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Poland has sent Ukraine T-72 battle tanks, security official says

Poland has already supplied a “significant” number of T-72 tanks to Ukraine and will continue delivering military support to its eastern neighbor, Pawel Soloch, the head of Poland’s National Security Bureau, told Polsat News.

The state newswire IAR reported earlier that the NATO member has shipped to Ukraine more than 200 of the tanks, enough to form two brigades. On Saturday, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said Poland provided Kyiv with military aid worth about 7 billion zlotych ($1.58 billion).

RUSSİAN MFA WARNS US

"A spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said Maria Zakharova The US initiative to consider Russia a state sponsor of terrorism is a “stupid measure”, threatening that it will not go unanswered," MirrorMAN reports citing Fourals.

In response to a question about the US initiative to recognize Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism, she added, “All the measures they will take, even foolish ones…Without a doubt, we do not leave anything unanswered, and they must understand that.”

Oil prices continue to increase

Price for July of 2022 agreement on the exportation of Brent crude oil has increased by 0.95% to stand at $ 105,6 for a barrel during trade operations held in ICE London Intercontinental Exchange, MirrorMAN-Economics reports.

The price of the WTI brand has increased by 0.91% to stand at $ 102,63 by exporting in June of 2022 in NYMEX exchange of New York.

IAEA: Radioactivity in Chernobyl "abnormal"pr

Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi said on Tuesday that the radioactivity at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine is "abnormal" during his visit to the site, MirrorMAN reports citing Teletrader.

Grossi noted that the decision of the Russian forces to seize the Chernobyl power plant was "very dangerous." Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, Russian forces have captured the power plant, consequently leading its military personnel to show signs of illness due to radiation exposure, according to Energoatom.

Earlier, Grossi revealed plans to lead an operation to the Chernobyl plant as part of a series of safety and security missions to Ukraine. Today marks the anniversary of the nuclear accident in 1986 when a nuclear reactor exploded causing radioactive discharges over large areas.

Erdogan will discuss the Russia-Ukraine war with Putin

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin will have a phone conversation, said the Turkish leader, MirrorMAN reports citing NTV.

He would discuss the Russia-Ukraine war with his Russian counterpart during a telephone conversation tomorrow, he said.

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Ombudsman: About 1,000 civilians trapped in Mariupol’s Azovstal plant include infants, children, elderly, and women

Inside the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, where more than 1,000 civilians (children, women, elderly) were hiding in the basement for almost two months. 

Children are playing and keeping each other company but they are saying they want to go home, go outside in the sun!!!

Lyudmila Denisova said there are about 500 wounded soldiers who are also in the shelter, running out of drinkable water and with little food left. People sheltering at Azovstal don’t see sunlight at all, leaving children on the verge of exhaustion and in need of comprehensive care, the official said.

EU says gas payments may be possible under Russian roubles proposal

European Union companies may be able to comply with Russia's proposed system to pay for gas in roubles without falling foul of the bloc's sanctions against Moscow, but it is not yet clear how such a procedure would work, the European Commission said on Friday, MirrorMAN informs, citing Reuters.

Moscow in March issued a decree proposing that energy buyers open accounts at Gazprombank, where payments in euros or dollars would be converted to roubles. That decree does not necessarily prevent a payment process that would comply with the EU's sanctions regime, the Commission said in a guidance document sent to EU member states and published online.

"However, the procedure for derogations from the requirements of the decree is not clear yet," the document said.

Ukraine announces military losses of Russia

Ukraine has announced Russia's military losses, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in a post on Facebook, MirrorMAN reports.

The total estimated losses of the Russian force, from February 24 to April 22, also include 838 tanks, 2162 armored combat vehicles, 397 artillery systems, 138 rocket launchers, 69 air defense systems, 176 military planes, 153 helicopters, 1523 vehicles, 8 ships/boats, 76 fuel tanks, 172 drones, 4 OTRK / TRK / mobile SRBM systems, 27 special equipment.

Ukraine's Defense Ministry says Russia has lost about 21,200 soldiers

Russian forces have started the battle for Donbas, Zelensky says

Russian forces have started the battle for Donbas, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video address on Monday, MirrorMAN reports citing CNN.

“Russian forces have started the battle for Donbas for which they've been preparing for a long time and a considerable amount of the Russian forces are concentrated and focused on that offensive,” Zelensky said.

The president underscored that Ukrainian forces will continue to fight against a Russian incursion in the region.

“No matter how many Russian servicemen they're bringing into that area, we will keep on fighting and defending and we will be doing this daily. We will not give up anything that is Ukrainian but we don't need anything that is not ours,” Zelensky said. 

“I’m thankful to all of our warriors, our soldiers, our heroic towns and towns in the region who are resisting and standing firm,” he added.

