Today, Tuesday, the UN Security Council will hold a special session to discuss the available evidence of war crimes committed by Russian forces during their control of the town of Bucha, near the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. Moscow denies the Ukrainian and Western accusations, describing them as false. On the other hand, Ukraine said that Russia is preventing a wheat ship from leaving Ukrainian port to deliver its shipment to Egypt.

The British Presidency of the UN Security Council said on Monday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will deliver a video speech to the council on Tuesday during a meeting that will be devoted to Ukraine, and is expected to be overshadowed by events in the town of Bucha, where dozens of bodies were found after the withdrawal of Russian forces from it, some of them on the roads. Others are in mass graves.

On the other hand, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said in a press conference on Monday that his country and its allies will announce new economic sanctions this week, and European Union foreign policy official Josep Borrell said that the European Union is urgently discussing imposing new sanctions against Russia.

Robert Habeck, German Vice Chancellor and Minister of Economy, said that a fifth package of stronger and larger sanctions will be imposed this week on Russia.

Here are the latest developments on the 41st day of this war:

two hours ago

British Mission to the United Nations:

  • Our presidency of the Security Council will work to ensure that the truth is heard about Russia's war crimes.

  • Zelensky will address the members of the Security Council on Ukraine on Tuesday.

  • We will expose Putin's war in Ukraine for what it is.

4 hours ago

The account of the Spanish Civil Guard published a video clip showing the confiscation, in cooperation with the FBI, of a yacht worth 90 million euros owned by Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg, on the island of Mallorca, east of Spain, on the Mediterranean.

Incautado en Mallorca el yate de un oligarca ruso reclaado por EEUU, han participado FBI y Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), bajo la dirección del Juzgado de Instrucción número 2 de Palma de Mallorca https://t.co/XIDe3ztwitter.BBzc /a4wtxuu1qy

— Guardia Civil 🇪🇸 (@guardiacivil) April 4, 2022

4 hours ago

Embassy of Ukraine in Cairo: Russia prevents the movement of a ship loaded with wheat in the Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk after it was bought by Egypt.