Volodymyr Zelensky denounces “unlimited evil” after the attack on Kramatorsk station
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denounces “unlimited evil” after the attack on Kramatorsk station, which left at least 35 dead and a hundred injured on Friday.
Japan to stop importing Russian coal, among other sanctions
Japan on Friday announced new sanctions against Russia in protest of its violations of international law in Ukraine, including a ban on imports of Russian coal.
“We will ban the import of Russian coal. We will adopt alternatives and by gradually reducing imports, we will reduce our energy dependence on Russia,” Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said during an intervention. broadcast on television.
Death toll rises to 35 and at least 100 injured in attack on Kramatorsk station
At least 35 people were killed and 100 injured in the attack which hit Kramatorsk station in eastern Ukraine on Friday morning, where hundreds of people wanting to flee the region were waiting.
“Following the rocket attack on the Kramatorsk station, according to operational data, more than 30 people were killed and more than 100 injured”, announced on his Telegram channel Oleksandre Kamychin, the boss of the Ukrainian railway company Ukrzaliznytsia, denouncing a “deliberate strike”.
Two rockets hit Kramatorsk station, at least 20 dead
Two rockets hit Kramatorsk station, located in the Donbass. There are at least 20 dead, according to an initial assessment communicated by Agence France-PResse (AFP).
The Sumy region, bordering Russia, is “liberated” from Russian forces
The region of Sumy, bordering Russia in northeastern Ukraine, has been completely “liberated” from Russian forces, the head of the regional administration Dmytro Jivitsky announced on Friday.
“The territory of the region is liberated from the Orcs,” Dmytro Jivitsky announced on Telegram, using the nickname, taken from the book The Lord of the Rings, which is frequently given to Russian soldiers in Ukraine. He added, however, that the area was “not safe” and that clearance operations were underway.
Von der Leyen and Borrell announce they are on their way to kyiv
The President of the European Commission Ursula Von der Leyen and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell announced this Friday morning that they were on their way to Kyiv, to affirm the EU’s solidarity with Ukraine against the Russian invasion.
British journalist Benjamin Hall, who had been injured, gives the news
Benjamin Hall, a British journalist working for Fox News, was traveling with Franco-Irish cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski when the latter was killed. Their vehicle had been the target of fire near kyiv on March 14 and he had been seriously injured.
This Thursday Benjamin Hall communicates on social networks for the first time since mid-March.
“To sum up, I lost half a leg on one side and a foot on the other. A hand is being rebuilt, an eye no longer works and my hearing is quite blown, but in the together, I feel so lucky to be here”
WHO says more than 100 attacks targeted health services
The World Health Organization confirmed on Thursday more than 100 attacks against health services in Ukraine and requested humanitarian access to the city of Mariupol besieged by Russian forces.
“To date, the WHO has verified 103 attacks on health services, with 73 people killed and 51 injured, including health workers and patients,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during the interview. of a press conference, describing this assessment as “gloomy”.
Of the confirmed attacks, 89 hit healthcare facilities and most other transport services, including ambulances
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Volodymyr Zelensky says the situation in Borodyanka is “much more horrible” than in Boutcha
The situation in Borodyanka, a locality northwest of kyiv recently taken over by the Ukrainians from the Russians, is “much more horrible” than in Boutcha, where massacres of civilians have been committed, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday evening. .
“There are more victims” in this small town than in Boutcha, also northwest of the capital, Volodymyr Zelensky added in a video message.
Ursula Von der Leyen will be in kyiv this Friday
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she would visit the Ukrainian capital of kyiv on Friday as a sign of “unwavering support” to Ukraine in its fight against the Russian invasion.
“The Ukrainian people deserve our solidarity. It is for this reason that I will be going to Kyiv tomorrow (Friday),” the European leader said at a press conference on Thursday in Stockholm. “I want to send a message of unwavering support to the Ukrainian people and their courageous fight for our common values,” she said.
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