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The

which has left thousands of civilians and soldiers dead, has passed

without the parties having managed to advance in the negotiations to establish a ceasefire.

According to the UN, at least 2,200 civilians have died since the beginning of the Russian military campaign in Ukraine on February 24, which has also caused multiple casualties in the ranks of both armies.

So far they have acknowledged 1,351 dead by

and between 2,500 and 3,000 by

.

Figures that are calculated much higher.

The mayor of the city of

, Vadim Boychenko, has put

in this Ukrainian port since the start of the war and specified that more than 100,000 remain in that besieged city in the southeast of the country.

"We already have a sad figure today; more than 20,000 local residents, our civilians, are women, children, unfortunately they died."

For their part, the US Secretary of State,

and the Defense Secretary,

have arrived in Ukraine and are meeting with the president,

The Ukrainian president announced the visit at a press conference, while expressing his hope that very soon the security situation will also allow the visit of the head of the White House,

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07.19

Ukraine prays for its national "resurrection" on the big day of Easter

Ukrainian churches celebrate today the great day of

, with thousands of faithful praying and priests blessing the meat, eggs and dairy that families will eat after the Lent gathering, although refugees will not sit at the table not even the soldiers on the front and in memory will be the deceased, reports Efe.

The

throughout the country: while

, in the south, mourns the attack that killed at least 8 people this Saturday, including a three-month-old baby, in Lviv, in the west, the streets of the center woke up Lively, with families out for a walk,

.

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07.16

Two months of war have passed with thousands of deaths and no sign of a truce

The Russian offensive in Ukraine, which has left thousands of civilians and soldiers dead, has completed two months this Sunday without the parties having managed to advance in the negotiations to establish a ceasefire.

At least 2,200 civilians have died since the start of the Russian military campaign in Ukraine on February 24, which has also caused multiple casualties in the ranks of both armies, according to UN data collected by Efe.

So far they have recognized 1,351 dead by Russia and between 2,500 and 3,000 by Ukraine.

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07.00

More than 20,000 civilians are estimated dead in Mariupol while the UN calls for an "immediate" truce to evacuate civilians

The mayor of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, Vadim Boychenko, estimated today at more than 20,000 civilians killed in this Ukrainian port since the start of the war and specified that more than 100,000 remain in that besieged city in the southeast of the country.

"Today we already have a sad figure; more than 20,000 local residents, our civilians, are women, children, unfortunately they died," he said in statements to "Ukraina 24", collected by the Unian agency.

For its part, the UN called this Sunday for an "immediate" truce in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol, in the southeast of the country, in order to evacuate civilians trapped in the town.

"We need a pause in the fighting to save lives.

The longer we wait, the more lives will be at risk.

They must be allowed to be safely evacuated now, today.

Tomorrow it could be too late," Amin Awad, the United Nations Ukraine crisis coordinator, said in a statement.

The UN warned of the rapid deterioration in Mariupol, where according to the mayor some 100,000 civilians are waiting to be evacuated and some 20,000 have died since the start of the war.

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