Boyfriend message in a bottle appeal found in Humber Estuary 55 years later

A message in a bottle from two teenage girls seeking love more than half a century ago has been found - just yards from where it was launched.

Jennifer Coleman and childhood friend Janet Blankley hurled their heartfelt pleas into the Humber Estuary in 1966.

Their letters, asking potential boyfriends to write back, were found by litter pickers on Saturday.

"I think it must have gone out a little way, and then came in on the next tide," said Jennifer.

The pair, then aged 15, were visiting family in South Ferriby, North Lincolnshire, when they hit upon the idea of searching for love via the high seas.

The teenagers penned their letters, which asked boys aged 16 to 18 to write back making sure to include a picture, and hoped for the best.

Janet, who described herself as "not bad looking" said she had wavy hair and was 5ft 4in (163cm).

The optimistic duo included their home addresses, signing them off "England".

The bottle was so well sealed it had to be broken to extract the notes

Jennifer, who lost touch with Janet after leaving school, later moved to Australia and was "absolutely amazed" to be contacted with news of her teenage letter.

Tracey Marshall, from Scunthorpe Litter Pickers, tracked her down via Facebook and said: "We've found all sorts of weird and wonderful things when we're litter picking, but we've never, ever found anything on this scale.

"It's just brilliant."

Jennifer, now 71, said she had not given her letter a second thought since launching the bottle more than 50 years ago, but was impressed the message had remained mostly dry.

Ms Marshall showed Jennifer the letters via video call, telling her: "They had a real strong smell of the Humber".

For Jennifer, she said the letter appeal did not work, instead finding true love later through mutual friends.

She added: "I didn't find my mate until I was 49."

Ukraine mother: I saw my daughter killed, then was held captive in basement - FROM BBC

Viktoria Kovalenko remembers the moment clearly. "There was an explosion, or some kind of shots. It deafened me. The back windscreen shattered. My husband shouted, 'Get out of the car.'" The horror of that day is almost unimaginable. The following account contains graphic detail which some may find distressing Nine days into the war in Ukraine, as the fighting raged, Viktoria and her husband Petro had finally decided to flee Chernihiv, in the north of the country. They wanted to keep the children safe. Twelve-year-old Veronika was Viktoria's daughter from her first marriage. Her other daughter, Varvara, is just a year old. They took what they needed, and drove away from their family home. As they left the outskirts of the city, heading south near the village of Yahidne, stones in the road blocked their path. Petro pulled over, climbed out and started to haul them out of the way. Seconds later, their car was fired on. "My older daughter Veronika started to cry, because my head had been cut by a piece of flying glass and I was bleeding," says Viktoria. As she speaks, she points to a spot high on her left cheekbone, a small, twisted red scar. "Veronika started to shout, her hands were shaking, so I tried to calm her. She got out of the car and I went to follow. As I got out I saw her fall. When I looked, her head was gone. The car had been struck by a Russian shell and burst into flames. "I tried to stay calm, I was holding my baby daughter and I needed to get her to safety". She didn't see Petro again, but his silence told Viktoria that her husband too was dead. She ran from the burning car. The next 24 hours were a desperate attempt to stay alive. Viktoria and her baby, Varvara, found shelter in a parked car, but then the shooting began again. She ran to a small building that had clearly been used by soldiers. Hiding there, her phone switched off to save battery, she wondered how she'd keep herself and her daughter safe. The next day, they were discovered by patrolling Russian troops. They were taken to a school in Yahidne and held captive in the basement. Mother and baby spent the next 24 days there, in appalling conditions. Viktoria watched people die around her, unable to access the medical care they needed. The BBC has since visited the basement, and spoken to other people held there. Captives describe the bodies lying uncollected for hours, sometimes days. There were 40 people in the room, Viktoria says, with little space to move or walk. There was no light, so they used candles and cigarette lighters. It was dusty and hot, and Viktoria says people found it difficult to breathe. Most of the time people were not allowed to go out even to use a toilet. They were made to use buckets instead. "The lack of movement made people ill, they sat on the chairs, they slept on the chairs. We could see their veins, and they started to bleed, so we made bandages," recalls Viktoria. It was in these conditions that Viktoria had to mentally process the brutal loss of her husband and eldest daughter. She told me she stayed as calm and determined as she could, focusing all her energy on saving the life of her remaining child. But she asked her Russian captors to bring the bodies of Petro and Veronika to the school, so she could bury them. She sent her ex-husband, Veronika's father, to the wreckage of the car so he could take pictures of the remains. They are barely recognisable as human. Almost nothing was left from the burned-out vehicle: some of Veronika's clothes, pock-marked with holes and smeared with soot; a small bracelet with a heart-shaped charm; two car number plates, bleached silver from the fierce heat of the blaze. Viktoria remembers the day the bodies arrived. "It was the 12th of March. They called me and said, 'Let's go, and you will see where they will lay down.' They were buried in the forest, in two graves, one box was bigger, one box was smaller. And two crosses with signs. "We stayed and started to cover the boxes with earth, but shelling started, so we ran away before we had finished burying them. It was very frightening." I ask Viktoria what she would say to the people who did this to her family. "If I was given the possibility of shooting Putin, I would do it," she replies. "My hand would not shake." Now Viktoria and Varvara are in the relative safety of Lviv, in the west of Ukraine. The day before we meet, she'd had her first session with a psychologist. "When I'm with people, when I do something and communicate, I forget what's happened. But when I'm alone, I'm lost." As she says the words, the tears fall. She shows me a keyring - a small cuddly cow with a heart on its chest. It was a gift from Veronika. Attached to it is a small gold ring, etched with letters. "That was from the church, she bought it for me too. It's an amulet, I feel like it saved me. It was in my pocket. The whole time, she was there keeping me safe."

