Russian offensive in East Ukraine increased with war after entering the ninth week and ceasefire far from view. The capital city of war on the war, Kyiv, witnessed the missile attack, Ukraine said, when the Head of UN Antonio Guterres was in the city in the exciting of sharp tension. Guterres visited a country owned by the conflict right after visiting Russia. US President Joe Biden, meanwhile, has sought $ 33 billion in help to increase Ukraine’s struggle against Russia. “The world must and will ask for Russian accountability. And as long as the attack and cruelty continue, we will continue to provide military assistance, “he said as quoted in the report.
Here are ten updates about the Ukraine War:
1. Shortly after the meeting between Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky and the United Nations Head on Thursday, Russia was accused of attacking the capital because the attack claimed life and injured several others, the AP news agency reported. The City of Shevchenkivskyi City, according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko, was beaten twice, and two high -rise buildings caught fire. The President of Ukraine has called for a “proper and strong response”.
2. Kyiv has appeared normally on days before this strike – said to be one of the brave one by Kremlin in the last few days. “Russia stroke Kyiv with a cruise missile right when the Secretary General of the United Nations @antonioguterres and PM Bulgaria @kirilpetkov visited our capital. With the heinous acts of this barbarism, Russia once again showed his attitude towards Ukraine, Europe and the world. (SIC),” Ukraine from foreign Ukrain Minister Dmytro Kuleba wrote in a tweet on Thursday night.
3. Antonio Guterres has sought an investigation of alleged war crimes. Moscow has been accused of thousands of war crimes in the country. Guterres also visited Bucha where the visuals of the mass grave and the body scattered on the streets had shocked the world.
4. Prime Minister Bulgaria Kiril Petkov was also in Kyiv on Thursday and Zelensky said he held “very substantive and warm talks” about energy and defense cooperation with him. Moscow has cut the supply of natural gas to the two NATO – Bulgaria countries and also to Poland – for their support to Ukraine.
5. Pentagon analyzes the latest attack on Kyiv. “We are still trying to analyze this and find out what is happening here, what is devastated and with what kind of ammunition,” Press Secretary John Kirby said as quoted by the Reuters news agency.
6. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Thursday has expressed great concern over the Ukraine report that a missile has flown directly over the Nuclear Power Plant – near the city of Yuzhnoukrainsk, around 350 km (220 miles) of South Kyiv in April 16. “If such missiles get lost, it could have a severe impact on the physical integrity of the factory, which has the potential to lead to nuclear accidents,” he said in a statement, reporting Reuters.
7. Thanking the US President for his latest speech about 33 billion assistance, Zelensky in his speech at night, said: “President Biden precisely said today that this step is not cheap. But the negative consequences for the whole world of Russian aggression against Ukraine and to democracy are very large so that the comparison of US support is needed. “
8. The eastern and southern parts of Ukraine witnessed intensive offensive.
9. Around 22,800 Russian troops have died so far in the war, according to Kyiv.
10. More than 5 million in Ukraine have fled from the war since starting on February 24.