Russia Attacks Ukraine - 23 Feb 2022 **Media Thread** NO DISCUSSION #3

[PommyMommy]

Zelenskyy advisor says the war could be nearing an end in the next 2-3 weeks: LIVE UPDATES 8 hour(s) ago

Zelenskyy advisor says the war could be nearing an end

Ukraine presidential advisor Oleksiy Arestovych said during a briefing on Sunday that the next "week or two" could determine the outcome of the Russia-Ukraine War, according to a report.

After Russia's military troops invaded Ukraine nearly 40 days ago, the larger army's might has been repeatedly stalled by Ukraine's military determination and will to save their homeland, resulting in a slowed attack and severe losses for Russia.

Russia's lack of swift victory has brought both countries to the negotiation table, but fighting — including a critical struggle for Mariupol — continues.

Should the city hold strong, or potentially fall, the outcome of the war could quickly follow, Arestovych said, as Ukrinform reported.

"They understand this," the advisor said, speaking of both countries, per the report. "On the one hand, it gives us hope in the area of Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy region, Kharkiv region that we will get rid of the enemy there, we will repel it from there. Secondly, it means a possible, potential deterioration or a sharp deterioration of the situation around Mariupol and in the JFO area."

"But, the next week or two will be uneven. There will be reports that we are winning, counterattacking and repelling in some areas. We are liberating our lands from the enemy," he added via Ukrinform. "However, there will also be information that in some parts of the front, particularly in the east, the situation is complicated. You need to be emotionally, organizationally and consciously ready for this."

 

[PommyMommy]

APR 2, 2022
Live updates | Zelenskyy: Troops shell retreating Russians | AP News
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian troops retaking areas around Kyiv and Chernihiv are not allowing Russians to retreat without a fight, but are “shelling them. They are destroying everyone they can.”

Zelenskyy, in his Saturday night video address to the nation, said Ukraine knows Russia has the forces to put even more pressure on the east and south of Ukraine.

[...]

APR 3, 2022
1h ago 11:21
Volodymyr Zelenskiy has been speaking on the US political talkshow Face the Nation, accusing Russia of trying to wipe out Ukraine and its people, and calling for the Russian president Vladimir Putin and his military commanders to be held accountable for atrocities allegedly committed by withdrawing Russian troops.

[...]

“When we find people with hands tied behind their back and decapitated, such things I don’t understand. I don’t comprehend the kids who were killed and tortured. It wasn’t enough just to kill, for those criminals? Maybe they wanted to take gold, or washing machines as they were killing, but they were also torturing them as they did this.”

About holding the perpetrators accountable for war crimes, Zelenskiy added: “It wouldn’t be fair to take only [Putin]. All the military commanders, everyone who gave instructions and orders should be punished adequately.”

[...]

 

[PommyMommy]

Ex-Russian oligarch says this moment in war drove Putin 'insane' - CNN Video
Ex-Russian oligarch says this moment in war drove Putin 'insane'

Exiled Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky discusses President Vladimir Putin's mindset and what his remaining options are in the war against Ukraine.
Source: CNN

 

[PommyMommy]

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 7 hrs ago
Top official says Poland ready to deploy US nukes to deter Russian aggression. “If the Americans asked us to store U.S. nuclear weapons in Poland, we would be open to it," said Jaroslaw Kaczynski, deputy prime minister and the leader of Poland's ruling Law and Justice party.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 6 hrs ago
Vereshchuk: 11 Ukrainian mayors held by Russian troops. Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on April 3 that Russia had held hostage mayors in Kyiv, Kherson, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv and Donetsk oblasts.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Luhansk Oblast Governor: 4 local mayors committed treason. According to Luhansk Oblast Governor, heads of cities – Rubizhne, Stanytsia Luhanska, Milove and Markivka – have switched allegiances and are now working for Russia. All four cities are currently occupied by Russia.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 5 hrs ago
Podolyak slams Western leaders for failing to help Ukraine. Mykhailo Podolyak, an aide to President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff, posted photos of Russian atrocities in Kyiv Oblast, where hundreds of civilians have been killed. 1/2

