In the Ukraine war, events shifted to the east of the country.
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After the atrocities of Bucha*, Moscow* relocates troops in the Ukraine war*.
News on the Ukraine conflict*: Russia* is withdrawing to Kyiv*, in the east of the country the fighting is all the more fierce.
Russian missile attack: Volodymyr Zelenskyi condemns the shelling of a train station that killed more than 30 people.
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According to its own statements, Russia has destroyed eight launch pads for Totschtka submarine rockets in Ukraine since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine.
This was announced by the spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, Igor Konashenkov, on Friday evening.
At the same time, around 90 percent of the missiles in the arsenals were destroyed, it said.
Konashenkov added that he would like to emphasize that the Ukrainian armed forces "still have a significant arsenal of Tochka-U missiles".
Before the start of the war, Kyiv had 20 launch sites, each with two launch pads for short-range missiles.
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After the withdrawal of Russian troops from the area around the city of Chernihiv in northern Ukraine, Mayor Vladyslaw Atroschenko speaks of around 700 people who died during the Russian siege of the city.
Another 40 people are still missing, the Unian news agency said on Friday (April 8, 2022).
Almost a third of the 285,000 inhabitants who once lived in the city northeast of Kyiv have fled, and around 95,000 people are still in the city.
According to Atroschenko, as in many Ukrainian cities, the Russian attacks also caused major damage in Chernihiv.
Around 70 percent of the city, which was known for its medieval churches and monasteries before the war, was destroyed after the Russians withdrew.
The Russian soldiers had hastily withdrawn from the areas around the cities of Chernihiv and Kyiv in the past few days after the military leadership announced that it intended to intensify its attack in the east of the country.
Numerous military vehicles had been left behind during the withdrawal.
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According to the authorities, around 700 people have died in Chernihiv in northern Ukraine.
70 percent of the city is destroyed.
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War in Ukraine: New video shows severe abuse of Russian prisoners of war
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In the video material that has now appeared, terrible mistreatment of Russian prisoners of war can allegedly be seen, including the Russians being shot in the legs there.
The Ukrainian government promised an immediate investigation: "The government takes this very seriously and there will be an immediate investigation," senior presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych said, reports the Washington Examiner.
“We are a European army and we do not mock our prisoners.
If this turns out to be true, then this is absolutely unacceptable behavior," added Presidential Advisor Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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Ukraine War: Military equipment lies in front of a wrecked military vehicle.
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A clip shows what appear to be Ukrainian troops removing three Russian soldiers from a van seconds before the detainees are shot in the legs.
Another video shows the faces of injured and bloodied Russians after their hoods were removed.
The authenticity of the harrowing footage has not been independently verified, according to the New York Post, and it's unclear exactly where the videos were taken.
Ukraine-News: Ukrainian commander doubts the authenticity of the video
"I would like to once again remind all our military, civilian and defense forces that prisoner abuse is a war crime that has no amnesty and no statute of limitations under military law," Arestovych said.
Meanwhile, according to the New York Post, Ukraine's military commander General Valerii Zaluzhnyi accused Russia of "staging" the videos and warned the public to only trust "official sources".
"In order to discredit the Ukrainian Defense Forces, the enemy films and distributes staging videos depicting the Ukrainian military's inhumane attitude towards Russian prisoners," Zaluzhnyi said in a statement.
Ukraine-News: Russia starts major offensive with tanks and artillery
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While Moscow is gathering its troops in eastern Ukraine, Kiev is receiving further support from the west.
Slovakia has announced that it will provide air defense systems.
The S-300 weapons should be delivered as soon as possible.
"We are sure that these systems will help save as many innocent Ukrainians as possible," said Eduard Heger, Prime Minister of Slovakia.
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The Ukrainian President responded to the news of the Russian missile attack in Kramatorsk.
According to the Kyiv Independent, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said: "Russian monsters do not give up their methods.
They lack the strength and courage to face us on the battlefield, so they attack the civilian population.” The rocket attack on a train station in Kramatorsk is said to have killed 39 people and wounded more than a thousand.
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According to Ukrainian authorities, Russia has completed preparations for an offensive in Donbass.
This is reported by the news portal Kyiv Independent.
The Russian armed forces are already trying to break through the defense lines in several places.
According to the Ukrainian foreign minister, Moscow has assembled thousands of tanks, planes and artillery for its offensive in the east.
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A Ukrainian soldier jumps from a destroyed Russian tank.
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Ukraine-News: Russia forcibly recruits men in occupied territories
Update from Friday, April 8th, 2022, 10.45 a.m .:
Probably in order to be able to compensate for its own losses in the Ukraine war, Russia is said to have started to recruit men in various cities in Ukraine under duress.
That's what the Telegraph reports.
The British newspaper relies on reports from the cities of Mariupol, Donetsk and Wasylivka.
The AFP news agency also reports rocket attacks by the Russian army from the city of Kramatorsk.
A rocket is said to have hit the city's train station in the east of the country.
The authorities speak of 20 dead.
Ukraine News: Situation in the Ukraine War
First report from Friday, April 8th, 2022,
9:00 a.m.: Dmytrivka - They caused an outcry among the world population: The pictures of the Russian war crimes in Bucha near Kiev.
A video has now been made public that also suggests war crimes on the Ukrainian side.
It is said to show the shooting of captured soldiers from Russia.
This is reported by the Aljazeera news agency.
The video, verified by the New York Times, is said to have been taken about seven miles from Bucha, in the town of Dmytrivka.
According to the newspaper, the dead soldiers are said to be wearing Russian military clothing and white armbands.
In the Ukraine war, the Russian side mostly wears white armbands and the Ukrainian mostly blue armbands.
Ukraine News: Video allegedly shows murder of Russian soldiers
The video is said to show a wounded Russian soldier with a jacket over his head.
A suspected pro-Ukrainian fighter is said to say later: "He's still alive.
Film this looter.
Look, he's still alive.
He's gasping for air.” Another soldier then fires twice at the wounded man, after a few steps he fires a third time.
After the third shot, the Russian soldier remains motionless.
Three more dead soldiers are said to be visible in the background.
One of them with his hands tied behind his back and a head wound, they are all lying in pools of blood.
A military vehicle (BMD-2) also shown in the video indicates that those killed were a Russian paratrooper unit.
Ukraine News: Mercenaries could also have been shooting in the video
The video was already put online on Monday (04/04/2022).
According to the New York Times, the filming soldiers can be assigned to the Ukrainian side by their blue armbands and national insignia.
In addition, several "Glory of Ukraine" calls* can be heard in the video.
The shooting of prisoners is a war crime. Referring to the Ukrainian media, the news magazine Spiegel reports that the shooting soldiers could also belong to the so-called Georgian Legion.
Ukraine News: Paramilitary groups deployed at war
According to the information, the paramilitary group has been fighting on the side of Ukraine since 2014.
Evan Hill, an employee of the New York Times, also writes on Twitter about a possible connection to Georgia.
Using software, he found a close match between one of the pro-Ukrainian soldiers in the video and a bodyguard of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili.
War crimes videos are becoming more and more common on the internet.
So far, however, very few have been verified.
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