Ukraine-Russia, news today in real time: news last hour 17 April

Ukrainian war, the anti-aircraft warning sirens have been ringing since this morning in almost all regions of the country. Russia’s ultimatum in Mariupol has expired. Meanwhile, the first weapons of the latest $ 800 million package of military aid provided by the United States to Kiev have arrived. Today’s news Sunday April 17: 7.58 AM – According to the Unified Register of Preliminary Investigations, as well as according to the data of the Attorney General’s Office, from the beginning of the war in Ukraine to today April 17, 202 children have died and 361 are were injured. This is an estimate but it is not possible to establish the actual number of children killed and injured as a result of ongoing fighting in Ukrainian cities. HRS 7.47 – Ukrainian fighters and “foreign mercenaries” still present in Mariupol are ordered to stop the hostility and lay down their arms by today. “Life is guaranteed to all who lay down their arms”, is the ultimatum launched by Russian general Mikhail Mizintsev. The Ukrainian fighters remaining in the city would have barricaded themselves inside the Azovstal steel mills. 7.25 hours – Air raid alarms were triggered shortly after 4 in the morning in Kiev with an invitation to the population to reach the air raid shelters. 7.15 hours – Mariupol under a hard attack by Russian forces who ordered Ukrainian forces still defending the southeastern city to surrender by Sunday. Russian attacks are intensifying in eastern Ukraine, as well as parts of the south of the country.