Kyiv said on Saturday it had destroyed another Russian warship near the Black Sea’s Snake Island, where Ukraine’s military was awarded for gallantry after rejecting Russian demands to surrender.
The UN Human Rights Office said on Friday that 3,309 people, including 234 children, have been killed since the start of Russia’s conflict with Ukraine. In addition, 3,493 people, including 350 children, are reported to have been injured.
Dozens more civilians were rescued on Friday from tunnels under a besieged steel mill where Ukrainian fighters in Mariupol are making their last stand to prevent a complete takeover of Moscow’s strategically important port city.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said diplomatic efforts were underway to rescue the remaining fighters hiding inside the Azovstal steelworks in the city of Mariupol, as more civilians were evacuated from the bombed plant.
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Ukraine
Two, 60 more killed under rubble at school in Ukrainian city – Governor
Two people have been killed in a Russian bombing at a school in Ukraine’s Bilohorivka village and 60 are feared dead, Luhansk region governor Serhi Gaidai said on Sunday.
Mr Gaidai said Russia dropped a bomb on Saturday afternoon on the school where some 90 people were taking refuge. Thirty people have been rescued. , Reuters
Kyiv
Ukraine says Russian landing craft sank on Snake Island
Kyiv said on Saturday it had destroyed another Russian warship near the Black Sea’s Snake Island, where Ukraine’s military was awarded for gallantry after rejecting Russian demands to surrender.
Ukraine’s defense ministry said in a statement that an armed drone destroyed a Serna-class landing craft and missile defense system on a small Russian-controlled island. , AFP
bucharesti
Jill Biden Now Hears the Heartbeats of Ukrainian Mothers in Romania
Jill Biden heard heart-wrenching stories on Saturday from Ukrainian women and children who fled Russia’s war and found safe haven across the border in Romania, and the American First Lady lauded the Romanian government for humanitarian aid being provided to refugees. and praised relief organizations.
At a Romanian public school hosting refugee students, Ms Biden oversaw relief efforts to help some of the 900,000 Ukrainians who have fled Romania since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24.
Most of those Ukrainians have emigrated to other countries, but many – mainly women and children – remain as the rage of the fighting. , AP
New Delhi
The path of diplomacy, dialogue should be the only viable option: India on Ukraine dispute
India has said that diplomacy and dialogue should be the only viable option to address the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and no solution can be found by shedding blood, as India reiterated its deep concern over the deteriorating situation in the Eastern European country. .
Russia hosted a meeting of the Security Council aria-formula on Friday to discuss “systematic and collective serious violations of international humanitarian law, as well as other war crimes committed by Ukrainian military personnel and militias and discovered during the ongoing special military operation”. Had gone. Russian Armed Forces.’ Counselor in India’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations Prateek Mathur said India remains “deeply concerned” over the deteriorating situation in Ukraine and reiterated the call for an immediate end to violence and an end to hostilities.
“We believe that no solution can be found by shedding blood and at the cost of innocent lives. We have emphasized from the very beginning of the conflict that diplomacy and dialogue should be the only viable option.
United Nations
Meenakshi Lekhi discusses Ukraine conflict, impact on food, energy with UN General Assembly President
Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakshi Lekhi discussed the Ukraine conflict and its impact on food and energy, as well as the situation in Afghanistan, with Abdullah Shahid, President of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.