Exhumation procedures, taking place in the forest near the Kharkiv region’s Izium, are near completion. A total of 436 bodies of those who had fallen victims to the Russian armed aggression were recovered.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Oleksiy Makeyev as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Federal Republic of Germany.
The UN's Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine confirmed that there were cases of executions and ill-treatment by the Russian military in Bucha, Kyiv region.
On Friday, the Russian invaders directed three Shahed-136 kamikaze drones to Odesa. One of the drones was destroyed by the Ukrainian air defense forces.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal has discussed financial support and reconstruction of Ukraine with World Bank Managing Director of Operations Axel van Trotsenburg and World Bank Vice President Anna Bjerde.
President Volodymyr Zelensky emphasized that Russia has caused a humanitarian disaster in Ukraine due to hatred of freedom, and called on world figures, companies and foundations to join the newly created Olena Zelenska Foundation.
The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, met with the member of the State Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs of China, Wang Yi.
A team of experts commissioned by the UN’s top human rights body to look into human rights violations in Ukraine said its initial probe turned up evidence of war crimes following Russia’s invasion on February 24.
First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska, who is now on a visit to New York, has presented her own charitable foundation, inviting world leaders to join the Ukraine restoration effort.
The United States for several months has been sending private communications to Moscow warning Russia’s leaders of the “grave consequences” that would follow the use of nuclear weapons.
The situation on the battlefield in Ukraine remains complex, but the Ukrainian Armed Forces are exerting pressure on territory that Russia considers essential for achieving its military goals.
Russia's decision on mobilization is a frank admission that their regular army, which has been prepared for decades to take over a foreign country, did not withstand and crumbled.