Russia Ukraine War April 1 Latest News: The International Committee of the Red Cross is sending teams to Ukraine’s Mariupol area to evacuate thousands of civilians on Friday, an ICRC spokesperson said at a press briefing. However, the spokesperson informed that the body did not receive permission to take humanitarian aid with the convoy, and it departed without the pre-positioned medical supplies. Meanwhile, the government of Ukraine has claimed that Russian military forces blocked 45 buses that had been sent to evacuate civilians from the besieged port city of Mariupol, according to AP report. The report further suggested that twelve trucks were able to deliver humanitarian aid, but those supplies were seized by Russian troops.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had suggested that withdrawal of Russian troops from the north and center of the country are just a military tactic and that the forces are building up for new powerful attacks in the southeast.
Let’s have a look at the top most recent updates from the war torn area:
– Two of Ukraine’s military helicopters have struck a fuel depot in the Russian city of Belgorod today, a Russian official has said.
– Russian troops left the heavily contaminated site of Chernobyl nuclear power plant and handed over its control back to the Ukrainians. However, the fighting continues on the outskirts of Kyiv and other fronts.
– Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stripped two generals of their military rank. Zelenskyy stated that something prevented them from determining where their homeland was and they violated their military oath of allegiance to the Ukrainian people.
– Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday said that Australia will send armoured Bushmaster vehicles to Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had recently specifically asked for these vehicles while appealing to Australian lawmakers for more help.
– Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that his forces are preparing for new Russian attacks on the Donbas region in the southeast after they repelled Russia’s assault on the capital Kyiv. He said the situation in the south and the Donbas remained extremely difficult and Russia was building up forces near the besieged southern port of Mariupol.
– As per a Reuters report, Russian forces have killed 148 children during shelling and air strikes, fired 1,370 missiles and destroyed 15 Ukrainian airports since the start of the invasion, Ukraine’s defence ministry said. However, Reuters could not independently verify the information.
– Ukraine’s ambassador to Japan, Sergiy Korsunsky, on Friday said that Ukraine will soon be able to better protect its skies and cities from Russian attacks because it expects “super modern” military equipment from the United States and Britain.