Ukraine
Mariupol residents forced to evacuate to Russia
In a statement on Saturday, the Mariupol City Council said the Russian forces took residents of the Left Bank district, as well as citizens, mostly women and children, who were hiding in a shelter under the building of a sports club, Ukrayinska Pravda reported. Units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine withdrew from the sports club and nearby residential buildings in an effort to stop Russians from attacking these areas of concentrated population.
Kids fleeing Ukraine war at heightened risk of trafficking: Unicef
Children fleeing the war in Ukraine are at heightened risk of human trafficking and exploitation, warns the Unicef. "Traffickers often seek to exploit the chaos of large-scale population movements, and with more than 1.5 million children having fled Ukraine as refugees since February 24, and countless others displaced by violence inside the country, the threat facing children is real and growing,"
UK PM criticised for comparing Ukraine conflict to Brexit
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has garnered widespread criticism after her compared the ongoing Russian war in Ukraine to Brexit, a media report said on Sunday. While addressing a Conservative Party spring conference in Blackpool on Saturday, Johnson said: "I know that it's the instinct of the people of this country, like the people of Ukraine, to choose freedom, every time.
US does not allow Kiev to agree to Russia's terms: Lavrov
According to Lavrov, the dialogues have improved, but the United States can "hold the hand" of the Ukrainian delegation. At the same time, the minister expressed hope that the military operation would end with a comprehensive agreement on the neutral status of Ukraine with security guarantees for it, RT reported. Lavrov also noted that statements by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that he does not support neo-Nazis are at odds with his real actions.
Peace negotiations may take up to several weeks: Ukraine negotiator
Podoliak said in an interview that the key questions that are being negotiated include security guarantees, a ceasefire, the withdrawal of Russian troops, and "a political settlement of the disputed territories", Ukrayinska Pravda reported. "This process may take longer," Podoliak said, given the number of mutually exclusive positions.
If Ukraine doesn't agree with Russia now, it will eventually sign an act of surrender: Lukashenko
According to Lukashenko, now the Russian side is offering Ukraine a settlement and an agreement, which are acceptable. "Perhaps, the only moment that may not be repeated is for Ukraine to adequately get out of the current situation. If this moment is lost, it will most likely never come back. This situation will no longer exist. Therefore, Ukraine needs to cling to this moment," he stressed.
Ukraine MP claims women over 60 are being 'raped and hanged' by Russian troops
Other vulnerable women were unable to escape the invading troops in Kiev and its suburbs of Bucha and Irpin and have been subjected to the barbaric sex assaults, she said. The MP, who visited the House of Commons with fellow MPs Olena Khomenko, Maria Mezentseva and Alona Shkrum, told journalists Putin had "changed his strategy to target the most vulnerable groups of women and children".
Russia uses hypersonic missiles used to destroy Ukraine ammunition warehouse
Major General Igor Konashenkov, the Ministry's official representative, said the Kinzhal aviation missile system with hypersonic aeroballistic missiles destroyed the warehouse located in Ukraine's Ivano-Frankivsk region on Friday, RT reported. The Kh-47M2 Kinzhal, also known as 'Dagger', is a Russian nuclear-capable hypersonic aeroballistic air-to-ground missile.
'US trying to drive a wedge between China & Russia'
"For a long time, the West has misinterpreted the China-Russia relationship, believing it's based on expediency and could be easily torn apart. The truth is, the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination has withstood the test of the time and is rock solid. It's China's most important and stable diplomatic strategic asset that cannot be damaged," said the Global Times report.
Ex-UK PM backs 'Nuremberg-style' trial for Putin
Brown is among 140 academics, lawyers and politicians, including Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dymtro Kuleba and another former British Prime Minister John Major, who have signed a petition calling for the setting up of a new legal system based on the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals after the Second World War, the BBC reported.
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