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
“The main thing, according to our European partners, is not to provoke the Russians, right?” Podolyak wrote, comparing mass executions in Bucha to the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. “Hundreds, thousands killed, torn apart, raped, cuffed, raped again and killed again,” he added. 2/2

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 4 hrs ago
Mayors of Snovsk in Kherson Oblast and Beryslav in Chernihiv Oblast released from Russian captivity. Source: Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 1 hr ago
Ukrainians rallied against the Russian occupation in the occupied Kherson on April 3, despite risks. The Russian forces in the city have been dispersing such rallies and hunting down their organizers.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - WARNING: GRAPHIC PHOTO
Zelensky reacts to photos of civilians killed by Russians in Bucha: "Mothers of Russian soldiers should see that. See what bastards you've raised. Murderers, looters, butchers." Photo: AFP via Getty Images.

 

[PommyMommy]

NEXTA on Twitter - 8 hrs ago
Negotiations between #Russia and #Ukraine will continue on April 4 in the online format This was announced by the head of the negotiating group from Russia, Vladimir #Medinskiy.

NEXTA on Twitter - 7 hrs ago
Soldiers of formations and military units of the #Russian Baltic Fleet's Army Corps are conducting tactical exercises with live firing in the #Kaliningrad Region.

Kaliningrad - Google Maps

NEXTA on Twitter
In #Kakhovka, #Kherson region, right now, #Russian occupiers are dispersing a peaceful rally of citizens with machine gun fire.

NEXTA on Twitter
#Irpin will be closed to the exit and all leaving cars will be checked These measures are taken to avoid the facts of looting. The police are also working on the streets.

NEXTA on Twitter
Volodymyr Zelensky posthumously awarded photojournalist Maksim Levin the Order "For Courage"

NEXTA on Twitter - 5 hrs ago, Video
In #Irpen, the occupiers shot women and girls and then drove tanks over them The mayor of the city, Oleksandr Markushin, said this in an interview

NEXTA on Twitter - 4 hrs ago
The spokesman for the #Odessa military administration, Sergey Bratchuk, said that the strikes on the Odessa region were carried out from #Russian ships in the Black Sea.

NEXTA on Twitter - 3 hrs ago
Anonymous hackers leaked personal data of 120,000 #Russian soldiers fighting in #Ukraine.

NEXTA on Twitter - WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO
In the liberated Velyka Dymerka, the occupiers were killing dogs, judging by the fact that some dogs were in enclosures, the butchers were killing them just for fun.

NEXTA on Twitter
#Ukrainian military shot down a #Russian "SU-35" plane near the city of #Izyum, #Kharkiv Region, according to MP Anton Gerashchenko. According to Gerashchenko, the pilot of the downed plane ejected and tried to escape, but was caught. The cost of such an airplane is $50 million

NEXTA on Twitter
The pilot of the #Russian plane shot down over #Izyum was caught.

NEXTA on Twitter - 30 min ago
The bodies of 410 dead civilians were removed from the districts of the #Kyiv region liberated from the #Russian troops, Prosecutor General of #Ukraine Irina Venediktova said.

 

[PommyMommy]

Euromaidan Press on Twitter - 5 hrs ago, Video
Ukrainian frontline soldiers after the battle, Mar 31
Journalist: What's the worst thing in this war?
Ukrainian soldier: Russian airpower. Even artillery is not that horrific. W/o it, we'd have already pushed them. When the sky is "closed" for a while, their whole infantry is ours. Ukrainian Troops Hold A Defensive Line In The Kyiv Region (rferl.org)

Euromaidan Press on Twitter - 3 hrs ago
Russian attacks destroyed Chernihiv by 70% - mayor "Our city resembles Bucha, and in some areas it is already like Mariupol. People wonder how to live to see tomorrow," Chernihiv mayor Vladyslav Atroshenko said Chernihiv - the city resembles Bucha and Mariupol: Chernihiv destroyed by 70% - mayor - UNIAN

Euromaidan Press on Twitter - 2 hrs ago
The Russian military invading Ukraine is shooting point-blank at civilians attempting to flee besieged cities. “There were three rounds of two to three shots. I understood that it was all over… They killed my family in cold blood!”

