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"These people have really gone through the worst"

After failing to reach besieged Mariupol, a Red Cross convoy was able to rescue hundreds of evacuees from the city who fled to other Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine, @AFP journalist on the scene reports

u.afp.com/whJ2
VIDEO: A Red Cross convoy evacuating civilians from southeast Ukraine reaches Zaporizhzhia.

The ICRC has had difficulties operating in the country, with one of its teams detained for a few days after trying to get to Mariupol to help provide safe passage for civilians
VIDEO: Aerial shots show extent of destruction in Moshchun, near Ukraine's capital Kyiv.

The village of Moshchun was the site of heavy fighting before Russian forces retreated on March 21. Aerial images show the extent of the destruction
#BREAKING Ukraine FM tells NATO allies to give Kyiv all the weapons 'it needs'
#UPDATE Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba calls on NATO to provide Kyiv with all the weaponry it needs to fight Russia.

"My agenda is very simple. It has only three items on it. Its weapons, weapons, and weapons," Kuleba says at NATO headquarters in Brussels Residents run near a burning house following shelling of Sev
VIDEO: White House imposes sanctions on two daughters of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Press Secretary Jen Psaki says US has "seen a pattern" where Putin and Russian oligarchs "stash assets and resources in the bank accounts of their family members"
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#UPDATE British energy giant Shell says it will write off up to $5 billion (4.6 billion euros) on its exit from Russia, following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

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#BREAKING Kyiv accuses Hungary of 'helping Putin' in war against Ukraine, 'destroying unity in the EU'
#BREAKING France summons Russian ambassador over 'obscene and provocative' Bucha tweet: foreign minister
VIDEO: 🇺🇦 Ukraine's foreign minister calls on NATO members to provide Kyiv with all the weaponry it needs to fight Russia.

"My agenda is very simple. It has only three items on it. It's weapons, weapons, and weapons," Dmytro #Kuleba told journalists in Brussels Thursday
#BREAKING Ukrainian official warns residents of 'last chance' to flee Russian attacks in eastern Lugansk region
#UPDATE Ukrainian officials in the country's eastern Lugansk and Donetsk regions urged residents on Thursday to take their "last chance" to flee mounting Russian attacks, after devastation around the capital Kyiv shocked the world ▶️ u.afp.com/whSa

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