Reside: ‘Putin is liable for heinous battle crimes’, says Trudeau in Kyiv
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau mentioned Sunday that Russian chief Vladimir Putin was liable for “war crimes,” throughout a go to to Ukraine the place he met with President Volodymyr Zelensky. Comply with FRANCE 24's reside updates under. All instances are Paris time (GMT+2).
11:40pm: UK slaps contemporary sanctions on Russia, Belarus
The UK on Sunday mentioned it was slapping contemporary sanctions on Russia and Belarus over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, together with import tariffs on valuable metals and export bans.
The import tariffs, together with on platinum and palladium, goal commerce value £1.4 billion ($1.7 billion or 1.6 billion euros), whereas export bans value £250 million goal Russia's manufacturing and heavy trade, mentioned an announcement from the Division for Worldwide Commerce.
"This far-reaching package of sanctions will inflict further damage on the Russian war machine," mentioned Secretary of State for Worldwide Commerce Anne-Marie Trevelyan.
"It is part of a wider coordinated effort by the many countries around the world who are horrified by Russia's conduct and determined to bring to bear our economic might to persuade (Russian President Vladimir) Putin to change course."
The UK's new sanctions carry the entire worth of merchandise subjected to full or partial import and export sanctions to greater than £4 billion.
11:30pm: Russia has 'forgotten' all that mattered to WWII victors, says Zelensky
Russia has forgotten every little thing that mattered to the victors of World Battle II, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned Sunday, a day earlier than Moscow commemorates the Soviet Union's defeat of Nazi Germany.
Denouncing Russia's heavy shelling within the east of the nation together with one strike on a faculty that he says killed 60 folks, he added: "Russia has forgotten everything that was important to the victors of World War II."
Whereas regular folks related the anniversary with peace and the slogan "Never again!", Russia was persevering with its assaults, mentioned Zelensky in his nightly tackle.
Russia will on Monday mark the 77th anniversary since victory in what Russia calls the Nice Patriotic Battle.
10:16pm: Evacuees from Azovstal plant attain Zaporizhzhia
A convoy of buses carrying evacuees from southeastern Ukraine, together with some 40 civilians who had been holed up within the Azovstal metal plant in besieged Mariupol, arrived on Sunday within the Ukrainian-controlled metropolis of Zaporizhzhia, a UN official mentioned.
Osnat Lubrani, the UN humanitarian coordinator for Ukraine, mentioned eight buses had arrived within the metropolis. About 40 of the 174 evacuees on board had been rescued from the metal plant. Lubrani mentioned in an announcement that the evacuations dropped at greater than 600 the variety of folks evacuated from the realm previously 10 days.
"Our work, however, is not yet done," she mentioned within the assertion. "The UN is aware that scores of people who wanted to join the evacuation convoys over the last days were unable to do so. We will continue our engagement with both parties to the conflict to make sure that those who want to leave have the guarantees to do so safely and in the direction of their choice."
8:21pm: 'Putin is liable for heinous battle crimes', says Canadian PM Justin Trudeau
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau mentioned Sunday that Russian chief Vladimir Putin was liable for “war crimes,” throughout a go to to Ukraine the place he met with President Volodymyr Zelensky.
“It is clear that Vladimir Putin is responsible for heinous war crimes,” Trudeau mentioned at a information convention with the Ukrainian chief, including that “there must be accountability” and that he had "witnessed first-hand the brutality of Russia's illegal war".
6:58 pm Putin's actions in Ukraine 'carry disgrace on Russia': G7
Russian President Vladimir Putin's “unprovoked war of aggression” in Ukraine has introduced “disgrace on Russia and the historic sacrifices of its folks," the G7 group of wealthy nations said Sunday in a statement.
“Russia has violated the international rules-based order, particularly the UN Charter, conceived after the Second World War to spare successive generations from the scourge of war,” said the statement, made as the G7 met by videoconference and commemorated the end of World War II in Europe.
“We remain united in our resolve that President Putin must not win his war against Ukraine,” it said.
6:27pm: US sanctions target Russian media
The United States will sanction three major Russian television stations, and deny all Russian companies access to consulting and accounting services offered by US firms, according to a statement released Sunday by the White House.
The moves against Joint Stock Company Channel One Russia, Television Station Russia-1, and Joint Stock Company NTV Broadcasting Company prohibit any US company from financing them through advertising or selling them equipment.
