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45 days have passed since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and there are no agreements. (Design: Paulina Cabrera)
Russia was expelled from the UN Human Rights Council following the discovery of the bodies of civilians in Bucha, a fact attributed to him since that city was occupied by Russian forces.
The accusations increase and the negotiations seem to cool down, since Moscow accuses that Ukraine changed the requirements presented in the negotiations in Turkey, while kyiv asked him to “reduce hostility”.
45 days have elapsed since Vladimir Putin He launched his “special operation” and with it he dedicated himself to invading Ukraine. Follow here the latest news of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine on April 8.
UN brings humanitarian aid to eastern Ukraine; plans to send convoys to rebel regions
The UN humanitarian office is moving aid into eastern Ukraine and planning aid convoys to rebel regions from Lugansk and Donetsk next week as the fighting shifts, a spokesman told a news conference on Friday.
“We have in our planning convoys to go there I think next week already. Whether that happens or not depends on the security situation,” said Jens Laerke, who described the regions that Russia has recognized as independent states as “zones of greater humanitarian concern.
The head of humanitarian aid of the UN, Martin Griffiths, visited Ukraine and Russia this week, where he met with both parties and discussed the agreements for a possible humanitarian ceasefire to the conflict, which has lasted six weeks.
Russia and Ukraine ready to resume negotiations despite Bucha: Turkish official
Russia and Ukraine still want to negotiate in Turkey Despite the global shock that has led to the discovery of dozens of bodies in the Ukrainian city of Bucha, said a Turkish official on Friday.
“Russia and Ukraine want to meet once more in Turkey, but they are far from achieving a common text,” said this official source, who preferred not to be quoted.
According to these sources, who did not give any date for a possible new meeting, the status of Crimea and Donbas (eastern Ukraine) remains a complicated issue.
Bodies of civilians collected from the streets to the local cemetery in the city of Bucha. (Archyde.com)
Zelensky asks the West for “powerful” sanctions once morest Russia
Ukraine cannot wait any longer to receive new weapons from Western countries and needs “powerful” sanctions once morest Russia worthy of “Molotov cocktails” popularized by the Finnish resistance between 1939-40, President Volodymyr Zelensky told the Finnish Parliament on Friday.
Zelensky criticized those who “keep Ukrainians waiting” for means they desperately need “to defend their lives”, at a time when Ukraine is calling for more powerful weapons and harsher sanctions from Western countries.
“We need the type of weapons that some of our partners in the European Union have,” the Ukrainian president reaffirmed.
Zelenski addressed a message to the Finnish Parliament in which he urged that they provide him with weapons to defend himself. (AFP)
At least 700 people have been killed by shelling in Chernigov, reports city mayor
Nail 700 people died in the Russian bombing of Chernigova city located in northern Ukraine near the Belarusian border, its mayor reported Friday, quoted by the Unian press agency.
“I can give an approximate figure, 700 people. They are military and civilians,” said Mayor Vladyslav Atrocenko.
According to the politician, 80 thousand to 95 thousand people still live in this city located regarding 150 km from the capital. Before the Russian invasion, which began on February 24, the city had regarding 300,000 inhabitants.
The mayor of Chernigov said that approximately 95,000 people still live in the city. (Archyde.com)
Russia accuses Ukraine of shooting at Kramatorsk train station
Russia on Friday accused the Ukrainian armed forces of deliberately firing a missile at the Kramatorsk stationin eastern Ukraine, attack that killed at least 39 people.
“The objective of this attack orchestrated by the kyiv regime once morest the Kramatorsk railway station was to prevent the civilian population from leaving the city so that it might be used as a human shield,” the Russian Defense Ministry said.
The ministry assured that the attack was carried out from the city of Dobropillyaregarding 45 kilometers southwest of Kramatorsk.
Ukrainian servicemen check for signs of life among victims lying on the platform following a rocket attack on the train station in the eastern city of Kramatorsk. (AFP)
Slovakia donates S-300 air defense system to Ukraine
Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger announced on Friday that his country had donated an S-300 air defense system to Ukraine to help it once morest the invasion launched by Russia.
“I can confirm that the Slovak Republic donated an S-300 air defense system to Ukraine,” Heger said on Facebook.
The prime minister clarified that this delivery does not imply that his country “is part of the armed conflict in Ukraine” and that the donation is a response to the request for assistance made by kyiv for its “legitimate defense”, in accordance with article 51 of the UN Charter.
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