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Analysis: Biden’s actions and words since Warsaw align with walked-back declaration that Putin must go

WASHINGTON — The White House might have walked back President Joe Biden’s declaration that Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power” in Russia, but his words and actions since then fall in line with the boldest statement of his term.

Tribune News Service

Germany says Russian radio messages discussed Bucha killings

In intercepted radio messages, Russian soldiers said to talk about interrogating and killing soldiers and civilians.

Al Jazeera

Russia suffered significant losses but deny war crimes, Vladimir Putin’s aide says

The Sky News presenter questioned Peskov on the devastating scenes of dead civilians in Ukraine amid global outrage

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Putin's lapdog insists there is NO war in Ukraine - as Russia prepares new offensive

Dmitry Peskov, Vladimir Putin's press secretary, went as far as to say the atrocities in Bucha were a 'well-staged simulation' when faced with graphic images of the atrocities

Daily Mirror

‘A dead body talks if you ask the right questions’: Ex-war crimes investigator on the grim task facing experts in Ukraine

‘Without a doubt’ war crimes committed in Bucha, British expert tells Andrew Buncombe

The Independent UK

Ukraine Recap: horror of Bucha prompts call for greater action from the west

Only last week there was a more optimistic tone in reports coming out of Ukraine. Five weeks after Vladimir Putin had sent his troops across the border expecting a relatively swift military victory, it appeared that Ukraine’s stout defence was beginning to turn the tide and that Russian troops were…

The Conversation

'Compromise with Russia is impossible after Bucha,' says Ukraine's ex-president Poroshenko

The town of Bucha has become the "symbol" of massacres by Russian troops and "compromise with Russia is impossible after Bucha", Ukraine's former president Petro Poroshenko told FRANCE 24 in an interview from Kyiv. Poroshenko added that Vladimir Putin "wants to have all of us dead", calling the Russian leader…

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Kyiv warns of Russian attack as civilian deaths mar talks

Severodonetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine warned residents in the east of the country Thursday to take their "last chance" to flee a feared Russian assault, as outrage over civilian deaths around the capital Kyiv cast a shadow over halting negotiations to stop the six week-old conflict.

AFP

Russian soldiers ‘discussed killing civilians’ in Ukraine in radio intercepts

German intelligence presented evidence of transmissions to MPs, according to Der Spiegel

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine war: evidence of atrocities in Kyiv's suburbs strengthens case for a harder line against Russia

When Ukraine learned on April 2 that the whole Kyiv region had been liberated from Russian troops, there was barely any jubilation. This was mostly because of the gruesome evidence of war crimes left by the Russian occupying force in what were once affluent suburbs of Kyiv. The horrors discovered…

The Conversation

Ukraine: how forensics teams will investigate evidence of atrocities at Bucha

Forensic investigators are reportedly already at work in Bucha, northwest of Kyiv, where grisly evidence has been found that could point to war crimes committed by Russian troops during their occupation of the area.

The Conversation

Death and defiance in a Bucha neighbourhood that was held by Russian troops

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Reuters

Act or dissolve, Zelensky challenges UN, but Ukraine atrocities already pile pressure on Russia

In his first address to the UN Security Council since the Russian invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky this week called on the 15-member body to reform itself or face dissolution. That may be easier said than done. But the response to reports of Russian atrocities in Bucha, near Kyiv, highlights…

France 24

Ukraine war: lessons for mediators from the experience of humanitarian organisations

Despite the discovery of what appears to be grisly evidence of war crimes committed by Russian soldiers against the people of Bucha in the north-west of Ukraine, the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, still insists that negotiation is the only way to end the conflict.

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Daily Mirror

How Putin's daughters earned wealth as Maria Vorontsova and Katerina Tikhonov sanctioned

Vladimir Putin's adult daughters have been hit with sanctions in a fresh wave of economic restrictions aimed at the Kremlin. The US says those close to Putin are responsible for hiding wealth

Al Jazeera

Timeline: Week six of Russia’s war in Ukraine

Ukraine’s leader addresses Russian citizens as Russian attacks intensify in Ukraine’s eastern regions.

Al Jazeera

Russia’s sixth week of war in Ukraine saw atrocities. What next?

As we review the events that unfolded in week 6, an expert says Russia may move now to take the port of Odesa.

Evening Standard

Evening Standard Comment: Weapons are vital for Ukraine to succeed

The proposition that the supply of lethal weapons saves lives may seem a contradiction in terms. Yet the atrocities committed in Bucha, Mariupol and across Ukraine demonstrate how vital the transfer of military hardware can be to protecting innocent civilians.

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Roll Call

Biden’s actions and words since Warsaw align with walked-back declaration that Putin must go - Roll Call

White House aides walked back President Biden's call for Vladimir Putin to leave power, but his actions since align with the bold words.

The Conversation

Rape by Russian soldiers in Ukraine is the latest example of a despicable wartime crime that spans the globe

Shocking images from Bucha and elsewhere in Ukraine revealed what many suspected, that Russian soldiers were apparently committing war crimes. An image of dead naked women under a blanket on the road photographed by Mikhail Palinchak 12½ miles (20 kilometers) outside of Kyiv was tweeted by the Ministry of Defense…

The Independent UK

Western nations more concerned about their economies than civilian deaths in Ukraine, says Zelensky

Ukrainian president warns that the latest sanctions against Russia are inadequate

Reuters

France summons Russian envoy over "indecent" Bucha Twitter post

Russia's ambassador to France was summoned on Thursday to the Foreign Ministry in Paris after his embassy tweeted a picture claiming to be a film-set in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, where the killing of civilians has triggered a global outcry.

Reuters

Ukraine state security service compiles list of Russian troops behind alleged war crimes

Ukraine's state security service (SBU) said on Thursday it was building up a list of Russian troops suspected of carrying out alleged war crimes in the Kyiv region, including in the town of Bucha.

AFP

Ukraine warns of 'last chance' to flee as Russia prepares eastern attack

Severodonetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine urged its residents in the east of the country Thursday to take their "last chance" to flee mounting Russian attacks, after devastation around the capital Kyiv shocked the world.

Evening Standard

Russia has shown us the face of evil. What turns a soldier into a sadist?

The destruction of human life on the streets of Bucha and Borodyanka, and in the basement shelters of Mariupol, is both monstrous and banal. The dynamics of such an evil, wanton aggression of humans on humans, are deep and difficult to fathom.

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