Flooding in Kramatorsk, Clinton's confession: last night's highlights
In the Kramatorsk community, 17 people, including two children, were evacuated from the flooded area; and former US president, Bill Clinton, regrets convincing Ukraine to give up nuclear weapons. Here's what you may have missed from the previous night.
Kramatorsk flooded
In Kramatorsk, about 260 houses on 30 streets were flooded as a result of a sluice gate breach due to snowmelt. As of the evening of April 4, all evacuation work has been completed, and no one was injured.
The SES reported that three people were rescued, and 14 others were evacuated, including two children.
Clinton feels 'terrible' over 1994 decision
Former US President Bill Clinton has expressed regret over his role in convincing Ukraine to give up nuclear weapons in 1994. He suggested that Russia would not have invaded Ukraine if Kyiv still had a nuclear deterrent.
"I feel a personal stake because I got them [Ukraine] to agree to give up their nuclear weapons," Clinton said. "And none of them believe that Russia would have pulled this stunt if Ukraine still had their weapons."
Other news
- Ukrainian Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets reacted to the statement of the Russian ombudsperson about the detention of a teenager deported from Mariupol to Russia by Russian security forces on the border with Belarus. He says the boy tried to return to Ukraine on his own.
- On April 4, Russians fired missiles, artillery and Grad multiple rocket launchers at settlements in the north of Donetsk Oblast. The shelling killed six people and injured seven others.
- In Chernihiv, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church — Moscow Patriarchate returned the relics of three saints to the Holy Trinity Cathedral. The national architectural and historical reserve "Ancient Chernihiv" sought this through the regional military administration, police, and the Security Service of Ukraine.
- In Latvia, the State Security Service (VDD) detained a member of the Night Watch initiative, which opposes the dismantling of Soviet monuments.
- President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to the Chilean parliament to support the decision of the International Criminal Court to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin.