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The Kremlin admits suffering 'significant losses', Russia is kicked off the UN human rights council and Zelenskiy calls for 'bolder' sanctions.

Soldiers fighting forUkraineappear to shoot a Russian prisoner of war outside a village west of Kyiv in a video posted online. The investigative newspaper had suspended publishing until the end of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, after Russia’s communications regulator warned them to cease their reporting. German intelligence agencies have intercepted radio messages from Russian soldiers discussing the killings of civilians in Ukraine, according to reports. Ukraine is bracing for a renewed Russian offensive on its eastern front, as Russian forces withdraw from the shattered outskirts of Kyiv to regroup and intensify their attacks across the Donbas region. In a joint statement,ministers spoke of “haunting” photographs of mutilated bodies, The Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, said he hoped the besieged city of Mariupolwould be “liberated from nationalistic battalions” sooner rather than later.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Thursday that the slaughter of civilians in Mariupol, the port city that has been under extended Russian ...

The weapons: Ukraine is making use of weapons such as Javelin antitank missiles and Switchblade “kamikaze” drones, provided by the United States and other allies. - Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky touted diplomats’ return to the capital in his address Thursday, as Russian forces have retreated from the area. - Borodyanka: When Ukrainian authorities returned to the newly liberated community, 30 miles northwest of Kyiv, they discovered decimated buildings, rattled survivors and a growing number of bodies. Some 100,000 residents are believed to be caught up in clashes as their supplies dwindle. Roughly 1,200 of them are from Mariupol, the devastated port city that has endured weeks of Russian attacks. On one side, 95 nations — just slightly more than half the U.N. membership, but enough to reach the necessary two-thirds of those casting a vote — supported the resolution backed by the United States and dozens of others. A significant number are probably spies posing as diplomats, according to U.S. and European officials. “Mr. Lavrov is not directly related to the negotiation process, and so his statements are pure propaganda.” “For sure, at the next round, the Ukrainian side will ask for the withdrawal of troops and will add more preconditions,” Lavrov said. The proposal would also allow for foreign military exercises to be held in Ukraine without Russia’s consent, Lavrov said. Kyiv’s mayor said on Telegram that the city would help residents of its suburbs “return to a peaceful life.” Missing from the new proposal was a “clear statement” that future NATO-style security guarantees would not apply to Crimea, a Ukrainian peninsula that Russia annexed in 2014.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen heads to Kyiv on Friday to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Do not drive on the roadsides and do not use forest roads. They are neutralizing the ammunition left by the Russian military on our land." "The area is free of [Russian forces], so if you hear explosions (and there have been many in recent days) — it’s rescuers and explosives. “This is not a question of the actual conduct of negotiations, but the emotional background against which these negotiations are conducted," he said. Ukrainian Railways said on its Telegram channel that more than 100 people were also wounded in the strikes. In televised comments Friday, Podolyak, a presidential adviser, said there was an "ongoing online process" for peace talks between the two countries. "Lacking the strength and courage to stand up to us on the battlefield, they are cynically destroying the civilian population. Five evacuation routes out of Luhansk will also be available. NBC News has been unable to independently verify the strikes or the death toll. NBC News was unable to independently verify the strikes or the reported death toll and injuries. Zelenskyy also said around 30 people had died. "This is an evil that has no limits.

Ukrainian leaders have warned that the fighting in the Donbas is expected to be brutal and resemble the battles of World War II.

Moscow is widely expected to shift the focus of its offensive to the Donbas region, where Russia has engaged in military adventurism for years. Any jump in prices will be a concern for Asia, given the region's high levels of dependence on energy and agricultural commodity imports, warned the EIU. A rocket attack on a crowded train station in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk has killed more than 30 people and injured more than 100, Ukraine's state railway company said. "Either you help us now — and I'm speaking about days, not weeks — or, your help will come too late. Moscow denied being behind the strike, and denies targeting civilians despite well-documented evidence to the contrary. The Pentagon also confirmed that all of the anti-armor and anti-air systems from the two weapons packages announced in March have been delivered to Ukraine. The Defense Department added that the U.S. is working to "identify additional weapons systems to help the Ukrainian military." "This is a deliberate blow to the passenger infrastructure of the railway and the residents of Kramatorsk." Meanwhile, Russia continues to shell cities in the east and south of Ukraine, the ministry said. With Russia and the United States — the two countries with the largest nuclear arsenals in the world — on the brink of conflict, Ferguson said this is a "much more dangerous" situation than most people appreciate. More than 30 people were killed and over 100 injured in a rocket attack on a railway station in eastern Ukraine where families and individuals were waiting to evacuate to safer parts of the country, the national railway company said. "According to operational data, more than 30 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded in the rocket attack on Kramatorsk railway station," Ukrainian Railways said via Telegram. Ukrainian leaders have warned that the fighting in the Donbas, where Russia has been engaged in military operations for years, is expected to be brutal and resemble the battles of World War II. Authorities have urged civilians in Ukraine's east to evacuate while they still can.

Sanctions: The U.K. sanctioned the daughters of both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. U.S. Congress passed ...

"We support an objective and impartial investigation of this crime and call for severe punishment for the perpetrators. Those sanctions would only come into force when the list is published, which could happen as soon as Friday. The chairman of aluminum giant United Co. Rusal PLC has called for an investigation into alleged war crimes in Ukraine, a rare criticism of Russia’s invasion from a major Russian company.

The 50-metre motor vessel, modest by oligarch standards, is covered in scaffolding and sitting under a hangar in dry dock, one of many such boats being ...

Damen also said it did not comment on the status of individual clients. Aquamarine was built by the Dutch firm Heesen, who delivered it in 2021. What sets the Aquamarine apart is that, until the day of the invasion of Ukraine, it belonged to Russia’s best-known businessman, Roman Abramovich, a Guardian investigation has revealed. Aquamarine is undergoing repairs at Damen Shiprepair, a Dutch firm that specialises in the construction and repair of luxury yachts. But Damen or any other subcontractors are not working on it.” Davidovich also said he was the majority owner of the British Virgin Islands-listed Norma Investments, an investment vehicle that is listed as the only shareholder of Aquamarine’s owner MHC Jersey Ltd, according to Jersey public record.

In an attempt at damage control on Friday, Peskov said he was referring to the official defence ministry numbers of 1,351 soldiers killed since Russia launched ...

Of the confirmed deaths in the military, more than 15% come from Russia’s elite airborne, or VDV, units. “For protection from a possible criminal investigation, please contact our lawyers.” A phone camera pans slowly across the portraits of 55 men, each wearing the dress uniform of Russia’s elite airborne units. Russia has called the Ukrainian numbers inflated. Senior Russian officers often fight alongside their units because decisions must be confirmed by higher-ranking personnel. “This is a substantial number.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin's "special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian troops invading from Belarus, ...

Graphic images provided by Ukrainian officials showed the aftermath of the attack -- bodies lying on the ground next to scattered luggage and debris, with charred vehicles parked nearby. The remains of a large rocket with the words "for our children" in Russian painted on the side was also seen on the ground next to the main building of the station. "Anyone who wants to leave the region will be able to do so." Through the G-7, we are ending the use of Russian energy and hitting Putin's ability to fund his illegal and unjustified invasion of Ukraine." The number of injured was down from earlier estimates of more than 100. In recent days, Russian forces have retreated from northern Ukraine, leaving behind a trail of death and destruction. Two E.U. officials told The Associated Press that Putin's adult daughters, Maria Vorontsova and Katerina Tikhonova, who were sanctioned by the United States earlier this week, have been hit with asset freezes and a travel ban. Russian forces have since been met with "stiff resistance" from Ukrainians, according to U.S. officials. Two Russian rockets struck the train station in the city of Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast on Friday morning, according to Ukraine's state-owned railway company, which in a statement via Facebook called the attack "a purposeful strike on the passenger infrastructure of the railway and the residents of the city of Kramatorsk." The attack occurred as "thousands" of civilians fleeing the Russian invasion were at the train station waiting to be taken to "safer regions of Ukraine," according to Kyrylenko, who accused Russian forces of "deliberately trying to disrupt the evacuation of civilians." Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov alleged that the involvement of Russian forces in the attack on the railway station in the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk was already ruled out by the Russian Ministry of Defense, based on the type of missile that was used -- a Tochka-U short-range ballistic missile. Russia denied involvement in a rocket attack that killed dozens of people at a train station in eastern Ukraine on Friday.

The European Union says it will return its diplomatic presence to Ukraine and is promising to fast-track the process for the country to seek membership.

But when the battle for Ukraine came to her home, she armed herself with a smartphone to document alleged Russian war crimes. The goods include fertiliser, pipe valves, ball bearings and other parts, materials and chemicals. Ms Venediktova said the European Union is involved in the investigation and “we are coordinating our actions.” Two were women and the rest were men, she said. Springsteen posted a video on social media on Friday to show his support: “Refugees in Ukraine and around the world need our help now,” he said. The Global Citizen-organised social media rally urges governments, institutions, corporations and individuals to help fund humanitarian efforts in Ukraine and other regions of the world.

On the ground in the devastated Bucha and Trostianets; when rape is used as a weapon; and will Putin face a war crimes tribunal?

The next phase of the war – which could yet be decisive – is expected to unfold in the Donbas in the next month as Russian forces seek to capture Mariupol, create a land bridge to Crimea, expand the area of occupation in the self-proclaimed republics in Donetsk and Luhansk – and perhaps encircle Ukraine’s main fighting force ranged against it. Local authorities and organisations have been distributing medical, legal and psychological support and trying to find safe shelters for women and girls fleeing both the war and domestic violence. She said a soldier who had come to search the house they were staying in left without completing the task, his eyes filled with shame as her daughter cried out in fear at the intruder. They had dirty faces, they stank and they looked completely lost,” says Yana Lugovets, who spent a month sleeping in the basement with her husband, daughter and friends. “ The Russians set up their weapons and a fire in the front garden. “He walked just 20 metres from the house and the Russians killed him.

As the invasion of Ukraine loomed, Western intelligence officials decided to tell the world what they knew.

In 2003, amid accusations of politicisation, the reputation of US and UK spies was damaged - especially after the intelligence proved to be wrong. On one level, much of the intelligence was spot-on. There have been other occasions since Iraq when intelligence has been made public, for instance over the use of chemical weapons in Syria, but never on the scale seen over Ukraine. The next stage was to make some of the intelligence public. A common problem inside and outside government was that people simply could not believe a major land war could break out in Europe in the 21st Century. France has recently sacked its head of military intelligence for failing to appreciate what was being planned. By early December, details of Russia's plans for a 175,000-strong invasion had appeared in the Washington Post. In Washington, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines - who briefed allies at Nato in November - and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan are credited with pushing for the release of material. A crucial moment came in early November when CIA Director William Burns travelled to Moscow - to warn that Washington knew what was being planned. That decision, those involved say, was taken at the very highest level of the White House by President Biden. And he believed the only way to do so was by using force. The decision had been taken to make the whole world know about it.

Russian troops 'forcibly deport' more than 600000 Ukrainians, says Kyiv; pledge to fast-track EU membership bid; investigators exhume Bucha mass ...

Russian troops have “forcibly deported” more than 600,000 Ukrainians, including about 121,000 children, to Russia, Ukraine’s human rights commissioner, Lyudmila Denysova, has said. Since Russian troops pulled back from Bucha last week,Ukrainian officials say hundreds of civilians have been found dead. Some Russian military units have experiencedmajor losses, a senior US defence official said, and the Pentagon estimates Russia’s combat power is between 80% and 85% of pre-invasion levels.

Ukrainian president condemns deadly train station bombing as 'war crime', vowing to bring those responsible to justice.

Two were women and the rest were men, she said. “Refugees in Ukraine and around the world need our help now,” Springsteen said in a video. “He was not married, he did not have a chance, he was young, very young. “We are defending the ability of a person to live in the modern world,” Zelenskyy said. “We are anticipating a solid global reaction to this war crime.” The goods include fertilizer, pipe valves, ball bearings and other parts, materials and chemicals. Refugees in Ukraine and around the world need our help now. Join all of us on E Street and@glblctznas we #StandUpForUkraine, and stand up for those displaced globally because everyone deserves safe and humane living conditions. “He was from a large family, and he was the only one who provided for it. Do they not want their children to go to university, do they not want their grandfather to live for 100 years? “We will continue to work on Russia, and we will continue to press for the protection of civilians in Russia’s war in #Ukraine,” HRW said. Someone who lives in the United States or Europe, do they also not like children?

The same day that a missile struck a Kramatorsk train station, the Pentagon predicted that combat ahead will be a “knife fight ... very bloody and very ugly ...

More than 6,600 people fled from embattled areas in the south and east via humanitarian corridors Friday, according to Kyiv, the highest count this week. The weapons: Ukraine is making use of weapons such as Javelin antitank missiles and Switchblade “kamikaze” drones, provided by the United States and other allies. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the strike in Kramatorsk “another war crime of Russia” and vowed to hold the perpetrators responsible. The ineptitude displayed by the Russian military in its initial attempt to overrun Ukraine has astounded military professionals. - Mariupol: Russian forces claim to have successfully captured central Mariupol, which the city’s mayor denies. Makariv mayor Vadym Tokar said 132 people were discovered fatally shot and 40 percent of the city had been destroyed,Ukrainian Pravdareported. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visited nearby Bucha on Friday and witnessed bodies being pulled from a mass grave. Speaking to reporters alongside German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was “willing to consider anything by way of defensive weaponry to help the Ukrainians protect themselves,” when asked if he would provide Ukraine with tanks. The aid, worth about $130 million, comes after consultation with Ukraine’s military, the Defense Ministry said in a news release. More than 5,000 of the evacuees were from Mariupol and Berdyansk, port cities occupied by Russian forces, Vereshchuk said. In a clearing not far away there was another body, left with the detritus of what had been a Russian military camp. “Amnesty’s closing down in Russia is only the latest in a long list of organizations that have been punished for defending human rights and speaking the truth to the Russian authorities,” Callamard said. More than 6,600 people fled from embattled areas in those regions via humanitarian corridors Friday, according to Kyiv, the highest count this week.

New commander Gen Alexander Dvornikov has experience in Syria and is likely to 'improve' leadership of the invasion.

It comes as Russia prepares to ramp up air strikes in the south and east of the country, as Moscow focuses its efforts on seizing the Donbas region and the cities of Mariupol and Mykolaiv in the east. Russia has reorganised command of its invasion of Ukraine after a series of military failures, in a bid to improve the leadership of the operation. Russia has repeatedly failed to make the progress it anticipated in Ukraine, thought to be in part due to poor preparation and “puzzling” tactics.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said a Russian missile strike on a train station that killed at least 50 people in the eastern city of Kramatorsk was ...

The Pentagon said it finds “unconvincing” claims from Russia that its forces were not involved in the strike. In Makariv, Russian forces have killed 132 civilians, the town's mayor said, adding nearly all of the town's infrastructure has been destroyed. Regrouping in the east: Ukrainian officials continue to warn about what could be a major Russian offensive set to take place in the country's east. Radiation levels in a room used by Russian soldiers is higher than normal — officials say it's from small particles and dust that the soldiers brought into the building. Some 8,000 people per day had been going to the station to evacuate during the past two weeks. “We expect a firm, global response to this war crime," he said. Russian pressure for a win: The Russians are feeling “self-imposed pressure” to achieve some sort of victory by May 9, according to two European officials. And on the edges of that area, CNN saw a Russian military ration box that exhibited radiation levels 50 times above naturally occurring values. He also urged a "firm, global response to this war crime." The other prohibits energy imports from Russia, including oil, coal and natural gas. The Senate unanimously passed the two measures Thursday morning. Fighting continues in Popasna and Rubizhne."

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he wants a tough global response to Russia after its forces fired a missile at a crowded train station, ...

“They had to provide information such as the father of the 16-year-old had to give written permission that she could leave the country, in English, but he’s fighting in Ukraine, so it’s a ridiculous thing to ask. “It’s been over three weeks since the attack in Ukraine and I wanted to start sharing it all. We want to offer Ukrainians a home, but Priti Patel has slammed the door in their face,” Sir Ed tweeted. This is not just a fight over land, it’s a fight for sovereignty and democracy and one that we must do all we can to ensure Ukraine wins.” We will hold Russia and Putin to account.” After failing to take Kyiv in the face of stiff resistance, Russian forces have set their sights on the eastern Donbas region, the mostly Russian-speaking, industrial area where Moscow-backed rebels have been fighting Ukrainian forces for eight years and control some places. Only 3,700 now remain, he said. Western experts, however, dismissed Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov’s assertion that Russian forces “do not use” that type of missile. Mr Wallace added: “It is that strength that Nato brings, and we’re determined to bring it to the doorstep of Putin. Jaroslaw Kaczynski said in a radio interview that he has an “unequivocally negative” opinion of Mr Orban’s refusal to condemn Russian leader Vladimir Putin for the invasion of Ukraine or to help arm Ukraine, and for saying that Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky is one of his “opponents”. Photos taken after the attack showed bodies covered with tarpaulins and the remnants of a rocket painted with the words “For the children” in Russian. Photos taken after the attack showed bodies covered with tarpaulins and the remnants of a rocket painted with the words “For the children” in Russian.

Some supporters of Ukraine are ready to start helping it shift from Soviet-era weapons to more modern NATO-style equipment in the conflict with Russia, ...