantly Russian-speaking industrial area. Although the Kramatorsk railway station is located on Ukrainian government-controlled territory in Donbas, the separatists, who work closely with Russian troops, have blamed Ukraine for the attack. CLOCKS Rockets hit Ukraine’s train station, the Kremlin denies responsibility. Warning: This video contains images of violence:

Rockets hit Ukraine railway station, Kremlin denies responsibility

WARNING: This video contains graphic material Dozens were killed when two rockets hit a crowded train station used to evacuate refugees in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk. The Kremlin has denied the attack, saying its military had no access to the weapons used. 2:36
Western experts, however, have denied claims by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peshkov that Russian forces “do not use” Tochka-U missiles, the type that struck the station. A Western official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the information, said Russian forces had used the missile – and that given the location and impact of the strike, it probably belonged to Russia. Ukrainian authorities and Western officials have repeatedly accused Russian forces of committing atrocities in the war that began with Russia’s invasion on February 24. A total of 176 children have been killed in Ukraine since the start of the war, while another 324 have been injured, the country’s Attorney General’s Office said on Saturday. CLOCKS Chernihiv picks up pieces after Russia leaves. Warning: This video contains graphic images:

Chernihiv picks up pieces after Russia leaves

WARNING: This video contains graphic material Residents of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv are just beginning to come to terms with the devastation left behind by Russian troops. The city morgue is struggling to keep up with the dead and hospitals are flooded with war victims. 2:41
Ukrainian authorities have warned that they expect to find more mass killings as soon as they reach the southern port city of Mariupol, which is also in Donbass and has been under siege and heavy fighting for a month. As journalists …