Russian military shoots at Ukrainian civilians fleeing bombardments | Euromaidan Press
[...]

Oleh’s younger brother, Denys Fedko, spoke with his mother Anna as the family was driving by the column of Russian troops.

“I was talking with my mother when I heard her begging them to stop shooting, shouting that there were children in the car. I heard little Ivan crying loudly; he was only a month and a half old. Then I heard shots… and silence, and then shots again. There were three rounds of two to three shots. I understood that it was all over… They killed my family in cold blood!”

The three adults died on the spot – Oleh Fedko Senior, his wife Hanna and his daughter-in-law Iryna. The first car returned and took away the children, who were still alive, but barely breathing. The relatives drove them to the hospital in Nova Kakhovka, where the children died in the operating room.

[...]

 

[PommyMommy]

WARNING: DISTURBING VIDEO

Ukraine documents alleged atrocities by retreating Russians - CBS News
''Oleksiy Arestovych, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said scores of killed civilians were found on the streets of Bucha and the Kyiv suburbs of Irpin and Hostomel in what looked like a "scene from a horror movie."

Arestovych said some people were shot in the head and had their hands bound, and some bodies showed signs of torture, rape and burning.''

''The capital city's mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said civilians were "shot with joined hands" and told German newspaper Bild that "what happened in Bucha and other suburbs of Kyiv can only be described as genocide."

A day earlier, AP journalists witnessed Ukrainian soldiers gingerly removing at least six bodies from a street in Bucha with cables in case the Russians had booby-trapped corpses with explosives before their withdrawal. Local residents said the dead people were civilians killed without provocation, a claim that could not be independently verified.

Klitschko called on other nations to immediately end Russian gas imports, saying they were funding the invasion of Ukraine, now in its 39th day.''

 

[PommyMommy]

Kevin Rothrock on Twitter - Video
Kharkiv’s zoo is being evacuated and this footage of tapirs in transit might be the best video I’ve seen in weeks.

Oct 2017
Give Peace a Chance-M O W (musiconwalls.com)

 

[PommyMommy]

NEXTA on Twitter
Mykhailo Podolyak said that the mobile crematoriums that the invaders brought with them were intended for civilians.

Михайло Подоляк on Twitter (Mykhailo Podolyak, Adviser to the Head of the Office of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy) WARNING: GRAPHIC PHOTOS
Russians came in Ukraine with military bands and columns of the Rosguard. But they were followed by mobile crematories. Why do you need them if you don’t believe in resistance? Now we know - to hide war crimes. This is not a performer's mistake. This is a planned genocide. #BuchaMassacre

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Zelensky about Russia's war crimes in Ukraine: "Concentrated evil has come to our land. Murderers, butchers, rapists, looters, who call themselves an army and who only deserve to die after what they have done," Zelensky said.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Zelensky: Russians killed deliberately and with pleasure. "They are deprived of everything humane, there is no soul, no heart," President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a recent address following news about Russia's atrocities in Kyiv Oblast.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Zelensky slams the world's weak response to Russian aggression: "We will win this war even if some politicians fail to overcome the indecisiveness that is passed on along with offices," he said in a recent video address.

