Ukrainian authorities say they found a mass grave with civilian bodies near Bucha, in the Kiev region .
According to local police, the bodies of seven civilians were found near the village of Myrotske.
Many of them had " tied hands and gunshot wounds in their knees ," local police chief Andrii Niebytov said, quoted by the Guardian. In a statement it is emphasized that the bodies found were tortured . The identification operations are in progress.
The Ukrainian National Prosecutor's Office confirmed that a war crimes investigation has been launched .
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Zelensky: “Negotiations? They must be direct "
"If Russia wants to end the war, it must sit down at the negotiating table. The negotiating table on Ukraine is impossible without Ukraine. Therefore, these talks must be direct. For me we can talk to mediators, we can talk without mediators. If the Russian Federation is ready to end the war, which means withdrawing from our territories, I am personally ready for such a format at any time, "said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, saying he is ready to talk to the Russian president Vladimir Putin, during an online press conference with the Danish media.
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"Biden will also discuss oil in Riyadh"
Oil production will be part of the discussions on Joe Biden's trip to Saudi Arabia: John Kirby, in his new capacity as White House executive, said on MSNBC TV. As anticipated in recent days by the media, the American president aims to persuade Riyadh to increase the production of crude oil to replace the Russian one - under Western embargo - to reduce the price of gasoline and contain inflation.
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EU: "The Commission has not decided anything on Ukraine's entry"
"The European Commission did not decide anything yesterday, it only had an orientation debate to allow the members of the college to exchange their views and the decision will be made on Friday". This was stated by a spokesman for the EU Commission regarding its assessment of whether or not to recommend to the Council to grant Ukraine the status of candidate country for entry into the EU.
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The Pope: "There is a superpower that wants to impose its will"
The Pope returns to talk about the war in Ukraine and points to the presence of a "superpower" who wants to impose his will. "The war in Ukraine has come to add to the regional wars which in recent years have been reaping death and destruction. But here the picture is more complex due to the direct intervention of a 'superpower' - underlines the Pope in the Message for the Day of the Poor -, which intends to impose its will against the principle of self-determination of peoples. Scenes of tragic memory are repeated and once again the mutual blackmail of some powerful covers the voice of humanity that invokes peace ".
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Filorussi: "Kherson will remain Russian forever"
The number two of the pro-Russian administration of the Ukrainian region of Kherson said he was convinced that that territory "will remain Russian forever". Quoted by the Russian agency Ria Novosti, to which the Guardian refers, Kirill Stremousov said: "We are already irrevocably in the Russian Federation. We need to remind ourselves, rebuild, issue passports for the citizens of the Russian Federation and think that we will really feel at home, that we'll be fine ".
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Death sentences, London does not rule out negotiations with Donetsk
The British government of Boris Johnson intends to do everything possible to secure the release of Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, the two former Kingdom soldiers who enlisted in the Ukrainian forces to fight against the Russians and then sentenced to death in the first degree by the secessionists wire -Moscow self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic after being captured in Donbass. This was reiterated by the Foreign Minister, Liz Truss, in a series of television and radio interviews granted this morning on the sidelines of the traditional meeting of the Council of Ministers on Tuesday chaired by Johnson in Downing Street.
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Great Britain: "Russians advance to Kharkiv, first time in weeks"
Russian forces have likely made limited progress in Kharkiv, advancing into the area for the first time in weeks, according to the latest update provided by the British Defense Ministry, writes the BBC. However, it remains clear that the Moscow military are concentrating their efforts on the assault on Severodonetsk, in Donbass.
(Unioneonline)