Ukraine's main western city of Lviv hit through missiles; Mariupol resistance holds out regardless of heavy losses

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5 missile strikes hit Western metropolis of Lviv, civilians killed, officials say

Air raid sirens are sounding once once more in Ukraine's western metropolis of Lviv after it become hit by using five missile strikes, its mayor said. The strikes killed six americans and wounded eight, in response to the Lviv regional governor.

These are the primary fundamental strikes on Lviv in weeks, which previously changed into considered as a relatively shelter for Ukrainians fleeing the country's embattled east. A mere 43 miles from the Polish border, Lviv is a key city connecting transport and shipment routes via rail â€" particularly, now, arms shipments from Poland.

â€" Natasha Turak

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Mariupol resistance has slowed Russia's increase however at 'big' human charge, UK says

stubborn Ukrainian resistance in Mariupol has "severely established Russian forces" and slowed Moscow's plans elsewhere, the British govt noted Monday. but the human can charge has been "massive."

"Russian commanders will be anxious by the point it is taking to subdue Mariupol," the U.okay. Ministry of Defence spoke of in an intelligence update.

The Russian siege of Mariupol has come "at a big can charge to its residents," the ministry said. much of the metropolis has been destroyed, and the mayor of Mariupol mentioned ultimate week that 10,000 civilians have died there.

"The targeting of populated areas within Mariupol aligns with Russia's method to Chechnya in 1999 and Syria in 2016," the ministry talked about.

Russia used artillery to virtually fully ruin the Chechen capital of Grozny in 1999, and Russia bombed civilian areas of Aleppo, Syria, from the air in 2016.

"here is despite the 24 February 2022 claims of Russia's Defence Ministry that Russia would neither strike cities nor threaten the Ukrainian population," the British executive pointed out.

A Russian embassy workforce member has directed CNBC inquiries to the Russian Federation Ministry of defense website, which is unavailable.

â€" Ted Kemp

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Ukraine completes ecu membership questionnaire

European commission President Ursula von der Leyen meets President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, Ukraine on April 8, 2022. Ukraine has accomplished a questionnaire which marks the beginning factor for the eu Union to select membership for Kyiv, says Ihor Zhovkva, deputy head of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's workplace, based on Reuters.

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Ukraine has taken step one in making use of for membership to the eu Union and completed a questionnaire to kick off the system, Reuters pronounced.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy bought the questionnaire and a promise for an accelerated application technique from European commission President Ursula von der Leyen when she visited Kyiv on April 8.

The commission now should consider Ukraine's capacity to fulfill the critical membership standards.

The subsequent scheduled European Council meeting is slated for June 23-24, the place Ukraine expects to benefit candidate nation repute.

â€" Chelsea Ong