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Ukraine war until noon April 22: Mass grave near Mariupol attracts attention

Satellite images show the likely site of a mass burial of civilians near the city of Mariupol, matching city officials’ claims.

The mayor of Mariupol announced that Russian forces had dug a mass grave to bury the dead civilians in the city. Satellite images support the accuracy of this claim, while Moscow has not yet commented.

Satellite images reveal a “mass grave” near Mariupol

The mayor of Mariupol, Vadym Boichenko, said on April 21 that Russia concealed evidence of war crimes by mass burying dead civilians in the city. Accordingly, Russian forces sent trucks to collect corpses on the streets of Mariupol and transport them to the nearby village of Manhush for burial.

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Satellite image of the site of alleged mass graves near the city of Mariupol

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Later, the American company Maxar Technologies released satellite images of the site that is believed to have many of these mass graves. According to the newspaper’s analysis The New York Times, about 300 holes were dug near a cemetery in Manhush, a village about 15 kilometers west of Mariupol. The pits were dug for two weeks from March to April when Russian forces took control of the city.

The Mariupol city council said on Telegram the same day that Russian forces had buried between 3,000 and 9,000 people in Manhush. But these numbers cannot be independently verified. Moscow has not commented on these claims.

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Evacuation of civilians in Mariupol progressed “slowly”

Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk announced the evacuation of civilians in the city Mariupol is happening “very slowly”.

“There is nothing bright about Mariupol. Everything is moving very slowly. On the Russian side, everything is very complicated, chaotic, slow and of course dishonest,” she said in a Telegram post, according to CNN.

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Smoke rises from the Azovstal factory in Mariupol

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Ms. Vereshchuk apologized to those who were not evacuated on April 21. “The shelling started near the gathering point, forcing the evacuation corridor to close,” the official said.

According to Kyiv, about 120,000 civilians are still trapped in Mariupol. Russia claims to have “liberated” this city, except for the iron and steel factory area Azovstal.

Russia wants neutral, nuclear-free Ukraine

“Campaign military Russia’s special mission” in Ukraine is aimed at demilitarization and de-fascism, and Moscow wants to ensure that the neighboring country takes a neutral stance and is free of nuclear weapons, said Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov said on April 21, according to TASS news agency.

The Russian diplomat criticized the recent decision of the Organization of American States (OAS) to terminate Russia’s observer status because of the hostilities in Ukraine. Antonov said the attempt was part of a “purposeful campaign to isolate Russia on the international stage”.

“We are being punished simply for steadfastly defending our legitimate national interests and not yielding to the will of others,” he said.

President Zelensky: Countries need to be ready to “cut off” with Russia

Talk to World Bank On April 21, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that countries need to take five measures to prevent Russia from realizing “any of their aggressive goals”, including being prepared if it has to move to “severance”. absolutely all relations with Russia”.

“No one should depend on the political mood of this state leadership,” Zelensky said of Russia. The New York Times. “If the world is ready to isolate Russia completely, the Russian leadership will have an incentive to avoid any war.”

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A residential area in Kharkiv, Ukraine, was hit by a missile on April 21

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The leader also stated that Ukraine needs up to 7 billion USD in aid a month, and needs hundreds of billion more USD to recover from the war. “The country’s usual economic relations have been completely ruined,” he said.

U.S. president Joe Biden also announced new military aid to Ukraine equal to the amount announced last week, or 800 million USD. He also announced a new program to help Ukrainian refugees come to the US on humanitarian grounds.

According to Kyiv’s estimates, the Russian military destroyed or damaged tens of thousands of homes and more than 1,100 educational institutions, as well as hospitals and facilities. business. An initial analysis shows that Ukraine has lost $550 billion, Zelensky said.

US Defense Secretary will visit Germany next week

According to Pentagon spokesman John F. Kirby, US Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III will travel to Berlin next week to meet with partners and discuss Ukraine’s current and future needs.

“Part of the agenda will be to talk about Ukraine’s long-term defense needs in a post-war environment and what might happen,” Kirby said.

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