EXTRAORDINARY ONLINE Russia warns West: US and NATO transports are considered military targets! Kharkov faces shelling – Topky.sk

Live from Ukraine The bloody conflict in Ukraine has been going on for almost 50 days, with the latest chilling footage from the besieged cities shedding tears in their eyes. Please note some shots are not suitable for minors and sensitive people. ONLINE Load new news 15:58 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday called on Europe to take more action against Russia, warning that “we will either stop Russia or lose all of Eastern Europe.” The AFP agency informed about it. “If Europe wastes time, Russia will use it to expand the war zone to other countries,” Zelensky said in a speech to members of the Estonian parliament. 15:39 Ukraine is disappointed by Macron’s refusal to call Russia’s actions genocide. Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleh Nikolenko told Interfax Ukraine that French President Emmanuel Macron, calling Ukrainians and Russians “brothers”, was disappointing. 15:35 Latvia will train Ukrainian soldiers on how to use drones in the fight against the Russian army. This was stated on Wednesday by the Latvian Minister of Defense Artis Pabriks. The AP agency informed about it. “At the moment, we must do everything in our power to support Ukraine and defend its principles of self-determination and sovereignty,” Pabriks said. 15:33 The Member States of the European Union have agreed to provide Ukraine with additional military assistance worth EUR 500 million. EU Foreign Minister Josep Borrell was quoted as saying on Wednesday by the DPA. 15:23 Russia has warned today that it considers Western arms transports on Ukrainian territory to be legitimate military targets. Western military aid, which also includes the Czech Republic and Slovakia, has been helping Ukraine face the Russian invasion since the end of February. The fighting has estimated that it has claimed tens of thousands of lives. “We warn that we consider US and Allied arms transports moving across Ukrainian territory to be legitimate military targets,” Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told TASS. 15:15 European ports are asking European and state authorities for a list of all Russian ships covered by the latest package of sanctions imposed on Russia by the European Union. Representatives of the European Ports Organization (ESPO) informed about it on Wednesday. 14:32 President Zelensky shows off new postage stamps dedicated to the defenders of Hadie Island. 14:28 The International Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Karim Khan visited the city of Bucha near Kiev on Wednesday, where, according to Ukrainian authorities, hundreds of civilians were killed during several weeks of Russian occupation. The prosecutor expressed the belief that war crimes were being committed in Ukraine. 14:19 Slovakia will help Ukraine secure evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the territories from which Russian troops have been expelled. The President of the Slovak Republic, Zuzana Čaputová, informed about it on the social network. 13:48 The attackers came with their “peace” to the village of Mikhailovka in the Donetsk region. Many houses were destroyed as a result of the shelling. 13:29 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday accused Russia of using phosphorus bombs in Ukraine. Such behavior is “a clear terror against the civilian population,” he said in a speech to members of the Estonian parliament, which Rueters and Sky News reported. 13:18 Men in protective gear exhume the bodies of civilians killed during the Russian occupation in Buč. Photo gallery (17) Men in protective gear exhume the bodies of civilians killed during the Russian occupation in Buč
Source: SITA / AP Photo / Efrem Lukatsky Photo gallery (17) Men in protective gear exhume the bodies of civilians killed during the Russian occupation in Buč
Source: SITA / AP Photo / Efrem Lukatsky Photo gallery (17) Men in protective gear exhume the bodies of civilians killed during the Russian occupation in Buč
Source: SITA / AP Photo / Efrem Lukatsky 12:57 An elderly man is sitting in Kharkov in front of his house destroyed by Russian shelling. 12:42 At least seven people have lost their lives and 22 others, including three children, have been injured in the past 24 hours during the Russian shelling of eastern Kharkov and the surrounding area, Governor Oleh Synehubov said on Facebook today. 12:37 According to Kiev, Russian troops continue to shell Kharkov and bomb Mariupol, destroying civilian infrastructure in the Kharkiv and Zaporozhye regions with rockets and bombs. In Donbas, Ukrainian troops have repulsed six attacks in the past 24 hours. Russia has lost 19,800 troops, 739 tanks, 158 aircraft and 143 helicopters since the invasion began, the Ukrainian General Staff said today. On the contrary, interrupted separatists and subsequently spokesmen for the Russian Ministry of Defense announced today that 1,026 members of the Ukrainian Marines had surrendered in the besieged Mariupol, including 162 officers and 47 soldiers. These claims of none of the parties to the current war can be verified from independent sources. 12:34 At least 20 journalists – Ukrainian and foreign – were killed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Union of Journalists announced, with the names of the victims. He also pointed out that these were only those journalists whose deaths were officially confirmed by the authorities. Several other journalists have been missing for many days. 12:24 The deputy mayor of the Dnieper informed that there are “more than 1,500 Russian soldiers dead” in the city morgue. The bodies of Russian soldiers remain in the morgue refrigerators because “no one wants to take them away,” Deputy Mayor Mykhailo Lysenko told Current Time. 12:15 Belarus will certainly not become part of the Russian Federation. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said this during a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Vladivostok. TASR has taken over the report from DPA. 11:58 Pope Francis quoted Russian author Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky from a famous novel The Brothers Karamazovsky during a Wednesday general audience dedicated to the “Easter truce” in Ukraine – specifically recalling the Legend of the Great Inquisitor and calling for prayers for people experiencing war. TASR informs on the basis of the APA report. Photo gallery (17) Pope Francis
