Russian troops launched a massive offensive in Zaporizhzhia region. The Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration urges locals to evacuate from frontline settlements.
Over the past day, April 19, three civilians were killed due to the Russian aggression in Kramatorsk, Avdiivka, and Blahodatne. Five more people, including a child, were wounded.
The US Department of State says recent Russian missile strikes on Lviv, the suburbs of Kyiv and other cities illustrate that Putin's forces are undertaking a campaign of terror and "despicable aggression" against the civilian population in Ukraine.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has recorded 4,890 civilian casualties in Ukraine since the Russian invasion started, including 2,072 killed and 2,818 injured.
After President Volodymyr Zelensky's interview with the BBC, Russian propaganda scrambled to "deny" the use of mobile crematoria by invaders in Ukraine.
Russian diplomats spreading lies in an attempt to justify and defend Russia's atrocities in Ukraine are the same kind of aggressors who deserve an international trial and have no right to be called "diplomats."
The remains of chemical weapons -- sarin and other substances -- were found in the village of Bilka in the Sumy region after the Russian military left the settlement.
A briefing on "Investigation of war crimes committed by the Russian occupiers during the Ukrainian-Russian war" will be held on April 18 at 12:00. (Hall 2, Zoom).