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Ukraine: Civilians in Besieged Chernihiv Need Access to Essentials

Ukraine: Civilians in Besieged Chernihiv Need Access to Essentials

Facilitate Humanitarian Aid, Safe Evacuations, and Access to Water, Electricity Damaged residential buildings in the city of Chernihiv in northern Ukraine, where civilians have had limited access to running water, electricity, or heat since Russian forces escalated their assault on the city.  Civilians in Ukraine’s northern city of Chernihiv have had limited access to running water, electricity, or heat since early March 2022, when Russian forces escalated their assault on the city, Human Rights Watch said today. Since at least March 24, Russian forces have effectively laid siege to the city, controlling almost all access to the city and attacking the bridge that provided…
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Ukraine: Apparent War Crimes in Russia-Controlled Areas

Ukraine: Apparent War Crimes in Russia-Controlled Areas

(Warsaw) – Human Rights Watch has documented several cases of Russian military forces committing laws-of-war violations against civilians in occupied areas of the Chernihiv, Kharkiv, and Kyiv regions of Ukraine. These include a case of repeated rape; two cases of summary execution, one of six men, the other of one man; and other cases of unlawful violence and threats against civilians between February 27 and March 14, 2022. Soldiers were also implicated in looting civilian property, including food, clothing, and firewood. Those who carried out these abuses are responsible for war crimes. “The cases we documented amount to unspeakable, deliberate cruelty and violence…
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Special police forces are currently clearing the city of saboteurs and accomplices of Russian troops.

Special police forces are currently clearing the city of saboteurs and accomplices of Russian troops.

After the liberation of the oblast from the occupants, civilians shot by Russians are found in Kyiv oblast. 280 people have already been buried in mass graves in Bucha, the mayor said. According to him, after the liberation, the city was severely destroyed, and its streets are littered with the bodies of dead people. Special police forces are currently clearing the city of saboteurs and accomplices of Russian troops.
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The road near the village Dmytrivka on the Zhytomyr highway is littered with corpses. People were killed by Russians. 

The road near the village Dmytrivka on the Zhytomyr highway is littered with corpses. People were killed by Russians. 

Dmytrivka is located in the Bucha district near Kyiv, along the Zhytomyr highway. From the first day of the war, tanks of the occupiers arrived there. A few days ago, the village was liberated by the Ukrainian army. Now its inhabitants are returning to the village. They dismantle the blockages, tighten the windows and remove the corpses, which are littered with everything. Some of the dead have their hands tied. This indicates that Russian soldiers deliberately shot civilians. This is genocide. We are publishing this photo report by Stas Kozliuk and we want the whole world to know what is…
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Russian occupiers withdraw troops from Kyiv and Chernihiv regions to form strike groups in Slobozhansky and Donetsk directions, – General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine

Russian occupiers withdraw troops from Kyiv and Chernihiv regions to form strike groups in Slobozhansky and Donetsk directions, – General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has released operational information on the Russian invasion at 6:00 pm on April 1., this was reported on the official Facebook page of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The report notes: "Thirty-seven days of heroic opposition of the Ukrainian people to the Russian military invasion. The Russian Federation continues to conduct full-scale armed aggression against our state. The withdrawal of separate units from the territory of Kyiv and Chernihiv oblasts continues, as well as the regrouping of enemy troops, presumably to create strike groups in the Slobozhansky and Donetsk…
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‘Shut up or I’ll show your child his mother’s brains spread around the house’: Ukrainian woman gang-raped by drunk Russian soldiers as her four-year-old son wept reveals horrific details of the attack

‘Shut up or I’ll show your child his mother’s brains spread around the house’: Ukrainian woman gang-raped by drunk Russian soldiers as her four-year-old son wept reveals horrific details of the attack

Natalya, 33, told how two Russian soldiers came to the family home near Kyiv and shot dead her husband in the front yardSoldiers then came into the house and raped her repeatedly for several hoursNatalya said she could hear her four-year-old crying whilst hiding in boiler room A Ukrainian woman who was gang-raped repeatedly for hours by drunk Russian soldiers whilst her four-year-old son hid crying in a boiler room, just moments after they shot dead her husband, has spoken for the first time of the horror she endured.  Natalya, 33, whose name has been changed, told how a Russian…
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Storage of Russian ammunition threatens Chernobyl NPP, – General Staff

Storage of Russian ammunition threatens Chernobyl NPP, – General Staff

Russian occupation forces continue to militarize the exclusion zone of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. This seriously increases the risk of damage to the isolation structures built over the fourth reactor of the plant after the explosion in 1986. If this happens, a significant amount of radioactive dust will be released into the atmosphere, which will contaminate not only Ukraine, but also other countries in Europe. The occupiers ignore the threats and reservations and continue to transport and store significant quantities of munitions in the area close to the nuclear plant. Dozens of tons of rockets, shells for artillery, and…
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US formally accuses Russia of war crimes in Ukraine

US formally accuses Russia of war crimes in Ukraine

The US has formally accused Russian forces of committing war crimes in Ukraine and said it would pursue accountability “using every tool available”. The announcement came as Joe Biden left for a trip to Europe to bolster western unity in the face of an increasingly brutal invasion. The secretary of state, Antony Blinken, said that the US had come to its conclusion using both public and intelligence sources. “Today, I can announce that, based on information currently available, the US government assesses that members of Russia’s forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine,” Blinken said. “As with any alleged crime, a court of…
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Putin Is Keen to Attack the West Militarily. The Only Question Is, Where Do We Stop Him

Putin Is Keen to Attack the West Militarily. The Only Question Is, Where Do We Stop Him

As people across continents witness the heartbreaking suffering of Ukrainian people under barbaric Russian attack, Western governments are at a decisive moment in history. Do they take resolute action to finally stop President Vladimir Putin’s rogue regime, or do they stay under the optimistic assumption that limited containment will prevent direct military confrontation with Russia? We believe that in order to answer this question, Western leaders need to be honest and straightforward with their nations about three key points. One, Putin’s Russia has become an outlaw terrorist state threatening world peace. Two, Moscow is seeking confrontation with the West because…
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