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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky known as on Qatar and different energy-producing nations Saturday to spice up their pure fuel output in order that Russia understands it can not “use vitality … to blackmail the world”. US President Joe Biden is about to ship a speech in Poland arguing that the “free world” opposes Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Comply with our reside weblog for the most recent developments in Ukraine. All instances in Paris time [GMT+1].
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10:25 am: Russian forces management city the place Chernobyl employees reside, Ukraine says
Russian forces have taken management of the city of Slavutych, the place employees on the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant reside, the governor of the Kyiv area Oleksandr Pavlyuk mentioned on Saturday.
In an internet assertion, Pavlyuk mentioned Russian troops had occupied the hospital in Slavutych and kidnapped the mayor.
Reuters couldn’t independently confirm the stories.
9:51 am: Ukraine says greater than 130 youngsters have been killed since Russia’s invasion started
The conflict in Ukraine has killed 136 youngsters within the 31 days because the begin of the Russian invasion, Ukraine’s workplace of the prosecutor common mentioned on Saturday in a message on the Telegram app.
Of the entire, 64 youngsters have been killed within the Kyiv area, the workplace mentioned. An additional 50 youngsters have died within the Donetsk area, it mentioned.
Moreover, 199 youngsters have been wounded, the workplace mentioned.
9:30 am: Zelensky calls on Qatar, different energy-producing nations to spice up pure fuel output
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday known as on Qatar to extend manufacturing of pure fuel to counter Russian threats to make use of vitality as a weapon.
“I ask you to extend the output of vitality to make sure that everybody in Russia understands that nobody can use vitality as a weapon to blackmail the world,” Zelensky mentioned in a video message to the Doha Discussion board assembly in Qatar’s capital.
Zelensky mentioned nations reminiscent of Qatar might make a contribution to the stabilisation of Europe.
8:51 am: Russian forces say they’re specializing in Luhansk and Donetsk
Russian forces say they’re aiming to take management of your entire Luhansk and Donetsk administrative areas in Ukraine’s Donbas. FRANCE 24’s Gulliver Cragg stories from Kyiv.
8:15 am: Ukraine’s military stories clashes with Russian forces in Donbas
Ukraine’s military mentioned Saturday it had clashed with Russian forces across the cities of Donetsk and Luhansk in Ukraine’s japanese Donbas area.
In a daybreak report, the military’s common workers mentioned it had “inflicted important losses”, claiming to have shot down three planes, destroyed eight tanks and killed dozens of troopers.
8:04 am: Biden to fulfill with Poland’s Duda, ship speech on Ukraine conflict
US President Joe Biden will argue in a speech in Poland on Saturday that the “free world” opposes Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and that there’s unity amongst main economies on the necessity to cease Russian President Vladimir Putin, the White Home mentioned.
After three days of emergency conferences with allies of the G7, European Council and NATO, and a go to with US troops in Poland, Biden will meet with Polish President Andrzej Duda.
In what US officers had been billing as a significant handle, Biden “will ship remarks on the united efforts of the free world to help the individuals of Ukraine, maintain Russia accountable for its brutal conflict, and defend a future that’s rooted in democratic ideas,” the White Home mentioned in a press release.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and REUTERS)