Timeline of Russia-Ukraine war ahead of international donor summit in Poland - part 2

Record ID: 1671446

  • Title: Timeline of Russia-Ukraine war ahead of international donor summit in Poland - part 2
  • Date: 19th April 2022
  • Summary: The mayor of recently liberated Bucha which lies 37 km (23 miles) northwest of Kyiv, accused Russian troops on Sunday (April 3) of deliberately killing civilians during their month-long occupation of his town, allegations that Russia's defence ministry denied. The mayor of Bucha, Anatoliy Fedoruk, showed a Reuters team two corpses with white cloth tied around their arms which he said was what residents were forced to wear by fighters from Chechnya, a region in southern Russia that has deployed troops to Ukraine to support Russian forces. One corpse had his hands bound by the white cloth, and appeared to have been shot in the mouth. Russia's defence ministry issued a statement on Sunday saying that all photographs and videos published by the Ukrainian authorities alleging "crimes" by Russian troops in Bucha were a "provocation." While Reuters was not immediately able to verify the mayor's allegations, reporters on Sunday saw at least three victims who had been shot in the head, and residents recounted examples of others shot through the eye or strafed with bullets. Local officials say they have logged around 50 executions so far, dubbing it a genocide. Sobbing as she gestured at a shallow grave, a shot of vodka topped with a cracker resting on freshly dug earth, Tetyana Nedashkivska recounted a harrowing ordeal at the hands of Russian troops. She and her husband, a former Ukrainian marine, were dragged from their apartment when Russian troops set up their command centre in their building and held prisoner for days. Nedashkivska was eventually released. Her husband was nowhere to be seen - until she was told about some slain victims in a basement stairwell. BUCHA, UKRAINE (APRIL 3, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF BUCHA RESIDENT, TETYANA NEDASHKIVSKA, WALKING OUTSIDE / CRYING POSSESSIONS OVER HUSBAND'S GRAVE NEDASHKIVSKA CRYING EXTERIOR OF DAMAGED BUILDING
  • Embargoed: 3rd May 2022 05:10
  • Keywords: Biden Bucha Johnson Mariupol NATO Putin Russian invasion of Ukraine Stoltenberg Ukraine Volodymyr Zeleskiy mass graves
  • Location: VARIOUS LOCATIONS
  • City: VARIOUS LOCATIONS
  • Country: Ukraine
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe,Military Conflicts,Editors' Choice
  • Reuters ID: LVA00P219517042022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: EDITORS NOTE: FOR PART 1 OF THE TIMELINE PLEASE SEE EDIT 0771-UKRAINE-CRISIS/INVASION-TIMELINE
    EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES
    Warsaw is hosting an international donor conference for Ukraine on Thursday (May 5). The focus of the conference will be on financing humanitarian aid for Ukraine and will aim to initiate a series of aid events for Ukraine in the coming months, the Polish Prime Minister's Office said.
    The conference will be hosted by the Polish and Swedish Prime ministers, as well as senior European Union leaders, including the European Council President and the European Commission President.
    Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24th, calling its action a special military operation to demilitarise Ukraine and eradicate what it calls dangerous nationalists backed by an expansionist NATO military alliance. The West and Kyiv accuse Russian President Vladimir Putin of unprovoked aggression.
    More than two months into the war, about five million Ukrainians have fled their homes, cities have been shattered and thousands have died. The UN estimates that more than 12 million people are in need of urgent humanitarian aid, including food, medical supplies and shelter.
    On Saturday (April 16) President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said about 2,500-3,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed so far and up to 20,000 Russian troops. Ukraine says civilian deaths are impossible to count, estimating at least 20,000 killed in the southern city of Mariupol alone.
    The UN has scaled up to respond to the massive increase in needs and has set up local hubs to access the hardest-hit areas with life-saving assistance. It’s also calling for more to be done by the international community to respond to the rapidly rising needs. This international donor conference will serve to mobilise substantial pledges to support the UN humanitarian response in Ukraine.
    (Production: Vanessa Romeo, Sophia Wang)
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