NEXTA on Twitter
This is how the Kyiv-Zhytomyr highway looks like, 25-30 kilometers from the capital of #Ukraine.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Johnson: I will do everything in my power to starve Putin’s war machine. Addressing Russia’s “despicable attacks against innocent civilians” in Bucha, Johnson said that Britain will step up sanctions against Russia, and bolster military and humanitarian support for Ukraine.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Welt: Germany refuses to supply Ukraine with 100 tanks. German Defense Ministry told the Welt that the requested Marder infantry fighting vehicles that Berlin owns are associated with NATO obligations, so the decision needs to be made within the alliance.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Zelensky invites Merkel, Sarkozy to Bucha to see the result of years-long concessions to Russia. In his evening address, Zelensky invited the former European leaders to “see tortured Ukrainians with their own eyes” to understand what the concession policy to Russia has led to.

UkraineWorld on Twitter
"I invite Ms. Merkel and Mr. Sarkozy to visit Bucha and see what the policy of appeasement of Russia has led to in 14 years. We do not blame the West. We don't blame anyone but the Russian military who did it. But we have the right to talk about indecision," @ZelenskyyUa

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Donetsk Oblast governor urges residents to leave amid threats of military escalation. Pavlo Kyrylenko said that the authorities “strongly recommend” residents to leave Donetsk Oblast, explaining that all the necessary transport and instructions will be provided.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Ukraine's military report destroying 43 Russian military vehicles on April 3. The Ukrainian forces also destroyed two units of armored vehicles and shot down two aircraft, one of which was an unmanned aerial vehicle, as well as an Ilyushin Il-22 aircraft.

Euromaidan Press on Twitter
Ukrainian forces liberated the villages of Kolychivka, Yahidne, Ivanivka in Chernihiv Oblast Регіональне управління Сил ТрО “Північ” Збройних Сил України | Facebook

Euromaidan Press on Twitter
In Chernihiv Oblast, the Russian military desecrated graves of Ukrainian soldiers who had perished in the Donbas. Telegram: Contact @ukrainenowenglish PHOTOS: Suspilne Chernihiv

 

[PommyMommy]

Euromaidan Press on Twitter - 1 hr ago, WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO
Russians set up a torture chamber in one of Bucha's basements to execute civilians. Handcuffed, knelt bodies of civilians shot in the head were found there. Video: Ukrainian Military TV via @StratcomCentre

Euromaidan Press on Twitter
Ukrainian General Staff warns Russians are preparing the offensive in Donbas, "which may begin tomorrow in the direction of Severodonetsk and Velyka Novosilka." Luhansk Oblast Head also said today Russians are amassing troops to attack. General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine | Facebook

Inna Sovsun on Twitter (Member of #Ukraine Parliament)
The world leaders are calling for an investigation of the #BuchaMassacre. I support this with my whole heart. Yet, I also want everyone to remember that #russians still control large territories in #Ukraine. I am afraid the same massacres are happening there right now.

Inna Sovsun on Twitter - 1 hr ago
Ukraine Journalist Yevhen Spirin: Some of killed children have tied hands. Yes, children were tied up and then killed. Women killed. Girls under 10 with torn vaginas. #Irpin, #Bucha. How to live with it? Is it worth living at all? How to explain it to yourself? How? #BuchaMassacre

 

[PommyMommy]

Christopher Miller on Twitter
Ukrainian civilians' bodies have been found littered around Bucha, other areas in NW Kyiv region. A mass grave was found at Church of St. Andrew & Pyervozvannoho All Saints. Satellite images from @Maxar
show the first signs of excavation were on March 10. Latest images March 31.

Russian Torture Chamber Discovered in Liberated Ukraine Town as the Russian Army Continues to Do What It Is Good at Doing – RedState
Her neighbours in a neat brick house four doors down had been tied hand and foot and killed. Down the road, territorial defence fighters said they had found a basement where 18 bodies, men, women and children as young as 14 lay dead, their bodies mutilated.

Two days earlier, Torovik said, he had seen a dog eating a woman’s body that had been left on the ground. Yet the worst was in the basement of the dacha.
“We found 18 bodies in there,” he said. “They had been torturing people. Some of them had their ears cut off. Others had teeth pulled out. There were kids like 14, 16 years old, some adults. They just took the bodies away yesterday.”

