{"id":19725,"date":"2022-04-07T07:45:41","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T07:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=19725"},"modified":"2026-07-10T02:43:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T02:43:52","slug":"ukraine-war-the-latest-developments-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2022\/04\/07\/ukraine-war-the-latest-developments-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine War: The latest developments in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I instructed my Deputy Minister to summon the Russian Ambassador to ensure he is presented with the images and detailed descriptions of the attacks in Bucha and Irpin.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MFeczPf96D\">https:\/\/t.co\/MFeczPf96D<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7wJn2a70VD\">https:\/\/t.co\/7wJn2a70VD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; M\u00e9lanie Joly (@melaniejoly) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/melaniejoly\/status\/1511806832490291205?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1hken3mcxtw.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-624e7cbfaea8d714b7409bb0.0.6.0.0:$post_1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19729\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/04\/99D20791-67B1-4816-9599-2692EFCB09BA-300x167.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/04\/99D20791-67B1-4816-9599-2692EFCB09BA-300x167.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/04\/99D20791-67B1-4816-9599-2692EFCB09BA-1024x569.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/04\/99D20791-67B1-4816-9599-2692EFCB09BA-768x427.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/04\/99D20791-67B1-4816-9599-2692EFCB09BA-750x417.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/04\/99D20791-67B1-4816-9599-2692EFCB09BA.jpeg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Here is a round-up of the latest developments in the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1hken3mcxtw.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-624e7cbfaea8d714b7409bb0.0.6.0.0:$post_2\"><strong>In eastern Ukraine:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-reactid=\".1hken3mcxtw.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-624e7cbfaea8d714b7409bb0.0.6.0.0:$post_3\">\n<li>Thousands of people are trying to escape the Donbas region ahead of Russia&#8217;s expected offensive in the east<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19727\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/04\/970EC9D1-189D-49B8-830F-07FAB86E217A-300x183.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/04\/970EC9D1-189D-49B8-830F-07FAB86E217A-300x183.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/04\/970EC9D1-189D-49B8-830F-07FAB86E217A-768x468.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/04\/970EC9D1-189D-49B8-830F-07FAB86E217A-750x457.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/04\/970EC9D1-189D-49B8-830F-07FAB86E217A.jpeg 993w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul data-reactid=\".1hken3mcxtw.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-624e7cbfaea8d714b7409bb0.0.6.0.0:$post_4\">\n<li>Ukrainian officials are appealing to people in the area to &#8220;take this opportunity&#8221; to flee &#8220;while it is safe&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19728\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/04\/9EEBD358-C645-4EEA-8C76-3711C3148ADB-300x191.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/04\/9EEBD358-C645-4EEA-8C76-3711C3148ADB-300x191.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/04\/9EEBD358-C645-4EEA-8C76-3711C3148ADB-1024x654.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/04\/9EEBD358-C645-4EEA-8C76-3711C3148ADB-768x490.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/04\/9EEBD358-C645-4EEA-8C76-3711C3148ADB-750x479.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/04\/9EEBD358-C645-4EEA-8C76-3711C3148ADB.jpeg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul data-reactid=\".1hken3mcxtw.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-624e7cbfaea8d714b7409bb0.0.6.0.0:$post_4\">\n<li>Russian troops are &#8220;regrouping and conducting reconnaissance&#8221; for an offensive in Donbas &#8211; which is made up of the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk<\/li>\n<li>The US says that Russia&#8217;s withdrawal from the regions outside Kyiv and Chernihiv is now complete, as the war shifts focus to eastern Ukraine.<\/li>\n<li>Chernihiv residents tell the BBC they barely had any food or water, and lived without electricity, under a Russian siege<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-reactid=\".1hken3mcxtw.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-624e7cbfaea8d714b7409bb0.0.6.0.0:$post_5\"><strong>Elsewhere in Ukraine:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-reactid=\".1hken3mcxtw.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-624e7cbfaea8d714b7409bb0.0.6.0.0:$post_6\">\n<li>More than 400 people are missing from the town of Hostomel, a local official says. The town bore the brunt of Russian advances on Ukraine&#8217;s capital, Kyiv, along with Bucha and Irpin<\/li>\n<li>Survivor accounts are still trickling out from Bucha, where hundreds of people are reported to have been killed by Russian soldiers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul data-reactid=\".1hken3mcxtw.