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Here is the latest from Ukraine.
- Putin warned other nations against interfering in the war after Russia cut gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria. The move put the European Union on alert for further retaliation and prompted Zelensky to accuse Moscow of weaponizing energy, as battles raged in Donbas.
- Ukrainian officials accused Russia of preventing civilians trapped in the Azovstal steel plant from leaving, while the CEO of the company that owns the facility said it had kept bomb shelters there stocked with food and water in preparation for a Russian assault.
- The European Union said Poland and Bulgaria secured gas from other countries in the bloc, which has made “contingency plans.” Here’s why Russia cut gas to Bulgaria and Poland.
More live updates here.
- Putin warned other nations against interfering in the war after Russia cut gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria. The move put the European Union on alert for further retaliation and prompted Zelensky to accuse Moscow of weaponizing energy, as battles raged in Donbas.
- Ukrainian officials accused Russia of preventing civilians trapped in the Azovstal steel plant from leaving, while the CEO of the company that owns the facility said it had kept bomb shelters there stocked with food and water in preparation for a Russian assault.
- The European Union said Poland and Bulgaria secured gas from other countries in the bloc, which has made “contingency plans.” Here’s why Russia cut gas to Bulgaria and Poland.
More live updates here.
U.S. says Russian intelligence orchestrated attack on Nobel laureate
The U.S. government has assessed that Russian intelligence was behind an attack earlier this month on a Nobel Prize winner and prominent Russian editor who had criticized the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine.
Dmitry Muratov, the editor of the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, was about to travel on a train from Moscow to Samara, Russia, on April 7 when an assailant attacked him with a mixture of red paint and acetone, leaving his eyes with a chemical burn. The assailant yelled, “Muratov, here’s one for our boys” — a reference to Russian forces fighting in Ukraine.
U.S. intelligence has concluded the incident was the handiwork of Russian intelligence, according to a U.S. official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity under rules set by the Biden administration.
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The U.S. government has assessed that Russian intelligence was behind an attack earlier this month on a Nobel Prize winner and prominent Russian editor who had criticized the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine.
Dmitry Muratov, the editor of the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, was about to travel on a train from Moscow to Samara, Russia, on April 7 when an assailant attacked him with a mixture of red paint and acetone, leaving his eyes with a chemical burn. The assailant yelled, “Muratov, here’s one for our boys” — a reference to Russian forces fighting in Ukraine.
U.S. intelligence has concluded the incident was the handiwork of Russian intelligence, according to a U.S. official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity under rules set by the Biden administration.
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U.S. will 'strongly support’ NATO bids of Sweden and Finland, Blinken says
The United States will “strongly support” NATO membership for Sweden and Finland if they choose to join the military alliance, Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday.
The top U.S. diplomat’s remarks are likely to prompt an angry response from Moscow, which recently threatened to move nuclear weapons and hypersonic missiles closer to the borders of Sweden and Finland should they choose to join the military alliance.
“The world has changed pretty dramatically and one of the ways it has changed is in the very strong interest of both countries to become members of NATO,” Blinken said. “We, of course, look to them to make that decision. If that’s what they decide, we will strongly support it.”
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The United States will “strongly support” NATO membership for Sweden and Finland if they choose to join the military alliance, Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday.
The top U.S. diplomat’s remarks are likely to prompt an angry response from Moscow, which recently threatened to move nuclear weapons and hypersonic missiles closer to the borders of Sweden and Finland should they choose to join the military alliance.
“The world has changed pretty dramatically and one of the ways it has changed is in the very strong interest of both countries to become members of NATO,” Blinken said. “We, of course, look to them to make that decision. If that’s what they decide, we will strongly support it.”
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Here’s the latest on key battlegrounds in Ukraine.
Mariupol: A Ukrainian official told The Post on Thursday that Russian forces hit the Azovstal steel plant with the heaviest strikes to date. Another official said the plan to evacuate citizens from the facility has begun.
Elsewhere in Donbas: Russian shelling continued here, with Moscow’s troops making some minor advances, the Institute for the Study of War reported. Luhansk’s governor said Thursday that a string of Russian attacks had destroyed houses and burned entire neighborhoods, killing four and leaving about 7,000 without electricity.