 

[PommyMommy]

Russia-Ukraine war latest: Ukrainian prosecutors find hundreds of bodies in towns near Kyiv – live | World news | The Guardian
5m ago 19:54

Hundreds 'killed, tortured, executed' Zelenskiy says
[...]

In a late-night address, the Ukrainian leader said:

"Hundreds of people were killed. Tortured, executed civilians. Corpses on the streets ...

Concentrated evil has come to our land. Murderers. Torturers. Rapists. Looters. Who call themselves the army. And who deserve only death after what they did.”

Photograph: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Reuters

[...]

"I want every mother of every Russian soldier to see the bodies of the killed people in Bucha, in Irpin, in Hostomel. What did they do? Why were they killed? What did the man who was riding his bicycle down the street do?

Why were ordinary civilians in an ordinary peaceful city tortured to death? Why were women strangled after their earrings were ripped out of their ears? How could women be raped and killed in front of children?

How could their corpses be desecrated even after death? Why did they crush the bodies of people with tanks? What did the Ukrainian city of Bucha do to your Russia? How did all this become possible?

Russian mothers! Even if you raised looters, how did they also become butchers? ... They killed deliberately and with pleasure.”

Zelenskiy also placed the blame on Russian officials.

"I want all the leaders of the Russian Federation to see how their orders are being fulfilled. Such orders. Such a fulfilment. And joint responsibility. For these murders, for these tortures, for these arms torn off by explosions that lie on the streets. For shots in the back of the head of tied people.”

“This is how the Russian state will now be perceived. This is your image,” he added.

“Your culture and human appearance perished together with the Ukrainian men and women to whom you came.”

 

[PommyMommy]

Boris Johnson condemns Russia's 'despicable attacks' on Ukrainians in Bucha and Irpin | Daily Mail Online
'It's not a battlefield, it's a crime scene': Putin's fleeing troops leave behind 410 bodies amid evidence of civilian executions, rapes and mass graves in worst European atrocity since Balkan Wars as Europe's leaders call for international probe

• **WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT**
• The Prime Minister today accused Vladimir Putin and the Russian army of committing war crimes in Ukraine
• He said they had carried out 'despicable attacks against innocent civilians' in Bucha and Irpin, close to Kyiv
• Former heavyweight champion boxer Wladimir Klitschko visited Bucha to accuse Putin of 'genocide'
• His comments come after mass graves filled with civilian corpses were found after Russian troops left the city
• Russia's defence ministry has denied accusations of Russian troops killing civilians in suburban town of Bucha

[...]

Ukrainian prosecutors said they had found 410 bodies in towns near the capital Kyiv. They said some witnesses were too traumatised to speak.

Two mass graves were discovered in Bucha, one of more than 30 towns and suburbs liberated in recent days.

Bodies of civilians, their hands bound and bullet wounds in the back of their heads, littered the streets of the small commuter town north of Kyiv.

Survivors emerging from basements after weeks underground told of summary executions, sexual violence and terror not seen since Joseph Stalin's Soviet rule of terror in the 1930s.

[...]

The chilling discoveries came as:

• Russia shaved the heads of female prisoners of war in chilling echoes of the Nazis' treatment of women in concentration camps;
• The Russian defence ministry shamelessly suggested photos of civilians their troops had slaughtered were 'fake' and part of a 'planned media campaign';
• More war crimes were reported across the country, including the rape of minors and use of children as human shields;
• Fears grew for 11 community leaders kidnapped by retreating Russians after one of them was reportedly 'killed in captivity', and;
• Human Rights Watch recorded a list of war crimes including repeated rape, summary executions and serious violence against Ukrainian civilians.

[...]

Fears of a genocidal plot grew as it was claimed Russia adopted a 'state technical standard for digging and maintaining mass graves' weeks before the invasion.

