About 1,000 civilians stay trapped at a metal plant the place Ukrainian forces are making their final stand in Mariupol.
- Greater than 5 million individuals have now fled Ukraine, the United Nations refugee company says.
- Ukraine has referred to as on the Crimson Cross to ascertain contact with 500,000 individuals it says have been deported to Russia.
- Russia has mentioned it test-launched its new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile.
- US says it has begun coaching Ukrainian forces on howitzer artillery programs, a part of an $800m weapons bundle to assist Kyiv defend in opposition to Moscow’s jap offensive.
Listed here are all the most recent updates:
11 minutes in the past (21:41 GMT)
Cyprus to revoke extra Russians’ citizenship
Cyprus is shifting to strip citizenship from one other 4 Russians who seem on the European Union’s up to date listing of sanctions imposed following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Deputy authorities spokesperson Niovi Parisinou has mentioned its determination brings to eight the variety of Russians whose Cypriot citizenship might be revoked. They're amongst 1,091 individuals sanctioned by the EU. Parisinou mentioned their members of the family additionally will lose their Cypriot citizenship.
25 minutes in the past (21:26 GMT)
Zelenskyy says Ukraine to obtain extra weapons quickly
Zelenskyy has mentioned the scenario in Ukraine’s east and south stays troublesome with Russian troops pushing their assaults.
“The occupiers aren’t abandoning their makes an attempt to attain not less than some victory by launching a brand new, large-scale offensive,” he mentioned in a video handle to the nation.
He added that Ukraine’s Western allies have “come to know our wants higher,” in order that they’re receiving new shipments of Western weapons “now, when Russia is attempting to step up its assaults, not in weeks or in a month.”
34 minutes in the past (21:18 GMT)
Negotiating with Putin like coping with a crocodile: UK PM Johnson
British Prime Minister Boris has in contrast negotiating with Putin to coping with a crocodile as he warned Ukraine will probably be exhausting to barter a peace take care of a frontrunner who's so unreliable.
“How will you negotiate with a crocodile when it has your leg in its jaws, that's the issue that Ukrainians face,” Johnson advised reporters on a airplane to India for a two-day go to.
“It is vitally exhausting to see how the Ukrainians can negotiate with Putin now given his manifest lack of fine religion.”
59 minutes in the past (20:52 GMT)
France’s Macron says Le Pen’s pursuits tied to Russian management
French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen’s pursuits are tied to Russia’s management, President Emmanuel Macron has mentioned in a tv debate along with his far-right challenger.
“None of us went to hunt financing from a Russian financial institution, and particularly not from one that's near energy in Russia,” mentioned Macron, who will face off in opposition to Le Pen within the second spherical of the presidential election on April 24.
He mentioned different French events had managed to finance their operations with French loans, not by a financial institution linked to Russia.
1 hour in the past (20:45 GMT)
US lawmakers urge Fb to do extra to struggle Russian propaganda
A bunch of 21 US lawmakers have despatched a letter to Fb chief government Mark Zuckerberg voicing concern about what they referred to as disinformation on the platform geared toward Spanish audio system about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“Fb has repeatedly failed to indicate it's adequately addressing this drawback for Spanish-speaking communities, and the success of Russian sponsored shops in crowding out the knowledge ecosystem for Spanish audio system serves as proof to this truth,” the lawmakers wrote.
“The viral unfold of those narratives stands in stark distinction to assurances that Meta made to the general public and Members of Congress that it's prioritizing the urgent wants of Hispanic communities in the USA.”
1 hour in the past (20:40 GMT)
US hits Russian financial institution, oligarch with recent sanctions
The US has imposed new sanctions on a Russian industrial financial institution, an oligarch and dozens of people and entities.
The Treasury Division’s targets additionally embrace Russia-based items of digital foreign money mining agency Bitriver.
The US “can and can goal those that evade, try and evade, or assist the evasion of US sanctions in opposition to Russia, as they're serving to help Putin’s brutal warfare of alternative”, Beneath Secretary for Terrorism and Monetary Intelligence Brian E Nelson mentioned in a press release.
1 hour in the past (20:34 GMT)
Ukraine prepared to carry ‘particular’ talks with Russia in Mariupol: Negotiator
Ukraine is able to maintain a “particular spherical of negotiations” with Russia within the besieged metropolis of Mariupol with none situations, negotiator Mykhailo Podolyak has tweeted.
He mentioned the talks might be “one on one. Two on two. To save lots of our guys, [the far right] Azov [battalion], navy, civilians, youngsters, the dwelling and the wounded”.
One other key Ukrainian negotiator, David Arakhamia, mentioned on Telegram that he and Podolyak “are able to arrive in Mariupol to carry talks with the Russian aspect on the evacuation of our navy garrison and civilians”.
There was no fast response from Russia on the proposal.
Sure. With none situations. We’re prepared to carry a “particular spherical of negotiations” proper in Mariupol. One on one. Two on two. To save lots of our guys, Azov, navy, civilians, youngsters, the dwelling & the wounded. Everybody. As a result of they're ours. As a result of they're in my coronary heart. Perpetually.
— Михайло Подоляк (@Podolyak_M) April 20, 2022
1 hour in the past (20:25 GMT)
Russian armed forces will begin taking deliveries of latest missile: Report
Russia will begin taking supply of the brand new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile this yr as soon as testing is full, the Russian state TASS information company has quoted the top of the Roscosmos area company as saying.
Dmitry Rogozin mentioned deliveries would begin “within the autumn of this yr”, it reported.
Russia mentioned on Wednesday that it had performed a primary take a look at launch of the missile.
2 hours in the past (20:20 GMT)
US might be sending extra weapons to Ukraine: White Home
The US navy might be delivering extra navy tools to Ukraine within the coming days, White Home press secretary Jen Psaki has mentioned.
5 US cargo flights arrived within the area in the previous couple of days and greater than half a dozen are scheduled shortly, Psaki advised reporters throughout a media briefing.
“We've been working with Ukrainians and the Ukrainian navy to find out precisely the sort of safety help they want for this stage within the warfare,” Psaki mentioned. “That has included a rise – as you’ve seen – in artillery and ammunition.”
The Biden administration might be saying extra weapons transfers quickly, she added, with out offering extra particulars.
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Learn all of the updates from Wednesday, April 20 right here.
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