Ukraine morning briefing:
1⃣Russian soldier's phone-call intercepted: 'We are killing civilians and children'
2⃣Russia gives fighters in Mariupol fresh ultimatum
3⃣Chernobyl communications finally restored
4⃣IMF sees no 'bounce back' in Russian economy telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
➡️European Council chief Charles Michel has arrived in Kyiv today to represent EU member states telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
🔴Families hiding underground in besieged Mariupol claimed on Tuesday that the lack of sunlight was making their children ill, as Russian forces were accused of using “bunker-buster” bombs.
🔴More than five million Ukrainians have now fled their country following the Russian invasion, the UN said today, in Europe's fastest-growing refugee crisis since World War II
🔴Over a million Ukrainians have returned to their country since Russia launched its devastating invasion at the end of February, a spokesman for Kyiv's border force said today telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
⚠️A Russian ultimatum for Ukrainian troops in Mariupol to surrender or die expired on Wednesday afternoon with no mass capitulation...
But a commander of a unit holding out in the city warned that his forces could survive just days or hours telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
🇷🇺Russia has successfully tested a new intercontinental ballistic missile that will make the Kremlin’s enemies "think twice" before attacking Moscow, Vladimir Putin has warned telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
🔴A street in Ukraine has been named after Boris Johnson after he was hailed for leading the international response to the Russian invasion telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
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💷It’s one of the most difficult conversations to have – which may be why asking your boss for a pay rise is something more than half of us have never done, according to one survey
❓But as the cost of living continues to soar, having that awkward conversation with your manager may become unavoidable.
✍️ 'It hasn’t been easy to rake over what happened, but I believe this is an important issue, and one that needs to be brought out into the open,' writes @PHShriver.
'The short version of this story is that I had an inappropriate and damaging relationship with my much older coach, which began when I was 17 and lasted a little over five years' telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2022/04…
'My main motivation is to let people know this still goes on - a lot.'
'I believe abusive coaching relationships are alarmingly common in sport as a whole. It’s not only women who suffer from abusive coaching relationships, but they make up the majority' telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2022/04…
🇩🇪Germany has refused to join an international coalition in sending heavy weaponry to Ukraine as the country entered a new phase of the war against Russia 🧵👇 telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
🗣️Olaf Scholz, the chancellor, said that while Germany was willing to give financial aid, he was not prepared to export tanks and armoured personnel carriers to Kyiv
💬Mr Scholz said Germany would not "go it alone" on weapons, and that any decisions would be made in close cooperation with "friends and allies"
💸@MartinSLewis argues that consumers could save 30% on their weekly shop every year “without noticing the difference”, if we simply opted for the slightly cheaper option when filling our trolleys
👩💻Ministers have been ordered to send their civil servants back to the office after it emerged that up to three-quarters of staff are still working from home
✍️Jacob Rees-Mogg, the minister for government efficiency, has written to all secretaries of state to say they must send a "clear message" to officials about ending the work from home culture and urge them to ensure that offices are at "full capacity"
🏢On Monday night, Whitehall sources accused civil servants who refused to return to the office of failing to "pull their weight", adding that the Covid pandemic could no longer be used as an excuse for staying away from the workplace
🔴Britain will reportedly soon send armoured missile launchers to Ukraine after Russia started its full-scale offensive to take control of the country's east
🔴Street battles have broken out in the eastern town of Kreminna, just a day after it was captured by the Russians as they focus on taking full control of the Donbas region