Troops were taught how to build the huge burial grounds for 1,000 corpses in just three days in a policy that came into effect on February 1 – three weeks before they marched on Ukraine.

Observers fear it could suggest Putin had 'planned genocide' in Ukraine on a scale 'unseen since World War Two'.

[...]

 

[PommyMommy]

[URL='https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/apr/03/russia-ukraine-war-latest-russian-retreat-from-kyiv-reveals-atrocities-against-civilians-say-ukrainians-live']Russia-Ukraine war latest: Ukrainian prosecutors find hundreds of bodies in towns near Kyiv – live | World news | The Guardian[/URL]

3h ago 01:31
Capture of Mariupol a 'key objective' for Russia, UK MoD says

The UK’s ministry of defence has released its latest intelligence report, suggesting the capture of Mariupol is a key objective of the Russian invasion.

Heavy fighting has continued in Mariupol as Russian forces attempt to take the city.

[...]

2h ago 22:18
'Fill the silence with your music' Zelenskiy tells Grammys

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has appeared in a video message at the Grammy Awards to ask for support in telling the story of Ukraine’s invasion by Russia.

During the message that aired on the show Sunday, he likened the invasion to a deadly silence threatening to extinguish the dreams and lives of the Ukrainian people.

"Our musicians wear body armour instead of tuxedos. They sing to the wounded in hospitals, even to those who can’t hear them ... But the music will break through anyway.”

[...]

1h ago 22:41
A senior Washington official has slammed Russia’s request to hold a UN security council meeting on Monday, saying the move is designed to “feign outrage.”

Samantha Power, a former US ambassador to the UN, tweeted late on Sunday:

"Russia is drawing from the playbook it used for Crimea & Aleppo: forced to defend the indefensible (here, the Bucha atrocities), Russia is calling a UN Security Council meeting so it can feign outrage & call for accountability.

Nobody is buying it.”

[...]

 

[PommyMommy]

Images of dead civilians in Ukraine shake the world

 

[PommyMommy]

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 7 hrs ago
Russian forces attack Odesa, Mykolaiv overnight. According to Mykolaiv Mayor Oleksandr Senkevych, Russia hit the city of Mykolaiv early on April 4 with a few missiles. No information on the number or severity of casualties is available.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Earlier in the morning, a spokesman for the Odesa military administration, Sergey Bratchuk, said Odesa had also suffered an air attack overnight.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 6 hrs ago
UK Ministry of Defense: Russia refocus offensive, sends troops into Donbas. According to U.K. Defense Intelligence, Russian troops, including the Wagner Group mercenaries, are moved to eastern Ukraine.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Zelensky pledges to continue peace talks with Russia despite atrocities committed in Ukraine. “It’s difficult to say how, after all what has been done, we can have any kind of negotiations with Russia. But as president, I have to do it. Any war has to end,” Zelensky told CBS.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 5 hrs ago
Vereshchuk announces humanitarian corridor from besieged Mariupol to Zaporizhzhia. Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said that Mariupol residents were allowed to leave the city on April 4 by car.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 3 hrs ago
Poland blames Germany for failure to impose tougher sanctions on Russia. Polish Prime Minister says that Hungary is supportive of the new measures despite Viktor Orban’s friendly attitude towards Russia. “It’s Germany that is the main roadblock on sanctions,” he said.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 2 hrs ago
Governor: 'significant accumulation' of Russian forces seen in Luhansk Oblast. “I can confirm that there is a significant accumulation of troops and military equipment that is preparing for a major offensive,” said Luhansk Oblast Governor Serhiy Haidai.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 1 hr ago
Ukraine’s intelligence publishes list of Russian military stationed in Bucha. Defense Ministry’s Intelligence Directorate published the names, ranks and passport details of Russians serving in the 64 Motor Rifle Brigade which occupied Bucha until March 31. 1/2

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
“All war criminals will be tried and prosecuted for crimes against the civilian population of Ukraine,” the intelligence said in a statement. 2/2

 

[PommyMommy]

NEXTA on Twitter - 2 hrs ago
Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia in the next 2-3 days will start process of complete isolation from Russia and Belarus, thus closing their land routes for the delivery of goods to these countries This was stated by Deputy Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Mustafa Nayem.