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Man arrested after woman fearing her safety dialled 999 and pretended to order a pizza

A man has been arrested after a woman fearing for her safety called 999 and asked if she could order a pizza. North Yorkshire Police said the call handler immediately asked the woman if she was in trouble and she replied "yes". The operator was able to establish the woman was on a bus, which was located and stopped in the York area. The force said a 40-year-old man, from Leeds, was arrested and remained in custody. The call came into the force on Tuesday evening and the operator established the woman could only answer "yes" or "no". They worked out the woman was at risk of harm from a man travelling with her and keeping the phone line open the operator was able to text her for more information. The bus she was on was identified through an online tracker. Insp Dan Spence said: "This was really good work by everyone involved, allowing us to take immediate action to safeguard a vulnerable woman. "I'm aware of people using the 'pizza ordering' technique abroad to contact the police, but I cannot recall a similar call in North Yorkshire." If you are affected by the issues in this story, help and support is available via the BBC Action Line.

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Missiles hit Ukraine's strategic port of Odesa

A fuel depot in the Ukrainian city of Odesa is burning Sunday morning, according to a CNN team on the scene, MirrorMAN reports citing CNN. One witness told CNN they heard six explosions at the fuel depot before sunrise. Multiple witnesses told CNN they had seen drones in the skies around the area over the past two days. Video taken by CNN shows plumes of thick black smoke rising to the air from the fuel depot which sits next to a railway track. The plumes could be seen for miles in the distance. The CNN team heard no air raid sirens. At least one secondary explosion was heard as firefighters were trying to control the blaze. It is unclear whether there have been casualties.

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Ukraine: Wrexham man buys £100k house for refugee family

A man has bought a house for a family who have fled Ukraine. Jamie Hughes purchased the £100,000 three-bedroom property in Wrexham to show his support for those escaping the Russia-Ukraine war. After taking to social media to offer to sponsor refugees, he was linked up with a family of four who fled their home in Ukraine two weeks ago. Maria and her boys, aged 10, 12 and 14 hope, to move in by 10 April if their visas are confirmed on time. Now the community are doing all they can to get the house ready for their arrival. Mr Hughes, who started a telecoms company at 21, said he had decided to do what he could to help because it was "absolutely devastating watching millions of people fleeing - the bombs going off". His first thought was to convert an annex in his own home with a view to offer the space to a refugee family. But he said it would have taken about two years, been too cramped and lacking in privacy. So, he said he went to look at some empty properties "and I made an offer and bought one". Mr Hughes found "fantastic" Renatta, a woman who has already helped house 53 refugees, when he took to Facebook offering to sponsor a refugee family. She put the property owner in contact with Maria, who was forced to flee Ukraine after "bombs started going off 10 miles from her house". Maria said she "couldn't believe it" and told Mr Hughes he was "so kind". She also told him "you've done enough" when he offered money to help with her escape out of the country. Currently, Maria and her sons are still in western Ukraine but are making their way to a refugee camp in Poland. From there they can register for papers to become refugees and get to the UK. Family friend Julie Simkins has been helping organise the efforts to get the house ready through a Facebook group called Wrexham and Ukraine United. She said the community had been "absolutely incredible", adding: "They've been rallying round to help with donations and are ready to embrace her and the boys." She said thanks to the sofas, beds, washing machines and fridge freezers that have been gifted, "we're pretty much good to go with furnishing the entire house now". Mr Hughes said Maria, who worked in anaesthetics at a Ukrainian hospital, will be put in touch with people at the local hospital with the hope of finding her a job. She will also be enrolling in an intensive English course on her arrival in the UK. The boys, who are football lovers, have something else to look forward to upon their arrival in the town. After contacting Wrexham AFC, Mr Hughes said they have pledged to "make a fuss of them, kit them out - make them feel welcome and a part of the community".

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In Ukraine, bees stung 28 Russian soldiers, 3 died