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  • kyiv was the target of two strikes on Thursday evening, in the middle of a visit by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.

  • The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) calls for the creation of an “ad hoc international criminal tribunal (ICC)” to try “the perpetrators of the crime of aggression against Ukraine”.

  • In the East, the Russian army intensifies its offensive.

    “The occupiers are carrying out strikes practically in all directions”, with particularly intense activity in the regions of Kharkiv and in the Donbass, underlined the Ukrainian general staff.

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War in Ukraine: Arms deliveries to kyiv "threaten European security", according to the Kremlin

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War in Ukraine: A Russian oligarch living in Bordeaux found dead with his family in Spain

7:25 a.m .: The United States “does not attack” Russia but “helps Ukraine”, nuanced Joe Biden

During a speech at the White House the American president who has already delivered 10 anti-tank weapons for each Russian tank to Ukraine affirmed that the United States "does not attack" Russia but "help Ukraine to defend themselves against Russian aggression".

In this sense, Joe Biden has also asked Congress for a colossal budget extension of 33 billion dollars to deliver ever more military aid to kyiv.

7:20 am: Ten Russian soldiers indicted for alleged war crimes in Boutcha

The Prosecutor General of Ukraine Iryna Venediktova, announced that they would be the subject of research in order to arrest them and bring them to justice.

In an interview with the German media Deutsche Welle, she assured that Ukrainian investigators had identified "more than 8,000 cases" of alleged war crimes since the start of the Russian invasion.

7:15 am: Antonio Guterres "is safe" but "shocked"

Thursday evening, while the UN Secretary General was visiting kyiv, the Ukrainian capital was targeted by strikes.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the bombings were aimed at "humiliating the UN".

The Ukrainian Foreign Minister for his part denounced “a heinous act of barbarism”.

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Stay with us all day Friday April 29 and follow, minute by minute, hour by hour, the evolution of the conflict in Ukraine, while the Russians continue their offensives.

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