The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 5 hrs ago
Five Ukrainian regions hit by Russia overnight. Khmelnytskyi Oblast was hit by a missile while shelling continued in Kharkiv, Donetsk, Luhansk, and Kherson oblasts. At least nine people died, and tens are injured.
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Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Lyudmila
#Denisova told foreign media about mass rapes in
#Bucha. The occupiers kept about 25 girls aged 14 to 24 in the basement and regularly tortured and sexually abused them. Many of them are now pregnant.
Euromaidan Press on Twitter - Video
Ukrainian marines of the 36th brigade shared a farewell video from Mariupol, saying they are devoted to Ukraine till the end. However, no ammunition was delivered to them in the besieged city. They ask to finish the job and fight for victory.
The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 4 hrs ago
Mariupol defenders, who criticized command, say they keep fighting. “We held every part of this city to the best of our ability,” soldiers fighting with the 36 Marine Brigade said in a video address. They added that ammunition is scarce & it’s unknown how long they can hold.
The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
The 36th Marine Brigade accused the country’s leadership of abandoning them in the besieged port city with no ammunition left. “For over a month, (we) fought without replenishment of ammunition, food, water, drinking from a puddle and dying in batches.”
Defenders of besieged Mariupol plead for help, criticize commandment (kyivindependent.com)
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On the night of April 11, Azov reported a chemical attack conducted by Russia in Azov.
The regiment said that an unknown substance was distributed by a drone, and that three people who came in contact with it were having trouble breathing.
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Just hours earlier, Russian proxies in Donetsk called for the use of chemical weapons against Ukrainian forces defending the city.
Eduard Basurin, a spokesman for Russian-controlled Donetsk proxies, said that it made no sense to storm the well-fortified Ukrainian-controlled Azovstal plant in Mariupol because Russian troops would suffer heavy casualties, and instead Russian “chemical forces” should “smoke them out.”
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The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 3 hrs ago
Azov: Injured by poisonous substance spread in Mariupol are in 'relatively satisfactory condition.' The Azov Regiment issued a statement saying that victims have high blood pressure, eye rash and shortness of breath.
Russia ‘using weapons smuggled by Iran from Iraq against Ukraine’ | Ukraine | The Guardian
Russia is receiving munitions and military hardware sourced from Iraq for its war effort in
Ukraine with the help of Iranian weapons smuggling networks, according to members of Iranian-backed Iraqi militias and regional intelligence services with knowledge of the process.
RPGs and anti-tank missiles, as well as Brazilian-designed rocket launcher systems, have been dispatched to Russia from Iraq as
Moscow’s campaign has faltered in the last month, the Guardian has learned.
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The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 2 hrs ago
CNN: Large Russian military column spotted heading to Donbas. CNN geolocated a video showing a group of Russian military vehicles near Russia’s Matveev Kurgan, a settlement in the Rostov region. The vehicles were seen facing northwest, in the direction of Ukraine’s Donbas.
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#Russia plans terrorist attacks on its territory "Russian special services are planning a series of terrorist attacks with mines and bombing residential areas. As well as missile attacks on city of
#Belgorod or one of the cities of Crimea,"said head of
#Ukrainian Intelligence.
The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
State Investigations Bureau says it seized 10 Russian ships worth over $34 million. The Bureau blocked eight Russian cargo ships and two tankers from leaving Ukraine. According to Ukrainian law, the state can seize Russian property without compensation.
