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Escape from Mariupol: 10 minutes to pack up, then a risky 11-hour drive

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — It had taken 11 hours of driving, bargaining for passage through 20 checkpoints manned by stern-faced Russian soldiers, along with the knowledge that every mile took you farther away from home, probably for good. But by 6 p.m., the three families crammed into a worn-down Mercedes van…

Los Angeles Times

Ukraine says Russian forces 'stole' safety equipment from Chernobyl, 'special work' needed to repair reactor site

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency has called Russia's temporary occupation of the Chernobyl nuclear power station "very, very dangerous" and offered to help Ukraine repair damage caused to the stricken plant.

ABC News

Zelensky: Russia risks worse disaster than Chernobyl - full speech in English

He spoke on the 36th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster

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Ukrainian farmers don bulletproof vests to plough frontline fields

Ukrainian farmers in the southern region of Zaporizhzhia which borders the frontline of the military conflict with Russia are now wearing body armour to plough their fields.

Reuters

Fortress Zaporizhzhia prepares to fight as war closes in

Trenches are dug and teachers receive gun training in last large city in south-east under Ukrainian control

The Guardian - UK

Motivated but outgunned: Ukrainian soldiers discuss life on the southern front

Troops tell of facing tanks and planes while armed only with rifles as they attempt to thwart Russia’s attack

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Russia to stage sham referendum in south Ukraine, says Zelenskiy

Ukrainian leader tells residents in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia not to give personal information to Russian forces. Plus, 350,000 fewer American kindergarteners vaccinated against common diseases

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Russia-Ukraine war latest: UN secretary general set to meet Putin and Zelenskiy – as it happened

Invasion of Ukraine ‘intended only as a beginning’, president says, as Moldova summons Russian ambassador over military commander’s comments on breakaway region

The Guardian - UK

President Zelensky calls for quicker sanctions from West and outlines Donbas fears - full speech in English

He was speaking on the 53rd day of the Russian invasion of his country

Wales Online

‘The Russians are trying to obliterate us. You think that we’d agree to half-measures now?’

Ivan Fedorov, the exiled mayor of occupied Melitopol, says the battle for Donbas is also a fight for global security

The Guardian - UK

War in Ukraine: Mariupol evacuees 'exhausted psychologically, physically'

Seven buses and dozens of cars transporting evacuees, mostly from the devastated, besieged southeastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, reached the city of Zaporizhzhia in an International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) convoy on Wednesday. Lucile Marbeau, spokesperson for the ICRC's regional delegation, spoke to FRANCE 24 from eastern Ukraine's…

France 24

Russia says it destroyed fuel storage facilities in four Ukrainian cities

The Russian defence ministry said on Thursday its missiles had destroyed four fuel storage facilities in the Ukrainian cities of Mykolayiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia and Chuhuiv overnight.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine live news: UN suspends Russia from rights council

Ukraine news from April 7: UN members vote 93-24 in favour of a resolution suspending Russia from UN human rights body.

Al Jazeera

Convoy of more than 500 people reaches Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine -ICRC

An International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) team has led a convoy of buses and private cars carrying more than 500 people to Zaporizhzhia after the civilians fled the besieged Ukrainian town of Mariupol on their own, the ICRC said on Wednesday.

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The Independent UK

Ukraine has one of the highest HIV rates in Europe. Russia’s war could set back fight against virus 20 years

Under shelling and missiles, medics risk their lives to treat the 250,000 people in Ukraine with HIV amid fears that the war could set their efforts back decades, reports Bel Trew from Odesa and Zaporizhzhia

The Independent UK

‘Every kindergarten is a grave’: Survivors of Mariupol siege reveal the darkest horrors of Putin’s war

Tens of thousands of people are trapped in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol, which has become a grim symbol of Russia’s brutal conflict. Those who fled to nearby Zaporizhzhia tell Bel Trew about the starvation, slaughter, and graves being dug across parks, gardens, and schools

France 24

Ukraine regained control of ‘whole Kyiv region’ says defence official

Ukraine has regained control of "the whole Kyiv region" after invading Russian forces retreated from some key towns near the Ukrainian capital, deputy defence minister Ganna Maliar said on Saturday. But as Moscow’s forces retreated to eastern and southern Ukraine, there was growing evidence of civilian killings in the Kyiv…

The Independent UK

Mariupol evacuation hopes dashed as Ukraine accuses Russia of breaking promises

About 170,000 people estimated to be trapped in besieged city under relentless bombardment

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Reuters

IAEA asks to visit Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant - Ifax

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has requested that its specialists be authorised to visit the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, Interfax news agency quoted the head of Russia's atomic agency Rosatom as saying on Friday.

The Guardian - UK

White House says the US has evidence that the war against Ukraine has been ‘a strategic disaster’ – as it happened

Germany, France and the UK reject Russia’s demand to pay for gas in roubles; Kremlin announces further sanctions for EU leaders

Reuters

Russia says it will open humanitarian corridor from Mariupol on April 1 - Tass

The Russian defence ministry said on Thursday it would open a humanitarian corridor from the besieged city of Mariupol to Zaporizhzhia on Friday, Tass news agency reported.

Reuters

IAEA to monitor occupied Ukrainian nuclear plants - Ukrainian official

The U.N. nuclear watchdog will establish online monitoring missions to the Russian-occupied Chernobyl and Zaporizhzhia nuclear plants in Ukraine, the head of Ukraine's state nuclear company said on Thursday.

Reuters

Wounded children recovering after escape from besieged Ukrainian city

Eleven-year-old Milena Uralova remembers being knocked unconscious and waking up to see her mother Yelena weeping after she was wounded while the family was escaping from the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol two weeks ago.

Reuters

IAEA aiming to deploy roughly 15-20 staff to Ukraine, U.S. lawmaker says

The U.N. atomic watchdog hopes to deploy around 15 to 20 staff to Ukraine's nuclear facilities if an agreement with Kyiv and Moscow is reached on ensuring safety there, a U.S. congressman said on Thursday after a meeting with the watchdog's chief.

The Independent UK

This former Uber executive traveled to Ukraine to help Zelensky. His parents still think he’s in San Francisco

Ukrainian-born Silicon Valley executive Andrey Liscovich tells Rachel Sharp how he swapped the Bay Area for the war zone so he can use his startup skills to source and route supplies to the volunteers fighting for his country’s freedom

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