Kyiv: Several Russian cruise missiles struck the capital Thursday within hours of a visit by U.N. Secretary General António Guterres and Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov.
Kherson: Moscow has installed a pro-Kremlin local government and will begin using Russia’s ruble currency this weekend, Russian media reported Thursday.
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Mariupol: A Ukrainian official told The Post on Thursday that Russian forces hit the Azovstal steel plant with the heaviest strikes to date. Another official said the plan to evacuate citizens from the facility has begun.
Elsewhere in Donbas: Russian shelling continued here, with Moscow’s troops making some minor advances, the Institute for the Study of War reported. Luhansk’s governor said Thursday that a string of Russian attacks had destroyed houses and burned entire neighborhoods, killing four and leaving about 7,000 without electricity.
Kyiv: Several Russian cruise missiles struck the capital Thursday within hours of a visit by U.N. Secretary General António Guterres and Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov.
Kherson: Moscow has installed a pro-Kremlin local government and will begin using Russia’s ruble currency this weekend, Russian media reported Thursday.
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Here’s the latest from Ukraine.
- Five Russian missiles hit Kyiv as U.N. Secretary General António Guterres wrapped up his Thursday visit to the Ukrainian capital, President Zelensky said. The strike was an apparent show of force by the Kremlin toward the U.N. chief, who met with Zelensky.
- Senior U.S. officials are laying the groundwork for a potential protracted conflict in Ukraine. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told U.S. lawmakers the world had changed dramatically since the invasion and declared Washington’s support for Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership. President Biden the same day asked Congress for another $33 billion to assist Ukraine.
- Russian forces in eastern Ukraine are moving forward at a pace of just several kilometers a day, the Pentagon said, adding that they were still hampered by logistical challenges. Moscow has also shifted a significant number of troops from Mariupol to other combat zones, a senior U.S. defense official said.
More live updates here.
- Five Russian missiles hit Kyiv as U.N. Secretary General António Guterres wrapped up his Thursday visit to the Ukrainian capital, President Zelensky said. The strike was an apparent show of force by the Kremlin toward the U.N. chief, who met with Zelensky.
- Senior U.S. officials are laying the groundwork for a potential protracted conflict in Ukraine. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told U.S. lawmakers the world had changed dramatically since the invasion and declared Washington’s support for Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership. President Biden the same day asked Congress for another $33 billion to assist Ukraine.
- Russian forces in eastern Ukraine are moving forward at a pace of just several kilometers a day, the Pentagon said, adding that they were still hampered by logistical challenges. Moscow has also shifted a significant number of troops from Mariupol to other combat zones, a senior U.S. defense official said.
More live updates here.
Ukraine names 10 Russians it accuses of war crimes in Bucha
Ukrainian authorities have pushed ahead with efforts to investigate and prosecute potential war crimes committed by Russian forces in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, even as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledges the alleged perpetrators may never face justice.
Prosecutors filed their first war crimes charges Thursday against 10 Russian service members accused of torturing and taking civilians hostage on the outskirts of the capital. The Russians are not in custody, and the charges were filed in absentia to Ukrainian courts.
This decision signals Kyiv’s resolve to hold Moscow accountable and its determination to ensure that the voices of the victims and their families are heard, said Mervyn Cheong, a law professor at the National University of Singapore who also serves as counsel before the International Criminal Court.
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Ukrainian authorities have pushed ahead with efforts to investigate and prosecute potential war crimes committed by Russian forces in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, even as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledges the alleged perpetrators may never face justice.
Prosecutors filed their first war crimes charges Thursday against 10 Russian service members accused of torturing and taking civilians hostage on the outskirts of the capital. The Russians are not in custody, and the charges were filed in absentia to Ukrainian courts.
This decision signals Kyiv’s resolve to hold Moscow accountable and its determination to ensure that the voices of the victims and their families are heard, said Mervyn Cheong, a law professor at the National University of Singapore who also serves as counsel before the International Criminal Court.
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Ukrainian attacks bring war home to Russia, fraying civilian nerves
The Kremlin has sought to minimize discussion of Russian war losses inside Ukraine. But apparent Ukrainian attacks on Russian soil in the past week highlight how the conflict has spilled across the border, unsettling residents of regions near the border and threatening to upend President Vladimir Putin’s effort to insulate his citizens from the fighting he started.
