At least 39 people were killed today in a rocket attack on a command station in the Jap Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, which was used for civilian evacuation. Russia has denied the attack.
At least 39 people, including four children, were killed in Russian rocket fire in eastern Ukraine as civilians tried to flee to safer parts of the country, the country’s security services said. In addition, the country’s railway company said that more than a hundred were injured.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described Russia as “boundlessly evil” after the rocket attack. “They are brutally destroying the civilian population. It is an evil that knows no bounds. And if it is not punished, it will not stop in any way,” he said.
Britain has added Russian President Vladimir Putin’s daughters to its sanctions list, mirroring US moves.
French President Emmanuel Macron said he expects Russian forces to step up their offensive next week around the Japanese Donbass in Ukraine, a similar “tough scene” after reported atrocities against civilians near Kiev.
Defense ministers from Turkey, Britain and Italy will meet in Istanbul today to discuss Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and security ties between the three NATO allies.
Japan has expelled eight Russian diplomats, announcing it was in response to Russia’s actions, including the killing of civilians in Ukraine.
Turkey’s foreign minister, which is hosting talks between Russia and Ukraine on the Internet, said the current images of Bucha and various regions “overshadowed” what was an “emerging enabling environment”.
World food tariffs hit their “highest level” in March as Russia’s aggression in Ukraine disrupted wheat and coarse grain exports, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization said.
The UN General Assembly voted a day after Russia was withdrawn from the UN Human Rights Council as punishment for its aggression in Ukraine. This is the second time the US has been suspended from the council after Libya in 2011.