Russia-Ukraine Conflict: At Least 50 Dead In Kramatorsk, Leyen Visits Bucha, Russia Expelled 45 Polish Diplomats, Russia Proposes Belarus As Guarantor

Ukraine reports at least 50 dead in Kramatorsk

During an evacuation operation in Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine, Russian rockets are said to have hit the train station. According to Ukrainian authorities, there were numerous victims.

Dozens of people were killed and injured in a rocket attack on the Kramatorsk train station in eastern Ukraine, according to Ukrainian sources. According to the regional governor of Donetsk Oblast, 50 people were killed in the attack, five of whom were children. This was announced by Pavlo Kyrylenko on Telegram. Accordingly, 98 injured were taken to nearby hospitals, 16 of them children.

The Ukrainian secret service SBU had previously spoken of 39 dead, the number of injured was initially given by the authorities as 87. The Russian side said there had been no deployment order in Kramatorsk.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict: "Weapons, Weapons And Weapons" Ukraine Begging NATO

Ukraine asks NATO in person for "weapons, weapons and weapons" before an offensive in Donbas "like those of World War II"

He asks for heavy weapons "in days and not weeks" and says that "the deal is fair: we sacrifice our lives and the war is contained in Ukraine".

"Weapons, weapons, weapons." Ukraine has been asking, begging, for weeks for more help from its neighbors, partners and allies. It has done so in every possible way, in writing, in television messages, by video conferences to national parliaments and at EU and NATO meetings. And he has done it once again this Thursday in Brussels, in person, through the mouth of his Foreign Minister, Dmitro Kuleba.

Sanctions Against Russia: EU Politicians Aim To Stop Russian Oil Supplies

Leading EU politicians see a coal embargo against Russia as just the next step. They expect decisions on gas and oil - and possibly soon.

European Union leaders have openly advocated banning oil imports from Russia as well. "I think that action on oil and even gas will be needed sooner or later," said EU Council President Charles Michel at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. "Today we stop the coal, but that's only a very small part of the bill," said foreign affairs officer Josep Borrell.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict: UN Want To Send Experts To Bucha

United Nations experts are tasked with investigating what happened in Bucha, Ukraine. Independent lawyers should look for evidence of possible war crimes.

The United Nations wants to send human rights experts to Bucha, Ukraine, to investigate the deaths of hundreds of civilians. This was announced by the spokeswoman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Geneva, Elizabeth Throssell. She did not give an appointment.

A team from the UN office with around 50 employees is currently stationed in Uzhgorod in western Ukraine, around 800 kilometers from the capital Kiev and the suburb of Bucha. After the Russian troops withdrew, at least 330 bodies were discovered in the small town in the past few days.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Russia Rejects Massacre Allegations As A Ukrainian Staging

According to Moscow, the video material from Bucha cannot be trusted. There are pictures of a "fictitious attack". This is how they want to further discredit Russia.

After the discovery of hundreds of bodies in Bucha, Ukraine, the Russian government has denied allegations against its troops. "We categorically reject all allegations," government spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, according to the Russian news agency Interfax.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Ukraine of orchestrating the situation in Bucha. According to the news agency TASS, Lavrov said it was a "fictitious attack" with the aim of discrediting Russia.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict: "Rapid Withdrawal" Of Russians, At Least 34 Dead In Mykolaiv, The Fear Of The Atomic Bomb, Russia Investigates & Ukrainians Return From Abroad

The Kremlin is withdrawing its troops around Kyiv and Chernihiv after all. The aim: to hold occupied territories "to the east and south" and "to dictate conditions harshly".

Russian Troops Retreating 'Quickly' in

North In northern Ukraine, Russian units appear to be retreating more hastily than expected. At least the Ukrainian government reported that it was observing a "rapid retreat" of Russian forces. The attackers would fall back in the Kyiv and Chernihiv regions, said Mikhailo Podoliak, an adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. 

In the Kyiv suburbs, the Ukrainian defenders had made significant progress in recent days and were able to push back the attackers. Apparently the Russian leadership is now regrouping its troops. Moscow wants to " retreat its units to the east and south and retain control of large occupied areas there".

Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Ukraine First Attack On Russia

This is the first Ukrainian air strike launched directly on Russian soil since the beginning of the war.

Fire in the Russian oblast of Belgorod. According to the RBC media, quoting the Kremlin delegate in the region Vyacheslav Gladkov, an "air attack by two helicopters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine " caused a fire in a fuel depot. A series of videos captured by security cameras and amateurs, not verified by this newspaper, show two projectiles hitting the facilities from the air, before triggering a large flare.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Russia And Ukraine Agree Escape Corridor From Mariupol

45 buses are coming from Kyiv to evacuate residents, Russia has committed to a ceasefire. Around 160,000 people are still trapped in Mariupol.

The Ukrainian government has dispatched 45 buses to bring people from the besieged port city of Mariupol to safety. Earlier, Russia had pledged to observe a ceasefire along the route from Mariupol to Zaporizhia to the north.

During the night, the Ukrainian government was informed by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) that "Russia is ready to open access for humanitarian convoys from Mariupol," Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said in a message published on Telegram.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Small Retreat, But Not A Great Peace

In Istanbul, offers for a solution to the Ukraine war were again on the table, and Russia signaled relaxation. There is currently not enough evidence for an agreement.

The mood on the stock exchange improved immediately after these developments: Russia wants to have initiated a "radical" reduction in "military activities" near Kiev and Chernihiv - "to strengthen confidence". Now that practical steps are being taken to prepare an agreement with Ukraine. 

The Russian negotiators, who met with the Ukrainian delegation in Istanbul this Tuesday, called the talks "significant" and "constructive". The Ukrainian side presented a "comprehensibly formulated position for inclusion in a treaty". Signals of relaxation? Approaching a compromise that both sides could endure? The end of the war within reach? Probably not yet.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Delegations Meet In Istanbul, Abramovich At Talk, IAEA Helps Ukraine, Russia Resumes Exporting, Russia Continues Attacks, 2.35 Million Ukraine Refugees - An Overview

Representatives from Russia and Ukraine have started negotiations. Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan mediated. Oligarch Abramovich is also there.

For the first time in two weeks, the representatives of Russia and Ukraine met in person for negotiations. The meeting will take place in Istanbul with Turkish mediation. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called on the negotiators to "put an end to this tragedy".

"As members of the delegations, you have taken on a historic responsibility. The whole world is waiting for the good news that will come from you," Erdoğan said. Progress in the talks could pave the way for a meeting between the presidents of both countries. Negotiations are expected to last until Wednesday.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Joe Biden's Last Attempt

Rapidly rising prices and growing crime put the US President under pressure. With his household, he fights against ending up as a "lame duck" in the fall.

Barely back from his trip to Europe, where he shocked America's allies by calling for Vladimir Putin to be ousted, US President Joe Biden turned his full attention to domestic politics. On Monday he presented his household budget for 2023. Biden's plan calls for $5.8 trillion in spending, just below last year's proposal. 

Most of the money is earmarked and intended, for example, to finance state pension insurance. Biden only has $1.6 trillion in funds to fund his political agenda. Above all, he wants to increase spending on internal and external security and social spending.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Zelensky's Is Ready To Quit NATO If Russia Withdraws Its Troops

The Ukrainian president demands security guarantees that do not involve the Alliance and opens to discuss "the complex issue of Donbas". Turkey announces that Istanbul will host new Russian-Ukrainian face-to-face contacts.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that Russia must withdraw its troops from the country before any document is signed on Ukraine's non-adherence to NATO and the security guarantees that, in return, Kiev demands from various countries such as Turkey and the UK.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Russian Media Publishes Zelenskyj's Interview Despite Warnings

Russian media have spoken to the Ukrainian President, the media regulator warned of the consequences of publication. A news portal does it anyway.

Despite warnings from the Russian media regulator Roskomnadzor, the Russian news portal Meduza has published an interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. In the hour -and-a-half video conversation, Zelenskyy once again called for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukrainian territory. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian head of government has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of delaying the peace talks.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Joe Biden Questions Vladimir Putin's Continued Power

"For God's sake, this man cannot remain in power," said the US President in Warsaw. In view of the Ukraine war, the West must remain united.

In view of the war against Ukraine, US President Joe Biden has reaffirmed the value of democracy and at the same time questioned whether Russian President Vladimir Putin would remain in power.

