UNICEF and the Ukrainian parliament published today, Children’s Day, data on the number of child victims caused by war. According to the United Nations agency, since February 24 at least 262 children have died and 415 have been injured. The figures differ slightly from those reported by the Verkhovna Rada: 243 dead and 446 wounded.

In Severodonetsk, the situation remains difficult. After the governor of Lugansk said overnight that most of the city is under Russian rule, the British Ministry of Defense confirmed the information in its latest update on the conflict. Also yesterday, the governor admitted that “the city’s critical infrastructure was almost 100% destroyed and 90% of the housing stock was damaged.”

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What happened during the night and early morning.

• the british government confirmed that half of the city of Severodonetsk is under Russian rule. The information comes a day after the governor of Lugansk admitted that much of the town is controlled by the Russians, although it is not surrounded.
• On Telegram, the governor admitted overnight that “the city’s critical infrastructure [Severodonetsk] was almost 100% destroyed and 90% of the housing stock was damaged.”
• At least 262 children died and 415 were injured. in the attacks carried out by Russian forces in Ukraine since the beginning of the invasion, Unicef ​​reported, on the occasion of Children’s Day. The figures are slightly different from those published today by the Ukrainian parliament. According to the Verkhovna Rada, 243 children were killed and 446 were injured.
• According to UNICEF, the war also caused the displacement of more than three million children within Ukraine. and more than 2.2 million in other countries in need of humanitarian assistance.
• A consortium consisting of Ukrainian and foreign lawyers is preparing to take legal action against the Russian state and its partners. to compensate victims of the war in Ukraine, The Guardian reported. The compensation must not be less than one billion dollars.
• The United States of America will send longer-range missiles to UkraineUS President Joe Biden announced in an op-ed published in The New York Times.
• Josep Borrell assured that the shipment of weapons to Ukraine continues at a good pace and that it can be accelerated. “Everything can be increased, but I don’t see any problem in sending weapons to Ukraine,” the head of European diplomacy said this morning, in an interview with BBC Radio 4. Ukraine has been calling on its allies to speed up the shipment of agreed weapons .
• Swiss government vetoed Denmark’s request to send armored vehicles to Ukraine. The refusal was justified by Switzerland’s neutrality policy.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his speech on Tuesday night that he was “grateful” for the sanctions imposed on Russia. in the sixth package, guaranteeing that it “will leave Russia on the periphery of the world economy.” “He will not be able to adapt, that is, he will be defeated.”