The situation in the city of Mariupol continues to be difficult and, according to a British Ministry of Defense intelligence report, Russia is still trying to take over the city. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi has appealed to the public at the Grammy Gala to get more help for Ukraine.
4.4. 06: 09 • Updated 4.4. 06:13
We gathered the key news from last night and last night in connection with the war in Ukraine.
The fighting continued in Mariupol
Heavy fighting has continued in the badly hit Mariupol as Russian troops try to take over the city, British military intelligence says.
The city is still the target of strong and brief attacks, but Ukrainian forces maintain resistance and have retained control of the downtown areas, the British Ministry of Defense reports.
The report estimates that Mariupol is a key target of the Russian invasion, as it would secure land access from Russia to occupied Crimea.
Ukraine and Russia are demanding that the Butch massacre be discussed in the UN Security Council
According to Ukraine, hundreds of people have been found in mass graves in Bucha outside Kiev. Ukraine accuses Russia of war crimes.
Russia’s deputy ambassador to the UN said the events in Bushan were “a provocation by Ukrainian radicals”, according to Russian news agency Tass.
Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Denys Monastyrskiy said the number of deaths could not yet be accurately quantified as the area continues to be cleared of mines.
Ukrainian prosecutors investigating possible war crimes said they had found 410 bodies in the Kiev area on Sunday.
Prosecutors visited Butch, Irpin and Hostomel on Sunday and said they needed more time to find out the extent of the crimes. Prosecutor General Iryna Venedyktovan according to the witnesses are so stressed that they cannot yet speak.
Zelenskyi appealed to the audience in his video speech at the Grammy Gala
President of Ukraine speaks at the important Grammy Gala in the United States in Las Vegas, USA Volodymyr Zelenskyi.
Through a video, he asked viewers of the gala to help the Ukrainians “by all possible means.”
– What’s the opposite of music? The silence of the destroyed streets and the dead. Fill the silence with your music. Tell us our story. Please help in every way except to be quiet, Zelenskyi appealed.