With the Russian war of aggression, Putin made a strategic mistake, said Biden in a speech at the end of his two-day visit to Poland. "A dictator who wants to rebuild an empire can never quench the people's love for freedom." Putin will never achieve victory in Ukraine.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict: The First Prisoner Exchange Between Russia And Ukraine

The signal is clear: Moscow and kyiv are talking to each other. And they negotiate, if only to save their respective men.

They were released in a prisoner exchange. The first since the beginning of the war. 19 Ukrainian sailors, including 13 from Snake Island, who sent the enemy into that country, who were left for dead in the hours after the invasion, are now safe. In exchange, Kiev granted Moscow the release of 11 Russian sailors, "rescued from a sunken ship off the coast of Odessa".

Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Fighting Again In Cherson, Rockets Hit The Luftwaffe - An Overview

Ukraine is attempting to recapture a strategically important city. Cruise missiles hit the headquarters of the Ukrainian Air Force.

Ukrainian forces are struggling to recapture the important southern city of Kherson from the Russians, according to a US Department of Defense official . The Russian military no longer has such tight control over the city as before, which is why Cherson is now classified as a "contested area" again.

Kherson, at the start of the Dnipro estuary, is a strategically important port city, the official said. Should the Ukrainians manage to recapture the city, it would complicate the Russian attack on the nearby embattled city of Mykolaiv. It would also make a possible ground offensive in the direction of the port city of Odessa significantly more difficult.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Mariupol Confirms That 300 People Died, US President Speech In Warsaw, US And EU Agree Joint Task Force - An Overview

Mariupol confirms that 300 people died in the bombing of the theater that served as a refuge

The approximate number of deceased has been given by eyewitnesses, refugees under the theater at the time of the bombing. "Sadly, we start this day with bad news." The Mariupol City Council has confirmed this Friday, through its Telegram channel, the worst omen: according to eyewitnesses, some 300 people died in the Dramatic Theater, bombed by Russia on March 16.

"The Dramatic Theater in the heart of Mariupol has always been the city's business card. A meeting place, dates, a point of reference. 'Where are you? I'm at the Theater'", reads the statement from the authorities of the city in southern Ukraine, subjected to a brutal siege for weeks. "There is no Theater anymore. In its place is a new point of pain for the people of Mariupol, the ruins of what was the last refuge of hundreds of innocent people."

Russia-Ukraine Conflict: European Union Accuses Russia Of War Crimes

The final declaration of the EU summit states that the Russian aggression is a flagrant violation of international law. Those responsible would be held accountable.

The European Union accuses Russia of committing war crimes in Ukraine. A statement from the EU summit in Brussels early this morning said Russia was attacking civilians, targeting hospitals, schools and shelters, among other things. "These war crimes must stop immediately."

The states also wrote in the statement that Russia's aggression against Ukraine flagrantly violates international law and has resulted in massive loss of life and injuries to civilians. Those responsible and their accomplices would be held accountable in accordance with international law.

NATO Special Summit: "Putin Has Long Since Crossed The Red Line To Barbarism"

Jens Stoltenberg has confirmed that NATO will send "neither soldiers nor planes" to Ukraine. Boris Johnson accused Russian President Putin of "barbarism".

A good month after the start of the war in Ukraine, the heads of state and government of the NATO countries are discussing further action against Russia. The country had to pay a high price for its attack on Ukraine, said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the start of the NATO special summit in Brussels. At the same time, he reiterated that NATO would send "neither soldiers nor planes" to Ukraine.

Before the summit, Stoltenberg had consulted with US President Joe Biden, who arrived in Brussels on Wednesday evening. The White House said the issue was "Russia's baseless and unjustified invasion of Ukraine." Biden and Stoltenberg also discussed NATO's ongoing efforts "to deter and defend against any aggression."

Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Attacks On Kharkiv, The Role Of Belarus - An Overview

Ukraine does not believe that Belarus will support Russia in the war. The city of Kharkov is contested. US President Biden is coming to Europe.

The Ukrainian government currently considers it unlikely that Belarus will intervene alongside Russia in the war against Ukraine. The probability that Belarusian ruler Alexander Lukashenko will decide to take part in the war is "15 to 20 percent," said Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovich, according to the Unian news agency.