War in Ukraine: Russians use chemicals in Mariupol, according to Ukrainian fighters
The Russians used a toxic substance against Ukrainian civilians and soldiers in the besieged city of Mariupol in southeastern Ukraine, the Azov battalion fighting there and various Ukrainian media reported Monday. Russian occupying troops reportedly used a drone to drop a toxic substance of unknown origin that caused breathing problems, dizziness and nausea, among other things, according to a message from the Azov battalion on Telegram messaging. Authorities have not yet confirmed this information, however.…
War in Ukraine: London sanctions Putin and Lavrov’s daughters
The United Kingdom on Friday (April 8) sanctioned the two daughters of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the daughter of diplomatic chief Sergei Lavrov over the invasion of Ukraine, saying it wanted to go after the lavish lifestyle of the Kremlin’s inner circle. London is thus following Washington and Brussels in targeting Katerina Tikhonova and Maria Vorontsova, daughters of Vladimir Putin with his ex-wife Lyudmila. They are now banned from entering the UK, where any…
War in Ukraine: Moscow says it shot down two helicopters evacuating Ukrainian military leaders in Mariupol
The Russian army claimed on Tuesday to have shot down two Ukrainian helicopters seeking to evacuate leaders of a nationalist battalion defending the besieged port of Mariupol, while once again calling on these defenders to lay down their arms. This morning, 5 April, around Mariupol, a new attempt by the Kiev regime to evacuate leaders of the nationalist Azov battalion was aborted. Two Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopters, trying to reach the city from the sea, were shot…
War in Ukraine: Russians guilty of war crimes in Kiev and Kharkiv regions, according to Human Rights Watch
The NGO Human Rights Watch has documented several cases of violations of the laws of war by Russian military forces against civilians in the occupied Ukrainian areas of Kiev, Kharkiv and Chernihiv, it said Sunday in a statement. It refers to repeated rapes, summary executions, and other violence and threats against civilians between February 27 and March 14. The NGO can also confirm cases of spoliation of civilian property by the Russian military. The cases we have…
War in Ukraine: The Russian authorities will have to answer for these crimes, the images that reach us are unbearable, says Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron denounced on Sunday the unbearable images from the Ukrainian town of Boutcha where many bodies were discovered, saying that the Russian authorities will have to answer for these crimes. The images that have reached us from Boutcha, a liberated city near Kiev, are unbearable, wrote the head of state on Twitter, denouncing: In the streets, hundreds of civilians cowardly murdered. The bodies of 57 people were found this Sunday, April 3, 2022 in…
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