Source: SITA / AP Photo / Andrew Medichini “This legend tells of Jesus returning to Earth after many centuries. He is immediately received by a brightened crowd who recognizes and glorifies him. But then he is arrested by an inquisitor who represents worldly logic.” said the pope. “May our prayer accompany especially those who live these holy days in abandonment, war or hardship,” he added. 11:54 Czech police sent Ukrainian colleagues equipment and gear worth 52 million crowns, which is about 2.1 million euros. The aid was loaded into 12 trucks, the news server Novinky.cz informed on Wednesday. 11:46 The State Border Guard of Ukraine stated that it had nationalized 10 Russian ships. 8 Russian cargo ships and 2 tankers that were under maintenance in the ports of Odessa will now “serve in the interests of Ukraine to restore its economy,” the State Border Guard said today. 11:42 Ukraine claims to have thwarted a cyber attack on one of its largest energy facilities. According to the Ukrainian Office of Special Communications and Information Protection (CERT-UA), the attack was carried out by the hacking group Sandworm, which has ties to Russian intelligence services. 11:29 The Finnish government on Wednesday issued a report to the parliament, which examines the “fundamental changes” in the security environment due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The published report is intended to launch a debate in Finland on possible accession to the North Atlantic Alliance. TASR has taken over the report from AFP. The war in Ukraine has caused a dramatic shift in public and political opinion in Finland and Sweden over the long-term military neutrality of these countries. Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said in January that Finland’s application for membership of the North Atlantic Alliance was highly unlikely during her tenure. 11:12 French President Emmanuel Macron has refused to call the atrocities committed by Russian forces in Ukraine “genocide.” When asked for the public broadcaster France 2, he, like White House chief Joe Biden, would talk about “genocide” about killing Ukrainians by the Russian military, Macron stressed the need for caution in expression. TASR has taken over the news from CNN. Photo gallery (17) Source: TASR / AP 10:57 More than 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers defending the besieged port city of Mariupol have surrendered, the Russian Ministry of Defense said on Wednesday. TASR took over this information from AFP. However, the Ukrainian side denies this claim. “In the city of Mariupol … 1026 Ukrainian soldiers of the 36th Marine Brigade voluntarily laid down their arms and surrendered,” the Russian ministry said in a statement. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, whose soldiers are fighting alongside Russian forces, also spread the same information on the Telegram application on Wednesday, according to Sky News television. 10:39 The Ukrainian intelligence service states that the Russian leadership has ordered the destruction of all evidence of the crimes of its army, and therefore uses mobile crematoria. In Mariupol in particular, 13 mobile crematoria have been recorded to perform street cleansing of the bodies of dead civilians. 10:22 After invading the visit of German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Ukraine has invited Chancellor Olaf Scholz to Kiev. He announced this on Tuesday night on the television stations ProSieben and SAT.1. Ukrainian Ambassador to Berlin Andriy Melnyk said that the aim is to talk about the supply of heavy weapons to Ukraine, which is defending against attacks by Russian forces. 10:08 Russian missiles hit the infrastructure facilities in Zhytomyr in the Poltava region, no casualties have been reported yet. According to local authorities, Russian forces fired on infrastructure facilities in Chudniva, a city in the Zhytomyr region and Myrhorod in the Poltava region. 10:00 These are indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of April 13, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 9:45 AM BBC reporters find evidence that a cluster warhead was used in last week’s attack on a railway station in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, which multiplied its devastating effect. TASR received the news on Wednesday from BBC News. 9:36 On Tuesday (April 12), 2,864 inhabitants of Ukraine crossed the border crossings on the Slovak-Ukrainian border. Of which 670 men, 1473 women and 721 children. 644 people requested temporary refuge in Slovakia. TASR informed the press department of the Ministry of the Interior (MV) SR. 9:28 Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, 191 children have been killed and 349 others have been injured. The Ukrainian prosecutor’s office informed about it on Wednesday on the Telegram platform, stating that these are not final numbers, as data from areas where fighting is taking place or from temporarily occupied and liberated areas are not yet available. TASR has taken over the news from CNN. 9:19 More than 100,000 people are still waiting to be evacuated in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, local mayor Vadym Bojchenko said on Wednesday. According to Vereshchukova, 4,354 people were evacuated from Ukrainian cities across humanitarian corridors on Monday. At the same time, unconfirmed reports appeared on Monday, according to which chemical weapons were used in the besieged port city of Mariupol in southern Ukraine. 9:12 In the destroyed Borodyank, household waste is removed. 9:08 More than 720 people were killed in Bukh and other suburbs of the Ukrainian capital Kiev, from which Russian troops recently withdrew. More than 200 other people are considered missing there. The Ukrainian Interior Ministry said this early on Wednesday, the AP agency reports. Photo gallery (17) A journalist is filming a mass grave in Buč.
Source: SITA / AP Photo / Rodrigo Abd 8:57 The United States will send another $ 750 million worth of weapons to Ukraine, which is defending itself against the Russian aggression. NBC News reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed government officials. 8:46 Russian forces attacked the railway station at an unidentified location in central Ukraine, said Ukrzaliznycja Chairman of the Board Oleksandr Kamyshin. None of the railway staff or passengers were injured. Ukrzaliznytsia changed routes, timetables for 17 passenger trains.