6:13pm: G7 countries commit to stop importing Russian oil
The entire G7 club of rich nations is "dedicated to phasing out or banning the import of Russian oil," the White House said Sunday, escalating pressure on Moscow over the invasion of Ukraine.
"This may hit onerous on the essential artery of Putin's financial system and deny him the income he must fund his battle," the Biden administration said in a statement, without specifying exactly what commitments the G7 members — France, Germany, Canada, Italy, Japan, Britain and the US — have made.
The United States, which was not a major consumer of Russian hydrocarbons, has already banned their import.
4:34pm: Canadian PM Justin Trudeau visits Ukrainian town of Irpin
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made on Sunday an unannounced visit to the Ukrainian town of Irpin, which had been temporary held by Russian troops, the town's mayor said on Telegram.
“I’ve just had an honor to meet with the Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, who came to Irpin to see with his own eyes all the horror which Russian occupiers have caused to our town,” Oleksandr Markushyn said on his Telegram channel.
4:15pm: US first lady makes unannounced visit to Ukraine
US first lady Jill Biden made an unannounced visit to western Ukraine on Sunday, holding a surprise Mother’s Day meeting with the nation’s first lady, Olena Zelenska, as Russia presses its punishing war in the eastern regions.
Biden traveled under the cloak of secrecy, becoming the latest high-profile American to enter Ukraine during its 10-week-old conflict with Russia. “I wanted to come on Mother’s Day,” Biden told Zelenska. “I thought it was important to show the Ukrainian people that this war has to stop and this war has been brutal and that the people of the United States stand with the people of Ukraine.”
The first lady traveled by vehicle to the town of Uzhhorod, about a 10-minute drive from a Slovakian village that borders Ukraine. She spent about two hours in Ukraine.
On this Mother’s Day, my heart is with you, First Lady Olena Zelenska, and all of the brave and resilient mothers of Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/tCMXCXhgiY
— Jill Biden (@FLOTUS) May 8, 2022
3:15pm: U2's Bono puts on 'freedom' show in Kyiv metro
Irish rock star Bono praised Ukraine's fight for “freedom” during a performance in a metro station in downtown Kyiv Sunday, where the U2 frontman also issued his own prayer “for peace”.From the platform of a Kyiv metro station, the 61-year-old rock icon belted out U2 classics “Sunday Bloody Sunday”, “Desire” and “With or without you”.
“The people in Ukraine are not just fighting for your own freedom, you are fighting for all of us who love freedom,” said Bono during a break.
12:58pm: Jill Biden visits Ukrainian mothers and children, says Russian war is 'hard to understand'
US first lady Jill Biden spent Mother’s Day in Slovakia, meeting with Ukrainian mothers who have been displaced by Russia’s war and assuring them that the “hearts of the American people” are behind them.
At a bus station in the city of Kosice that is now a 24-hour refugee processing center, Biden found herself in an extended conversation with an emotional Ukrainian woman who said she struggles to explain the war to her three children because she cannot even explain it to herself.
“I cannot explain because I don’t know myself and I’m a teacher,” Viktoriia Kutocha, who had her arms around her 7-year-old daughter, Yulia, told Biden.
At one point, Kutocha asked “why?” seeming to seek an explanation for Russia’s decision to invade Ukraine on Feb. 24.
"It’s so onerous to know,” the primary woman replied.
Biden, carrying a flower corsage on her wrist — a Mom's Day reward from President Joe Biden — additionally dropped in at a Slovakian public faculty that has taken in displaced college students.
Biden is on a four-day go to to Jap Europe to spotlight US help for Ukrainian refugees and for the allied nations, like Romania and Slovakia, which can be offering a secure haven for them.
In Košice, Slovakia, the native bus station has reworked right into a 24 hour help middle.
Right here, humanitarian employees welcome Ukrainians after they cross the border, offering heat meals and clothes, plus medical help and counseling. pic.twitter.com/TA9P7cIC4j
— Jill Biden (@FLOTUS) Could 8, 2022
12:45pm: Britain pledges an additional $1.6 billion in navy help to Ukraine
Britain will present an additional 1.3 billion kilos ($1.6 billion) in navy help to Ukraine to assist the nation defend in opposition to Russian forces, officers mentioned Sunday.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, U.S. President Joe Biden and leaders from different Group of Seven nations are anticipated to carry on-line talks with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday to debate the additional help.
The assembly is partly meant to show unity amongst Western allies on Victory in Europe Day, which marks Nazi Germany's give up in 1945.
