Russia - Ukraine War News Updates -- April 4, 2022

 

Euronews: Horrific images spark Ukraine to accuse Russia of genocide near Kyiv  

Ukrainian officials said the bodies of hundreds of civilians had been found in towns around the capital Kyiv after Russian troops withdrew. 

The images of handcuffed corpses lying face down in the streets or hastily dug graves in Bucha unleashed a wave of outrage, with European leaders joining Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in calling it a genocide. 

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov rejected the allegations, describing the scenes outside Kyiv as a “stage-managed anti-Russian provocation”. 

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Live Updates  

Live: Biden calls for Putin war crimes trial over civilian killings -- BBC  

Live updates: France to expel ‘numerous’ Russian diplomats -- AP  

Russia-Ukraine war latest: Biden calls for Putin war crimes trial; Borodyanka worse than Bucha, says Ukrainian prosecutor -- The Guardian  

Ukraine: Germany expels Russian diplomats with Bucha deaths in focus — live updates -- DW 

Live: France to expel 35 Russian diplomats after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine -- France 24

Live Updates: Russia invades Ukraine -- CNN  

Ukraine latest: Satellite images show mass grave in Bucha, Kyiv is reclaimed as fighting and peace talks continue -- ABC News Australia  

Russia-Ukraine live news: US mulls more sanctions on Moscow -- Al Jazeera  

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 40, including the Bucha killings -- The Guardian 

Ukraine Situation Report: Zelensky Describes "War Crimes" And "Genocide" In Visit To Kyiv Suburbs -- Warzone/The Drive 

Ukraine: Allegations of atrocities near Kyiv — what we know so far -- DW

 Russia - Ukraine War News Updates -- April 4, 2022  

Ukraine says Russia preparing to launch new eastern assault -- Al Jazeera 

UK says Russian forces continue to refocus their offensive into the Donbas region -- Reuters  

Russian forces strike oil facility in key port city of Odessa -- Axios  

UK military intelligence says heavy fighting continues in Mariupol -- Reuters  

Mariupol has been 90% destroyed, mayor reveals as Russian shelling kills at least eight in Ukraine's south - but Russian death toll 'reaches 18,300' and videos show Ukraine destroying enemy tanks -- Daily Mail  

Zelensky slams ‘torture of whole nation’ as Bucha killings spark outrage -- France 24  

Ukraine war: Peace talks still on despite 'genocide', Zelensky says -- BBC  

Russia denies military forces killed Bucha civilians in Ukraine -- Al Jazeera  

Kremlin responds to Bucha war crimes claims -- RT  

EU leaders denounce ‘possible genocide’ in Ukraine as Russia issues denials -- The Guardian  

Joe Biden calls for Vladimir Putin to face war crimes trial as Ukrainian prisoners of war say treatment broke Geneva Conventions -- ABC News Australia  

Russia faces global outrage over bodies in Ukraine’s streets -- AP  

World leaders vow sanctions against Russia over mass deaths in Ukraine -- UPI  

Russian 'war crimes' in Ukraine's Bucha spark global outrage -- France 24 

EU to send investigators to probe alleged war crimes in Ukraine -- RT 

Inside the remains of the bombed Mariupol theatre, in Ukraine's Donbas region -- ABC News Australia

Ukraine: People accused of looting tied to poles, stripped and beaten -- France 24  

Hackers Anonymous release 'personal data of 120,000 Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine' -- Daily Mail  

Reliable death tolls from the Ukraine war are hard to come by – the result of undercounts and manipulation -- The Conversation  

'My soul aches': As war still rages, some Ukrainian refugees return home -- France 24  

Routing of Russian forces from Kyiv area will be hard to repeat in eastern Ukraine -- The Guardian

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