On the 43rd day of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, this April 7, follow the latest information live.
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The main points:
► This Wednesday, kyiv calls on its civilian population to leave the east of the country in the face of the imminence of the Russian offensive. Severodonetsk, the easternmost city held by the Ukrainian army, was the target of sustained bombardment. Russia is getting stronger “ take control of the whole Donbass »in eastern Ukraine, and achieve “ a land bridge with Crimea “, annexed by Moscow in 2014, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday.
► The United States announces to sanction major Russian banks Sberbank and Alfa Bank and the two daughters of Vladimir Putin following the discovery of numerous bodies of civilians in several towns near kyiv.
► In the vicinity of kyiv, from which the Russian army has withdrawn, fears of new macabre discoveries are increasing after the Boucha massacre. New reports have emerged from Ukraine that several localities have seen worse. ” Boutcha is not the worst “said Oleksiy Arestovitch, an adviser to the Ukrainian presidency, on YouTube. ” Anyone who’s been to Borodyanka says it’s even worse “.
► Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke on Tuesday before the UN Security Council. He demanded that Russia be held accountable ” for “ worst war crimes since World War II, he said. Russia denies categorically » any involvement in these abuses and called for a debate in the UN Security Council to decide on the “ heinous provocations committed, according to her, by Ukraine in Boutcha.
Times are given in Universal Time (UT)
00:00: Zelensky calls on the West to reach an agreement on an embargo on Russian oil
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday called on Western politicians to quickly reach an agreement on an embargo on Russian oil, arguing that their failure to agree was putting the lives of Ukrainians at risk.
In a video address, Volodymyr Zelensky also said he would continue to insist that Russian banks be completely blocked from the international financial system. Ukraine’s president said Moscow was making so much money from oil exports that it didn’t need to take the peace talks seriously and called the ” democratic world » not to use Russian crude.
” Some politicians are still unable to decide how to limit the oil trade with Russia so as not to endanger their own economies said Volodymyr Zelensky, predicting that an oil embargo would still be imposed. ” The only question is how many Ukrainians the Russian military will have time to kill so that you, some politicians – and we know who you are – find some determination “, he added.
