After earlier setbacks, Russian forces are pressing ahead with offenses in Ukraine's south and east, renewing concerns about the conflict's civilian toll.
Feldman Ecopark, a zoo in the northeast Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, said the bodies of two of its missing employees had been found shot dead by the Russian military.
The Baltic country's legislature announced the ban on Twitter against what it called"symbols promoting military aggression" by Russia. Additionally, it banned display of the black and orange Georgian ribbon, which has long been used by Russian governments.it's been placed on the back of Russian military vehicles
"'Z' means Russian war crimes, bombed out cities, thousands of murdered Ukrainians," he said on Twitter."Public support of this barbarism must be forbidden."Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that if his country's allies had given it all the weapons it needs the war with Russia would be over by now.
But Zelensky has asked for other weapons such as drones, rocket artillery and others. He said some countries have been reluctant to provide it out of concerns Ukraine's troops don't have the technical skills to use it.Russia, during the U.N. Security Council meeting Tuesday, accused the West of hypocrisy for overlooking wrongdoings of Ukraine rewriting history against Russia .
The concerns of the West over Ukraine are"shortsighted and egotistical in nature," he said, calling it"cannon fodder" in the direct war against the Russian Federation."The weapons producers in western countries and eagerly rubbing their hands, calculating their profits from increased demand on military products," he said.
"It is not possible to sweep the truth of this under the rug," he said, calling out the West's unwillingness to condemn Ukraine's crimes. "The leaders affirmed their solidarity with the Ukrainian people and condemned the humanitarian suffering caused by Russia's unprovoked and unjustified invasion," according to the White House.
President Joe Biden speaks about his infrastructure agenda at the New Hampshire Port Authority in Portsmouth, N.H. on April 19, 2022.Amid widespread destruction and upwards of 100,000 people remaining in Mariupol, the Pentagon assesses that the besieged city remains contested.
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