Euromaidan Press on Twitter - 1 hr ago
Russian frigate Admiral Essen suffered serious damage as a result of missile attack by UAF. The ship repeatedly fired missiles at civilian objects in Odessa

NEXTA on Twitter
#Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited #Bucha, where evidence of mass murders of civilians was found He visited the road with destroyed #Russian equipment and talked to local residents. Zelenskyy also stated that #Russia committed war crimes and genocide in #Ukraine.

NEXTA on Twitter
"We strongly deny any accusations." Dmitry Peskov about the killing of civilians in #Bucha.

NEXTA on Twitter - 30 min ago, Video
Lavrov called the genocide of #Ukrainians in #Bucha staged

 

[PommyMommy]

Putin a 'war criminal' decries Biden after graphic images of atrocities emerge from war

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
️ US to ask UN General Assembly to suspend Russia from UN Human Rights Council following Bucha massacre.

Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the UN, called Russia's membership in the organization a “farce.” She expects the General Assembly to vote this week.

BNO News on Twitter
BREAKING: Satellite photos show bodies lay in Bucha for weeks, disproving Russia's claim that the scene was staged after they left - NYT

 

[PommyMommy]

Gen. Wayne Eyre, Canada’s chief of the defence staff, said the invasion was a threat to the broader international order and Canada would have to remain vigilant about defence.

Gen. Wayne Eyre, Canada’s chief of the defence staff, said the invasion was a threat to the broader international order and Canada would have to remain vigilant about defence.

“We have to keep Ukraine free and that speaks to maintaining the international order and the support for democracies,” he said.

Eyre was asked how he thought the war would end and said he doesn’t know, but said there are some key outcomes to avoid and top of that list is escalation that would lead to nuclear war.

Canada's top general says world is becoming much more dangerous

 

[PommyMommy]

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
During his visit to Bucha on April 4, President Volodymyr Zelensky talked to the town's residents at a local humanitarian aid center. "We have strong, kind, and invincible people. Once again I was convinced of this," Zelensky wrote. Photo: Presidential press service.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 7 hrs ago
Ukraine's General Staff: Russian invaders use civilians' labor to build fortifications in Kherson Oblast. The Russian military has also stepped up control at checkpoints near the city of Nova Kakhovka, begun to seize cars from civilians more often.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Germany expels 40 Russian diplomats in response to Bucha massacre. They must leave Germany within 5 days. FM Annalena Baerbock said Bucha showed “incredible cruelty of the Russian leadership and those who follow the propaganda, the desire for destruction that has no limits.”

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 5 hrs ago
Pro-Russian party stages fake mayor elections in partly occupied Mariupol. Kostyantyn Ivashchenko, a local council member from the pro-Russian party Opposition Platform, was pronounced "mayor" of Mariupol on April 4 during a meeting of party members.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
According to Petro Andryushchenko, an advisor to the real mayor of Mariupol, the Russian military, who control part of Mariupol, assisted Ivashchenko's show. The ceremony had no legal meaning: That's not how mayors are elected.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 3 hrs ago, WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE
Russians' torture chamber discovered in basement of children's health resort in Bucha. The bodies of five murdered men were discovered in the basement. Their hands had been tied and they appear to have been tortured. Source: Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 22 min ago
More than 3,000 people evacuated on April 4. Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said that 3,376 people, mostly from Mariupol, Berdyansk and Zaporizhia region, have been safely evacuated.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
However, a convoy of refugees from Mariupol has been blocked by Russian forces on an agreed upon route.