While weapons of mass destruction throughout Ukraine have been detonated earlier this Sunday, there is no indication that Russia will respond to a request for Russian troops in the besieged city of Mariupol to resign from 0300 GMT. Russia says its troops have removed most of Mariupol with a handful of Ukrainian troops from the Illich steelworks area in the southeastern port, as missiles strike Kyiv and other cities.
The head of the Russian navy, Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov, met with the navy at Moskva and said they would continue to be in the navy, the Ministry of Defense said. Russia has destroyed buildings in Kyiv’s armaments factory and a military base in Mykolaiv, Interfax quoted the Russian Ministry of Defense as saying. Russia has said it has banned British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, Defense Secretary Ben Wallace and 10 other officials and politicians from the country. The EU will punish Russian banks, especially Sberbank, and seek “clever ways” to invest in oil, said European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen.
The richest man in Ukraine promised
A boat connected with Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, founder of the aluminum giant Rusal, reached Turkish waters as Russian billionaires headed for Turkey to escape Western sanctions. The richest man in Ukraine has promised to help rebuild Mariupol, where he has two major weapons that he says will compete again internationally.
We all pray for you and for you. We pray because there is so much suffering. We can only offer you our company, our prayers and say to you ‘boldly, we go with you,’ “Pope Francis told the Easter vigil, quoting from his text to Ivan Fedorov, the mayor of Melitopol, and other Ukrainians.
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