In the wake of the shellings and strikes, local authorities are sounding alarms — as well as calling for revenge and in some cases evacuations — as they contend with the growing peril.
The attacks, which Ukrainian leaders have neither confirmed nor denied but which one senior adviser winkingly described as “karma” on Wednesday, suggest that Kyiv is increasingly able to reach into Russian territory.
Empowered by NATO’s military aid, Ukrainian troops are hitting infrastructure, military targets and, Russian authorities say, at least some villages.
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The Kremlin has sought to minimize discussion of Russian war losses inside Ukraine. But apparent Ukrainian attacks on Russian soil in the past week highlight how the conflict has spilled across the border, unsettling residents of regions near the border and threatening to upend President Vladimir Putin’s effort to insulate his citizens from the fighting he started.
In the wake of the shellings and strikes, local authorities are sounding alarms — as well as calling for revenge and in some cases evacuations — as they contend with the growing peril.
The attacks, which Ukrainian leaders have neither confirmed nor denied but which one senior adviser winkingly described as “karma” on Wednesday, suggest that Kyiv is increasingly able to reach into Russian territory.
Empowered by NATO’s military aid, Ukrainian troops are hitting infrastructure, military targets and, Russian authorities say, at least some villages.
Read the full story here.
Russians twice targeted Zelensky compound with attacks, Ukraine says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with Time magazine that Russia targeted his compound in the early hours of the invasion of Ukraine, and he and his family awoke to explosions as Russian forces moved closer.
Early on Feb. 24, the presidential offices in the Triangle, the central government district in Kyiv, came under attack as the Russians moved in. Zelensky roused his wife, Olena, along with their 17-year-old daughter and 9-year-old son, who were with him in the complex. “We woke them up,” Zelensky said in the interview with Time. “It was loud. There were explosions over there.”
Oleksiy Arestovych, a military intelligence officer, told Time’s Simon Shuster that two attempts were made to storm the compound. “It was an absolute madhouse,” Arestovych said. “Automatics for everyone.”
“The place was wide open,” he added. “We didn’t even have concrete blocks to close the street.”
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with Time magazine that Russia targeted his compound in the early hours of the invasion of Ukraine, and he and his family awoke to explosions as Russian forces moved closer.
Early on Feb. 24, the presidential offices in the Triangle, the central government district in Kyiv, came under attack as the Russians moved in. Zelensky roused his wife, Olena, along with their 17-year-old daughter and 9-year-old son, who were with him in the complex. “We woke them up,” Zelensky said in the interview with Time. “It was loud. There were explosions over there.”
Oleksiy Arestovych, a military intelligence officer, told Time’s Simon Shuster that two attempts were made to storm the compound. “It was an absolute madhouse,” Arestovych said. “Automatics for everyone.”
“The place was wide open,” he added. “We didn’t even have concrete blocks to close the street.”
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Cracks emerge in Russian elite as tycoons start to bemoan invasion
In the two months since Russia invaded Ukraine, the silence — and even acquiescence — of the Russian elite has started to fray.
Even as opinion polls report overwhelming public support for the military campaign, amid pervasive state propaganda and new laws outlawing criticism of the war, cracks are starting to show. The dividing lines among factions of the Russian economic elite are becoming more marked, and some of the tycoons — especially those who made their fortunes before President Vladimir Putin came to power — have begun, tentatively, to speak.
For many, the most immediate focus has been their own woes. Sweeping sanctions imposed by the West have brought down a new iron curtain on the Russian economy, freezing tens of billions of dollars of many of the tycoons’ assets along the way.
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In the two months since Russia invaded Ukraine, the silence — and even acquiescence — of the Russian elite has started to fray.
Even as opinion polls report overwhelming public support for the military campaign, amid pervasive state propaganda and new laws outlawing criticism of the war, cracks are starting to show. The dividing lines among factions of the Russian economic elite are becoming more marked, and some of the tycoons — especially those who made their fortunes before President Vladimir Putin came to power — have begun, tentatively, to speak.
For many, the most immediate focus has been their own woes. Sweeping sanctions imposed by the West have brought down a new iron curtain on the Russian economy, freezing tens of billions of dollars of many of the tycoons’ assets along the way.
Read the full story here.
