Russia-Ukraine live news: Borodyanka ‘more dreadful’ than Bucha

 

Ukraine , Russia , Putin
Municipal workers remove the body of a man from a house in Bucha, Ukraine

  • As rescuers search through rubble in Borodyanka, Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns that the situation will be more horrible than what the world saw in Bucha.
  • European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell will meet with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv.
  • The UN General Assembly has voted to suspend Russia from its Human Rights Council, citing concerns over human rights abuses in Ukraine.
  • Russia has responded by saying the move is illegal and politically motivated.
  • The United States Congress has voted to ban Russian oil imports and suspend Russia’s “most favoured nation” trade status.
  • The European Union has agreed to ban coal imports from Russia, an official says.

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