Un Says It Has Increasing Information Corroborating Existence Of Mass Graves In Mariupol

Fighting on the ground: Ukrainian forces have recaptured cities and defensive positions in the eastern suburbs of Kiev, the British Ministry of Defense said on Friday in its latest intelligence briefing. Meanwhile, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov claimed on Friday that Russian forces had destroyed “the largest of the remaining fuel depots” near Kyiv in a strike with a Kalibr cruise missile fired from the sea. Survivors of the Mariupol theater: An adviser to the Mariupol mayor said about 600 people are believed to have survived a Russian air raid on the city’s theater on March 16. The Mariupol city council said earlier that based on eyewitness accounts, it now believes about 300 people lost their lives in the strike. CNN has not independently verified the death toll. New shots appeared on social media showing people escaping from the theater. Biden in Poland: US President Joe Biden praised the bravery of Ukrainian civilians, speaking to US troops in Poland, saying “they have a lot of backbone”. He also referred to the growing refugee crisis, thanking humanitarian organizations in Poland for sending aid to Ukraine and providing assistance to refugees. One in two Ukrainian children has been displaced since the start of the Russian invasion on February 24, according to a statement from the UN Children’s Fund on Thursday. According to the White House, he is going to meet with Polish President Andrei Duda and deliver a “keynote speech” on Saturday. Read more about Biden’s events in Poland here. Russia reports military deaths: The Russian military said in a statement on Friday that more than 1,300 soldiers had been killed and more than 3,800 wounded in Ukraine, in the first major casualty briefing since March 2. Estimates US, Ukraine and NATO are increasing the losses of Russian troops. Two senior NATO military officials on Wednesday estimated that between 7,000 and 15,000 Russian soldiers had been killed in action in Ukraine. Other U.S. officials have put the number of Russian casualties at a similar level – between 7,000 and 14,000 Russian soldiers have been killed – but have expressed “low confidence” in those estimates. Ukrainian forces also said they had killed a Russian general in the Kherson region. Putin claims to be “canceling culture”: Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a complaint about the so-called “culture of cancellation” in a teleconference on Friday, saying the West was trying to “cancel” Russia. He compared his country’s treatment to a public outcry against “Harry Potter” creator JK Rowling, who has been criticized in the past for being seen as transphobic. Putin, who proposes himself as a standard-bearer of conservative cultural values, has accused trans and gay rights. Rowling responded by saying that criticisms of the culture of annulment “do no better” than those of “slaughtering civilians” in Ukraine, and published a link to a news article about the criticism of Kremlin prisoner Alexei Navalny. In his remarks, Putin went on to compare the current situation with Russian culture in the West to censorship in Nazi Germany. Putin described his invasion of Ukraine – a country with a Jewish president – as a campaign of “denationalization”, a description that has been flatly rejected by historical and political observers.

title: “Un Says It Has Increasing Information Corroborating Existence Of Mass Graves In Mariupol " ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-19” author: “Rodrick Steege”

Fighting on the ground: Ukrainian forces have recaptured cities and defensive positions in the eastern suburbs of Kiev, the British Ministry of Defense said on Friday in its latest intelligence briefing. Meanwhile, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov claimed on Friday that Russian forces had destroyed “the largest of the remaining fuel depots” near Kyiv in a strike with a Kalibr cruise missile fired from the sea. Survivors of the Mariupol theater: An adviser to the Mariupol mayor said about 600 people are believed to have survived a Russian air raid on the city’s theater on March 16. The Mariupol city council said earlier that based on eyewitness accounts, it now believes about 300 people lost their lives in the strike. CNN has not independently verified the death toll. New shots appeared on social media showing people escaping from the theater. Biden in Poland: US President Joe Biden praised the bravery of Ukrainian civilians, speaking to US troops in Poland, saying “they have a lot of backbone”. He also referred to the growing refugee crisis, thanking humanitarian organizations in Poland for sending aid to Ukraine and providing assistance to refugees. One in two Ukrainian children has been displaced since the start of the Russian invasion on February 24, according to a statement from the UN Children’s Fund on Thursday. According to the White House, he is going to meet with Polish President Andrei Duda and deliver a “keynote speech” on Saturday. Read more about Biden’s events in Poland here. Russia reports military deaths: The Russian military said in a statement on Friday that more than 1,300 soldiers had been killed and more than 3,800 wounded in Ukraine, in the first major casualty briefing since March 2. Estimates US, Ukraine and NATO are increasing the losses of Russian troops. Two senior NATO military officials on Wednesday estimated that between 7,000 and 15,000 Russian soldiers had been killed in action in Ukraine. Other U.S. officials have put the number of Russian casualties at a similar level – between 7,000 and 14,000 Russian soldiers have been killed – but have expressed “low confidence” in those estimates. Ukrainian forces also said they had killed a Russian general in the Kherson region. Putin claims to be “canceling culture”: Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a complaint about the so-called “culture of cancellation” in a teleconference on Friday, saying the West was trying to “cancel” Russia. He compared his country’s treatment to a public outcry against “Harry Potter” creator JK Rowling, who has been criticized in the past for being seen as transphobic. Putin, who proposes himself as a standard-bearer of conservative cultural values, has accused trans and gay rights. Rowling responded by saying that criticisms of the culture of annulment “do no better” than those of “slaughtering civilians” in Ukraine, and published a link to a news article about the criticism of Kremlin prisoner Alexei Navalny. In his remarks, Putin went on to compare the current situation with Russian culture in the West to censorship in Nazi Germany. Putin described his invasion of Ukraine – a country with a Jewish president – as a campaign of “denationalization”, a description that has been flatly rejected by historical and political observers.