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-624e7cbfaea8d714b7409bb0.0.6.0.0:$post_6\">\n<li>President Zelensky on Thursday morning welcomed sanctions imposed on Russia but also described them as insufficient. He urged the west to boycott the use of Russian oil.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/04\/3301E9EF-8FE1-431F-AFCC-765717F9565C-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/04\/3301E9EF-8FE1-431F-AFCC-765717F9565C-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/04\/3301E9EF-8FE1-431F-AFCC-765717F9565C-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/04\/3301E9EF-8FE1-431F-AFCC-765717F9565C-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/04\/3301E9EF-8FE1-431F-AFCC-765717F9565C-750x422.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/04\/3301E9EF-8FE1-431F-AFCC-765717F9565C.jpeg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1hken3mcxtw.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-624e7cbfaea8d714b7409bb0.0.6.0.0:$post_7\"><strong>Global developments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-reactid=\".1hken3mcxtw.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-624e7cbfaea8d714b7409bb0.0.6.0.0:$post_8\">\n<li>The US has aimed new sanctions at Russia and Putin&#8217;s inner circle &#8211; including the president&#8217;s two adult daughters<\/li>\n<li>The UK and US both issued an asset freeze against Sberbank, Russia&#8217;s largest bank<\/li>\n<li>European Union leaders are discussing what further measures they could impose on Russia to damage its war effort. Proposals include a ban on importing Russian coal &#8211; but some senior leaders say oil and gas also need to be banned<\/li>\n<li>The UN will not a vote on Thursday on expelling Russia from the UN Human Rights Council over its invasion of Ukraine<\/li>\n<li>Russia has warned Nato member countries that any such attempts will be viewed as an &#8220;unfriendly gesture&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul data-reactid=\".1hken3mcxtw.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-624e7cbfaea8d714b7409bb0.0.6.0.0:$post_9\">\n<li>The US treasury secretary warned that a blanket ban on Russian oil imports would trigger &#8220;skyrocketing&#8221; energy prices in Europe<\/li>\n<li>Canada will summon Russia&#8217;s Ambassador to the country over the reported killings of civilians in Bucha and Irpin, and will &#8220;present him images&#8221; of what happened in the Kyiv suburbs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul data-reactid=\".1hken3mcxtw.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-624e7cbfaea8d714b7409bb0.0.6.0.0:$post_9\">\n<li>The US has warned India against partnering too closely with Russia saying that &#8220;the costs and consequences for them&#8221; will be &#8220;significant and long-term&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Met with Secretary General  <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jensstoltenberg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jensstoltenberg<\/a> at NATO HQ in Brussels. I came here today to discuss three most important things: weapons, weapons, and weapons. Ukraine\u2019s urgent needs, the sustainability of supplies, and long-term solutions which will help Ukraine to prevail. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/247GdqdPwj\">pic.twitter.com\/247GdqdPwj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DmytroKuleba\/status\/1511951978171179014?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a round-up of the latest developments in the war in Ukraine. In eastern Ukraine: Thousands of people are trying to escape the Donbas region ahead of Russia&#8217;s expected offensive in the east Ukrainian officials are appealing to people in the area to &#8220;take this opportunity&#8221; to flee &#8220;while it is safe&#8221; Russian troops [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":19730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_post_source_name":"","_post_source_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[11110,8348,7358,5777,2735,5640,1953,11583,1279,6848,9386,5714,5995,6193,5800,5494,11067,6621,9505,1195,6496,12027,5491,10840,5440,5252,9515,5342,6194,6831,4802,5441,837,3805,6089,10390,71,3457,5217,5659,11233,5713,5618,5224,5376,9178,5350,12605,5180,5521,5177,5555,5465,7231,9262,6348,5251,8869,5724,3954,2472],"class_list":["post-19725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news","tag-asset","tag-ban","tag-bank","tag-banned","tag-bbc","tag-bucha","tag-canada","tag-capital","tag-circle","tag-civilians","tag-coal","tag-czech-republic","tag-donbas","tag-donetsk","tag-electricity","tag-energy","tag-escape","tag-europe","tag-european","tag-european-union","tag-food","tag-freeze","tag-gas","tag-human-rights","tag-india","tag-invasion","tag-killed","tag-kyiv","tag-luhansk","tag-missing","tag-nato","tag-oil","tag-poland","tag-president","tag-president-zelensky","tag-prices","tag-putin","tag-russia","tag-russian","tag-russian-soldiers","tag-russian-troops","tag-sanctions","tag-soldiers","tag-survivor","tag-tanks","tag-troops","tag-twitter","tag-uk","tag-ukraine","tag-ukraine-war","tag-ukraines-president-volodymyr-zelensky","tag-ukrainian","tag-un","tag-union","tag-united-states","tag-us","tag-war","tag-water","tag-weapons","tag-will","tag-zelensky"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19725"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52275,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19725\/revisions\/52275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}