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EU to hit Russia with fresh sanctions over Ukraine after killings in Kyiv region town

The EU's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said sanctions were being prepared "as a matter of urgency."

Axios · Apr 4, 2022

Exiled oligarch calls on Russian tycoons to declare Putin ‘war criminal’ over Ukraine

‘Public figures cannot leave quietly and then sit quietly,’ Mr Khodorkovsky said

The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2022

Kremlin condemns Polish comments on readiness to host nuclear weapons

The Kremlin on Monday condemned comments by the leader of Poland's ruling party, who said Warsaw would be open to having U.S. nuclear weapons on its soil and would welcome a 50% increase in the number of U.S. troops in Europe.

Reuters · Apr 4, 2022

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky makes surprise Grammys appearance in video filmed in his bunker

His unexpected appearance at the annual music event comes as the Russia's assault on Ukraine rages on

Manchester Evening News · Apr 4, 2022

What is the legal definition of genocide and how is it prosecuted?

Ukraine’s leaders accuse Russian military of carrying out atrocities as brutal invasion continues

The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 40, including the Bucha killings

Ukraine accuses Russian forces of war crimes, as Volodymyr Zelenskiy visits scene of alleged atrocities

The Guardian - UK · Apr 4, 2022

Conscripts sent to fight by pro-Russia Donbas get little training, old rifles, poor supplies - sources

Military conscripts in the Russian-backed Donbas region have been sent into front-line combat against Ukrainian troops with no training, little food and water, and inadequate weapons, six people in the separatist province told Reuters.

Reuters · Apr 4, 2022

Vladimir Putin will ‘never conquer’ Ukraine, Boris Johnson vows

Zelensky says genocide has been committed after evidence of indiscriminate killings of civilians in Bucha, near Kyiv

Evening Standard · Apr 4, 2022

Zelenskiy says more than 300 people killed and tortured in Bucha – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Apr 4, 2022

West pledges to punish Russia over civilian killings in Bucha

The United States and European countries pledged on Monday to punish Moscow over civilian killings in northern Ukraine, where a mass grave and tied bodies of people shot at close range were found in a town seized back from Russian forces.

Reuters · Apr 4, 2022