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Russia planting mines around homes and corpses, Zelensky warns

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned his people that retreating Russian forces are creating a “complete disaster” by leaving mines around homes and dead corpses.

Evening Standard

Ukraine news - live: Russia fires missiles at Odesa as civilian atrocities ‘found in Kyiv region’

Thick smoke and flames seen in port city as Ukraine says some missiles ‘shot down by air defence’

The Independent UK

To Katya, aged seven, in a bomb shelter in Kyiv

In a new poem, the novelist and poet Ben Okri writes about what hope can grow out of the destruction in Ukraine

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Live updates | Chinese diplomat suggests moves to end war

A Chinese diplomat has a suggestion for resolving the Ukraine conflict: U.S. President Joe Biden should call Russian President Vladimir Putin and promise there will be no further NATO expansion, no deployment of strategic weapons in Ukraine and that the country will remain neutral

The Independent UK

Ukraine continue to advance against Russian forces near Kyiv, UK says

Ukrainian forces continue to advance against withdrawing Russian forces in the vicinity of Kyiv, British military intelligence said on Saturday.

Reuters

Peace proposals ‘verbally’ accepted by Moscow, except on Crimea, says Ukraine – as it happened

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Zelenskyy: Russians create 'complete disaster' with mines

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is warning his people that retreating Russian forces are creating “a complete disaster” outside the capital as they leave behind many mines, even around homes and corpses

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Ukraine claims control over Kyiv region as Russia looks east

Ukraine said on Saturday its forces had seized back all areas around Kyiv, claiming complete control of the capital region for the first time since Russia launched the invasion.

Reuters

Ukraine reclaims territory and strikes inside Russia

LVIV, Ukraine — As Russian forces appeared to retreat from parts of northern Ukraine, the Ukrainian military reclaimed territory there and — in one of its boldest moves since the war began five weeks ago — entered Russia for the first time and bombed a fuel depot.

Los Angeles Times

AP PHOTOS on Day 37: Remnants of fighting left behind

On the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukrainian soldiers approach a trench used by Russian soldiers as they retake the area. One soldier embraces his wife after conducting a sweep for remnants of Russian troops after their withdrawal.

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia updates: Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns of landmines in territory left by withdrawing Russian troops

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns dangers remain even in areas of the country where Russian troops have withdrawn, accusing the invaders of laying mines in houses, equipment and even the bodies of the dead.

ABC News

Ukraine says Russian forces pushed back around Kyiv

Officials say more territory around Kyiv retaken by Ukrainian forces, but fierce fighting continues in other areas.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine latest updates: Zelenskyy says Russia laying land mines

Russia-Ukraine news from April 2: Ukraine’s president says retreating Russian forces creating ‘catastrophic’ situation.

Al Jazeera

Russia ‘loses nearly 18,000 troops’ as Ukraine ‘retakes’ town of Bucha

A Ukrainian military spokesman said there were currently insufficient Russian troops to attack Kyiv

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Agony Of Iprin: Grim Civilian Toll At The Heart Of Ukraines Fightback

Rescuers and police officers continue to help citizens who were unable to evacuate the previous day and remained in the city.

Zenger

Tough Nut: Hero Firefighter Who Rescued Wife From Ukraine Shrugs Off Shrapnel In Head

Hero Steve Meiling, 42 - from Borna left Germany to rescue his wife Anna, 33, from the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.

ABC News

Photos of death and destruction in Ukraine could be laying groundwork for war crime investigators

New York Times photographer Lynsey Addario's image of a family killed by Russian shelling while trying to evacuate from the city of Irpin could become crucial evidence in the prosecution of war crimes. Warning: This story contains graphic images that may be confronting for some readers.

ABC News

Snapshots from Ukrainian cities under siege or facing threat of Russian bombardment

More than a month into the war in Ukraine, its cities bear the scars of urban warfare. Here are some snapshots from cities under siege or at risk of Russian bombardment.

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Retreating Russians leave land mines around 'the whole territory' outside Kyiv, warns Zelenskyy

As Russia withdraws some of its ground forces from areas around Kyiv, residents have been told to beware of land mines left around homes, equipment and dead bodies.

The Independent UK

Ukraine war of attrition could last ‘beyond months’, says top US expert

Next few weeks crucial in determining outcome of conflict, says David Kofman

The Independent UK

Russia blames Ukraine for fuel depot blast; Kyiv denies role

A fiery explosion at a Russian fuel depot brought accusations from Moscow that Ukraine had attacked the facility, but Kyiv demoed any involvement, and there was no independent confirmation of details about the incident

Reuters

Descent into Hell: Ukrainians reclaim shelled homes near Kyiv

Wisps of smoke still rising from the smouldering wrecks of tanks, business executive Leonid Vereshchagin wends his way past the charred corpses of Russian troops in this Ukrainian hamlet after what he calls a living hell.

Los Angeles Times

Ukraine accused of strike inside Russia as talks resume

LVIV, Ukraine — Shifting battlefield priorities and realities rippled across Ukraine on Friday as local forces claimed to have recaptured more territory, Moscow appeared to be redeploying some of its troops and a Russian official accused Ukrainian helicopters of attacking a fuel depot inside Russia’s borders.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Logistics Hub in Russia Ablaze, Ukraine Denies Hitting it

Russian firefighters battled a blaze at one of Russia's main logistics hubs for its Ukraine war effort on Friday, after what Moscow described as a cross-border air raid by Ukrainian helicopters, the first of its kind in the five week war. Ukraine denied responsibility for the huge fire at the…

The Guardian - UK

Buses rescue 2,000 Mariupol refugees but Russia blocking aid, says Ukraine

Kyiv says no aid or evacuation convoys can reach besieged city itself, where up to 170,000 still trapped

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