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Russian forces illegally deport 40,000 civilians from Mariupol -- Russia strikes Ukraine with ‘most intensive [& indiscriminate] missile attacks’ in weeks -- Belarusian senior official threatens Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia -- Russia may be preparing attacks on churches on Orthodox Easter Day -- and more

Russia plans to "retrain" teachers from temporarily occupied territories at special camps -- Russia fires five missiles at Lviv -- Russian military launches missile strike at Dnipropetrovsk Oblast -- Russians fail to launch large-scale offensive in Donbas as Ukrainian forces hold them back -- Although offensive shifts to eastern Ukraine, Russia’s ultimate goal hasn't changed -- and more

Russians fail to launch large-scale offensive in Donbas as Ukrainian forces hold them back -- 41 bodies recovered from under rubble in Borodyanka so far -- Russian forces prepare for potential naval operation in Mariupol -- and more

Demining of Kyiv Oblast can take up to a year -- Ukraine expects escalation in the south following sinking of Russian flagship Moskva -- British SAS troops ‘are training local forces in Ukraine -- Russia abducts Ukrainian children -- and more

Russia's immediate goal is to surround 44,000 Ukrainian troops in Donbas -- Kramatorsk, Kostiantynivka likely targets of Russia's increased attacks -- Ukraine repels enemy attacks in the south -- Verkhovna Rada recognizes Russia's actions as genocide against Ukraine -- and more

Ukraine needs long-range weapons to prevent encirclement in Donbas -- Crimea & four Russian regions on security alert -- Russian occupiers forcibly enlist Ukrainians in southern Ukraine -- Ukraine nationalizes 10 Russian ships -- and more

300th Russian aerial target destroyed since beginning of war -- Russia amasses aircraft at western Lipetsk Oblast airfield -- Large Russian military column spotted heading to Donbas -- Russian forces illegally deported 33,500 residents to Russia, occupied territories -- and more

Ukraine can lift siege of Mariupol if it receives heavy weapons -- Possibility of a Russian offensive on Kyiv will depend on fighting in Donbas -- Russia ‘using weapons smuggled by Iran from Iraq’ -- and more

Russia tries recruiting troops from Moldova’s occupied Transnistria -- Kremlin forces Ukrainians deported to Russia to receive local passports -- Russia prepares for an 'offensive operation' to break through Donbas defense lines -- Extremely difficult to even think of negotiations with people who commit, find excuses for atrocities, war crimes -- and more

Prohibited PTM-1S multi-scatter landmines found near Kharkiv -- Ukrainian Air Force: 13 Russian aerial targets destroyed -- One quarter of Russian forces in Ukraine 'effectively inoperable.' -- Kharkiv Oblast Governor says region witnessed same atrocities as Bucha -- and more

Ukraine hopes to receive EU candidate country status in June -- Missiles hitting Kramatorsk train station presumably launched from Russian-occupied Donbas -- Russia changes its military command -- Ukraine’s Ministry of Health orders antidote to chemical weapons -- and more

UN suspends Russia from Human Rights Council -- Russian soldiers discussed killing civilians in Bucha by radio -- Sumy region completely free of Russian forces -- Over 500,000 people officially registered as internally displaced persons in Ukraine -- and more