Europe faces stagflation as Ukraine war amplifies concerns
PARIS — Surging energy prices are posing a growing problem for Europe’s economies, as new figures showed on Friday that inflation in the eurozone increased to 7.5 percent this month, the highest level on record, while economic growth weakened to 0.2 percent.
Rising inflation was a key concern in Europe even before the war in Ukraine, as its economies struggled to weather supply chain disruptions and the long-term impact of coronavirus restrictions. The more recent European sanctions against Russia and the rising tensions over fossil fuel imports have further amplified the concerns by sending energy prices spiraling upward.
Pressure is unlikely to fade. On Wednesday, Russia’s state-controlled gas company effectively shut off the supply of natural gas to Poland and Bulgaria and the Kremlin warned that other countries could face the same fate.
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PARIS — Surging energy prices are posing a growing problem for Europe’s economies, as new figures showed on Friday that inflation in the eurozone increased to 7.5 percent this month, the highest level on record, while economic growth weakened to 0.2 percent.
Rising inflation was a key concern in Europe even before the war in Ukraine, as its economies struggled to weather supply chain disruptions and the long-term impact of coronavirus restrictions. The more recent European sanctions against Russia and the rising tensions over fossil fuel imports have further amplified the concerns by sending energy prices spiraling upward.
Pressure is unlikely to fade. On Wednesday, Russia’s state-controlled gas company effectively shut off the supply of natural gas to Poland and Bulgaria and the Kremlin warned that other countries could face the same fate.
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Here is the latest from Ukraine.
- While some Ukrainian forces are holding out in Mariupol at a time when officials have called for a planned evacuation from its steel plant, the Azovstal field hospital is still “under tank fire” from Russian troops, Mykhailo Vershynin, the chief of the Donetsk region patrol police, told The Post. “We don’t have a cease-fire,” he said.
- In the battle for eastern Ukraine, Russian forces are making “slow and uneven” advances, hampered by logistical challenges, according to the Pentagon.
- Two British volunteers were captured by Russian forces as they were trying to help three people leave Ukraine, a Britain-based nonprofit group said Friday.
- Secretary of State Antony Blinken has told U.S. lawmakers the world had changed dramatically and declared support for Finland and Sweden joining NATO.
- Britain will send 8,000 troops to join NATO forces across Europe “in one of the largest shared deployments since the Cold War.”
More live updates here.
- While some Ukrainian forces are holding out in Mariupol at a time when officials have called for a planned evacuation from its steel plant, the Azovstal field hospital is still “under tank fire” from Russian troops, Mykhailo Vershynin, the chief of the Donetsk region patrol police, told The Post. “We don’t have a cease-fire,” he said.
- In the battle for eastern Ukraine, Russian forces are making “slow and uneven” advances, hampered by logistical challenges, according to the Pentagon.
- Two British volunteers were captured by Russian forces as they were trying to help three people leave Ukraine, a Britain-based nonprofit group said Friday.
- Secretary of State Antony Blinken has told U.S. lawmakers the world had changed dramatically and declared support for Finland and Sweden joining NATO.
- Britain will send 8,000 troops to join NATO forces across Europe “in one of the largest shared deployments since the Cold War.”
More live updates here.
Here is the latest on key battlegrounds in Ukraine.
Kyiv: Russia on Friday confirmed it launched five missiles that struck the capital city late Thursday, reportedly striking an arms factory and at least one residential building. The attack came as U.N. Secretary General António Guterres was visiting the capital.
Mariupol: An area surrounding the Azovstal steel plant remained under heavy tank fire as Ukrainian forces and civilians cling to their last stronghold in the strategic southern port city.
Elsewhere in the Donbas region: Russian forces continue to press on the Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts, but their slow progress has come at a high cost in the face of strong resistance from Ukrainian forces, the British Defense Ministry said in a Friday intelligence update. Fighting has been heaviest in the Luhansk oblast cities of Lysychansk and Severodonetsk.
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Kyiv: Russia on Friday confirmed it launched five missiles that struck the capital city late Thursday, reportedly striking an arms factory and at least one residential building. The attack came as U.N. Secretary General António Guterres was visiting the capital.
Mariupol: An area surrounding the Azovstal steel plant remained under heavy tank fire as Ukrainian forces and civilians cling to their last stronghold in the strategic southern port city.
