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Post by Admin on Apr 1, 2022 6:59:24 GMT
Russia Ukraine conflict: Heavy shelling in Kyiv despite Moscow’s claim of ‘de-escalation’ 322,481 views Apr 1, 2022 There's been more heavy shelling around the capital, Kyiv, today despite Moscow's claim to be “de-escalating” operations around the city with fighting in some of the suburbs which Ukrainian troops have seized back from Russian control.
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Post by Admin on Apr 1, 2022 17:30:43 GMT
Talks to stop the fighting in Ukraine resumed Friday, as another attempt to rescue civilians from the shattered and encircled city of Mariupol was thrown into jeopardy and Russia accused the Ukrainians of a cross-border helicopter attack on a fuel depot. The governor of Russia’s Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said a fiery raid on Russian soil by two helicopter gunships left two people wounded, though state oil company Rosneft denied anyone was hurt. “Certainly, this is not something that can be perceived as creating comfortable conditions for the continuation of the talks,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, five weeks into the war that has left thousands dead and driven more than 4 million refugees from Ukraine. The Russian claim could not immediately be verified. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said he could “neither confirm nor reject the claim that Ukraine was involved in this, simply because I do not possess all the military information.” Russia has reported cross-border shelling from Ukraine before, including an incident last week that killed a military chaplain, but not an incursion of its airspace. The depot, run by Russian energy giant Rosneft, is about 35 kilometers (21 miles) from the Ukraine border. Meanwhile, Russian troops continued withdrawing from areas around Kyiv, three days after Moscow said it would reduce military activity near the Ukrainian capital and the northern city of Chernihiv to promote trust between the two sides. And Ukrainian forces exploited the pullback by mounting counterattacks and retaking towns and villages. But Ukraine and its allies warned that the Kremlin is not de-escalating but resupplying its troops and redeploying them to the country’s east for an intensified assault on the predominantly Russian-speaking Donbas region, which includes Mariupol. The latest negotiations, taking place by video, follow a meeting Tuesday in Turkey, where Ukraine reiterated its willingness to abandon a bid to join NATO and declare itself neutral. In return, it proposed that its security be guaranteed by several other countries.
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Post by Admin on Apr 1, 2022 21:50:33 GMT
Russian forces withdraw from Chernobyl 308,319 views Apr 1, 2022 Russian troops handed control of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant back to the Ukrainians and left the heavily contaminated site early Friday, more than a month after taking it over, Ukrainian authorities said, as fighting raged on the outskirts of Kyiv and other fronts.
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Post by Admin on Apr 2, 2022 18:48:01 GMT
ICRC to attempt new Mariupol evacuation 2,159 views Apr 2, 2022 Ukraine's deputy prime minister says an agreement has been reached with Russia to open seven humanitarian corridors.
It will hopefully allow civilians to leave Mariupol and Berdyansk by private transport.
On Friday, the Red Cross said it was unable to get people out by bus.
From Rostov-on-Don in Russia, Al Jazeera's @bernard Smith reports on some refugees who have escaped from Mariupol.
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