![]() ![]() ![]() UN chief in Moldova amid Transnistria tension Russia has been criticised for the bombing of a school used as shelter in eastern Ukraine, which has left more than 60 feared dead. The UN Human Rights Council will hold a special meeting later this week on the situation in Ukraine, including "mass casualties" in Mariupol, as dozens of countries backed a Ukrainian move for the session. Talks aiming at agreeing an EU-wide ban on Russian oil imports have gone into a sixth day. Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Bulgaria are resisting approval, demanding special dispensations.Īnti-war protesters hit Russia's ambassador to Poland with red paint as he went to lay flowers at a cemetery in Warsaw where Red Army soldiers killed during WWII are buried. Meanwhile, European Council President Charles Michel was forced to seek shelter during a surprise visit to Odesa, as missiles hit the nearby area. ![]() Russian forces stormed the Azovstal steel plant in Ukraine's strategic port of Mariupol on Monday and stepped up missile strikes elsewhere, Ukrainian officials said. Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby told reporters that the US has "indications that Ukrainians are being taken against their will into Russia." The Ukrainian Parliament's Commissioner for Human Rights, Lyudmila Denisova, has said over a million Ukrainian citizens have been deported to Russia. "We won then, we will win now," he added. Ukraine will not let Russia "own the victory over Nazism" in 1945, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said, highlighting Ukraine's own role in the victory. However, despite some fears, he didn't announce a scaling up of Russian military operations or a general mobilisation. President Vladimir Putin cast Moscow’s military action in Ukraine as a forced response to Western policies in a speech at the parade. Russia celebrated the defeat of Nazi Germany with a large-scale military parade in Moscow's Red Square earlier today. ![]()
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