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Really sad what Ukrainians are going through right now. Putin is sick in the head and even though it is not going as planned he is determined to lay waste to Ukraine.
International Level: Politics 101 / Political Participation: 8 0.8%
90% of Mariupol damaged, including theater where hundreds sheltered, official says: Live Ukraine updates. Russian airstrikes ripped apart a theater in Mariupol, leaving an unknown number of people buried in the burning rubble, Ukraine’s foreign ministry said in a statement. Vadim Denisenko, an adviser to the minister of Internal Affairs, said 90% of Mariupol city has been destroyed or damaged and that almost no buildings have been left untouched. Source 7y.
Could a surge in US military aid to Ukraine pressure Putin on peace talks? Why a 'quagmire' might be the most realistic goal. Russian and Ukrainian officials have held peace talks but Russian President Vladimir Putin declared last week that his invasion was going according to plan and Russia would not retreat. As weapons and other supplies continue to flow into Ukraine, the military stalemate will harden, experts warn. Source 5t.
Russian forces depart Chernobyl; Ukraine-Russia peace talks resume. Russian military troops departed the heavily contaminated Chernobyl nuclear power plant early Friday, handing control back to Ukrainians. Moscow took control of Chernobyl over a month ago. According to Ukrainian officials, Russian troops destroyed a new laboratory at the plant working to improve management of radioactive waste that had "Highly active samples and samples of radionuclides" last week. Elsewhere, Ukrainian forces have retaken the villages of Sloboda and Lukashivka, which are south of the besieged northern city of Chernihiv and located along one of the main supply routes between the city and Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, according to Britain's Defense Ministry. Source 4u.