After failing to overcome Ukrainian resistance in the north, the Russian military refocused its attack on Donbass, launching long-range strikes on targets elsewhere, including the capital, Kiev. Eighteen people have been killed and more than 100 injured in bombings over the past four days in the northeastern city of Kharkiv, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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“This is nothing but deliberate terror: mortars, artillery against ordinary homes, against ordinary citizens,” he said late Sunday. The story goes on under the ad Russia denies targeting civilians and has denied what Ukraine says is evidence of atrocities organized to undermine peace talks. He calls its action a special military operation to demilitarize Ukraine and eliminate what it calls dangerous nationalists. The West and Kyiv accuse Russian President Vladimir Putin of unprovoked aggression. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Smikhal said troops in the powdery port of Mariupol were still fighting on Sunday, despite Russia’s request to surrender by dawn. “The city has not fallen yet,” he told ABC’s “This Week” program, adding that Ukrainian troops had continued to control parts of the southeastern city. On Saturday, Russia said it had taken control of urban areas, with some Ukrainian fighters remaining at the Azovstal steel plant overlooking the Sea of Azov.
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The capture of Mariupol, the main port in the Donbas region, would be a strategic reward for Russia, linking pro-Russian separatist territory to the east with the Crimean region annexed by Moscow in 2014. Trending Stories
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In the streets of Mariupol, small groups of bodies were lined up under colorful blankets, surrounded by damaged trees and burned buildings. The story goes on under the ad Residents, some pushing bicycles, marched around damaged tanks and civilian vehicles, while Russian soldiers checked motorists’ documents. Among them was Irina, who was walking away with a niece who was injured in the bombing. “I have a daughter in the DNR,” he said, referring to the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic. “We may try to move there for now. “I hope they will rebuild Mariupol. The most important thing is the auxiliary systems. “Summer will pass quickly and winter will be difficult.” About four million Ukrainians have fled the country, cities have collapsed and thousands have died since the invasion began on February 24. The financial loss is significant. Shmyhal said Ukraine’s budget deficit was about $ 5 billion a month and urged Western governments to provide more financial assistance. The story goes on under the ad On Twitter, Zelensky said he discussed ensuring Ukraine’s economic stability and preparations for post-war reconstruction with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, noting that support was needed to raise the tide. A Russian military convoy is moving on a highway in an area controlled by the Russian-backed separatist forces near Mariupol, Ukraine, on Saturday, April 16, 2022. Mariupol, a strategic port in the Sea of Azov, has been besieged by Russian forces. self-proclaimed separatist regions in eastern Ukraine for more than six weeks. AP Photo / Alexei Alexandrov Ukraine has continued its efforts to join the European Union rapidly, as officials have completed a questionnaire that is a starting point for the EU to decide on its accession. On Easter Sunday, Pope Francis indirectly criticized Russia, praying for an end to the bloodshed and mourning the “Easter of war” in a speech in St. Peter’s Square after the Divine Liturgy. “May there be peace for war-torn Ukraine, which is suffering so much from the violence and destruction of the brutal and irrational war it has been dragged into,” he said. (Report by Reuters reporters in Kyiv and Lviv, Additional citations by Reuters worldwide offices, Written by Lincoln Feast, Edited by Clarence Fernandez)
