The situation in the Ukrainian city of Borodyanka is “significantly worse” than in nearby Bucha, Volodymyr Zelensky warned. The Ukrainian president’s comments came after Western nations condemned the killing of civilians in the city of Bhutan as war crimes. Last week, videos and images of a massacre in Bucha were released after Russian forces withdrew from the city. The atrocities reportedly included torture, mutilation and beheading. According to the city mayor, more than 300 citizens were found dead. Moscow denies targeting civilians and says images of corpses in Bucha were set up to justify Western plans for more sanctions. Meanwhile, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peshkov – in an interview with Sky News – denied that Russia was responsible for war crimes. He dismissed allegations that Vladimir Putin would appear in a war crimes tribunal, saying: “We do not see any possibility of such a thing, we do not consider it realistic.” However, he acknowledged that the “significant loss of troops” was a “huge tragedy for us”.
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The war in Ukraine on the front pages of tomorrow’s newspapers
Independent: “The city that paid a grim price for the resistance” Metro: “Human Rights Party: The UN is finally acting against Russia” Financial Times: “Rusal becomes the first Russian group to seek war crimes investigation in Bucha” The Telegraph: “Russians discuss killing Ukrainian civilians in wiretapping” Lamiat Sabin7 April 2022 23:40 1649370054
WHO records 103 attacks on health services in Ukraine
More than 100 attacks on healthcare services have been recorded in Ukraine by the Russian invasion, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The 103 attacks – on 89 health facilities and 13 vehicles, including ambulances – have so far claimed 73 lives and injured 51, he said. A ruined maternity hospital in Mariupol (Evgeniy Maloletka / AP) “We are outraged that the attacks on healthcare continue. “Attacks on healthcare are a violation of international humanitarian law,” Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, told a news conference. “Peace is the only way forward. “I urge the Russian Federation to end the war.” Lamiat Sabin7 April 2022 23:20 1649367654
The situation in Borodyanka is “worse” than Bucha-Zelensky
The situation in the Ukrainian city of Borodyanka is “significantly worse” than in nearby Bucha, Volodymyr Zelensky warned. The Ukrainian president’s comments come after Western nations condemned the killing of civilians in the city of Bukha in Kyiv province as war crimes. Cemetery workers unload corpses of killed civilians from truck in Bouha (Rodrigo Abd / AP) Last week, videos and images of a massacre in Bucha were released after Russian forces withdrew from the city. The atrocities reportedly included torture, mutilation and beheading. According to the city mayor, more than 300 citizens were found dead. Moscow has denied that it targeted civilians and says images of corpses in Buha were used to justify Western plans to impose more sanctions on Moscow. Lamiat Sabin7 April 2022 22:40 1649366454
UN Human Rights Council suspends Russia ‘meaningfully’ – Biden
Joe Biden welcomed the UN General Assembly vote in favor of suspending Russia by the UN Human Rights Council. The US president has accused Russia of “committing war crimes” since the February 24 invasion of Ukraine. It comes after Russia – in response to the suspension – decided to relinquish its membership and accused the vote of being illegal and politically motivated. Archive photo by Joe Biden (Carolyn Kaster / AP) Mr Biden said: “This is an important step by the international community in further demonstrating how [Vladimir] Putin’s war has made Russia an international outcast. “The United States has worked closely with our allies and partners around the world to lead this vote because Russia is committing blatant and systematic human rights abuses. Russian forces are committing war crimes. “Russia has no place in the Human Rights Council.” Biden added: “The images we see of Bukha and other parts of Ukraine as Russian troops withdraw are frightening. “The signs of people being raped, tortured, executed – in some cases desecrated – are an outrage to our common humanity. “Russia’s lies do not match the indisputable evidence of what is happening in Ukraine.” Lamiat Sabin7 April 2022 22:20 1649365254
Treatment of Ukrainians “deja vu” – former war crimes investigator
A retired Metropolitan Police officer who helped investigate war crimes in the Balkans told the Independent that Russia’s treatment of Ukrainians was “deja vu”. Ron Turnbull, 74, of Hastings, said he was talking to former colleagues about alleged atrocities in Ukrainian cities such as Bhutan. “I talked to these people and we said it was like deja vu,” he said. Read what he said to Andrew Buncombe here Lamiat Sabin7 April 2022 22:00 1649364007
Nearly 5,000 people were evacuated today via 10 “corridors”
A total of 4,676 people were evacuated today from cities and towns in Ukraine via 10 “humanitarian corridors”, according to the Ukrainian government. Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk also said in a video post on her Telegram channel that 1,205 of the displaced were from the besieged city of Mariupol, who were taken to Zaporizhzhia. Lamiat Sabin7 April 2022 21:40 1649359207
EU imposes new sanctions on Russia, including carbon embargo
EU Member States have approved new sanctions on Russia, including an unprecedented embargo on coal imports. It comes after the US claimed that there were indications that Russian troops were raping and torturing Ukrainian civilians. The ban on coal imports will be the first EU sanctions to target Moscow’s lucrative energy industry over the war, an official told the AP news agency on Thursday, ahead of the official announcement. The whole story here by Sam Hancock Lamiat Sabin7 April 2022 20:20 1649358007
More than 100 people abducted from Melitopolis “for no reason”
Russian troops have abducted more than 100 people from Melitopol, according to Ukrainian city mayor Ivan Fedorov. In a video posted on Facebook, he said: “Today, the total number of citizens abducted by collaborators and soldiers of the occupation is over 100 people.” Russian soldiers had begun abducting teachers from the Melitopolis Pedagogical University, he said. Honey city in southern Ukraine (Google Maps) According to a translation, Mr. Fedorov said: “The occupiers continue to kidnap residents of Melitopolis for no reason. “After the failure of the efforts to resume schooling in the schools, the invaders switched to kindergartens. I am sure that the employees in the pre-school educational institutions will not cooperate with the occupiers. “An attempt by associates to resume college education also failed. Of the thousands of students, only a few attended. I thank the young people for their conscious position “. Lamiat Sabin7 April 2022 20:00 1649356807
“One dead and 14 injured in Kharkiv bombing,” says official
At least one person was killed and 14 were injured in bombings targeting Kharkiv, Governor Oleh Synehubov said in a video clip. The Ukrainian military said earlier that Russian troops were bombarding the city with shells and rockets. Russia denies targeting civilians. Lamiat Sabin7 April 2022 19:40 1649356087
Russian diplomats ‘ordered to leave Montenegro’
Four Russian diplomats have reportedly been ordered to leave Montenegro due to breaches of diplomatic rules. The diplomats have a week to leave the former Yugoslav republic, according to the newspaper Pobjeda – citing sources from the Montenegrin Foreign Ministry. Montenegro has already deported a Russian diplomat in March, again citing breaches of diplomatic rules. Northern Macedonia and Slovenia, former Yugoslav republics and members of NATO, also deported several Russian diplomats. Lamiat Sabin7 April 2022 19:28
