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UN removes Russia from human rights panel; Ukraine pleads for weapons

KYIV, Ukraine — As Ukraine braced for a redoubled Russian offensive in the east and unearthed fresh evidence of atrocities outside its capital of Kyiv, the United Nations General Assembly sharply rebuked Moscow on Thursday by suspending it from the organization’s 47-member Human Rights Council.

Los Angeles Times

Children sleep next to dead bodies in Ukrainian village seized by Russian troops

Around 130 people spent weeks sheltering from the bombing in a school basement in war-torn Chernihiv, north-west of Kyiv, after troops took men, women and children from their homes at gunpoint

Daily Mirror

US vows to supply the weapons Ukraine needs to defeat Vladimir Putin

The US, Britain and other allies pledged to supply ‘new and heavier’ weapons to Ukraine amid Putin’s invasion

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Video appears to show Ukrainian forces killing Russian captive

A social media video verified by Reuters and geolocated to an area west of Kyiv appears to show Ukrainian forces shooting and killing a captured and badly wounded Russian soldier.

Reuters

Video appears to show Ukrainian soldiers shooting Russian prisoner of war

The BBC has confirmed the location west of Kyiv and found satellite images showing bodies on the ground

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine says 26 bodies have been found under two ruined buildings in Borodianka town

Ukraine's Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova on Thursday said 26 bodies had been found under two ruined buildings in the Kyiv region town of Borodianka, which is been being searched by the authorities after Russian troops occupying it withdrew.

Reuters

Kyiv warns resupply needed ‘in days’ as Nato agrees to provide heavier weapons

Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba said help would come ‘too late’ if weapons were not supplied immediately.

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Why has Russia withdrawn from Kyiv? US issue warning as Vladimir Putin set to 'refocus' attacks

The NATO Secretary-General warned that the withdrawal of troops elsewhere indicates a change in tactics

Irish Mirror

Ukraine Recap: horror of Bucha prompts call for greater action from the west

Only last week there was a more optimistic tone in reports coming out of Ukraine. Five weeks after Vladimir Putin had sent his troops across the border expecting a relatively swift military victory, it appeared that Ukraine’s stout defence was beginning to turn the tide and that Russian troops were…

The Conversation

'Compromise with Russia is impossible after Bucha,' says Ukraine's ex-president Poroshenko

The town of Bucha has become the "symbol" of massacres by Russian troops and "compromise with Russia is impossible after Bucha", Ukraine's former president Petro Poroshenko told FRANCE 24 in an interview from Kyiv. Poroshenko added that Vladimir Putin "wants to have all of us dead", calling the Russian leader…

France 24

Russian soldiers ‘discussed killing civilians’ in Ukraine in radio intercepts

German intelligence presented evidence of transmissions to MPs, according to Der Spiegel

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine's PM thanks U.N. for humanitarian aid, says more assistance needed

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said after meeting U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths in Kyiv on Thursday that his country was grateful for all the humanitarian aid it has received since Russia's invasion but needs more assistance.

Reuters

After Kyiv win, Ukraine still faces significant battle in southeast - U.S. general

Ukrainian forces have successfully managed to counter Russia's attempt to take Kyiv but a significant battle is still ahead in the southeast of the country, the top U.S. general said on Thursday.

Reuters

Ukraine war: evidence of atrocities in Kyiv's suburbs strengthens case for a harder line against Russia

When Ukraine learned on April 2 that the whole Kyiv region had been liberated from Russian troops, there was barely any jubilation. This was mostly because of the gruesome evidence of war crimes left by the Russian occupying force in what were once affluent suburbs of Kyiv. The horrors discovered…

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Reuters

Defiance, tears, trepidation: Ukraine's capital awakens after Russian troops withdraw

Laden with bags, trolleys and the odd pet, Ukrainians are returning to the capital Kyiv, some tearful, others nervous about going home after Russian troops withdrew from the outskirts of their city.

The Conversation

Ukraine: how forensics teams will investigate evidence of atrocities at Bucha

Forensic investigators are reportedly already at work in Bucha, northwest of Kyiv, where grisly evidence has been found that could point to war crimes committed by Russian troops during their occupation of the area.

France 24

Act or dissolve, Zelensky challenges UN, but Ukraine atrocities already pile pressure on Russia

In his first address to the UN Security Council since the Russian invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky this week called on the 15-member body to reform itself or face dissolution. That may be easier said than done. But the response to reports of Russian atrocities in Bucha, near Kyiv, highlights…

Los Angeles Times

Ukraine pleads for more weapons as Russia shifts its firepower east

KYIV, Ukraine — Bracing for a redoubled Russian offensive in the east and unearthing fresh evidence of atrocities outside its capital of Kyiv, Ukraine appealed urgently Thursday for more Western weaponry and harsher punitive steps against Moscow.

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Los Angeles Times

UN removes Russia from human rights panel after reported atrocities in Ukraine

Al Jazeera

Timeline: Week six of Russia’s war in Ukraine

Ukraine’s leader addresses Russian citizens as Russian attacks intensify in Ukraine’s eastern regions.

Al Jazeera

Russia’s sixth week of war in Ukraine saw atrocities. What next?

As we review the events that unfolded in week 6, an expert says Russia may move now to take the port of Odesa.

Daily Record

Single Ukrainian tank filmed taking on entire Russian convoy near Kyiv

The video filmed from above, appears to show a Ukrainian T-64 tank ambushing a convoy of Russian BTR-82A armoured vehicles on a road in Nova Basan.

The Conversation

Rape by Russian soldiers in Ukraine is the latest example of a despicable wartime crime that spans the globe

Shocking images from Bucha and elsewhere in Ukraine revealed what many suspected, that Russian soldiers were apparently committing war crimes. An image of dead naked women under a blanket on the road photographed by Mikhail Palinchak 12½ miles (20 kilometers) outside of Kyiv was tweeted by the Ministry of Defense…

Reuters

Russia says Ukraine presented 'unacceptable' draft peace deal

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that Kyiv had presented Moscow with a draft peace deal that contained "unacceptable" elements, but that Russia would nonetheless continue talks and press to secure its own requirements.

Reuters

Ukrainian military says Russia likely to renew attack on Kyiv if it takes Donbas

Russia is likely to renew its attack on Kyiv if its forces succeed in taking full control of the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, the deputy chief of staff of Ukraine's ground forces said on Thursday.

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