Russian attack through Avdiivka detailed on timeline map
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A Russian missile attack killed four people, including a 10-year-old girl, and injured seven in Odesa district in southern Ukraine.
Regional governor Oleh Kiper, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said one of the injured was in serious condition after having his legs amputated.
“As a result of another hostile terror in the Odesa region, four people were killed, including a child, and 14 others were injured – an investigation has been launched,” the statement said.
Emergency teams were at the site, he said, and “doctors are doing all they can”.
The attack was on the 80th anniversary of Odesa’s liberation from the Nazis in World War Two.
It came after Volodymyr Zelensky slated Donald Trump’s reported idea of giving up swathes of territory to Russia, branding it “primitive”.
The US presidential candidate is said to have suggested Kyiv cede Crimea and the Donbas to Vladimir Putin to end the war.
“If the deal is that we just give up our territories, and that’s the idea behind it, then it’s a very primitive idea,” Mr Zelensky told Politico.
“I don’t need a fantastic idea, I need a real idea, because people’s lives are at stake.”
Meanwhile, UK foreign secretary Lord Cameron urged US politicians: “Don’t listen to Putin’s lies about Ukraine. It is a free democracy that wants to be an independent sovereign country, that wants to be our ally and our friend,” he said.
1712809857Donald Trump’s plan for peace in Ukraine means no peace at allIt cannot have been a great surprise to the foreign secretary, David Cameron, that Donald Trump showed such little interest in supporting Ukraine’s war of resistance. Had Mr Trump wanted to see Ukraine receive the military assistance that Kyiv has been begging for, and which remains stalled in the House of Representatives, he’d have given it the nod months ago, and the Republican caucus would have responded with alacrity.
We’re learning, if we had not already, the full gruesome nature of what lies behind the slogan “America First”. Mr Trump, as he’s already practically admitted, is not interested in helping President Biden get his plan through Congress; nor is he much bothered about the territorial integrity of Ukraine. He plainly regards the war as a waste of money and a lost cause – indeed, a cause for which he feels little sympathy.
Read The Independent’s Editorial here:
Arpan Rai11 April 2024 05:30
1712808060Russia shells farmland in Novgorod-SiverskyPictures of blackened farmland and destroyed tractors show the aftermath of a recent Russian shelling.
The civil agricultural enterprise in Novgorod-Sivers was struck with damage to buildings and the silo.
Fortunately, people were not hurt.
The police of Novgorod-Siversky said the event will be submitted to the Unified Register of Pre-trial Investigations under article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Barney Davis11 April 2024 05:01
1712806497‘A battle for democracy’: Ukraine bishop urges UK and US to keep supporting fight against RussiaThe bishop for Ukraine in London has urged the UK and the US to “honour their pledges” and not forget that Ukraine is fighting Russia to save the “rule of law and democracy”.
Two years ago, Russia launched a devastating full-scale invasion of Ukraine, capturing nearly a quarter of the country and displacing more than 10 million people. There are now at least six million Ukrainian refugees in Europe, including around 250,000 in the UK.
“This is not just a battle for Ukraine,” the Catholic bishop told The Independent. “It is the battle for rule of law, democracy and freedoms that we have all taken advantage of. That we stand to lose.
Bel Trew reports:
Arpan Rai11 April 2024 04:34
1712804400Mariupol Resistance reports plans for Russian draft in SpringResistance fighters in Mariupol say that Russian occupying forces are mobilising a spring draft to begin in May.
Mariupol City Council said on Telegram: “The so-called military commissariat of Mariupol and the district issued an order according to which the occupation administration must provide all data on enterprises in the city for mobilisation activities by April 15. This is reported by the Mariupol Resistance.
“We remind you that the spring draft of men born in 1994-2006 is also starting in the occupied territories. Russians want to throw Ukrainian men to the front to die for Putin.”
Barney Davis11 April 2024 04:00
1712804313Russia attacks Ukraine’s Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia region as blasts heardExplosions were heard in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv today morning as it was being attacked by Russian missiles, mayor Ihor Terekhov said.
Separately, Zaporizhzhia governor Ivan Fedorov said blasts were heard in the southern Ukrainian region, and Ukrainian media reported more cruise missiles were in the air.
Arpan Rai11 April 2024 03:58
1712800860Switzerland to host Ukraine peace summit on June 15-16The Swiss government will host a two-day high-level conference in June aimed at achieving peace in Ukraine.
“There is currently sufficient international support for a high-level conference to launch the peace process,” a statement said.
The conference will be held June 15-16 at the Burgenstock resort in the canton of Nidwalden outside the city of Lucerne.
It will aim to create a framework favourable to a comprehensive and lasting peace in Ukraine as well as “a concrete roadmap for Russia’s participation in the peace process.”
Swiss authorities have yet to disclose a full list of participants.
Barney Davis11 April 2024 03:01
1712797380Russians flee ‘very unusual’ floods in boats clutching valuables, food, petsResidents of the flood-stricken Russian city of Orenburg arrived at evacuation points on Wednesday by inflatable boat, carrying whatever they could grab from their homes in small bags.
One elderly woman in a life-jacket clutched a terrified-looking cat as she descended from a boat onto dry land.
“There was no water in the house yesterday. It came very quickly at night,” Taisiya, 71, told Reuters. “By the time I got ready, I couldn’t get out.”
Historic floods have engulfed cities and towns across Russia and Kazakhstan this week after Europe’s third-longest river burst its banks, forcing about 110,000 people to evacuate and swamping parts of Orenburg, a city with a population of 550,000 about 1,200 km (750 miles) east of Moscow.
Swiftly-melting snow has swelled several major rivers, including the Ural, which runs through Orenburg towards the Caspian Sea. Whole areas of the city were underwater on Wednesday and at least 7,700 residents were evacuated.
Barney Davis11 April 2024 02:03
1712793720Russian missile attack kills four in Odesa district, governor saysAn early evening Russian missile attack killed four people on Wednesday, including a 10-year-old girl, and injured seven in Odesa district in southern Ukraine, the regional governor said.
Oleh Kiper, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said one of the injured was in serious condition after having his legs amputated.
Emergency teams were at the site, he said, and “doctors are doing all they can”.
The missiles, presumed to be Iskander-M ballistic missiles, struck between 3pm and 3.30pm GMT and also damaged transport infrastructure, including nearby trucks.
Barney Davis11 April 2024 01:02
1712790060Arsenal star Oleksandr Zinchenko would fight in Ukraine if called upAlexander Butler11 April 2024 00:01
1712786440Ukraine military chief’s chilling warning to the West about Russia’s threatAlexander Butler10 April 2024 23:00
