A series of explosions hit the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on the 83rd day of the Russia-Ukraine war. According to other sources, roughly ten explosives happened in short succession.
Ukraine’s military said it was preparing to withdraw all remaining soldiers from the beleaguered port of Mariupol, handing control of the city to Russia after months of shelling.
Ukraine claimed soldiers defending Kharkiv, its second-largest city, had resisted Russian assault and pushed to the Russian border. Russian strikes killed nine people in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk area, according to the governor.
According to UN organizations, six million refugees have fled Ukraine since the conflict began on February 24, and another eight million have been internally displaced.
Meanwhile, the cost of life-saving treatment for the most critically malnourished children is expected to rise by up to 16% as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and pandemic interruptions, according to the UN Children’s Agency.
According to UNICEF, the raw ingredients of ready-to-eat therapeutic food have skyrocketed in price due to the worldwide food crisis caused by the conflict and epidemic.
Without further financing in the next six months, 600,000 more children may be denied the life-saving therapy, which is a high-energy paste comprised of peanuts, oil, sugar, and other minerals.