The bodies of 410 civilians were found in the Kiev region recently left by the Russians. This was reported by Ukrainian Attorney General Iryna Venediktova during a program broadcast on several Ukrainian TV channels. "
The humanitarian corridors for the arrival of food and evacuations in Mariupol and Kharkiv are blocked and the one in Odessa is in fits and starts, it works at 50%".
This is the alarm raised to ANSA by the head of the Lviv crisis unit, Nataliya Smikh.
The city of Odessa is under attack:
an oil refinery and fuel depots were hit by Russian missiles, according to Moscow.
Meanwhile
, the harrowing images of the corpses of unarmed civilians on the street in Bucha - some with their hands tied - have gone around the world, shocking public opinion.
The EU announces new sanctions (Ukraine calls for "devastating sanctions" in the face of a "deliberate massacre").
Poland says it is willing to host US nuclear weapons if that is decided.
Boris
Johnson is ready to send anti-ship missiles
to support Odessa.
Ukrainian President Zelensky accuses Russia of committing "genocide" in Ukraine to wipe out "the whole nation".
"Yes, this is genocide. The elimination of the whole nation and the people, we are citizens of Ukraine. We have more than 100 nationalities. This is the destruction and extermination of all these nationalities," he said in an interview to the US channel CBS.
At the end of the morning in
Odessa the alarm sirens returned to sound with the authorities who invited the population to take shelter, in homes or shelters
.
And an explosion occurred in the village of Tomarovka in the Belgorod region of Russia, 40 km from the Ukrainian border
.
This was announced by the head of the administration of the urban district of Yakovlevsky Oleg Medvedev, as reported by the Ria Novosti agency.
"Everything is calm in Tomarovka, debris has fallen to the ground. The road has been cordoned off, the emergency services have been called. The debris has been inspected: it does not represent a danger, it has been taken away, no damage is reported," he said. added.
On Friday, Moscow reported a Ukrainian air attack on an oil depot, also in Belgorod.
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The difficult escape from
Mariupol
.
A spokesman for the Donetsk separatists, Eduard Basurin, confirmed that a temporary ceasefire has been in place since last midnight to allow the evacuation of "foreign citizens" from Mariupol.
"A humanitarian corridor from Mariupol to Berdyansk has been running since midnight on April 3. The Russian and Republic of Donetsk Armed Forces ensure strict compliance with a temporary ceasefire along this road. From Berdyansk, foreigners can be evacuated along any road: by land to the Crimea or to the territories controlled by Kiev, or by sea, "said Basurin quoted by Interfax.
ANSA agency
Human Rights Watch: 'Evidence of war crimes in Bucha' - World
Summary executions and children used as human shields, according to witnesses (ANSA)
In Mariupol, the 45-year-old Lithuanian director Mantas Kvedaravičius
was killed
: he was trying to leave the city under siege when his car was hit by a rocket.
Rushed to hospital, he died shortly after admission.
ANSA agency
Director Mantas Kvedaravicius - Mondo killed in Mariupol
The car hit by a rocket as it left the city (ANSA)
NEW ARRIVAL SANCTIONS -
The EU is working on the development of new sanctions against Russia and new support for Ukraine.
The president of the European Council, Charles Michel, writes on twitter who said he was "shocked by the images of the
atrocities committed by the Russian army
in the now liberated Kiev region".
The EU "is assisting Ukrainians and NGOs in gathering evidence to bring to international courts," adds Michel.
"The Bucha massacre was deliberate. The Russians aim to eliminate as many Ukrainians as possible. We must stop them and drive them out."
This was stated by Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on twitter.
Kuleba calls for "new devastating G7 sanctions now: embargo on oil, gas and coal; close all ports to Russian ships and goods; disconnect all Russian banks from Swift".
Polish Deputy Prime Minister Jaroslav Kaczynski said Warsaw is open to the deployment of US nuclear weapons on its territory if needed.
Kaczynski said this in an interview with the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag, quoted by the Ukrainian media.
"If the Americans asked us to keep US nuclear weapons in Poland, we would be open to that. It would significantly strengthen deterrence on Moscow," Kaczynski said, clarifying that the deployment of American nuclear weapons in Poland has not yet been discussed, but "this may change soon".
NEW APPEAL FROM THE POPE
- Pope Francis returns to pray for Ukraine: "Let us pray now for peace, thinking of the humanitarian tragedy of the tormented Ukraine, still under the bombardments of this sacrilegious war", said the Pope at the Angelus at the end of the Mass in Malta.
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DONBASS OBJECTIVE
- The objective of the Russian invasion of Ukraine is the Donbass.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is sure of this. In his usual night video message he reiterated it: "The Russian troops want to take the Donbass and the south of Ukraine. We are aware that the enemy has reserves to increase the pressure in the east".
Then he whips the West: "Our country has not received enough modern anti-missile systems from the allies."
Ukraine, Zelensky: 'The Russians want to take the Donbass and the south of the country'
Even the Kremlin admits that the Donbass is at the center of its "special military operation
: The sovereignty of the people's republics of Donetsk and Lugansk - explains spokesman Dmitry Peskov - has been recognized by Russia. We have recognized their independence. Our operation has been recognized. launched at the request of these two republics: one of the main objectives is to save them and restore their statehood within the borders of 2014, within the confines sanctioned by the constitution of the people's republics of Donetsk and Lugansk ".