Elsewhere in the Donbas region: Russian forces continue to press on the Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts, but their slow progress has come at a high cost in the face of strong resistance from Ukrainian forces, the British Defense Ministry said in a Friday intelligence update. Fighting has been heaviest in the Luhansk oblast cities of Lysychansk and Severodonetsk.
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Here is the latest from Ukraine:
- The Russian military is only making slow progress in eastern Ukraine, even as the Kremlin attempts to concentrate its firepower in Donbas, according to newly released analyses by Western governments. The Pentagon said Friday that the Russian troops’ “plodding” pace reflects an attempt to avoid stretching supply lines after fierce Ukrainian resistance.
- As the offensive in the eastern region of Donbas continues, Western governments continue to funnel weapons toward Ukrainian forces. More than 12 flights carrying weapons and equipment, including artillery and drones, will make their way from the United States through Friday and Saturday, according to the Pentagon.
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday walked back recent brinkmanship about nuclear war, telling a Saudi-owned news channel that Russia does not consider itself to be at war with NATO.
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- The Russian military is only making slow progress in eastern Ukraine, even as the Kremlin attempts to concentrate its firepower in Donbas, according to newly released analyses by Western governments. The Pentagon said Friday that the Russian troops’ “plodding” pace reflects an attempt to avoid stretching supply lines after fierce Ukrainian resistance.
- As the offensive in the eastern region of Donbas continues, Western governments continue to funnel weapons toward Ukrainian forces. More than 12 flights carrying weapons and equipment, including artillery and drones, will make their way from the United States through Friday and Saturday, according to the Pentagon.
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday walked back recent brinkmanship about nuclear war, telling a Saudi-owned news channel that Russia does not consider itself to be at war with NATO.
More live updates here.
On the battlefield, Ukraine uses Soviet-era weapons against Russia
KYIV, Ukraine — In a town near the front with Russia in eastern Ukraine, grease-stained Ukrainian soldiers huddled over the engine hatch of a battle-damaged T-64BV battle tank. They had been working for three days straight.
“Fortunately, it wasn’t a direct hit and the crew survived,” said their commander, Zhenya, who for security reasons gave only his first name. “But the engine had to be replaced.”
Inside this makeshift workshop near Ukraine’s eastern front, soldiers in teams worked round-the-clock to repair the tanks and other vehicles that are the backbone of Ukraine’s military resistance to Russia’s invasion — Soviet-designed and -built equipment once destined for soldiers with allegiance to Moscow.
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KYIV, Ukraine — In a town near the front with Russia in eastern Ukraine, grease-stained Ukrainian soldiers huddled over the engine hatch of a battle-damaged T-64BV battle tank. They had been working for three days straight.
“Fortunately, it wasn’t a direct hit and the crew survived,” said their commander, Zhenya, who for security reasons gave only his first name. “But the engine had to be replaced.”
Inside this makeshift workshop near Ukraine’s eastern front, soldiers in teams worked round-the-clock to repair the tanks and other vehicles that are the backbone of Ukraine’s military resistance to Russia’s invasion — Soviet-designed and -built equipment once destined for soldiers with allegiance to Moscow.
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For Muslims in Ukraine, war revives questions of faith and belonging
The Quran on Murad Suleimanov’s desk has become a crisis management manual as he figures out how to serve the hundreds of terrified, displaced people who stream through the doors of the mosque he leads in western Ukraine.
When his heart grows heavy over Russia’s war, Suleimanov reads about lopsided battles in Islamic history. When he checks on a Muslim elder whose house was destroyed by shelling, he recites verses about faith in hard times. And when the imam sees pro-Russian Muslim militias participating in brutalities, he turns to passages about the sanctity of life and thinks there must be “some other kind of Muslim, with some other Quran” to justify such acts.
For Suleimanov and others in Ukraine’s tiny Muslim population, there’s no question that they should share in the country’s protection.
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The Quran on Murad Suleimanov’s desk has become a crisis management manual as he figures out how to serve the hundreds of terrified, displaced people who stream through the doors of the mosque he leads in western Ukraine.
When his heart grows heavy over Russia’s war, Suleimanov reads about lopsided battles in Islamic history. When he checks on a Muslim elder whose house was destroyed by shelling, he recites verses about faith in hard times. And when the imam sees pro-Russian Muslim militias participating in brutalities, he turns to passages about the sanctity of life and thinks there must be “some other kind of Muslim, with some other Quran” to justify such acts.
