Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Russian strike on railway station 'crime against humanity', says Ukraine official

The United Nations suspended Russia from the Human Rights Council on Thursday, as US President Joe Biden called the atrocities continuing to emerge in Ukraine an "outrage" to humanity. The Biden administration recently not-so-subtly conveyed to New Delhi its displeasure over India's discussion with Russia to explore ways to continue bilateral trade circumventing the sanctions the US and the other western nations imposed on President Vladimir Putin's nation after he ordered the launch of military operations in Ukraine on February 24. Stay tuned for live updates.

UK sending Ukraine 'high-grade' weaponry after station attack

Britain is sendingUkrainemore Starstreak anti-aircraft missiles and 800 anti-tank missiles after an "unconscionable" attack on a train station, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Friday.

The "high-grade military equipment" is worth £100 million ($130 million, €120 million), Johnson said, with the UK anti-tank missiles seen as particularly potent against Russian forces.

Ukraine's prosecutor general says Kramatorsk rail attack was a 'crime against humanity'

Ukraine's Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova on Friday said a deadly missile strike on a rail station packed with evacuees in the eastern city of Kramatorsk was a "crime against humanity."

At least 50 people were killed and dozens wounded in the attack that Ukrainian authorities say was carried out by Russian forces.

Odessa imposes weekend curfew over 'missile strike threat'

Ukraine's southern city of Odessa on Friday imposed a weekend curfew over a "missile strike threat" from Russia, after the shelling of a train station that killed dozens in the eastern city of Kramatorsk.

"A curfew will be introduced in Odessa and Odessa region from 9 pm on April 9 to 6 am April 11," Odessa's regional military administration said on Facebook. The decision was taken "given events in Kramatorsk" and "threat of a missile strike on Odessa", it said.

Russia, Ukraine 'willing to hold talks' in Turkey despite Bucha: Turkish official

Russia andUkraineare willing to move forward with talks even though images of bodies found in the Ukrainian town of Bucha have stalled the process, a Turkish official said on Friday.

"Both Russia andUkraineare willing to hold the talks in Turkey but they are far away from agreeing on a common text," the official said.

Russia targeted railway station to prevent civilians from evacuating: Donestsk governor

Slovakia gives S-300 air defence system to Ukraine: PM

Denmark to set up 'Ukrainian villages' for refugees

Denmark plans to house Ukrainian refugees in temporary "Ukrainian villages" set up in former schools and hospitals, a cabinet minister said Friday as the country prepares to receive up to 100,000 people fleeing the war.

The approach breaks with normal practice in the Scandinavian kingdom, which has for decades followed very restrictive migration policies, and where asylum seekers and refugees are placed among the country's population of 5.8 million.

Kremlin says Russia's operation in Ukraine could end 'in foreseeable future'

The Kremlin said on Friday that what it calls Russia's "special operation" inUkrainecould end in the "foreseeable future" since its aims were being achieved and work was being carried out by both the Russian military and Russian peace negotiators.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov also said Moscow understood that some countries that had tried to adopt a balanced position had been subjected to pressure to vote on Thursday to suspend Russia from the UNHuman Rights Council.

Donetsk governor says Kramatorsk rail strike toll rises to 39

Russia denies attack on train station in Ukraine's Kramatorsk

Europe announces fifth round of sanctions on Russia

New EU sanctions include banningRussian oil imports, also ban on Russian vessels from Europe Union ports, Reuters reported.

Ukrainian defences holding in Luhansk region: Regional governor

The governor of Ukraine's eastern region of Luhansk said on Friday Russia was accumulating forces in eastern Ukraine but had not broken through Ukrainian defences. [Reuters reported]

More than 30 people were killed and over 100 were wounded in a Russian rocket strike in eastUkraineon Friday as civilians tried to evacuate to safer parts of the country, the state railway company said. [Reuters reported]

Kharkiv Oblast was shelled 48 times over the past 24 hours, 15 people were injured.

Governor Oleh Synehubov said that Russian forces had used artillery, mortars, tanks and multiple launch rocket systems to attack residential neighborhoods of Kharkiv and Derhachi, a city north of Kharkiv. [The Kyiv Independent reported]

British Ministry of Defence confirms that Russian forces have fully withdrawn from northern Ukraine.

Also, it is said thatRussian troops stole the entire humanitarian cargo for Melitopol, said,mayor Ivan Fedorov. According to him, the cargo was stolen along with the trucks that were delivering it,reported Nexta, an European media house.

EU proposes 500 million euros for arms to Ukraine

European Council President Charles Michel on April 7 backed a proposal to release an additional 500 million euros to provide arms for Ukraine.

(The Kyiv Independent)

Russian media outlet releases footage of Bucha massacre

Russian media Meduza releasesvideo showing civilians killed in Bucha during the Russian occupation. Meduza obtained drone footage of the city of Bucha with metadata from March 23-30 that shows dead bodies and Russian military equipment.

(The Kyiv Independent)

Russia has suffered significant losses in Ukraine: Kremlin spokesman

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov admitted thatRussiahas "suffered significant losses" in its ongoing war in Ukraine, but denied that Moscow has carried out "war crimes" in Kyiv.

"We have suffered significant losses of troops. This is a great tragedy for us," Peskov told Sky News on Thursday without giving an exact number of the Russian casualties.

US Congress votes to suspend Russia trade status, enact oil ban

Congress voted overwhelmingly Thursday to suspend normal trade relations withRussiaand ban the importation of its oil, ratcheting up the US response toRussia's invasion of Ukraine amid reports of atrocities.

House action came after the Senate approved the two bills with 100-0 votes. The measures now go to President Joe Biden to be signed into law.

Russia facing most difficult situation in three decades, says PM

Russia is facing its most difficult situation in three decades due to unprecedented Western sanctions, but foreign attempts to isolate it from the global economy will fail, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on Thursday.

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India just 'stabilising', not increasing its economic relations with Russia: MEA

India on Thursday sought to allay the concerns of the United States over its bilateral commerce with Russia, stating that it was just “stabilising”, and not increasing, its “existing economic relations” with the former Soviet Union nation, which recently came under additional sanctions imposed by the western nations.

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EU approves Russia coal embargo, proposes more arms to Ukraine

The European Union on Thursday said it had approved an embargo on Russian coal and the closing of the bloc's ports to Russian vessels over the Ukraine war.

An official from the French presidency of the European Council said the moves spearhead a "very substantial" fifth round of sanctions against Moscow.