04.10: White House press secretary Jen Zhaki has said the United States will continue to support war-torn Ukraine. “We are committed to continuing our historic support for Ukraine, whether it is military aid, humanitarian aid or economic aid,” he said. He said it would take some time for Ukraine to recover from the war and that the United States would help until then.
03.50: Ukrainian President Gelensky has accused Russian soldiers of committing “atrocities” in Ukraine.
Addressing a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, he said Russian troops were torturing civilians and throwing grenades at apartment buildings. He also said that people traveling in cars were being crushed by army tanks.
02.10: Local authorities say Russian forces have carried out a bomb attack in the Lviv region of western Ukraine. Reuters news agency reports that a foreign ship sank in the waters off Mariapole after a missile attack by Russia.
01.10: Russia’s envoy to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzia, has said that more than 600,000 Ukrainians, including 1,19,000 children, have fled to Russia since the start of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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22.15: Various world leaders, including the United Nations, have strongly condemned the massacre in Pucha, Ukraine. In this context, Israeli Prime Minister Nafdali Bennett said that the photos released after the Russian soldiers left the city of Pucha were shocking.
20.00: Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Russia will continue to monitor countries that export food to hostile countries.
15.30: Germany has said it will not stop buying crude oil and natural gas from Russia for now. The German finance minister said it would take some time to stop buying fuel from Russia.
13.30: The governor said civilians were also tortured and killed in the Sumi region.
13.00: Ukraine’s attorney general says 165 children have been killed and 266 injured in Russia’s attacks.
12.50: The Prime Minister of Slovenia has announced that the President of the European Commission and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the European Union will visit Kiev.
04.10: The German government has decided to expel 40 Russian ambassadors in retaliation for the massacre by Russian forces in Pucha. Similarly, the French government has stated that it intends to expel 35 Russian ambassadors to its country. It has been reported that pro-Ukrainian countries have also decided to expel Russian ambassadors.
03:20: A U.S. official says two-thirds of Russian troops have been withdrawn near the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. He added that the troops were expected to be integrated into Belarus and sent to other parts of Ukraine.
12.50: Albanian Prime Minister Ederma has said the bodies found after Russian soldiers left the city of Pucha are shocking. He also called for an investigation into such heinous crimes. Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurdi has said the attack on Ukrainian civilians is a reminder of the war in his country.