A Ukrainian service member inspects a compound of the Antonov airfield, as Russia鈥檚 attack on Ukraine continues, in the settlement of Hostomel, in Kyiv region, Ukraine April 3, 2022. REUTERS
Kyiv,听鲍办谤补颈苍别鈥�Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine:
Leave 鈥榥ow鈥�, residents in east Ukraine told
Ukraine tells residents in the country鈥檚 east to evacuate 鈥渘ow鈥� or 鈥渞isk death鈥� ahead of a feared Russian onslaught on the Donbas region, which Moscow has declared its top prize.
Deputy prime minister Iryna Vereshchuk writes on Telegram that the governors of the Lugansk and Donetsk regions, part of the Donbas, and the nearby city of Kharkiv 鈥渁re doing everything to ensure that the evacuations take place in an organised manner.鈥�
Bucha killings 鈥榳ar crimes鈥�: Biden
US President Joe Biden has denounced the killing of Ukrainian civilians in the town of Bucha allegedly by Russian troops as 鈥渨ar crimes.鈥�
鈥淐ivilians executed in cold blood, bodies dumped into mass graves, the sense of brutality and inhumanity left for all the world to see, unapologetically. There鈥檚 nothing less happening than major war crimes,鈥� he said, urging the world to hold the killers accountable.
Putin speaks on Bucha
Russian President Vladimir Putin accuses Ukrainian authorities of being behind 鈥渃rude and cynical provocations鈥�, after they said hundreds of civilians were found dead in the town of Bucha when Russian troops withdrew.
Denials 鈥榥ot tenable鈥�
The Berlin government says that satellite images from last month provided strong rebuttal of Russian denials of involvement in civilian deaths in Bucha.
鈥淩ussian declarations鈥� that images of civilian deaths 鈥渨ere posed scenes or that they were not responsible for the murders are in our view not tenable鈥�, government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit says.
Putin daughters sanctioned
The United States announces sanctions on two daughters of Putin, saying family members are known to hide the Russian president鈥檚 wealth.
It also declared 鈥渇ull blocking鈥� sanctions on Russia鈥檚 largest public and private financial institutions, Sberbank and Alfa Bank, and says all new US investments in Russia are now prohibited.
The EU is also looking to add Putin鈥檚 daughters to its sanctions blacklist, European diplomats tell AFP.
More UK sanctions
Britain has slapped new sanctions on Russia, targeting two banks and eliminating all Russian oil and coal imports by the end of the year.
The latest UK measures also outlaw all new British investment into Russia.
Four said killed in Donetsk
Russian strikes have killed four people and wounded four others near a humanitarian distribution point in the east Ukraine region of Donetsk, the regional governor said.
鈥楲ong鈥� war ahead
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says there is no sign Putin has dropped 鈥渉is ambition to control the whole of Ukraine鈥�.
Orban invites Putin, Zelensky
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, one of Putin鈥檚 rare allies in Europe, says he has urged the Russian leader to declare an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine.
He also invites the leaders of France, Germany and Ukraine to meet Putin in Budapest.
UN rights body suspension
The UN General Assembly will vote Thursday on suspending Russia from the UN Human Rights Council as punishment for invading Ukraine, the assembly presidency says.
A day earlier Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had also called for Russia to be expelled from the UN Security Council 鈥渟o it cannot block decisions about its own aggression, its own war.鈥�
Dollar debt paid in rubles
Russia says it had made payments on dollar-denominated foreign debt in rubles, adding to fears the country is headed for a sovereign default.
The finance ministry says it was forced to make the $649.2-million payment in rubles after an intermediary bank refused to execute the payment but did not say whether the payment was accepted.
鈥楴ot far short of genocide鈥�: Johnson
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the alleged massacre in Bucha 鈥渄oesn鈥檛 look far short of genocide to me鈥� and that Britain will also step up sanctions on Russia.
US President Joe Biden has branded Putin a war criminal.
Pope slams 鈥榟orrendous cruelties鈥�
Pope Francis says during his weekly audience the 鈥渞ecent news about the war in Ukraine, instead of bringing relief and hope, instead attests to new atrocities, such as the Bucha massacre.鈥�
Red Cross convoy
A Red Cross convoy arrives in the southern Ukrainian town of Zaporizhzhia after failing to reach the besieged port city of Mariupol, an AFP journalist reports.
Seven buses with around 300 people onboard accompanied by the International Committee of the Red Cross and at least 40 private cars arrive in the southern town.
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