There was little sign of significant progress in negotiations to end the five-week war, although Russia’s chief negotiator said talks were due to resume on Monday. In Odessa, the city council said “critical infrastructure facilities” had been hit by rockets. No casualties were reported.
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Russia’s Defense Ministry says its military strikes have destroyed an oil refinery and three fuel storage facilities near Odessa. He said the facility was used to supply Ukrainian troops near the town of Mykolaiv. The story goes on under the ad Odessa, on the Black Sea, is the main base for the Ukrainian navy. It has been targeted by Russian forces seeking a land corridor to Transnistria, a Russian-speaking secessionist province of Moldova that hosts Russian troops. “Smoke is visible in some areas of the city. “All the relevant systems and structures are working. ‘No casualties were reported,’” Vladyslav Nazarov, an official with the Southern Operations Administration of Ukraine, told the Telegram. Smoke and fire appear after bombing in Odessa, Ukraine, Sunday, April 3, 2022. AP Photo / Max Pshybyshevsky Dmitry Lunin, governor of the central Poltava region, said the Kremenchug oil refinery, 350km (220 miles) northeast of Odessa, was destroyed in a separate rocket attack on Saturday. Evacuation efforts in Mariupol and nearby Berdyansk, both on the southern coast of Ukraine, were to continue with a bus convoy preparing for the operation with the help of the Red Cross. The story goes on under the ad “Seven buses will try to approach Mariupol, accompanied by the International Committee of the Red Cross,” Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said in a video post. 2:26 Ukraine formally requests more weapons from Canada Ukraine formally requests more weapons from Canada The ICRC has abandoned previous efforts due to security concerns. Russia has blamed the ICC for the delays. Mariupol is Russia’s main target in the southeastern Donbass region of Ukraine, and tens of thousands of civilians are trapped there with limited access to food and water.
Peace talks
Russia’s chief negotiator, Vladimir Medinsky, has said a draft agreement is not ready for any meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. On Saturday, Ukrainian negotiator David Arakhamia voiced hope for negotiations with Russia, saying that much progress had been made in direct talks between the two. The story goes on under the ad
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Medinsky said that while Ukraine shows more realism by agreeing to be neutral, renouncing nuclear weapons, not joining a military bloc and refusing to host military bases, there has been no progress on other key Russian demands. Trending Stories
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“I repeat again and again: Russia’s position on Crimea and Donbass remains unchanged,” he told the Telegram, adding that the teleconference talks would continue on Monday. 2:26 Ukraine formally requests more weapons from Canada Ukraine formally requests more weapons from Canada Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 and has recognized declarations of independence from the self-proclaimed republics of Luhansk and Donetsk in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine, which have risen up against Kiev’s sovereignty.
Bucha destruction
Ukraine announced on Saturday that its forces had recaptured all areas around Kyiv, claiming full control of the capital for the first time since Russia launched its invasion on February 24. The story goes on under the ad Russia has withdrawn troops threatening Kyiv from the north to regroup for fighting in eastern Ukraine. There has been no Russian comment on the allegation that the Kiev region was entirely in Ukrainian hands, something that Reuters could not immediately verify.
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People live in a yard as smoke rises into the air in the background after the bombing of Odessa, Ukraine, Sunday, April 3, 2022. AP Photo / Petros Giannakouris
The mayor of Butsa, a liberated town 37km (23 miles) northwest of the capital, said 300 people had been killed during a month-long occupation by the Russian military and the victims had been found in a mass grave and were still on the streets. “The bastards!” Vassily, said a 66-year-old man, weeping in rage as he stared at more than a dozen corpses on the street outside his home. “Sorry. The tank behind me was shooting. Dogs!” The story goes on under the ad The Kremlin and the Russian Defense Ministry in Moscow did not immediately respond to requests for comment when asked on Saturday about the bodies found in Bucha. Moscow denies targeting civilians and denies allegations of war crimes. 2:22 Exhausted refugees from Mariupol and Melitopolis share the painful journey as they arrive in Zaporizhia, Ukraine Exhausted refugees from Mariupol, Melitopolis share a scary journey as they arrive in Zaporizhia, Ukraine Among those killed near Kyiv was Maksim Levin, a Ukrainian photographer and videographer who worked for a news website and worked for Reuters for a long time. British Foreign Secretary Liz Tras said she was horrified by the atrocities in Bucha and expressed support for the International Criminal Court’s investigation into possible war crimes.
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Ukraine’s emergency services said more than 1,500 explosives were found in one day during a search of the village of Dmitrivka, west of the capital. The story goes on under the ad Zelensky warned in a video call: “They are mining this whole area. “Houses are being mined, equipment is being mined, even the bodies of the dead.” He did not provide details. Russia’s Defense Ministry has not responded to a request for comment on the mine allegations. Reuters could not independently verify them. 9:35 Protection of Kiev: Within the territorial defense forces of Ukraine Protection of Kiev: Within the territorial defense forces of Ukraine Since Putin launched what he called a “special military operation” to demilitarize and “demilitarize” Ukraine, Russia has been unable to occupy a single major city and has instead besieged urban areas, uprooting a quarter of the population. of the country. British military intelligence said Russian naval forces maintained a blockade along the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, but the choice of amphibious ports was becoming increasingly dangerous for Russia. He said the mines, the origin of which remained unclear and disputed, posed a serious threat to Black Sea shipping. The story goes on under the ad (Additional citations by Simon Gardner, Zohra Bensemra and Abdelaziz Boumzar in Bucha, Ukraine Natalia Zinets in Mukachevo, Ukraine, Alessandra Prentice, Guy Faulconbridge in London and Reuters Written by Simon Cameron-Moore and William Schomberg; Edited by Step William Coates Francis Kerry)
