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According to a report, the presidents of four eastern european countries have visited Kyiv in a show of support for Ukraine. Reportedly, the presidents of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland who planned to discuss allegations into russian war crimes visited Berodyanka in the Bucha region. According to the report, a report commissioned by the organisation for security and cooperation in europe, published April 13 said it found clear patterns of humanitarian law violations committed by both Russia and Ukraine, but those committed by Russia far larger in scale and nature. Reportedly, Ukraine who have acknowledged there could be isolated incidents of violations have said it will investigate.

According to a report, the u.s. are to send $800 million of military assistance to Ukraine to bolster its defensive in the east. Reportedly, the new package of assistance will contain many of the highly effective weapons systems already provided.

According to the report, the ukrainian deputy defence minister said it was possible that phosphorus munitions had been used in Mariupol. Reportedly, phosphorus munitions are not classed as chemical weapons but are banned in civilian areas where firing would expose people to fumes and could breach the chemical weapons convention.

According to a report, russian missile strikes hit Kyiv and other cities on Saturday. Reportedly, the retreat of russian troops from towns around Kyiv have exposed the killing and execution of civilians, including women.

According to a report, Kyiv was hit by powerful explosions on Friday. Reportedly, Russia has warned missile strikes will increase, including on Kyiv following attacks and sabotage by ukrainian forces within Russia’s borders. According to the report, russians claim they have hit 13 military facilities in different areas and shot down a ukrainian helicopter.

Reportedly, street battles are continuing in Mariupol which russian forces have not managed to capture. According to the report, nine humanitarian corridors were to be open on Friday, including Mariupol if residents drove their own vehicle.

Reportedly, Ukraine said it strook Russia’s Moskva warship on Wednesday which sunk while being towed to a port following an explosion. According to the report, Captain of the Black sea fleet Anton Kuprin died during the explosion and fire on board.

According to a report, the deputy prime minister of Ukraine said it was not possible to open any humanitarian corridors on Wednesday as Russia can not properly control their people on the ground. Reportedly, 1,025 soldiers surrendered in Mariupol according to the russian defence ministry. According to the report, the last ukrainian soldiers defending Mariupol said they were running out of ammunition. Reportedly, Russia said 151 wounded ukrainian soldiers have been taken to Mariupol’s city hospital.

According to a report, satellite images show tents, troops and vehicles in the village of Soloti in western Russia said to be preparing to deploy into eastern Ukraine. Reportedly, Russia’s u.s. embassy has called on Washington to stop spreading disinformation about chemical weapons.

According to the report, Ukraine’s secret services said it has detained Viktor Medvedchuk a pro russian ukrainian politician whom president Zelensky has offered to swap for prisoners of war held by Russia

According to a report, Ukraine warned that russian troops withdrawing from areas to the north of Kyiv are refocusing on the country’s east. Reportedly, shelling has intensified in the east and authorities have urged residents of the Donbas region to evacuate. According to reports, a missile strike outside a railway station in Donetsk killed atleast fifty people.

Reportedly, russian operations are focusing on Donbas, Mariupol and Mykolaiv. According to reports, the eu will respond to Ukraine’s application to join the eu in a matter of weeks.

According to a report, there are ten humanitarian corridors open on Thursday, though residents of Mariupol, 100,000 said to be in urgent need of evacuation have to use their own vehicles. Reportedly, Ukraine said a major new offensive in the east is likely within days. According to the report, four fuel storage depots used to supply ukrainian troops in Mykolaiv, Kharkiv and the Donbas region have been destroyed.

Reportedly, an advisor to the president of Ukrainedismissed comments made by the russian foreign minister who suggested Kyiv had presented Moscow with a draft peace deal that contained unacceptable elements. According to the report, a ukrainian negotiator said russian propogandists were trying to divert attention from what happened in Bucha, where russian troops were accused of killing civilians.

According to reports, russian forces entered Irpin and other towns on retreat from Kyiv, but met resistance. Reportedly, fierce fighting ensued, leaving destroyed armoured vehicles and scattered military equipment in streets and fields. According to reports, bodies of dead civilians have been discovered in Bucha, near Kyiv their hands tied behind their backs. Reportedly, bodies were buried impromptu in a mass grave in the grounds of a church, hands and feet apparent above the soil.

According to a report, Odesa woke up to sirens at 5.45 Sunday, followed by bombs from two aircraft which strook a fuel depot. Reportedly, peace talks are expected Monday, though according to Russia’s chief negotiator, not enough progress has been made to allow direct negotiations between the presidents of Russia and Ukraine.

According to a report, the president of Ukraine has warned that retreating russian forces were leaving mines around Kyiv. Reportedly, the international red cross said they would try again to facilitate a safe passage out of Mariupol after conditions forced them to turn around.

According to the report, three russian ballistic missiles were fired from Crimea towards the Odesa region but were intercepted. Reportedly, the u.s. are to provide an additional $300 in military equipment.

According to reports, the Abraham accords are a joint statement between the united states, Israel, united Arab Emirates and Bahrain in an attempt to normalise relations, concurrently Israel agreed to suspend plans for annexing part of Samaria. Israel’s right to Samaria which has been occupied by ethnic groups since biblical times is not internationally recognised.

Reportedly, Israel resumed diplomatic relations with Jordan in 1994 and Egypt in 1979, though tunnels built by hamas in Gaza run to Egypt.

According to a report, five weeks into an invasion that has blasted cities into wastelands, u.s. and european officials say the russian president has been mislead by his generals about the dire performance of the russian military. Reportedly, there is a belief that the president thought things were going better than they were. According to the report, staunch Ukraine resistance has prevented Russia from capturing a major city. Reportedly, the ukrainian president said they were seeing a build up of russian troops for new strikes on Donbas and were preparing for it.