- According to Ukrainian Finance Minister Sergii Marchenko, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have spent the equivalent of $8.3 billion, or 245.1 billion hryvnia, the country’s currency, since the start of the war. Another financial consequence of the conflict, the government was only able to collect 60% of the taxes expected for the month of April. The minister said that Ukraine urgently needs foreign aid.
- This Thursday, the UN Human Rights Council approved by a very large majority the opening of an investigation into the atrocities blamed on the Russian occupation troops. The resolution calls for the UN’s international commission on Ukraine to carry out a ” investigation “ on the serious human rights violations committed in the Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kharkiv and Sumy regions at the end of February and March 2022, “to hold those responsible to account”.
- A 21-year-old Russian soldier will be tried for war crime in Ukraine, which will be the first trial for this count in the country since its invasion by Russia. The soldier is accused of having killed with a Kalashnikov in the street a 62-year-old civilian who was unarmed.
- The UNITED STATES accused the Russian army on Thursday of having transferred “by force” in Russia ” several thousands “ of Ukrainians since the beginning of the war, at the end of February, often passing through “filtration camps” where they are processed “brutal”. Kyiv put forward the number of 1.2 million people deported by Moscow to Russia.
- Russia “is today the most direct threat to the world order with the barbaric war against Ukraine and its disturbing pact with China”said on Thursday the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyentraveling to Japan.
- The President and Prime Minister of the Finland said they were in favor of membership on Thursday ” without delay “ to NATO, a huge step towards a candidacy to be formalized on Sunday.
- More than six million Ukrainians have fled their country since the beginning of its invasion by the Russian army on February 24, reported the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Geneva.
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