10:51am: Sixty feared lifeless in Ukraine faculty bombed by Russia, governor says
As many as 60 folks had been feared to have been killed within the Russian bombing of a village faculty within the jap Ukrainian area of Luhansk, the regional governor mentioned on Sunday.
Governor Serhiy Gaidai mentioned Russian forces dropped a bomb on Saturday afternoon on the varsity in Bilohorivka the place about 90 folks had been sheltering, inflicting a fireplace that engulfed the constructing.
"The fire was extinguished after nearly four hours, then the rubble was cleared, and, unfortunately, the bodies of two people were found," Gaidai wrote on the Telegram messaging app. "Thirty people were evacuated from the rubble, seven of whom were injured. Sixty people were likely to have died under the rubble of buildings."
Reuters couldn’t instantly confirm the report.
10:46am: Zelensky says evil has returned in VE Day tackle
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned on Sunday evil has returned to Ukraine as he gave an emotional tackle for Victory Day, when Europe commemorates the formal give up of Germany to the Allies in World Battle Two.
"The evil has returned. Again!" Zelensky mentioned. "In a different form, under different slogans, but for the same purpose."
However he mentioned Ukraine will emege triumphant: "No evil can escape responsibility, it cannot hide in a bunker."
9:41am: Russia says it hit Ukrainian warship close to Odesa
Russia's defence ministry mentioned on Sunday it had destroyed a Ukrainian corvette warship close to Odesa by a missile strike in a single day.
The ministry additionally mentioned its air defences had shot down two Ukrainian SU-24 bombers and a helicopter over the Snake island within the Black Sea. Reuters couldn’t independently confirm the report.
9:40am: Ukraine VE Day 'aligned westwards'
"This is May 8, Victory Day in Europe, marking the defeat of the Nazis at the end of the Second World War; now, interestingly, until 2015, the year after the Russian occupation of Crimea began, Victory Day in Ukraine was marked tomorrow, on the 9th of May," FRANCE 24's Nadia Massih reported from Kyiv. "But since that occupation of Crimea, the authorities here in Kyiv took the decision to effectively align themselves westward rather than eastward."
8:53am: Russia's Gazprom continues gasoline exports to Europe by way of Ukraine
Russian gasoline producer Gazprom mentioned it was supplying pure gasoline to Europe by way of Ukraine on Sunday consistent with requests from European shoppers.
Requests stood at 92.1 million cubic metres (mcm) for Could 8 in contrast with 92.4 mcm on Could 7.
7:06am: Bombing of college in Ukrainian city kills no less than two
Two folks have been killed within the Russian bombing of a faculty within the Ukrainian village of Bilohorivka and 60 who remained beneath particles are feared lifeless, Serhiy Gaidai, governor of the Luhansk area, mentioned on Sunday.
Gaidai mentioned Russia dropped a bomb on Saturday afternoon on the varsity the place about 90 folks had been sheltering. Thirty folks have been rescued.
"Seven of them were injured," Gaidai wrote in a submit on the Telegram messaging app. "Sixty people were likely to have died under the rubble of buildings."
6:59am: Mariupol defenders face remaining showdown with Russian invaders
President Volodymyr Zelensky can be set to carry talks with G7 leaders by way of video convention to debate the scenario in his nation, which fears a renewed depth of Moscow's offensive after the evacuation of civilians from Mariupol's Azovstal steelworks.
The complicated — the ultimate pocket of Ukrainian resistance within the devastated port metropolis — has taken on a symbolic worth within the battle, with the final troopers holed up in its sprawling community of underground tunnels and bunkers.
Taking full management of Mariupol would permit Moscow to create a land bridge between the Crimean peninsula, which it annexed in 2014, and areas run by pro-Russian separatists within the east.
"The enemy is trying to finish off the defenders of Azovstal, they are trying to do it before May 9 to give (Russian President) Vladimir Putin a gift," Oleksiy Arestovych, an aide to Ukraine's president, mentioned.
Ukraine's far-right Azov battalion, main the defence on the steelworks, mentioned one in all its fighters had been killed and 6 wounded when Russian forces opened fireplace throughout an earlier try to evacuate folks by automobile.
Zelensky mentioned lots of of individuals had been faraway from the plant Saturday and that preparations for an additional stage of evacuation comprising the wounded and medics had been beneath method.
(FRANCE 24 with AP, AFP and REUTERS)
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