UKRAINE WRAP | More evacuations needed from Ukraine's Luhansk as shelling increases - governor
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April 09 2022 - 12:41
Russia's actions appear to be war crimes, EU's von der Leyen says
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Saturday that Russian forces appeared to have committed war crimes by targeting civilians in Ukraine, but she said lawyers must investigate the alleged incidents.
Leaving Ukraine after a visit, she said she had seen with her own eyes on Friday the destruction in the town of Bucha near Kyiv.
A forensics team began exhuming a mass grave on Friday containing the bodies of civilians who local officials say were killed while Russians occupied the town.
-Reuters
April 09 2022 - 11:44
Russian forces destroy ammunition depot at Ukrainian air base - Interfax
Russian forces have destroyed an ammunition depot at the Myrhorod Air Base in central-eastern Ukraine, Interfax news agency reported on Saturday, quoting Russia's Defence Ministry.
A Ukrainian air force MiG-29 fighter and a Mi-8 helicopter were also destroyed in the attack on the base in the Poltava region, ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said.
He added that a large ammunition depot was also destroyed near the city of Novomoskovsk in the central-eastern Dnipro region.Russia sent tens of thousands of soldiers into Ukraine on February 24 for what it calls a "special military operation" to demilitarise and "denazify" Ukraine.
-Reuters
April 09 2022 - 09:00
More evacuations needed from Ukraine's Luhansk as shelling increases - governor
More people need to evacuate from the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine as shelling has increased in recent days and more Russian forces have been arriving, Luhansk Governor Serhiy Gaidai said on Saturday.
He said that some 30% of residents still remain in cities and villages across the region and have been asked to evacuate.
"They (Russia) are amassing forces for an offensive and we see the number of shelling has increased," Gaidai told public television.
-Reuters