Founded in 1918
Monday, 08 December 2025, 06:27
21 April 2022
From 24 February 2022 to midnight on 20 April 2022, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) recorded 5,264 civilian casualties – 2,345 killed and 2,919 injured – as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that Ukraine considers two possible ways to unblock the city of Mariupol – military and diplomatic.
In Mariupol, Russian troops continue trying to eliminate the military and civilians who stay in the territory of the Azovstal plant. Shelling and bombing continue right now.
Ukrainian service members stay in the part of Mariupol under their control, the situation in the city has remained practically unchanged since yesterday.
Situation in Mariupol remains practically unchanged
Russian invaders removed the unique collection of Yukhym Harabet from Mariupol’s Museum of Medallion Art.
Russian invaders have failed to advance both in Luhansk Region and in the direction of Huliaipole over the past day.
Mariupol defenders have spotted enemy V-marked tanks in the city, which are known to have been used by the Russian military who committed atrocities in Bucha, Kyiv Region.
Russian invaders throw bodies into mass graves in Mariupol
Russian invaders have built several mass graves near a bypass road in the besieged city of Mariupol and are throwing bodies packed into plastic bags there.
The Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) has gathered fakes, manipulations and hoaxes generated by the Russian propaganda as of Thursday, April 21, 2022.
Over the past two days, the Azov Regiment has destroyed three enemy tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) and one armored personnel carrier (APC) in the besieged city of Mariupol.
On Wednesday, April 20, four evacuation buses departed from Mariupol through the humanitarian corridor. The evacuation is expected to continue on Thursday, April 21.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal discussed with the Prime Minister of Ireland, Micheál Martin, pressing issues and challenges facing Ukraine and Europe. The meeting took place on April 20 in Shannon (Republic of Ireland).
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov reportedly received a plan to assassinate Ukraine’s top leaders on February 3 during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russia has rejected a proposal by UN Secretary-General António Guterres to declare a four-day humanitarian ceasefire during the Easter holidays to take civilians out of Mariupol and deliver humanitarian aid to war-torn areas.
David Arakhamia, the head of the Ukrainian negotiating delegation, says he and Mykhailo Podoliak, an adviser to the head of the President's Office and a member of the delegation, are ready to leave for Mariupol for talks as soon as they receive confirmation from Russia.
Five civilians were injured in Russian shelling of Donetsk region on Wednesday, April 20.
20 April 2022
Mariupol defenders consider Russia’s proposal to disarm and surrender unacceptable. Against the guarantees of the third party, they are ready to evacuate with small arms, taking the wounded and the bodies of the fallen with them.
The humanitarian corridor from the besieged city of Mariupol has failed to work as planned today.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he is not sure when the besieged port city of Mariupol will be unblocked, but Ukraine is ready for any exchange format.
NATO could be involved in evacuation of civilians from Mariupol - Nuland
NATO allies could be involved in the safe passage of civilians and the wounded from the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol.
About 120,000 people remain trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol, Donetsk region.
Russian invaders on April 19 declared a "ceasefire regime" in Mariupol to ensure the safe evacuation of civilians from shelters at the Azovstal steel works, but they began shelling the area of the plant.
Ihor Halushka, a member of the Ukrainian Invictus Games team, climbed the podium to receive a gold medal and unfurled the Ukrainian flag reading "Save Mariupol".
Russians could drop phosphorus bombs on Mariupol. The use of chemical weapons is not ruled out.
On April 20, 2022, a humanitarian corridor was approved to evacuate women, children and the elderly from the besieged city of Mariupol.
The Russian military continues to face environmental, logistical and technical challenges during their assault on Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, with the Ukrainian Armed Forces repulsing their attacks.
Russian troops are regrouping in order to continue their offensive toward the town of Lyman in the Donetsk region.