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09.04.2022 Severodonetsk, Luhansk region At midnight, the Russian Federation struck another blow at Severodonetsk. As a result, a high-rise building caught fire. The number of victims is being specified. During that day, the Russians were launching artillery strikes on residential areas of other cities. 11 objects were destroyed, 8 of them were residential buildings in Severodonetsk, Lysychansk, Kreminna and Zolote. Victims: data are being specified. Source: Head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration, Serhii Haidai.

02.04.2022 Melekyno, Donetsk region On March 18, 78-year-old Yevnii Bal was illegally kidnapped by the Russian military from his home in the seaside Melekine village near Mariupol. His photos with the Ukrainian military were the reason for the detention. After being tortured, the man died. Yevhenii Bal is a captain of the 1st rank, a submariner. In recent years he has been writing books. Since the beginning of the war in Donbas, he has been actively involved in helping the Ukrainian military and civilians. In 2014, he was one of those active citizens of Melekine who did not allow to raise the Russian Federation flag over the village. Victims: 1 person died from torture. Source: National Union of Journalists of Ukraine.

09.04.2022 Mariupol, Donetsk region He swam about four kilometres and left in a neighbouring village. "I saw bodies and body parts. I pulled out one woman, then a girl, then a boy. All of them were wounded. The boy's legs didn't move. He was shouting. My hands were trembling. I was covered in blood," - Dmytro Yurin says. After that, he returned to the bomb shelter and decided that he needed to flee the city. So the man put on his fishing pants and found four empty five-litre bottles, which he tied around himself. He went to the beach in the evening, walked along it for a while, and then dived into the water. Yurin swam for almost 2.5 hours - during that time, he covered 4 kilometres. After that, Dmytro went ashore in Melekine village. There he was sheltered by a family of pensioners who fed him. The next day, he was able to get into a minibus going to the occupied Berdiansk, and from there, he was evacuated to the territory controlled by Ukraine. Source: The Guardian.

09.04.2022 She had to "cover" her daughter with her body. She showed the orcs (Russian soldiers) a birth certificate confirming that her daughter was only 13 years old. But it did not bother them. She had almost no living neighbours. "But it's better to let them kill you right away than being raped and tortured like that," - says a local, who already knows by heart where and whose corpses lie on the city's streets. Source: mass media

08.04.2022 Bucha, Kyiv region The military of the Russian Federation shot people point-blank, burned out their eyes, cut off body parts. The video with evidence of war crimes in Bucha appeared on a local Telegram channel. 360 civilians have been found killed in Bucha, including at least 10 children. Victims: 360 civilians killed; data are being specified. Source: journalist Denys Kazanskyi.

08.04.2022 Kyiv region Retreating, russian troops mined potatoes and left them in a conspicuous place. Source: video provided by locals.

07.04.2022 Mariupol, Donetsk region Journalist Alevtyna Shvetsova, who came to Mariupol to congratulate her brother on his 12th birthday and stayed there for 13 days, uploaded photos from Mariupol. The girl and her family managed to escape from the city under shelling. Source: diary of Alevtyna Shvetsova, photos by Alevtyna Shvetsova.

08.04.2022 Irpin, Bucha Commissioner for Human Rights of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Liudmyla Denisova, reports on cases of rape by Russian soldiers of civilians in the occupied Bucha and Irpin. Five Russian soldiers raped a 14-year-old girl in Bucha. She is currently pregnant. An 11-year-old boy was raped in front of his mother - she was tied to a chair to watch. Bucha. The invaders raped a 20-year-old woman in all possible ways. Irpin. Liudmyla Denisova says that rape is prohibited by Article 27 of the Geneva Convention for the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War and appeals to the UN Commission to investigate human rights violations during the Russian military invasion of Ukraine. Victims: 3 people raped Source: Commissioner for Human Rights of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Liudmyla Denisova.

08.04.2022 Russians are kidnapping Ukrainian children and are already preparing changes to their legislation to make the adoption process more accessible. More than 121,000 children were forcibly taken to Russia, according to various sources. These are orphans, children who have been separated from their parents. Some children were taken from Mariupol to occupied Donetsk and then to Taganrog, Russia. The State Duma of Russia is already looking for formal changes in its legislation to give Ukrainian children to the families of the occupiers as soon as possible. According to Liudmyla Denisova, such actions are a gross violation of Art. 7 of the UN Convention on the Child's Rights. Source: Commissioner for Human Rights of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Liudmyla Denisova.

08.04.2022 Kharkiv region Near Kharkiv, employees of regional energy companies were blown up by a mine. On April 8, on the outskirts of Derhachi, a Kharkivoblenerho service car blew up on a mine. As a result of the explosion, two employees of the Derhachi Distribution Zone were injured. They were taken to the hospital. A team of engineers was sent to eliminate emergency damage to the power grid. There was a lot of iron left from the car. Victims: 2 wounded. Source: press service of JSC Kharkivoblenerho.

07.04.2022 Trostianets, Sumy region After inspecting a damaged power line at the Trostianets area, the electricians of joint-stock company Sumyoblenerho were blown up by an anti-tank mine. One person died, and two were seriously injured. Victims: 1 killed, 2 injured. Source: local media.

08.04.2022 Kramatorsk, Donetsk region According to preliminary data, 50 people were killed due to a Tochka-U missile attack on the Kramatorsk railway station. 38 people died right at the station. 98 people were taken to hospitals: 16 children, 46 women and 36 men. 12 people died in the hospital. It is expected that other victims will also seek medical help within one or two days, and the number of victims will increase. According to the National Police of Ukraine, the missile hit the waiting room where hundreds of people were waiting for the evacuation train. Victims: 50 killed, 86 injured. Source: Head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration, Pavlo Kyrylenko.