For Suleimanov and others in Ukraine’s tiny Muslim population, there’s no question that they should share in the country’s protection.
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Kyiv urges residents to stop driving, so military can have the fuel
Municipal officials in Kyiv on Friday urged residents to stop driving private vehicles to conserve Ukraine’s limited fuel supplies for troops fighting off the Russian invasion, in an announcement that reflected uncertainty about energy stability across Ukraine and the rest of Europe.
The city administration encouraged commuters to use public transit, which is slowly being restored after Russian forces aborted their attempt to seize the Ukrainian capital about a month ago. “Remember the needs of the army,” officials said in a Telegram post.
Kyiv now runs 140 buses, 70 trams, and 77 trolley buses, city data show, up from roughly 150 buses and 30 trams on April 5, just days after Russian forces pulled out of the capital’s suburbs.
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Municipal officials in Kyiv on Friday urged residents to stop driving private vehicles to conserve Ukraine’s limited fuel supplies for troops fighting off the Russian invasion, in an announcement that reflected uncertainty about energy stability across Ukraine and the rest of Europe.
The city administration encouraged commuters to use public transit, which is slowly being restored after Russian forces aborted their attempt to seize the Ukrainian capital about a month ago. “Remember the needs of the army,” officials said in a Telegram post.
Kyiv now runs 140 buses, 70 trams, and 77 trolley buses, city data show, up from roughly 150 buses and 30 trams on April 5, just days after Russian forces pulled out of the capital’s suburbs.
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Russian troops looted art museums in Mariupol, city council says
Ukrainian officials say Russian forces have seized more than 2,000 pieces of artwork from Mariupol. They have been taken to Russian-occupied Donetsk, local channel TV7 reported.
The Mariupol City Council wrote in a Telegram message Thursday that Russian forces have raided the three local museums, including the Kuindzhi Art Museum, since the start of the invasion.
“The occupiers ‘liberated’ Mariupol from its historical and cultural heritage,” the city council wrote. “They stole and moved more than 2,000 unique exhibits from museums in Mariupol to Donetsk.”
Among the works taken was the Gospel of 1811 from the Venetian printing house for the Greeks of Mariupol, three works by 19th-century artist Arkhip Kuindzhi and others by famed Russian romantic painter Ivan Aivazovsky.
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Ukrainian officials say Russian forces have seized more than 2,000 pieces of artwork from Mariupol. They have been taken to Russian-occupied Donetsk, local channel TV7 reported.
The Mariupol City Council wrote in a Telegram message Thursday that Russian forces have raided the three local museums, including the Kuindzhi Art Museum, since the start of the invasion.
“The occupiers ‘liberated’ Mariupol from its historical and cultural heritage,” the city council wrote. “They stole and moved more than 2,000 unique exhibits from museums in Mariupol to Donetsk.”
Among the works taken was the Gospel of 1811 from the Venetian printing house for the Greeks of Mariupol, three works by 19th-century artist Arkhip Kuindzhi and others by famed Russian romantic painter Ivan Aivazovsky.
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Here is the latest from Ukraine:
- A long-awaited effort to evacuate civilians from a Mariupol steel plant that is the last battleground for control of the strategic port city got underway Saturday, though an official cautioned it was still in the early stages.
-Ukraine’s military claimed it regained control of four villages in the Kharkiv region on Saturday, asserting that Russian troops were “not succeeding” in plans to quickly take control of vast swaths of territory in the east.
- Ukrainian police have been informed of more than 7,000 missing people since the war began — a total that the country’s Internal Affairs Ministry called an “unprecedented” toll.
More live updates here.
- A long-awaited effort to evacuate civilians from a Mariupol steel plant that is the last battleground for control of the strategic port city got underway Saturday, though an official cautioned it was still in the early stages.
-Ukraine’s military claimed it regained control of four villages in the Kharkiv region on Saturday, asserting that Russian troops were “not succeeding” in plans to quickly take control of vast swaths of territory in the east.
- Ukrainian police have been informed of more than 7,000 missing people since the war began — a total that the country’s Internal Affairs Ministry called an “unprecedented” toll.
More live updates here.