The essential
- At least fifty people, including five children, were killed on Friday by a missile strike on Kramatorsk station in the east of the country.
- Emmanuel Macron wants to “gather evidence” against “Russian war crimes”. President Zelensky is expecting a «firm global response».
- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen traveled to Kyiv and Boutcha on Friday, where she said Russia was threatened with “breakdown”.
07:30
In Kramatorsk, word against word
The Ukrainian government has claimed that the bomb that killed 52, according to a still provisional toll given the number of injured, at Kramatork station, is a short-range Tochka U ballistic missile, containing cluster munitions , which explode in the air and spray deadly bombs, which explains the number of victims and the absence of a crater. The Russian Defense Ministry replied that these missiles are used only by the Ukrainian army and that the armed forces did not have a target in Kramatorsk on Friday.
In the first case, the inscription “for children” painted on the bomb would be of immense cynical cruelty, in the second, a terrible attempt to accuse Russia.
07:20
Ukrainians say they have taken over Sumy
The region of Sumy, bordering Russia in northeastern Ukraine, has been completely “liberated” from Russian forces, according to the head of the regional administration. Demining operations have begun to secure the area as much as possible.
07:10
Curfew tonight in Odessa
A curfew will be in effect from tonight until Monday morning in Odessa, the major Ukrainian port on the Black Sea.
After the bombardment of the Kramatorsk station, “a threat of missile attack hovers in Odessa”, alerted the local authorities.
07:01
The Central Bank reauthorizes the sale of foreign currencies from April 18
Russian banks “will again be able to sell foreign currency in cash to citizens from April 18, 2022,” the Central Bank said in a statement on Friday. Only currencies received by banks from April 9 can be sold.
06:48
Zelensky expects “a firm global response” after Kramatorsk
“This is another Russian war crime for which everyone involved will be held accountable,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video message after a deadly bombing of a train station in eastern Ukraine. Ukraine, in Kramatorsk, where civilians were gathered to flee the region for fear of a Russian offensive, a massacre that sparked strong Western outrage.
“World powers have already condemned Russia’s attack on Kramatorsk. We expect a strong global response to this war crime,” he continued. The missile strike killed 52 people on Friday, including 5 children, according to a latest report from local authorities.
06:27
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